Feb 14, 2025, 02:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions American Patrick Reed aced the Watering Hole as England’s Sam Horsfield set the first-round pace at LIV Golf’s Adelaide tournament. Horsfield carded a blemish-free six-under 66 to hold outright leadership at The Grange on Friday. The 28-year-old is one stroke clear of Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and
Associated Press Feb 13, 2025, 09:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Denny McCarthy ended a miserable day in a most brilliant manner Thursday at the Genesis Invitational, closing birdie-eagle for a 4-under 68 on a Torrey Pines course that more than lived up to its reputation as a beast. McCarthy had a
Mark SchlabachFeb 13, 2025, 11:41 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LPGA announced its new pace-of-play policy Thursday that includes lower timing thresholds for fines and penalties, including a new one-stroke penalty for golfers who take too
Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — As a potential deal between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia continues to loom over professional golf, Rory McIlroy said he believed it was time for all players to “get over it” and do whatever needs to be done to reunify the game. “Whether
Mark SchlabachFeb 10, 2025, 01:34 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods said he’s still processing his mother’s death and won’t play in this week’s Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla, California, he
Mark SchlabachFeb 11, 2025, 03:08 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions LA JOLLA, Calif. — For the first time in months at last week’s WM Phoenix Open, PGA Tour golfer Max Homa finally felt comfortable holding a driver
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 Feb 11, 2025, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 PGA Tour season is six tournaments in, with the Genesis Invitational up next at Torrey Pines, where
Open Extended Reactions TGL is a new team golf league in which opposing teams go head-to-head in a 15-hole match that is split between a large simulator and a unique green that adjusts to match the exact placement of the ball in the simulator for short shots. The first nine holes are alternate shot while
Mark SchlabachFeb 10, 2025, 07:46 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The R&A joined the United States Golf Association in adding a qualification pathway for golfers competing in the LIV Golf League, the R&A announced Monday. The leading
Associated Press Feb 9, 2025, 06:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Yealimi Noh turned a one-shot deficit into a three-shot lead over Jin Young Ko in the span of two holes on the back nine Sunday and cruised from there to her first LPGA victory in the Founders Cup. The 23-year-old from
Associated Press Feb 9, 2025, 09:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DOHA, Qatar — Li Haotong holed a birdie putt from 15 feet at the last hole to secure a one-shot win at the Qatar Masters on Sunday for his fourth title on the European tour. The No. 300-ranked Chinese golfer let out a loud
Associated Press Feb 8, 2025, 08:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Yealimi Noh birdied eight of the last 11 holes for an 8-under 63 and a one-stroke lead Saturday over three-time champion Jin Young Ko in the Founders Cup. After gusting wind slowed the players on the opening holes at Bradenton Country
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Three-time champion Jin Young Ko birdied six of her last nine holes Friday for an 8-under 63 and a two-stroke lead over four players in the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. Ko had a 12-under 130 total at Bradenton Country Club after
Associated Press Feb 7, 2025, 08:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Thomas Detry had the perfect number on the wildest hole in golf. The Belgian’s towering pitching wedge landed near the hole and spun back to tap-in range, setting off a roar at TPC Scottsdale’s stadium 16th hole. Emiliano Grillo got the
Associated Press Feb 6, 2025, 08:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BRADENTON, Fla. — Jennifer Kupcho found more joy in golf in 2024 and she carried that into her first LPGA event this season, shooting a 6-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead with Nanna Koerstz Madsen at the Founders Cup. Kupcho made
ESPN News Services Feb 6, 2025, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A rough start to the season had Wyndham Clark digging through past notes, listening to old books — anything to get his mind out of the negative. The mindset reset paid off in the opening round of the Phoenix Open,
Feb 5, 2025, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The LPGA Tour is cracking down on slow play, hoping to address an issue that has reached a boiling point throughout the sport. In a memo sent to players Tuesday and obtained by multiple media outlets, the tour said players can receive as little as fines
Mark SchlabachFeb 5, 2025, 08:03 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The fourth LIV Golf season tees off under the lights Thursday at Riyadh Golf Club in Saudi Arabia, with morning tee times for golf fans in the
Dre Waters Feb 4, 2025, 11:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The TGL’s inaugural season continued on Tuesday night as Boston Common Golf and Los Angeles Golf Club clashed in the fifth match of the year. Los Angeles beat Boston 6-2. TGL is a new team golf league where opposing teams go head-to-head in a
Mark SchlabachFeb 4, 2025, 12:54 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Tiger Woods‘ mother, Kultida, whom the 15-time major champion has described as his “biggest fan,” died Tuesday, the golfer announced in a statement on social media. She was 80. Woods’
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — The wind that whipped off the Pacific Ocean was pushing close to 30 mph as it pushed sheets of rain into the faces of players trying to finish the third round of the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday. In the nearby tunnel that awaited players once they putted out on the
Field Level Media Feb 3, 2025, 05:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Charley Hoffman wrote a letter to his fellow PGA Tour players addressing slow pace of play and other issues within the ranks. The letter, which was shared on social media by Golf Magazine on Sunday night, follows the lead of Justin Thomas, whose
Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 05:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — A Lim Kim responded to a late charge by Nelly Korda with three birdies on her final four holes for a 5-under 67 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the LPGA season opener at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions.
Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 07:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy played a game nearly as magnificent as the Pebble Beach scenery Sunday as he powered his way past a pack of contenders and closed with a 6-under 66 for a two-shot victory in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
Associated Press Feb 1, 2025, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — A Lim Kim maintained a three-shot lead over Linn Grant on Saturday in the LPGA Tour’s season-opening Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, with each shooting 5-under 67 in the final group at Lake Nona. Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory
Associated Press Feb 1, 2025, 07:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy felt like he was playing in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am he used to watch on TV, minus the amateur and celebrities filling up the time on Saturday. The weather brought back romantic images of the old “Crosby
Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 06:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — A Lim Kim made enough birdies in an up-and-down second round to maintain a cushion between herself and top-ranked Nelly Korda on Friday at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the LGPA Tour season opener. Kim shot 69 at Lake
Associated Press Jan 31, 2025, 07:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Sepp Straka got most of his work done before the weather started to turn ominous Friday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, posting another 7-under 65 for a three-shot lead that left Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and everyone having to
ESPN News Services Jan 30, 2025, 09:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry decorated stunning views Thursday with a hole-in-one for each on different courses. Russell Henley birdied his last two holes for an 8-under 64 and the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. And there
Associated Press Jan 30, 2025, 07:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — A Lim Kim shot a bogey-free, 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a four-shot lead in the opening round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, the LGPA Tour season opener. The 29-year-old Kim, a two-time winner on tour, including