Golf

Feb 22, 2025, 09:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday there is a “good chance” of resolving a schism between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf after his discussions with the parties about the dispute. At a White House dinner for visiting state governors, Trump was asked by

Associated Press Feb 22, 2025, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Aldrich Potgieter had the lead going into the final round of the Mexico Open, minus the cushion he enjoyed after a sloppy finish Saturday that made him settle for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot advantage over Brian Campbell at Vidanta

Associated Press Feb 22, 2025, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PATTAYA, Thailand — Angel Yin birdied three of her final four holes on the front nine to help set up an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand tournament. The American had a three-round

Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 08:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Aldrich Potgieter showed his ability to shoot low Friday in the Mexico Open, powering and putting to a 10-under 61 that gave the big-hitting South African a four-shot lead going into the weekend at Vidanta Vallarta. Potgieter chipped in for par

Field Level Media Feb 21, 2025, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau signed a one-match contract to compete with Los Angeles Golf Club against New York Golf Club, the TGL team announced on Friday. Finau will join Los Angeles GC on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Six of the seven PGA Tour events this year had international winners, and the Mexico Open added to the trend Thursday when Jeremy Paul of Germany, Kris Ventura of Norway and Harry Hall of England shared the lead at 7-under 64.

Mark SchlabachFeb 20, 2025, 09:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday in what the tour

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, La. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have committed to return to the Zurich Classic this spring and defend the 2024 title they won in the PGA Tour’s lone team event, tournament organizers announced Thursday. The Irish tandem rallied late in last year’s

Marco Wutz Feb 20, 2025, 11:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The competition between EA Sports and 2K Games in the golf sim genre is reminiscent of their football sim clash in the 2000s, so fans are eager to see what 2K has to offer to counter EA Sports PGA Tour from 2023, which was

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 06:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PATTAYA, Thailand — Akie Iwai made the most of a sponsor’s invite to shoot a 10-under 62 and lead by three strokes after the first round of the LPGA’s Thailand tournament at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course. The Japanese player started with four

Shwetha SurendranFeb 19, 2025, 03:41 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The U.S. air travel system is inadequately equipped for the millions of visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to a report released Wednesday by

Associated Press Feb 18, 2025, 10:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods had 199 yards to the hole. His Jupiter Links teammates realized too late that something was dreadfully wrong Tuesday night in a TGL indoor match. Woods asked to confirm the yardage and heard 99; caddies often drop

Field Level Media Feb 18, 2025, 10:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cognizant Classic added a quartet of strong names to the field for next week’s tournament with commitments by a trio of top-25 players along with top-ranked amateur Luke Clanton on Monday. The event begins Feb. 27 at PGA National in Palm Beach

Open Extended Reactions TGL has proven — in flashes — it has the potential to be compelling. While straddling the line between superfluous entertainment (think: NBA All-Star Game) and serious competition (pick your favorite PGA Tour event) has been tricky, there have been some moments when the two concepts have overlapped and hit the sweet

Field Level Media Feb 18, 2025, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour rookie Karl Vilips on Tuesday was named the first brand ambassador for Sun Day Red, the clothing line launched by Tiger Woods. Vilips, who is 23 and won the 2024 Pac-12 Conference title while at Stanford and was named first-team All-Pac

Dre Waters Feb 17, 2025, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL provided golf fans with action all day, as the new league hosted a Presidents’ Day triple header on Monday afternoon. The day kicked off with a match between Atlanta Drive Golf Club and Los Angeles Golf Club at 1 p.m. ET. Justin Thomas,

Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Scottie Scheffler has gotten so used to winning that his 6-under 66 on Sunday to finish tied for third at the Genesis Invitational isn’t quite good enough for the top-ranked player in the world. “I think I feel pretty bad about where I’m at,” Scheffler said when asked about

ESPN News Services Feb 16, 2025, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Ludvig Åberg never felt worse leaving a golf course than three weeks ago at Torrey Pines when he shared the 36-hole lead only to get ill from a stomach ailment and stagger to the finish with a 79. That’s what