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Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 03:27 PM ET STRAFFAN, Ireland — Shane Lowry needs a good week at the Irish Open to justify getting picked for the Ryder Cup. Adrian Meronk wants one to show Europe captain Luke Donald was wrong to leave him off the team. Both got off to a decent start on

Sep 6, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Rory McIlroy is still recovering from a back injury but said he will be “totally fine” in time for the Ryder Cup. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland hurt his lower back ahead of last month’s PGA Tour Championship. McIlroy, the world’s No. 2-ranked player, is competing in the Irish

Associated Press Sep 6, 2023, 06:23 AM ET ROME — Novak Djokovic will replace his tennis racket with a golf club when he competes in an All-Star match preceding the upcoming Ryder Cup outside Rome. Djokovic, Formula One driver Carlos Sainz and soccer players Gareth Bale and Andriy Shevchenko were among those named to compete

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Former Texas Tech star Ludvig Aberg will play for Europe in the upcoming Ryder Cup, less than four months after he turned pro. Aberg, from Sweden, was

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 09:46 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Teenager Chanettee Wannasaen played a five-hole stretch in 6 under early in the final round Sunday and closed with a near-flawless 9-under 63 for a four-stroke victory at the Portland Classic to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour since

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 02:40 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time. Great

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 12:04 PM ET CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg surged to a 2-shot win at the European Masters on Sunday and right into the Ryder Cup picture for Europe when the six captain’s picks are announced Monday. Aberg stunned longtime leader Matt Fitzpatrick by reeling off four straight birdies

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 09:53 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Megan Khang closed with an 18-foot birdie putt for her third straight 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Portland Classic in a bid to win for the second straight week. The 25-year-old American was on top at Columbia Edgewater six days

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 02:23 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews, and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup for its largest opening-day margin in 34 years. GB&I has not won the Walker Cup

Associated Press Sep 1, 2023, 10:18 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Perrine Delacour held onto the Portland Classic lead Friday with another bogey-free round at Columbia Edgewater, shooting a 5-under 67 in perfect conditions a day after opening with a 63 in the rain. “You had to adjust for the pins, especially on the wedges,”

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 10:05 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Perrine Delacour shot a 9-under 63 in morning rain Thursday at Columbia Edgewater to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Delacour opened with a birdie and ran off five straight on Nos. 3-7 in a front-nine 30.

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 05:10 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Todd White took the lead with a birdie on the par-5 seventh hole and never trailed the rest of the way in a 4-and-3 victory over Joey Flanagan of Ireland to win the U.S. Senior Amateur on Thursday for his second USGA title. Flanagan

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2023, 11:04 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Share Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland will have surgery on Sept. 18 to remove a lesion from his brain, he announced on X on

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2023, 10:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia A LIV Golf League captain will represent the United States when it takes on Europe in next month’s Ryder Cup in Italy. Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2023, 10:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LPGA rookie Rose Zhang will represent the United States when it plays Europe in next month’s Solheim Cup in Spain. Zhang and four other players, Jennifer Kupcho,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2023, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Another tumultuous season on the PGA Tour has come and gone. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Norway’s Viktor Hovland won the Tour Championship at East Lake

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 27, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — When Oklahoma State golf coach Alan Bratton was recruiting Viktor Hovland in 2015, he remembers Hovland telling him that he couldn’t wait to get to

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 10:52 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Megan Khang needed an extra hole to win her first LPGA tournament in 191 career starts. Andrea Lee agonizingly watched the leaderboard for nearly an hour to see if she would play on the Solheim Cup team for the first time. It was