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9:29 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Ruoning Yin became the second Chinese winner in LPGA Tour history Sunday, holding off Georgia Hall in the DIO Implant LA Open. The 20-year-old Yin closed with an eventful 1-under 70 for a one-stroke victory over Hall, the English player whose 5-foot birdie try on

5:10 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — If there were any lingering questions about Tiger Woods competing in the 87th Masters this week, he answered them by showing up to practice at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Woods, 47, has competed in just one official PGA Tour event in more than seven months, tying for

5:35 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — At the 2020 Masters, Bryson DeChambeau famously said his strategy would be to play Augusta National as a par-67 course because he was hitting the ball so far off the tee. DeChambeau didn’t come close to that number that year, tying for 34th. The next year, he finished over

4:38 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN AUGUSTA, Ga. — Cameron Smith will be the first to tell you he doesn’t think LIV Golf’s fields are as strong or deep as the PGA Tour’s. In fact, that is precisely what Smith, who joined LIV last year, said Tuesday speaking at his news conference in advance of the

2:38 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Former Masters champion Fred Couples didn’t back down from comments he made last month about LIV Golf League players who have criticized the PGA Tour after leaving. Speaking to reporters after a practice round ahead of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Monday, Couples said he doesn’t

7:30 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 The first major of the year is here, and the anticipation for this year’s Masters could not be higher. Between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson

8:31 AM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters week is finally here and there will be plenty of storylines in the first major championship of the season, which tees off Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club. World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler will try to become the first back-to-back winner at the Masters in more than

As the No. 1-ranked Stanford women’s golf team tries to chase down a second-straight NCAA title this spring, it might be doing so without the help of one of its top players. An eight-time winner with the Cardinal, Heck was missing from the team’s lineup in its first start of the spring last month at

Feb 26, 2023 Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charles Howell III finally made winning feel easy Sunday at Mayakoba when his putter came to life for an 8-under 63 to win the LIV Golf Invitational by 4 shots for his first title in the Saudi-funded series. Howell had seven birdies through 10 holes

Thomas Pieters arrived at Mayakoba last week as one of LIV Golf’s newest members, something he said he had been hoping for since last summer when the Saudi-backed league first launched. He was in good spirts, ready to compete and excited about joining as LIV kicked off its second season. But after arriving in Mexico,

The mass infusion of cash into golf via LIV might have made us drunk on numbers like $200 million (what Phil Mickelson reportedly got for joining) and $4 million (what Charles Howell III got for playing three good rounds in Mexico this past week). But for players not in the top 50 on the PGA

10:00 AM ET With the Honda Classic sandwiched between four of the PGA Tour’s biggest events, it’s no wonder its leaderboard was lacking in star power this past weekend. Many of the tour’s most recognizable names played in back-to-back events at the WM Phoenix Open and the Genesis Invitational, and they’ll do the same at

Rarely do golfers call one another out. The annual pro-am at Pebble Beach is the exception to this unwritten rule, for there’s always—always—one amateur that brings a phony handicap to the proceedings that pisses off everyone else. This year the provocateur was Aaron Rodgers. The future Hall-of-Fame QB was outed as a Hall-of-Fame sandbagger; despite

6:48 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Chris Kirk waited nearly eight years to win a PGA Tour event again. Waiting one more hole on Sunday was no problem. Kirk stuck his approach to the par-5 18th to tap-in range, and his birdie on the first hole of a playoff lifted him

Charles Howell III has been surprising just about everyone but himself. Last summer, the 43-year-old Augusta, Ga., native was among the more curious recruits to join the upstart LIV Golf circuit given that he appeared entrenched on the PGA Tour, where he had amassed more than $42 million over 21 years and 609 starts. But

Despite not having his so-called “A” game, Chris Kirk remained as focused as he has ever been in his career on Sunday at the Honda Classic. Even after inexplicably dumping his second shot in the water at the par-5 18th hole, the 37-year-old was able to lock it back in, saving a crucial bogey to

7:57 AM ET Associated Press NEW DELHI — Marcel Siem ended his long wait for a fifth European tour title with victory at the Hero Indian Open by a single shot Sunday. The German’s last win on the tour came eight years and 116 days ago at the 2014 BMW Masters. A closing 68 saw

If you don’t remember Marcel Siem by name, perhaps you might recall him for something else. Specifically, his hair and the distinguishing bun that the 42-year German styles it in. It’s the look he carried through much of his 20-plus-year DP World Tour career that saw him compete in more than 500 events but seemed

6:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Talor Gooch made a 4-foot birdie putt on his final hole to tie Peter Uihlein for the lead in the LIV Golf season debut at Mayakoba that looks to be an Oklahoma State alumni reunion. Uihlein was in the lead for most of Saturday at

On paper, heading into Sunday at the Honda Classic, Chris Kirk, who leads Eric Cole by two shots and Justin Suh by three, should be the most comfortable of the top three. The 37-year-old veteran has played in more than 300 PGA Tour events, with four career wins. He has played on a U.S. Presidents

Fred Perpall was elected president of the USGA on Saturday, becoming the first Black man to hold the position in the 128-year history of the organization. Perpall, 47, of Dallas, was nominated in December and most recently served on the USGA Executive Committee as the president elect. His election to the three-year term was made

9:58 AM ET Associated Press NEW DELHI — Yannik Paul‘s lead at the Hero Indian Open was trimmed from five shots to one after the third round of the European Tour event Saturday. Paul, who shot a 1-under 71 to move to 11 under overall, is one ahead of fellow German Marcel Siem. Siem birdied

When you’re a golfer with no status on the PGA Tour but find your way into a tournament, there is no more important goal than to make the cut. Getting to the weekend, with the chance to cash a check and pick up some non-member FedEx Cup points, allows you then to potentially play your

7:48 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Paul Casey birdied his last three holes for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead with Jason Kokrak on Friday as the second season of Saudi-funded LIV Golf began at Mayakoba. Casey was 5 under through 10 holes before he lost ground with

MAYAKOBA, Mexico — A three-day training camp Ian Poulter ran for his LIV Golf teammates in Orlando’s Lake Nona area, and Dustin Johnson hosting his squad at Michael Jordan’s exclusive golf club in Jupiter, Fla., are among the ways that former PGA Tour stars are practicing and traveling differently in the second year on their

Justin Suh had to be ecstatic with a second-round 64 at PGA National that put him on top at the halfway point of the 2023 Honda Classic. The only negative was that it meant he’d be asked that question once again. In case you’re unfamiliar with Suh’s career, the former World No. 1 amateur is

8:00 AM ET IT WAS ALMOST a year ago that author Alan Shipnuck published Phil Mickelson’s controversial comments about the PGA Tour and the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s history of human rights abuses and alleged involvement in the death of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. Mickelson, who was allegedly recruiting players to LIV Golf, told Shipnuck

Imagine for a moment that you’re a 13-year-old boy from Des Moines, Iowa, and you’ve shown a preternatural ability at golf, but you’ve got a few problems. First, it’s not exactly clear what you should do next—how do you get from where you are to the PGA Tour, or even just to a college scholarship?

10:02 PM ET Associated Press Saudi Arabia is disputing a federal magistrate’s ruling that its sovereign wealth fund and the fund’s governor be required to provide documents and testimony in LIV Golf’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Attorneys for the kingdom filed a letter on Thursday challenging the reasons a magistrate judge cited for

In the midst of the busy early stretch of the season—especially off the back of Tiger Woods’ long-awaited PGA Tour comeback at the Genesis Open last week—the Honda Classic feels like a chance to grab a quick breath. Not just for golf fans, but for players, too.  Billy Horschel raced into the early Honda Classic