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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 21, 2023, 08:52 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — At last week’s PGA Tour season finale, the RSM Classic at Sea Island Resort, Open Championship winner Brian Harman

Nov 21, 2023, 07:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Australian number one Cameron Smith hopes to earn enough ranking points on his home tour and in next year’s majors to qualify for another Olympics at Paris next year. The former world number two has slipped to 18th since joining the breakaway LIV Golf circuit where

Associated Press Nov 20, 2023, 12:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy will wait until 2025 to launch their tech-infused TGL competition because of damage to the Florida arena that was going to take too long to repair and create scheduling problems for television and players. The six-team league was supposed

ESPN News Services Nov 20, 2023, 11:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Spieth will serve the remainder of Rory McIlroy‘s term as a player director on the PGA Tour’s policy board. Commissioner Jay Monahan announced the change to tour members Monday. The term runs through the end of 2024. Spieth’s selection was voted on

Nov 20, 2023, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Golfers losing balls is a common enough occurrence, but Dutch professional Joost Luiten took mislaying equipment to another level when he lost three of his clubs up a tree at the DP World Tour Championships in Dubai on Sunday. Days after Rory McIlroy’s tee shot landed

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Ludvig Åberg added to his astonishing second half of the year when he closed with a second straight 9-under 61 on Sunday to win the RSM Classic, his first PGA Tour title to go along with a European tour

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Amy Yang picked a lucrative time for her first LPGA title on American soil. Yang birdied her last two holes for a 6-under 66 to win the CME Group Tour Championship and claim the $2 million prize, matching the largest in

Associated Press Nov 19, 2023, 09:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Paul Azinger will no longer be the lead golf analyst for NBC Sports, ending his five years with the network at the Ryder Cup without even knowing that was his last event. “With the golf and media landscapes now in a more challenging environment,

Associated Press Nov 18, 2023, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Nasa Hataoka had a strong start and Amy Yang had a hot finish, finishing with a share of the lead in the CME Group Tour Championship with 18 holes left and $2 million on the line. Yang had four birdies in

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 18, 2023, 01:04 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods is returning to competitive golf in two weeks, as he announced Saturday on X that he plans to compete

Associated Press Nov 18, 2023, 06:56 AM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Matt Wallace has tied a European tour record by making nine consecutive birdies, all of them on the back nine Saturday for a 12-under 60 in the DP World Tour Championship. Wallace had a chance at the only the

Associated Press Nov 17, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Alison Lee birdied four of her last five holes Friday to extend a hot streak that stretches from Saudi Arabia to South Korea to Florida. Her 8-under 64 gave her a share of the lead with Nasa Hataoka in the season-ending

Nov 17, 2023, 09:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy has explained the decision to resign from his position as a player director on the PGA Tour’s influential policy board. The world No.2 announced the surprise move on Tuesday, despite being expected to serve in the position until 2024. McIlroy, 34, has been one

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 07:14 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tiger Woods‘ ex-girlfriend has dropped her lawsuits against the golf superstar and the trust that owns his Florida mansion, saying she never accused him of sexual harassment even though her attorney has made that claim. The attorney for Erica Herman filed a one-paragraph

Associated Press Nov 16, 2023, 07:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Cameron Young birdied his last hole in the dark and held his game together during the worst of the rain Thursday to share the lead with Eric Cole and Davis Thompson at 6-under 66 among those who managed to

Nov 16, 2023, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Charlie Woods has something that his famous father doesn’t: a high school state golf championship gold medal. Tiger Woods‘ son, a freshman, shot a 78-76 over two days as The Benjamin School’s boys team captured the FHSAA Class A state championship on Wednesday at Mission Inn

ESPN News Services Nov 16, 2023, 07:50 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It was the most awkward lie of the day for Rory McIlroy. The four-time major winner’s tee shot on the par-3 13th hole at the World Tour Championship in Dubai on Thursday somehow landed in the lap of a female spectator who was

Nov 15, 2023, 07:55 PM ET The launch of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy‘s simulator golf league could be delayed after an overnight power outage caused deflation and damage to the air-supported dome section of the Florida-based venue, TGL said on Wednesday. There were no injuries and no technology was impacted inside the Palm Beach