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Mark SchlabachJan 22, 2025, 09:36 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing hits the halfway point at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. The tournament tees off

Dre Waters Jan 21, 2025, 09:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The TGL had its closest match of the inaugural season on Tuesday, as Atlanta Drive Golf Club and New York Golf Club were separated by only two points through the first nine holes. But Atlanta pulled away in the last six holes en route

Jan 21, 2025, 03:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods officially debuted in TGL, a joint venture with fellow golfer Rory McIlroy, on Jan. 14. The team-based, technology-infused league features a 3-on-3 format that pits the sport’s best golfers against one another in a two-hour match inside SoFi Center’s custom-built venue. Though Woods and

Keith Jenkins Jan 20, 2025, 03:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour continues its West Coast swing this week with the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. The winner will earn $1.674 million of the $9.3 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points. French Olympian Matthieu Pavon returns

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 04:26 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler said he isn’t sure whether he’ll play in next week’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the second signature event of

Associated Press Jan 19, 2025, 08:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — Sepp Straka won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas on Sunday, finishing his third career PGA Tour victory at 25-under 263 with a final-round 70. Straka, the first Austrian to win on the tour three years ago,

Field Level Media Jan 19, 2025, 03:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 4 Collin Morikawa was one of three golfers to withdraw from the upcoming Farmers Insurance Open on Sunday. Morikawa joined Nicolai Højgaard of Denmark and Tyler McCumber in bowing out of the 156-golfer field at famed Torrey Pines in San Diego.

Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Alex Cejka by two strokes. The 67-year-old Langer missed a chance

Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 08:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Daniel Hillier of New Zealand birdied the final two holes to shoot 2-under 70 on Saturday and take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic. Tyrrell Hatton shot 68 and was the closest challenger

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 09:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands was playing so well Friday he felt nothing could stop him in the Latin American Amateur Championship. A two-hour storm delay did, but he birdied the 18th for a 7-under 65 and a share

Associated Press Jan 17, 2025, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic. Ewen Ferguson was taking full advantage. Ferguson, a Scot ranked

Jan 17, 2025, 03:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy has said that Greg Norman‘s departure as CEO of LIV Golf is “probably a good move” and has admitted the Saudi-backed league is not going away “anytime soon.” Editor’s Picks 2 Related LIV is moving forward with sports executive Scott O’Neil as its CEO,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 16, 2025, 04:45 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The PGA Tour is moving next month’s Genesis Invitational to an alternate site after wildfires near Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California, and other parts of

Field Level Media Jan 15, 2025, 10:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods was routed at his own game Tuesday night, but his defeat was still more appealing to sports fans than the NBA. Woods’ TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9% from the league’s first match last week

Associated Press Jan 15, 2025, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy expressed his disappointment at the prospect of fellow Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin joining LIV Golf and warned him it is not worth the sacrifice. McIlroy confirmed Wednesday that the 22-year-old McKibbin, his protégé, has received an offer

Associated Press Jan 14, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods isn’t sure what’s going to happen with next month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he hosts in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. He’s insisting there should be far bigger concerns. Woods said

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — When the inaugural season of TGL launched at the SoFi Center last week, Ireland’s Shane Lowry forgot to bring a tee to the hitting area to hit the first drive in the history of the tech-infused golf league. It was one of the lighter moments in TGL’s opening night, which

Associated Press Jan 13, 2025, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LA QUINTA, Calif. — PGA and British Open champion Xander Schauffele withdrew from the American Express on Monday for medical reasons, the second highly ranked player who had to pull out of the third PGA Tour event of the season. Scottie Scheffler withdrew last

Associated Press Jan 13, 2025, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The cover of PGA Tour 2K25 will feature Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick and Tiger Woods, 2K announced Monday. The three golfers are on the cover of the game’s standard and deluxe editions together. Woods alone is on the legend edition. Homa is making his

Associated Press Jan 12, 2025, 09:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — Nick Taylor in a playoff is tough to beat. Getting there was hardest part for the Canadian, who delivered another highlight reel of clutch moments Sunday in the Sony Open. Down to his last shot, Taylor chipped in from 60 feet for

Associated Press Jan 12, 2025, 07:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Britain & Ireland completed a 17-8 win over Continental Europe in the Team Cup, an event that gave European players valuable match-play experience ahead of the Ryder Cup in New York this year. Tommy Fleetwood secured the point

Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 09:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — J.J. Spaun got up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 18th hole Saturday for a 5-under 65, the final birdie giving him a one-shot lead at the Sony Open going into a final round where more than a dozen players remain in the

Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Britain and Ireland dominated the two foursomes sessions and took an 11-4 lead over Continental Europe at the Team Cup on the second day Saturday. The event at Abu Dhabi Golf Resort gives European players valuable match play

Associated Press Jan 11, 2025, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — Patrick Fishburn found some early momentum and Denny McCarthy overcame a sluggish start Friday, both winding up in the same spot — with a share of the lead in the Sony Open going into what figures to be a wide-open weekend at

ESPN News Services Jan 9, 2025, 07:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour has not decided whether to play the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club, scheduled for Feb. 13-16, because of the impact from the massive wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Riviera, which will host golf in the 2028 Olympics, is

Associated Press Jan 9, 2025, 11:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HONOLULU — The Sony Open is the PGA Tour stop where introductions are in order, and Paul Peterson made quite the first impression. He opened with a 6-under 64 and shared the lead with five others Thursday on a pleasant day at Waialae. Harry

Field Level Media Jan 9, 2025, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions This week’s debut of the TGL indoor golf league drew nearly a million viewers on ESPN, according to Nielsen numbers reported Thursday by Front Office Sports. Even though league co-founders Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were not in action, Tuesday night’s broadcast attracted

Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 04:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Tom McKibbin could be headed to the LIV Golf League, a few weeks after securing a card to play on the PGA Tour. When asked Wednesday about a potential move to the Saudi-funded breakaway circuit, the Northern Irish

Jan 8, 2025, 11:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Kevin Kisner, a four-time PGA Tour winner, will serve as one of Keegan Bradley‘s vice captains on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, the PGA of America said Wednesday. The U.S. squad will try to reclaim the trophy from Europe this year at Bethpage Black in New

Associated Press Jan 8, 2025, 12:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Ludvig Åberg will be the answer to a trivia question: He made the first birdie in TGL history. And with that, the indoor golf competition that Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy had envisioned for years was finally underway. TGL