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11:45 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Yu Jin Sung shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday at windy Hoakalei Country Club to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the LOTTE Championship. Playing on a sponsor invite after winning the 2022 LOTTE Open on the Korean LPGA, the South Korean is competing in

In Major League Baseball stadiums, the signs are prominent. “Watch for flying objects that may leave the playing field,” they read, warning fans that fast-moving balls or bats can reach the seats in the blink of an eye. There are no such overt cautions issued on the PGA Tour, of course, but even those sitting

7:41 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Jimmy Walker was feeling like his old self after his second straight 6-under 65 on Friday — and so was Masters champion Jon Rahm halfway through the RBC Heritage. Walker had his third straight round in the 60s overall to post a two-day total of

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Jon Rahm has a job. It pays well and comes with a really good retirement plan. There’s lots of travel involved, and he works weekends a lot. But that’s OK, because when he does, he gets paid even more. Rahm takes that job very seriously. The Spaniard never calls in

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Disappointed with his finish at the Masters, Viktor Hovland hopped in the car and drove to Hilton Head Island late Sunday. He was he joint leader after Round 1 at Augusta National and began the final round just three shots off the lead. But Hovland shot 74 and faded to a

12:49 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap shot a 2-under 70 at windy Hoakalei Country Club to hold onto a share of the lead Thursday in the LOTTE Championship. Making her second LPGA Tour start, the 20-year-old Thai player had four birdies and two bogeys in the second round to match sponsor invite

Christina Kim’s 21st season on the LPGA Tour had no guarantees. Falling to 221st on the priority list, she failed to local qualify into this year’s first two domestic events. But the tour is in Hawaii and it’s the week before the season’s opening major, meaning several players opted to rest. So the Lotte Championship

1:41 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap eagled the par-5 fifth and closed with a chip-in birdie in fading light on the par-3 ninth for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead Wednesday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. “Very surprised. Excited,” the 20-year-old Thai player said about the closing

Rose Zhang’s path to the LPGA Tour, should she turn professional, as expected, at the conclusion of her sophomore year at Stanford, likely just became a little easier. The LPGA posted its Q-School Fast Facts and Entry Criteria Thursday, adding that the No. 1 player in Women’s Amateur Golf Rankings would be exempt directly into

The PGA Tour revealed on Wednesday its plan for a re-imagined fall season that includes seven events already familiar to players/fans and will determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards for the following year. Beginning this year, only the top 70 players off the FedEx Cup points list at the end of the regular season

Jon Rahm arrived at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Tuesday with a second major championship victory and a new green jacket. The new Masters champion admits it’s going to be difficult to refocus after a marathon week at Augusta National Golf Club. That’s life in the new era of designated events on the PGA

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — The plan was well intended. Increase the purses, get the top golfers playing together more often and the PGA Tour could ward off the threat of LIV Golf. That was August, when commissioner Jay Monahan revealed the schedule of 12 designated events worth $20 million. But the outcome, through last week’s

10:52 AM ET The PGA Tour released details of its new fall schedule, which will consist of seven tournaments from mid-September to late November with $56.6 million in purses. Winners of the seven events will earn a two-year tour exemption and entry into the 2024 Sentry Tournament of Champions, Players Championship and the majors. Winners

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Congratulatory voice messages from Rafael Nadal, honorary membership at Augusta National and the ability to plan the Champions Dinner menu with a celebrity chef. These are just a few of the perks that come with winning the Masters, as Jon Rahm has discovered over the past 72 hours. But one moment

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A little context, please. That was the message from Patrick Cantlay when asked Tuesday about accusations of his slow play at the Masters. Social media was ablaze Sunday with criticism of Cantlay’s pace of play at Augusta National when he was paired in the second-to-last group with Viktor Hovland. Some

9:44 AM ET Will Zalatoris, who finished in the top 10 of three of four majors last season and pulled out of the Masters just before the start of this year’s event, will miss the rest of the golf season after having a procedure on his back, he said Monday. “After careful consideration and seeking

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — By now, it’s common knowledge Jordan Spieth invests his entire life into every shot he hits. The-three time major winner was even willing to risk said life at last year’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am when he hit a 7-iron from the edge of a cliff on the eighth hole. On Tuesday

11:34 AM ET The final-round Masters showdown between eventual victor Jon Rahm and LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka was the most-watched golf telecast on any network in five years, CBS said on Tuesday. The telecast, during which Rahm came back from a 2-shot deficit on Sunday to win his second major and reclaim the world No.

The RBC Heritage has been a much appreciated event on the PGA Tour schedule for some years, falling the week after the Masters and providing an opportunity for top players coming from Augusta to make the 130-mile drive and decompress a bit out on Hilton Head Island, S.C. This year, however, the sleepy event at

Almost 12 full years after the death of Seve Ballesteros, the mystique of the Spanish legend lives on, and you didn’t have to listen to CBS’ Masters broadcast on Sunday for very long to hear his name: This was was the 40th anniversary of his second victory at Augusta, April 9 would have been his

10:15 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti AUGUSTA, Ga. — The 87th edition of the Masters delivered all of the storylines we wanted to see at Augusta National Golf Club this past

Sam Bennett’s heart said one thing. His legs screamed another. In the end, his tired body won out over his wanting mind. The reigning U.S. Amateur champion who made a huge splash in the Masters last week by contending into the weekend said on Sunday night that he’d like to compete on Monday in the

1:55 PM ET World No. 3 Rory McIlroy withdrew from this week’s RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour announced Monday. The tournament begins Thursday at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, S.C. No reason was specified for the 33-year-old Northern Ireland star’s withdrawal. McIlroy missed the cut at last week’s Masters after carding a 5-over

Masters fatigue isn’t a documented medical condition, but it’s one many tour pros who have spent weeks prepping to play in the year’s first men’s major say they suffer from after competing in the whirlwind of Augusta National. Perhaps that is the case for Rory McIlroy, who the PGA Tour announced on Monday had withdrawn

The pages of Golf Digest are normally reserved for top players and teaching professionals, but this year, a new event will allow everyday golfers to compete for a chance for their achievements to be recognized in a prominent article—along with a cash prize and free golf! Registration is now open for the Golf Digest Open—a

7:47 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday — and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory — a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes behind Brooks

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Brooks Koepka said it best. His loss on Sunday at the Masters will take days to get over. Sitting in his press conference after losing to Jon Rahm by four shots, Koepka laid it bare. There’s no sugar coating shooting a Sunday 75 when you were the 54-hole leader by two shots

5:53 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Two years after shocking the world and winning the 2021 PGA Championship at age 50, Phil Mickelson carded a 7-under 65 Sunday at the Masters — his best-ever final round in the event. Mickelson’s day was the lowest round in Masters history by a player age 50

Sunday at the Masters tends to bring it, and that will likely be the case on this Easter Sunday 2023, if only for the wall-to-wall golf that’s awaiting players and fans alike. The forecasted rains on Saturday came … and came … and came. To the point where the third round had to be called

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The Masters could have been the mortal blow for LIV Golf. Its members considered personas non grata by both players and patrons, the tournament closing avenues for future entry, the formidable players on its roster ejected so quick and hard that Greg Norman’s proclamation of a LIV celebration on the 72nd green