10:50 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Hannah Green took the lead into the weekend in the Palos Verdes Championship, rebounding from consecutive bogeys Thursday in gusting wind to birdie the two late par 5s in a 5-under 66. Green had a three-stroke lead over five players at hilly Palos Verdes Estates
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8:54 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm faced the wind and handled it just as well Friday in the Mexico Open, making eight birdies on his way to a 5-under 66 that staked the world’s No. 2 player to a two-shot lead over Alex Smalley. Rahm birdied all four of the
4:11 PM ET Associated Press Oliver Bekker shot a 6-under 66 to take a share of the first-round lead at the Catalunya Championship on Thursday. Seeking his first European tour win, the South African made eight birdies and a double bogey at the Stadium Course to finish tied with Jeff Winther and Darren Fichardt. “Pretty
9:48 PM ET Associated Press PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. — Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over top-ranked Jin Young Ko after the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship. Coming off a third-place tie Sunday in the LA Open at Whilshire Country Club, Lee had a bogey-free
9:25 PM ET Associated Press PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Jon Rahm is the biggest star in the Mexico Open and he lived up to his billing Thursday, chipping in for birdie and making a late eagle putt for a 7-under 64 and a six-way share of the lead in the first round. Jonathan Byrd, Brendon
2:15 PM ET Tiger Woods arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday and is playing a practice round at Southern Hills Country Club, the site of next month’s PGA Championship, sources told ESPN. Woods followed a similar plan before playing in this month’s Masters, his first official tour event in 14 months, after he was seriously
12:38 PM ET Associated Press When he isn’t busy trying to get the Golden State Warriors back to the NBA Finals, Stephen Curry is doing his part to create golf opportunities for minorities. His latest venture is expanding his “Underrated” brand into golf by launching a series of five tournaments in conjunction with the American
11:31 AM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The 150th edition of The Open is expected to attract a record-breaking crowd of 290,000 when St. Andrews hosts in July, organizers said Tuesday. The R&A received more than 1.3 million ticket applications, leading to the highest-ever number of general admission tickets being issued to fans
6:33 PM ET Phil Mickelson has registered to play in next month’s PGA Championship and the U.S. Open in June, and his agents have requested a release from the PGA Tour to allow the six-time major champion to play in the first event of the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series in London in June.
4:20 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Ah, a spring wedding. PGA Tour star Dustin Johnson married model-actress Paulina Gretzky over the weekend at a resort in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. The 33-year-old Gretzky, who is the daughter of hockey great Wayne Gretzky and actress Janet Jones, and Johnson have been engaged since 2013. Johnson,
10:14 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Nasa Hataoka ran away with the DIO Implant LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club to open the LPGA Tour’s two-week run in the Los Angeles area. Four strokes ahead entering the round after Jin Young Ko’s late meltdown Saturday, Hataoka closed with a 4-under 67
6:49 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele held off Sam Burns and Billy Horschel by two strokes Sunday in a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Cantlay and Schauffele closed with an even-par-72 in the alternate-shot final round to finish at 29-under 259 at TPC
5:31 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Scott Parel two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th hole for a 6-under 65, and then won the inaugural ClubCorp Classic on Sunday with a par on the same hole in a playoff for his second PGA Tour Champions title. Parel won a three-man playoff at Las
3:03 PM ET Associated Press LA PINEDA, Spain — Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal shot 8-under 62 on Sunday to win the ISPS Handa Championship for his seventh European tour title — and first on home soil. Larrazabal made nine birdies and a bogey at the Lakes Course to secure a one-shot victory over countryman Adrian Otaegui
10:27 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Nasa Hataoka took advantage of Jin Young Ko‘s late meltdown Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the DIO Implant LA Open. Tied for the lead with Hataoka after a birdie on the par-5 15th, the top-ranked Ko bogeyed the par-4 16th and
8:23 PM ET Associated Press IRVING, Texas — Steven Alker moved into position for his second straight PGA Tour Champions victory on Saturday, shooting a 5-under 66 in windy conditions to take a 2-stroke lead in the ClubCorp Classic. The winner three weeks ago in the Rapiscan Systems Classic in Mississippi, Alker played the four
6:54 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele played the back nine in 8-under 28 and shot a 12-under 60 in best-ball play Saturday to shatter the Zurich Classic three-round record at 29 under and stretch their lead to 5 strokes. Cantlay and Schauffele broke the 54-hole mark of 23
11:41 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Jin Young Ko had five back-nine birdies in a 7-under 64 at demanding Wilshire Country Club for a share of the second-round lead Friday with Nasa Hataoka in the DIO Implant LA Open. Five strokes behind first-round leader Alison Lee after a 71, the top-ranked Ko