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ESPN News Services Jun 23, 2024, 05:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler won the Travelers Championship in a playoff on Sunday, waiting out a disruption by climate protesters on the 18th green and Tom Kim‘s tying birdie on the last hole of regulation for his sixth victory of the year.

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Tom Kim made enough birdies on a soft, vulnerable course to stay in front Saturday in the rain-delayed Travelers Championship, getting up-and-down for par on the last hole in near darkness for a 5-under 65 and a one-shot lead over Scottie

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALLYLIFFIN, Ireland — Jacob Skov Olesen became the first Danish player to win the British Amateur on Saturday with a 4-and-3 victory over Dominic Clemons of England at Ballyliffin Golf Links. The victory gets the 25-year-old Olesen into The Open next month at Royal

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 12:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Nelly Korda was sent packing early again Friday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, another shocking downfall after a dominating run. A stroke behind first-round leader Lexi Thompson after an opening 3-under 69, the top-ranked Korda shot an 81 in the

Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Lexi Thompson knew some form of the question was coming after shooting a 4-under 68 and taking the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Would a major title change her plans about retiring from playing full-time on the

Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week. When they tee it up on the big day, they will be fighting for

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:20 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions As summer heats up, there’s only one major championship left in men’s professional golf — next month’s Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 19, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The stars are aligning on the LPGA Tour, as two-time major championship winner Lilia Vu captured last week’s Meijer LPGA Classic in her first

Associated Press Jun 19, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — No hard feelings, Rory. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said he understands why Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Travelers Championship — the final signature event on the calendar — to recover from a late-Sunday meltdown at the U.S. Open. “Sometimes you

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2024, 10:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour has created a special sponsor exemption for 15-time major champion Tiger Woods — and Woods alone — based on his “exceptional

Field Level Media Jun 18, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xander Schauffele can empathize with Rory McIlroy‘s decision to withdraw from this week’s Travelers Championship and take some time off after his collapse at the U.S. Open. McIlroy missed two short putts over the final three holes Sunday and finished 1 stroke behind

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 17, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions After suffering a gut-wrenching collapse in Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy said in

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 Jun 17, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Pinehurst Resort, which likes to call itself the “Cradle of American Golf,” more than delivered in

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 16, 2024, 11:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The putt that Bryson DeChambeau had to win the 2024 U.S. Open was three feet, 11 inches long. Its importance was obvious, but the significance of its length went beyond the single moment. On the 18th hole, DeChambeau had driven it

Jun 15, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Here are the tee times for the final round of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. All times ET (a) denotes amateur 7:30 a.m. — Seonghyeon Kim, Gunnar Broin (a) 7:41 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Jackson Suber 7:52 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Austin Eckroat

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 15, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy doesn’t mind admitting it: If there’s a leaderboard within his periphery out on the golf course, he’s going to look at it. Editor’s Picks So as he made his way through Pinehurst No. 2’s back nine Saturday during the

Jun 10, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 U.S. Open is upon us this weekend at North Carolina’s Pinehurst No. 2, where the world’s best will compete to take home the third of golf’s four majors held this year. Scottie Scheffler, winner of the 2024 Masters Tournament, and Xander Schauffele, winner of

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 Jun 14, 2024, 10:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods won’t be around for the weekend at the 124th U.S. Open

Jun 14, 2024, 10:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 124th U.S. Open continues Friday with Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy sharing the lead at Pinehurst No. 2. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Only 15 players shot under-par rounds Thursday, highlighting the difficulty of the course. Ludvig Åberg, Matthieu Pavon and 2020 U.S. Open winner Bryson

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 Jun 13, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Pinehurst No. 2’s lightning-fast greens, steep runoffs and tricky native areas showed their teeth in the

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 13, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau is trying to do it all. As he walks down the sand-framed fairways at Pinehurst No. 2 on a warm Monday afternoon ahead of the U.S. Open, a casual practice round of nine holes is showing glimpses of how

Doug Greenberg, ESPNJun 12, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The central betting story going into the U.S. Open is the same as it was before the Masters and the PGA Championship: Scottie Scheffler is an overwhelming favorite and is seeing some of the shortest odds for a major since prime Tiger Woods. The

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2024, 02:22 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — When Germany’s Martin Kaymer was a wire-to-wire winner in the last U.S. Open played at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014, he

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 11, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — As Wyndham Clark began the walk down the No. 1 fairway in the final round of the 2023 U.S. Open at

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 11, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy isn’t afraid to say the quiet part out loud. “Obviously,” McIlroy said Tuesday in his pre-tournament press conference, “getting my hands on a fifth major has taken quite a while.” It has been over 10 years since McIlroy has

Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Padraig Harrington grew up in Ireland dreaming more about Claret Jugs and the Wanamaker Trophy than the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is largely an American thing, though Harrington fully understood that it was a label attached

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The U.S. Open is returning to Pinehurst No. 2 in the sandhills region of North Carolina for the first time in

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 07:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUMBLE, Texas — Carlos Ortiz won LIV Golf Houston on Sunday for his first victory on the Saudi-funded league and second big win in the Houston area. Ortiz closed with a 5-under 67 to beat Adrian Meronk by a stroke at the Golf Club

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 01:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HELSINGBORG, Sweden — Linn Grant of Sweden chipped in for birdie on the final hole Sunday to repeat her landmark feat by winning the Scandinavian Mixed, her second time winning an official European tour event. It was a stunning hometown win for Grant, who

ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GALLOWAY, N.J. — Jenny Shin shot a 2-under 69 on Saturday and will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic as she seeks her first victory since 2016. With the wind kicking up and making conditions tougher