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9:25 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala made up for a messy finish Friday morning in the suspended first round of the WM Phoenix Open in a hurry — and kept on going. Making his tournament debut on a sponsor exemption, Theegala shot a 7-under 64 to take a 2-stroke lead over

5:24 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It took Zach Johnson a second to remember what he did on the 17th tee. When it finally dawned on him, he laughed. He has knocked a ball off the tee before he hits it so many times that’s it’s not a thing to remember anymore. Johnson did it

10:23 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Sahith Theegala crashed golf’s biggest party. Playing in the last group off the 10th tee Thursday in his first WM Phoenix Open start, Theegala was 7 under with two holes left when the round was suspended because of darkness. K.H. Lee was second after a 6-under 65.

5:26 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Winless since the last time he was at the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale a little more than a year ago, Brooks Koepka isn’t happy with how far he’s fallen in the Official Golf World Rankings. The 31-year-old is currently ranked 20th by the OGWR, his lowest standing

10:39 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The Indian Open was canceled and the China Open was postponed as restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause problems on golf’s European Tour. The Indian Open had been postponed from its original scheduled date of Feb. 17-20 but now will not take place

10:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Two-time major champion and 13-time LPGA Tour winner Stacy Lewis has been named captain of Team USA for the 2023 Solheim Cup. Lewis will lead a team of the top 12 American golfers who will seek to reclaim the cup when they face a Team Europe squad captained by Suzann

7:05 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It’s one of the most iconic shots in PGA Tour history, not as much for the feat itself but for the celebration that ensued. After Tiger Woods‘ hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole on the Saturday of the 1997 Phoenix Open, there were the missed high-fives, beer showering the

7:04 AM ET Are you ready to party? That’s the vibe at the WM Phoenix Open, which begins Thursday, Feb. 10 at TPC Scottsdale. This PGA Tour event boasts some of the biggest, loudest galleries in all of golf. And, of course, there is the famed 16th hole, that has more of a football stadium

6:33 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA tour heads to Arizona this week for the 2022 WM Phoenix Open as some of the best golfers in the world compete TPC Scottsdale. The tournament, historically has been a strong event on tour with a loaded field including last year’s winner Brooks Koepka and top ten

6:42 PM ET SiriusXM has fired former PGA Tour pro Mark Lye, who made controversial comments about women’s basketball during a show on Saturday. “You know the LPGA Tour, to me, is a completely different tour than it was 10 years ago,” Lye said Saturday on PGA Tour Radio. “You couldn’t pay me to watch.

8:25 AM ET A not-so-great-week for professional golf, with plenty of discussion of rival tours and “obnoxious greed,” ended with two accomplishments that can surely bring everyone together. At the Saudi International, Harold Varner III sank an 90-foot eagle putt from off the green to win for the first time in six years and only

7:38 PM ET ESPN News Services PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Another cliff-hanger at Pebble Beach, this one memorable for Tom Hoge delivering all the right shots on the back nine to surge past Jordan Spieth and win the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for his first PGA Tour title. Hoge, one of seven players who had

10:32 AM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Overnight leader Harold Varner III eagled the par-5 18th by sinking a long putt to overtake clubhouse leader Bubba Watson and win the Saudi International in dramatic fashion Sunday. The 31-year-old American shot a 1-under 69 in his final round at Royal Greens

11:54 AM ET Associated Press Denmark’s Nicolai Hojgaard held his nerve to win his second DP World Tour title at the Ras al Khaimah Championship in United Arab Emirates on Sunday. The 20-year-old had led by three shots overnight, but a mid-round wobble on Sunday left him trailing Jordan Smith by two on the back

7:44 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth put himself into the mix Saturday at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, and he lived to tell about it. On a day when Seamus Power went backward to allow a half-dozen other players back in the game, Spieth went backward just to make sure

6:06 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — Leona Maguire became the first Irish winner in LPGA Tour history Saturday, closing with a 5-under 67 for a three-stroke victory in the LPGA Drive On Championship at Crown Colony. “It’s huge for Irish golf,” Maguire said. “There was never an Irish player on the tour,

1:07 PM ET Associated Press Nicolai Hojgaard shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Ras al Khaimah Championship. The 20-year-old, seeking his second DP World Tour title, birdied five of his last six for a 54-hole total of 20-under 196, with David Law his nearest

1:24 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau has a message for those concerned that his body is breaking down from his relentless speed training and excessive workouts in his ongoing quest for distance. Just chill. DeChambeau withdrew from the Saudi International before Friday’s second round because of left hand and left hip injuries. He shot 3-over 73