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Associated Press May 27, 2023, 09:17 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Leona Maguire won two more matches Saturday at Shadow Creek to advance to the semifinals in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play. The seventh-seeded Maguire, from Ireland, held off American Lindsey Weaver-Wright 3 and 2 to improve to 5-0. Maguire will

No one ever said that moving day in professional golf is confined to one direction. Up and down is moving, and it defined the proceedings Saturday during the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at crotchety old Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Rookie Harry Hall might have played two of the messiest

May 26, 2023, 05:00 PM ET Michael Block missed the cut at Colonial in his first start since bursting on the scene at the PGA Championship, although the physically drained club professional is happy to return home after a whirlwind journey during which he became an overnight sensation. The 46-year-old Block earned a sponsor’s exemption

Can it really be that the LIV Golf League is hitting the halfway point of its 2023 season this week with its visit outside the nation’s capital? Indeed, this week’s event at Trump National Washington, D.C. marks the seventh of 14 events on the 2023 LIV schedule, and a triumphant one at that with Brooks

The big weeks on the PGA Tour seem to be coming more frequently than ever. Of course, that’s because they are, with the now-designated events and their $20 million in prize money drawing most of the top players in the game. Up next week is the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village in Ohio—always popular because

Associated Press May 26, 2023, 10:57 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Anna Nordqvist had all three of her matches go the distance, and only a clutch wedge kept her from playing even more Friday as she was among 16 players who advanced out of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match

An English theme was starting to emerge after two rounds at the Charles Schwab Challenge at Fort Worth’s storied Colonial Country Club. There’s the leader, Harry Hall, who is from England, and his nearest chaser … Harris English. Sorry, we had to. After an opening-round 62 at Colonial, Hall, who played at the University of

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 26, 2023, 10:49 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Stanford sophomore Rose Zhang, the most decorated player in amateur women’s golf history, announced on Friday that she’s turning pro. The first woman to win two NCAA

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain. In Michael Block’s case, “long enough” lasted five days. Fans have suddenly had their fill of a story they couldn’t get enough of at the PGA Championship, the 46-year-old club pro’s feel-good tale taking a different tenor at this week’s Charles Schwab

Sergio Garcia knew the moment was coming. But learning European captain Luke Donald would not extend the LIV golfer and Ryder Cup stalwart a captain’s pick for the showpiece in Rome later this year was still devastating. It made Garcia’s decision easier earlier this month when he joined fellow Ryder Cup heroes Lee Westwood and

Associated Press May 25, 2023, 11:33 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Anna Nordqvist was among 11 players who won matches for the second straight day, only the three-time major champion from Sweden had to work the longest at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play. Nordqvist had her second match go all 18

Not only was it understandable that Michael Block struggled on Thursday at the Charles Schwab Challenge, it was expected. It’s been a whirldwind of a few days for the 46-year-old club pro, not to mention the fact he was coming into Colonial completely blind, having never even stepped foot on property before. That said, Colonial

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 10:20 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Cal teammates Aaron Du and Sampson Zheng capped off a strong week at Kiawah Island with a 2-and-1 victory over Drew Kittleson and Drew Stoltz to win the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday. The victory comes a week after the Golden Bears

The final of the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship had a bonus element of interest courtesy of a popular podcaster known as the Sleeze, who can do more than just talk a good game. But in the end it was a pair of college teammates at UC-Berkeley, who prevailed over the Sleeze and his partner. Aaron

Wake Forest has a renowned golf pedigree, its foundation provided by the inimitable Arnold Palmer and reinforced through the years by Lanny Wadkins and Curtis Strange, among others, as well as three NCAA men’s team championships. This time, the Demon Deacon women made their own remarkable contribution to Wake’s golf legacy. The Wake Forest women’s

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 24, 2023, 05:20 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Before last week’s PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Zach Johnson was asked about the possibility of a LIV Golf League

When you accuse someone who talks for a living of having an agenda and being a ‘paid actor’ it shouldn’t be a surprise when that person punches back. In this case, Brandel Chamblee did not hold back. The Golf Channel and NBC analyst posted a 538-word response on Twitter Wednesday, refuting comments made a day

Todd Archer, ESPN Staff WriterMay 23, 2023, 06:10 PM ET Close Covered NFL since 1997, Cowboys since 2003 Previously covered Bengals and Dolphins Lives in Dallas area with his wife and two children FORT WORTH, Texas — Michael Block wants to apologize to his friends. “I’m sorry I haven’t gotten back to you,” said Block,

By now, golf fans have all seen Michael Block’s PGA Championship hole-in-one more times than they can count. But it turns out a fan had the best angle of this legendary shot. The 46-year-old club pro highlighted “the best week of his life” by making an ace on Oak Hill’s 15th hole during Sunday’s final

It was a logical progression of expectations after Rose Zhang became the first player in NCAA Women’s Division I history to win back-to-back individual titles in the NCAA Tournament with her victory at Grayhawk on Monday. Last year, Zhang’s Stanford team followed her success by capturing its second NCAA team championship. Since Zhang repeated this

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 10:13 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Playing a tight match winding toward the finish, Brianna Navarrosa looked across the green to see the ball of the world’s top-ranked amateur close to the hole. The Southern California junior kept her composure, as she had all day, confidently stroked her longer putt

You see a résumé that has just six starts in her first year on the LPGA Tour in 2022, and you wonder if Sweden’s Linn Grant had limited status as a rookie. Probably too, the 23-year-old had to make a return trip to Q-Series last fall to earn her card back for 2023. But drill

ESPN News Services May 22, 2023, 06:26 PM ET The USGA announced the 84 players currently in the field for next month’s major championship at Los Angeles Country Club, and Tiger Woods is not among them as he recovers from leg surgery. Woods had April surgery to address post-traumatic arthritis in his right ankle that

Twenty years ago Annika Sorenstam teed off in the PGA Tour’s Bank of America Colonial, marking the first appearance by a woman in a PGA Tour event in more than a half century. Other women followed not long after, with varying degrees of success. But Sorenstam’s appearance in Fort Worth felt historic in its magnitude

The past is not necessarily prologue in golf, a game generally too capricious to accommodate prognostication. Yet Stanford’s sophomore star Rose Zhang has arrived at the brink of disproving that supposition. Zhang, still only 19, won her second consecutive NCAA Division I individual championship on Monday at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. It was

Associated Press May 22, 2023, 09:30 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Stanford’s Rose Zhang shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on Monday to become the first women’s golfer to win consecutive national titles and tie the NCAA record for wins in a season. It’s the latest triumph for Zhang, who had already swept the most important

The top American on the LPGA announced Monday that she is going to be cautious the next few weeks because of an injury. Nelly Korda took to her Instagram story to explain that she withdrew from next week’s Mizuho America’s Open because of back pain. The new LPGA event this season, with tournament host Michelle

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka wasn’t wearing his LIV Golf League team’s logo while winning his fifth major title at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill

You may have predicted a big week for Brooks Koepka at Bellerive Country Club. Heck, you may have even picked him to win the 100th PGA Championship. But you’d also still have nothing on Steve Williams. A “My Shot” interview with Tiger Woods’ ex-caddie appeared in the May 2015 issue of Golf Digest, and as

Chances are, Scottie Scheffler will be carrying a lot of “what might have been” thoughts with him the next few days after his finish at the 2023 PGA Championship. It’s hard to complain about grabbing a share of second in a major championship, Scheffler shooting a final-round 65 at Oak Hill Country Club. Unless, that