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Sep 20, 2023, 01:02 PM ET Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake are teaming up on a massive new entertainment complex in New York City. T-Squared Social, located on 42nd Street, opened Wednesday. Formed of a collaboration between Woods, Timberlake, NEXUS Luxury Collection and 8AM Golf, the sports bar clocks in at an enormous 22,000 square

Ben Silverman’s fantastic season on the Korn Ferry Tour has already wrapped up a return trip to the PGA Tour in 2024. But on Wednesday he arrived at the range ahead of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship looking like he just came from a kids birthday party. Needless to say, the 35-year-old Canadian needed to

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 20, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Longtime California swing coach George Pinnell has seen the look on Rose Zhang‘s face many times over the past nine years. Pinnell would give Zhang instructions before

CASERAS, Spain — You’ve got to love Stacy Lewis. Bucking the normal tediousness that typically tends to mark pre-match press conferences at team contests, the U.S. Solheim Cup captain managed to be both thought-provoking and interesting during a 20-minute session two days before her side takes on what many are calling the best European team

CASERAS, Spain — U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis summarized what could surely be transformed into a stirring speech to her players, one designed to get the blood flowing and the brains buzzing. Asked if there was a special message or theme she would like to convey to her team, the former Women’s British Open champion

All sports, as we all know, are inherently trivial. And yet, so important. The games we play elevate the routine of day-to-day life, providing fun and laughter and, especially when done really well, pleasure almost beyond measure for participants and spectators alike. The Olympic Games qualifies under that elite heading. So does soccer’s World Cup.

Associated Press Sep 19, 2023, 05:52 PM ET DALLAS — Jordan Spieth missed out on the Ryder Cup scouting trip to Marco Simone outside Rome, and for good reason. His wife gave birth to their second child. Spieth posted on social media that his wife gave birth to a girl named Sophie. She was born

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 18, 2023, 04:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said he isn’t wagering on football games this season as he continues to recover from a gambling addiction. Mickelson’s statement on social

FINCA CORTESIN, Spain — Listed under the player-profile sections in the official Solheim Cup program are each competitor’s best results this year. European stalwart Celine Boutier’s, by way of example, takes up six lines and contains three wins, including her major championship victory at the Amundi Evian Championship. On the other side of the trans-Atlantic

A tweet sent from Gary Woodland’s account, tagged by Team GW, said Monday that the former U.S. Open champion is “currently resting” after a “long surgery” to remove a brain tumor that was found earlier this year. On Aug. 30, the four-time PGA Tour winner announced that he had was diagnosed with the lesion and

Sep 18, 2023, 07:49 PM ET Former U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland had surgery Monday to remove a lesion from his brain. A statement posted on Woodland’s social media accounts said the “majority of the tumor” was removed during the surgery and that the 39-year-old PGA Tour veteran is now resting. Editor’s Picks Woodland had

Phil Mickelson addressed his past gambling habits with his longest statement since details of his extensive betting were made public in a new book by notorious Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters. The six-time major champ said in a statement on Monday that he “won’t be betting this year” during football season, “because I crossed the

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 06:56 PM ET SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Steve Stricker holed a 20-foot eagle putt to catch K.J. Choi and then picked up a pair of late birdies that sent him to a 4-under 66 on Sunday to win the Sanford International for his sixth victory this year on the PGA

The Ryder Cup exhibition is a celebration of the sport of golf, a shining example of team camaraderie in an individual game, and a testament to the integrity and honor of this most rarefied and elevated … Oh, who am I kidding? The Ryder Cup is a lowdown, bare-knuckle fight, and like any good fight,

From the standpoint of his status on the PGA Tour, Sahith Theegala didn’t need to show up at the Fortinet Championship, the first event of the FedEx Fall series. Then again, feeling chapped by missing the Tour Championship by one spot and chuffed over getting a chance to compete in his native California, he kind

Associated Press Sep 17, 2023, 10:34 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Sahith Theegala made more than enough birdies to cover for his mistakes while playing with the lead on Sunday, shooting a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory at the Fortinet Championship, his first win in 74 starts on the PGA Tour. The 25-year-old Theegala,

Sergio Garcia reportedly made a last-ditch effort to play in this month’s Ryder Cup, but his attempt was rejected. According to an article from the Telegraph’s James Corrigan published Sunday, Garcia, 43, offered to make good on paying his fine for defecting to LIV Golf plus all other outstanding DP World Tour fines he owed,

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 02:37 PM ET VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ludvig Aberg of Sweden closed in on his second straight victory on Saturday when he posted a 6-under 66 at Wentworth for a two-shot lead over Connor Syme and Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood in the BMW PGA Championship. Aberg, in only his

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Having just signed for a closing 72 and a five-under-par total of 283 for the week, Justin Rose was well aware he was not going to win the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. But, no matter, at the end of a week in which he “hasn’t wasted any putts, for sure,”

Justin Thomas would be the first to tell you that he wasn’t good enough this past PGA Tour season. But, like any world-class player, he’d also be the first to tell you that he wasn’t nearly as far off as fans and media made it seem. Sometimes, when that’s the case, all it takes is

Associated Press Sep 16, 2023, 11:31 PM ET NAPA, Calif. — Justin Thomas continued up the leaderboard Saturday at the Fortinet Championship with a 7-under 65 that matched the best score of the day and moved the former No. 1 player within two shots of leader Sahith Theegala. Theegala, in search of his first PGA

VIRGINIA WATER, England — If it weren’t so impressive, it would be ridiculous. Just over three months into a professional career that has already spawned one victory in his first nine events, Ludvig Aberg leads the biggest tournament on the DP World Tour, the BMW PGA Championship, with one round to play. That such a

Sep 16, 2023, 07:25 AM ET Gareth Bale‘s love for golf has been well-documented and the former Real Madrid and Wales forward has swapped the pitch for the green after becoming a playable character in the PGA Tour 2K23 video game. Bale, 34, made his PGA Tour debut at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February

It turns out that holding a 5-up lead is not as easy as it seems. That’s the margin Stewart Hagestad held over Evan Beck on Thursday after the first 18 holes of the U.S. Mid-Amateur at famed Sleepy Hollow in New York. There were weather delays all week and rather than continuing with momentum from

The answer was simple, even if the question wasn’t necessarily welcomed. Sahith Theegala leads by two shots after the second round of the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 64 Friday at Silverado that included a bunker hole out for eagle. He finished the season 31st in the FedEx Cup standings, just one spot out of qualifying

Associated Press Sep 15, 2023, 10:22 PM ET NAPA. Calif. — Justin Thomas committed to a driver change, tinkered a little with his swing and got immediate results with a 5-under 67 that left him four strokes off the pace Friday in the Fortinet Championship. It was exactly what the former top-ranked player needed after

After what Justin Thomas described on Wednesday as being a “brutal” couple months leading into the U.S. Ryder Cup team being finalized, the two-time major champ can sleep even easier on Friday night. So can Zach Johnson. The American captain has faced plenty of questions about this particular personnel choice heading into the biennial event

ESPN News Services Sep 14, 2023, 03:14 PM ET Dustin Johnson said he would have been selected to this year’s United States Ryder Cup team had he not defected to LIV Golf. Johnson, a two-time major champion, instead finds himself a spectator despite being a part of five previous American teams. The Ryder Cup will

In my garage at home is a red canvas, cylindrical shag bag with a protruding aluminum tube that retrieves golf balls without back strain. It’s my longest serving piece of golf equipment in continuous use. The Original Shag Bag was invented by Clifford Hurd and Ian McDonald in 1948, and the same company, Madewell Products,

It was Lucas Herbert’s first competitive start in two months and an impressive one at that, making 144 feet of putts en route to an opening 63 at the Fortinet Championship. But after his round Herbert’s score became secondary when the Aussie described what spurred the mini-sabbatical. Herbert, speaking to the media Thursday at Silverado