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Oct 24, 2023, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Annika Sorenstam, the greatest LPGA player of the modern era, became a member at Augusta National Golf Club this month when the famed course’s new season began, Golfweek reported Tuesday, citing multiple sources. Augusta National did not comment on the report, as it traditionally has kept

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 05:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Australian Minjee Lee weathered a late rally by Alison Lee to eventually defeat the American on the first playoff hole and win the LPGA South Korea tournament on Sunday. Both players finished at 16-under 272 on the Seowon Valley Country

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 12:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ROQUE, Spain — Adrian Meronk wanted to show his worth after not making the Ryder Cup. He proved some of his doubters wrong on Sunday by winning the Andalucia Masters for his third European tour victory of the season. After the disappointment of

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RICHMOND, Va. — Harrison Frazar won his first PGA Tour Champions title Sunday when he birdied the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 to force a playoff with Richard Green, and then made an 8-foot birdie on the first extra hole at the Dominion

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Anirban Lahiri shot a 7-under 65 and Bryson DeChambeau delivered the theatrics on the back nine of the Blue Monster to lead the Crushers to a 2-shot victory over the RangeGoats in the LIV Golf team championship Sunday at Trump Doral.

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 05:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INZAI CITY, Japan — American Collin Morikawa called winning the Zozo Championship in Japan “incredible,” a special way to close the season for a player whose great grandparents emigrated from the country. But more important was a victory — anywhere, any victory — after

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 10:07 PM ET LEWES, Del. — Betsy Rawls trained to be a physicist and instead devoted her life to golf, first as a four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion and later as a tournament administrator, a remarkable career that landed her in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Rawls, who won

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Former Women’s British Open champion Ashleigh Buhai shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead at the LPGA South Korea tournament. Buhai and Minjee Lee, who shot 71, had 12-under totals of 204

Associated Press Oct 20, 2023, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Graeme McDowell holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to win a foursomes match and send the Cleeks to a surprise victory over Cameron Smith‘s Ripper team Friday in the quarterfinals of the LIV Golf team championship. Smith

Associated Press Oct 20, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Minjee Lee shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA South Korea tournament. Lee had a two-round total of 11-under 133. American Alison Lee bogeyed her final hole for a 72

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 19, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The second LIV Golf League season wraps up this weekend with the circuit’s $50 million team championship, starting Friday at Trump National Doral Golf

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Ashleigh Buhai shot a bogey-free 10-under 62 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the LPGA tournament in South Korea. Buhai, the 2022 Women’s British Open winner from South Africa, took advantage of calm morning conditions

Oct 18, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson utilized LIV Golf’s biggest stage to continue his campaign against the Official World Golf Ranking on Wednesday. After taking to social media last week to deride the OWGR board’s decision to deny LIV Golf League’s request for players to compete for world rankings points,

Oct 17, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One drivers and PGA Tour golfers will compete next month in Netflix’s NFLX.O first live sports event when they face off in a match play golf tournament at Wynn Las Vegas, the streaming company said on Tuesday. Billed as a clash of wheels and irons,

Associated Press Oct 17, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been selected to receive the Charlie Sifford Award for his work in advancing diversity in golf. Curry two years ago launched “Underrated Golf” that commits to providing equity, access and opportunity to

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 17, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Ivor Robson, whose familiar Scottish accent became as synonymous with The Open as the Claret Jug and the deep heather of the links courses,

Associated Press Oct 16, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods has another world-class field for his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Still to be determined is whether he is part of it. Woods on Monday announced 19 players in the 20-man field for Albany Golf Club the first

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim now has something in common with Byron Nelson as the only players to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season. Kim successfully defended his title Sunday in the Shriners Children’s Open when he closed

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARY, N.C. — Rod Pampling of Australia had to play 33 holes Sunday in the rain-delayed SAS Championship and it was worth ever step when he finished off a 68 and then closed with a 5-under 67 for his second career PGA Tour Champions

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 05:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Shanghai tournament on Sunday for her first tour win. Both Yin and Vu finished at 14-under 274 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club

ESPN News Services Oct 14, 2023, 09:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Defending champion Tom Kim felt the vibes and found his groove Saturday in Las Vegas with a 9-under 62 that gave him a three-way share of the lead in the Shriners Children’s Open and a chance to win the same

Associated Press Oct 14, 2023, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai tournament. Yin was tied with Maja Stark, who had a one-stroke lead after two rounds. Yin and

Oct 13, 2023, 05:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson was pouring in putts from everywhere Friday and was on the verge of making the cut in the Shriners Children’s Open. Two late bogeys were likely to give her the weekend off. Thompson missed a 6-foot birdie putt on her final

Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — First-round co-leader Maja Stark of Sweden took the lead on her own Friday with a 4-under 68 that left her with a one-stroke lead after two rounds at the LPGA Shanghai tournament. Stark had a two-round total of 10-under 134 on the

Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 03:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Jon Rahm got off to a solid start in his attempt to surpass Seve Ballesteros by winning a fourth Spanish Open title, shooting 4-under 67 to sit four shots off the lead after Thursday’s first round. Matthieu Pavon was at the top

Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Maja Stark and Wichanee Meechai each shot 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a 2-stroke first-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai event in the tour’s return to China since the COVID-19 pandemic. Stark, one of three rookies on the European team that

Oct 11, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL added three more players this week in advance of its January debut as Sahith Theegala, Cam Young and Keegan Bradley all are on board, TMRW Sports announced Wednesday. Those additions come a week after Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton were named to the

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:35 PM ET LIV Golf is playing only for cash, not world ranking points, after the Official World Golf Ranking board determined it could not fairly measure the 48-man league with the other 24 tours around the world. The OWGR rejected the application from Saudi-backed LIV Golf, first submitted in

Oct 10, 2023, 05:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson didn’t hesitate when informed that she had been invited to play in this week’s Shriners Children’s Open, where she will become only the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour. She had other plans for this weekend after a busy schedule that had

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 06:35 PM ET THE COLONY, Texas — Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea started with a five-shot lead and didn’t give anyone much of a chance Sunday, closing with a 2-under 69 to win The Ascendant LPGA by four shots. It was the second straight week for a wire-to-wire winner