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1:12 PM ET The FedEx Cup playoffs continue this week with the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Betting analysts Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Anita Marks offer their best bets. Odds

10:14 PM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI, China — The LPGA Tour said in a statement Wednesday that the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament scheduled for mid-October has been canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions. The tournament was scheduled for the Qizhong Garden Golf Club from Oct. 14-17. There are two tournaments scheduled for the following

7:47 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tony Finau was developing a label as the player who did everything right but win. What he never lost was his belief he could beat the best. That moment finally arrived late Monday afternoon at the Northern Trust against the sunlit backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.

8:23 PM ET Tony Finau first held up a trophy, victorious on the PGA Tour, in 2016 at the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach. Since that win, Finau has had 40 top-10 finishes, eight second-place finishes and five years without holding another trophy. Only Louis Oosthuizen has had more runners-up finishes (11) than Finau

7:48 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The FedEx Cup playoffs started with 125 players. When the weather-delayed Northern Trust finally came to an end Monday evening, only 70 advance on to this week’s BMW Championship. After that, the top 30 will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship with a shot

Aug 23, 2021 Bryson DeChambeau has accepted an invitation to compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship in Mesquite, Nev., on Sept. 27. DeChambeau posted on Instagram that he believes that long-drive competitions are an opportunity to help grow the game of golf. “I want to show the world how incredibly talented and

4:10 PM ET Patrick Reed is recovering in a Houston hospital after being diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, according to the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. Reed released a statement to Lewis, saying he is on the road to recovery, and that he looks forward to returning to the golf course once he is cleared by the

7:11 AM ET Captain Catriona Matthew selected a trio of Solheim Cup rookies for Team Europe’s title defence as the biennial tournament kicks off next week at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Europe take on favourites United States with newcomers Nanna Madsen of Denmark, who finished fifth on Sunday at the women’s British Open,

8:09 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Rod Pampling won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory when Jim Furyk and Woody Austin failed to get up-and-down for birdie from greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th. Pampling, playing five groups ahead of Furyk and Austin at Snoqualmie Ridge, shot

3:47 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Liberty National avoided the brunt of the wind from Hurricane Henri, but not the rain that forced the final round of The Northern Trust to finish on Monday. That was the hope, anyway. Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith finished the third round Saturday tied for the

9:25 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Woody Austin birdied the par-5 18th on Saturday for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead over Jim Furyk and Colin Montgomerie in the PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic. The 57-year-old Austin had three straight birdies on Nos. 13-15. He has four senior victories after also winning

7:12 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith were tied for the lead Saturday in The Northern Trust, and neither could have imagined how they got there. Smith had never shot better than 62 _ twice this year on the PGA Tour, once at his home club in Brisbane,

4:45 PM ET Associated Press Tapio Pulkkanen will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Czech Masters after a 6-under 66 on Saturday. Three shots off the lead after the second round, the 31-year-old did not drop a shot in the third round until the par-4 17th. He bounced back with his

5:47 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm has competed in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs enough times to know how the system works. And he doesn’t like it. “I don’t think it’s fair,” Rahm said Friday after a 4-under-par 67 gave him a 1-shot lead through 36 holes at The Northern Trust,

11:03 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Ernie Els made a 50-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th for a 66-under 66 and a share of the Boeing Classic lead Friday with Woody Austin and Billy Mayfair. “That putt on 18 is obviously a huge bonus,” Els said. Els also had six birdies and

3:53 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tropical Storm Henri could have an impact on the Northern Trust golf tournament, and the PGA Tour will decide Saturday based on the weather forecast if it will postpone the final round of the event until Monday. Weather is not expected to impact Saturday’s third round at Liberty

8:03 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm returned from a month off and played like he was never gone. Justin Thomas took the advice of a 15-year-old and had his lowest score of the year. Both opened with an 8-under 63 on Thursday at The Northern Trust as the PGA Tour’s

6:45 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Adam Scott tried to take the positives out of a strong week that surprisingly saw him with a chance to win on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. And yet, missing a 4-foot putt on the first sudden-death playoff hole that would have won the tournament still stings, a