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Masters champion Scottie Scheffler returns to action this week for the PGA Tour’s only full-field team event, the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. He’ll partner with Ryan Palmer, a winner in 2019, and they’ll be one of the 80 duos looking to defeat the defending champs, Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman. With four-ball (best ball)

What you see is what you get from Billy Horschel. It’s been that way since his days as a standout amateur golfer. Back at the 2007 Walker Cup at Royal County Down, the then 20-year-old University of Florida All-American walked with a confidence that bordered on cockiness as he helped the visiting Americans sneak off

8:00 AM ET When Tom Brady started working on BRADY, his new performance apparel line, he didn’t have the option to partner with college athletes. But when new rules were adopted last year, allowing student athletes to profit off of their name, image and likeness, Brady knew he wanted to get involved in some capacity.

Anna Davis will be taking her bucket hat to the LPGA. The surprise 16-year-old winner of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur earlier this month was given a sponsor exemption into the inaugural Palos Verdes Championship in California, Davis’ home state. The event is April 28-May 1 at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates.

3:09 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers won’t face Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes in this year’s version of Capital One’s The Match until June 1. However, the smack talk has already begun. The 12-hole exhibition will take place (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) at Wynn Las Vegas. Brady and Rodgers are

Robert Garrigus, a journeyman who has one win in 362 starts in his PGA Tour career, is the first tour member to apply for permission to compete in the Saudi-backed golf circuit, according to a report by Golfweek. Citing multiple sources, Golfweek said Garrigus has requested to play in the LIV Golf Invitational, June 9-11

The team-centric Zurich Classic of New Orleans returns this week. The PGA Tour’s only team event is now in its fifth year, transforming a tournament that was often lost in the post-Masters doldrums into one of the more captivating showcases of the spring. This year’s field boasts a number of star squads in Collin Morikawa

6:16 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN Former NBA player J.R. Smith has scored a name, image and likeness deal with apparel brand Lululemon that will make him the brand’s golf ambassador. Smith, who went straight from high school to the NBA in 2004, has been a walk-on on the North Carolina A&T golf team after returning

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7:15 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation. He made an even bigger shot at Harbour Town’s signature hole in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage. Spieth’s 56-foot shot from

Jordan Spieth had already tapped in for par on the 18th hole, the first of a sudden-death playoff against Patrick Cantlay Sunday at the RBC Heritage at Harbour Town. He watched as Cantlay’s par attempt sped past the hole and it hit him that he had won his 13th PGA Tour title. “The whole thing

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — As the leaders jockeyed for position down the stretch at the RBC Heritage, the funniest side plot at Harbour Town came courtesy of Dylan Frittelli. Early in Sunday’s final round, on the sixth hole, the 31-year-old South African pulled his drive left toward a waste bunker. Amazingly, the ball did not

8:27 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title, rallying to win the Veritex Bank Championship on Sunday. Alexander closed with a 6-under 65 to finish at 22-under 262 at Texas Rangers Golf Club, two strokes ahead of Pontus Nyholm

Hyo Joo Kim made the finish to her fifth career LPGA win more stressful than it needed to be Saturday at the Lotte Championship presented by Hoakalei. A bogey at the 17th shrunk her three-shot lead at the start of the round to one over Hinako Shibuno. But Kim recovered immediately, taking advantage of the

1:47 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim staved off a late charge from Hinako Shibuno to win the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship on Saturday. Kim closed with a 1-under 71 — following a bogey on the par-4 17th with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th — to finish at

Quite a bit of star-power will make its way from Augusta to Hilton Head for the 54th RBC Heritage. The Players champ, Cameron Smith, is part of a strong field that features five of the top 10 players in the world. Joining Smith are Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay, Dustin Johnson and Collin Morikawa, as will

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — On Friday, a strange incident came to pass on the sixth hole at the RBC Heritage. Harold Varner III pushed his tee shot far to the right, and the question in his mind as he walked to the ball was whether it was out of bounds. What happened next is slightly

7:21 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay birdied the final four holes Friday for a 4-under 67 and take a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb halfway through the RBC Heritage. After dropping back with bogeys on the 11th and 14th holes, Cantlay turned it around on the

When Jack Newton’s professional golf career came to a premature end in 1983, the then 33-year-old Australian didn’t let the tragedy that unfolded dampen his love for the game. A moving propeller on a small airplane at a Sydney airport severed his right arm, cost him the sight in his right eye and caused severe

12:19 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim rallied with two late birdies for an even-par 72 to maintain a three-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. After dropping strokes on the par-4 seventh and par-3 12th with her only bogeys of the week at breezy Hoakalei Country Club,

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — It would have been hard to imagine any player not named Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson commanding this much attention at a PGA Tour event after an extended absence, but Morgan Hoffmann has been the main attraction at the RBC Heritage. From his fascinating journey battling muscular dystrophy with alternative medicine

As a 14-time winner on the PGA Tour, Justin Thomas doesn’t show up to tournaments just to make cuts. That said, making the weekend does seem to be something he takes pride in, much like his good buddy Tiger Woods. That’s why it was hardly surprising to see Thomas grinding away late on the back

2:22 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Morgan Hoffmann left the RBC Heritage feeling like a winner, even if he didn’t make the cut. Hoffmann played his first PGA Tour event since 2019 because of his muscular dystrophy. He had not teed off on tour since the Shriners Hospital for Children Open

Two of college golf’s best players are opting to stay in college another year instead of pursuing opportunities through the PGA Tour University rankings. Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett and Oklahoma State junior Eugenio Chacarra—ranked second and third, respectively, in the PGA Tour University rankings—each made their announcements this week. Both world-class amateurs will be

1:28 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim birdied three of the final six holes for her second 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Thursday after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship. Kim closed with birdies on the par-4 13th and 16th holes and the par-5 18th to

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – If you didn’t know anything about golf, Morgan Hoffmann looked the most impressive of his Thursday trio at the RBC Heritage. Tall and slim, in a form-fitting black shirt, with a hat of deep purple from which a shock of dark blond hair emerged from the back in a messy bun.

Often times, especially in the betting space, we assume a missed cut the previous week means a player is struggling. Often times, that is a foolish assumption. Case in point, Cameron Young, who missed two of his last three cuts including the Masters, then promptly fired an opening-round eight-under 64 on Thursday at the RBC

9:24 AM ET A week after competing in the Masters, Tiger Woods has committed to play in the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland, on July 4-5. The pro-am, which benefits charities in Ireland, will be played 10 days before the start of the 150th Open at St. Andrews in Scotland. Woods

The most prolific golf cart thief in history—at least, that we’ve heard of—has been sentenced to two years in prison. It’s a simple equation. You do the crime, you do the time. And if you do that crime over and over (and over), you do more time. Such is the case for Nathan Rodney Nelson,

2:52 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup golf tournament will return to Australia for the fourth and fifth times in 2028 and 2040. The PGA Tour announced Thursday that the match-play tournament held every two years involving teams from the United States against an International side representing the rest of the