Golf

Associated Press Oct 12, 2023, 03:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Jon Rahm got off to a solid start in his attempt to surpass Seve Ballesteros by winning a fourth Spanish Open title, shooting 4-under 67 to sit four shots off the lead after Thursday’s first round. Matthieu Pavon was at the top

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 12, 2023, 10:35 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Cameron Smith called the Official World Golf Ranking system “almost obsolete” after its governing body voted unanimously not to award world-ranking points to golfers

Oct 11, 2023, 05:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL added three more players this week in advance of its January debut as Sahith Theegala, Cam Young and Keegan Bradley all are on board, TMRW Sports announced Wednesday. Those additions come a week after Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton were named to the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2023, 02:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions If golfers can’t earn Official World Golf Ranking points for their finishes in LIV Golf League events, Bryson DeChambeau wants the four major championships

Oct 10, 2023, 05:50 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Lexi Thompson didn’t hesitate when informed that she had been invited to play in this week’s Shriners Children’s Open, where she will become only the seventh woman to compete on the PGA Tour. She had other plans for this weekend after a busy schedule that had

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:35 PM ET LIV Golf is playing only for cash, not world ranking points, after the Official World Golf Ranking board determined it could not fairly measure the 48-man league with the other 24 tours around the world. The OWGR rejected the application from Saudi-backed LIV Golf, first submitted in

Associated Press Oct 10, 2023, 01:20 PM ET MADRID — With his “batteries charged” again after an exhausting Ryder Cup week, Jon Rahm is back home to try to surpass idol Seve Ballesteros with a fourth Spanish Open title. Rahm matched Ballesteros’ three titles by winning in Madrid last year, and he arrives as the

Associated Press Oct 9, 2023, 11:35 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Matt Fitzpatrick captured his first European tour title in two years by winning the weather-affected Dunhill Links Championship by 3 strokes Monday. The 2022 U.S. Open champion shot 6-under 66 on the Old Course at St. Andrews to finish on 19-under-par overall for

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 08:25 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. — Luke List won when he least expected it, getting into a five-way playoff Sunday in the Sanderson Farms Championship and ending it quickly with a birdie putt from just inside 45 feet for his second career PGA Tour victory. The playoff would not have

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 06:35 PM ET THE COLONY, Texas — Hyo Joo Kim of South Korea started with a five-shot lead and didn’t give anyone much of a chance Sunday, closing with a 2-under 69 to win The Ascendant LPGA by four shots. It was the second straight week for a wire-to-wire winner

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 05:48 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Brett Quigley had to work a lot harder than he imagined Sunday to win again on the PGA Tour Champions. He recovered from a shocking double bogey with four closing pars for a 1-under 71 and a one-shot victory in the Constellation Furyk &

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 04:49 PM ET NEWBURGH, Ind. — Paul Barjon had a big weekend at the right time, closing with a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a 3-shot victory in the Korn Ferry Tour Championship to move him into the top 30 of players who earned PGA Tour cards for 2024. Barjon

Associated Press Oct 8, 2023, 09:37 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Heavy rain in Scotland caused play at the Dunhill Links Championship to be abandoned for the day again on Sunday. It was the second straight day that no play was possible at the European tour event held across three of Scotland’s great courses:

Associated Press Oct 7, 2023, 07:44 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. — Ben Griffin moved into position for his first PGA Tour victory with another bogey-free round Saturday for a 6-under 66, giving him a three-shot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Griffin got up-and-down for par on his final three holes, the last one from

Associated Press Oct 7, 2023, 06:27 PM ET THE COLONY, Texas — Hyo Joo Kim had a rough start, just like everyone else in windy, cool conditions Saturday in The Ascendant LPGA. She recovered with enough birdies for a 1-under 70, building a five-shot lead going into the final round. Sarah Kemp did her own

Associated Press Oct 6, 2023, 08:07 PM ET JACKSON, Miss. — Ben Griffin joined a crowded pack of contenders in the Sanderson Farms Championship and then moved past them Friday afternoon with a 30 on the back nine, sending him to a 9-under 63 and a 2-shot lead going into the weekend. Griffin’s score was

Associated Press Oct 6, 2023, 07:59 PM ET THE COLONY, Texas — Hyo Joo Kim shot a 3-under 68 on Friday in The Ascendant LPGA to take a two-stroke lead over Sofia Garcia into the weekend, with resurgent Lexi Thompson tied for third. Kim had four birdies and a bogey in her morning round at

Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 09:19 PM ET THE COLONY, Texas — Hyo Joo Kim took the first-round lead Thursday in The Ascendant LPGA, breaking away at Old American with a back-nine birdie run in a 7-under 64. Kim, the 28-year-old South Korean player ranked No. 7 in the world, had a two-stroke lead over