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Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jul 20, 2023, 08:36 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — The first round of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club had a little bit of everything. Thursday

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The last amateur to hold at least a share of the first-round lead in an Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club was Bobby Jones in 1930.

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jul 19, 2023, 05:21 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — When Brooks Koepka walked up to the first tee at Royal Liverpool Golf Club for a practice round Monday,

Associated Press Jul 19, 2023, 08:37 PM ET MIDLAND, Mich. — Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan shot a 6-under 64 in alternate-shot play Wednesday to take the first-round lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s lone team event. Castren, from Finland, and Tan, from Malaysia, birdied the final two holes and

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2023, 08:56 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — With the purse for The Open more than doubling over the past decade, R&A CEO Martin Slumbers on Wednesday wouldn’t rule out taking money

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 19, 2023, 08:15 AM ET HOYLAKE, England — Nine years ago, the resplendent orange Rickie Fowler wore against the backdrop of Hoylake’s cement-colored palate seemed like it glowed a little brighter. At the 2014 Open Championship, Fowler was still in his mid 20s, wearing a flat-billed, white and orange Puma hat with

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 09:30 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy will play the first two rounds of the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club with Masters champion Jon Rahm and

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — As Rory McIlroy finished playing 14 holes during a practice round with Shane Lowry on Tuesday morning, the rain started to fall at Royal

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 18, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Royal Liverpool Golf Club, which was built in 1869 and is the second-oldest seaside course in England, underwent a facelift since the last time

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 17, 2023, 11:26 AM ET HOYLAKE, England – A few moments after reigning Open Champion Cameron Smith got emotional when returning the Claret Jug he’s had for a year, the Australian delivered a message on the future of LIV Golf in the wake of the PGA Tour’s framework agreement with the Public

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy won a Claret Jug the last time the Open Championship was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, in 2014. Three weeks later,

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 08:33 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Vincent Norrman lipped in an 8-footer for bogey on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff, then scrambled for par on the same hole in sudden death on Sunday to beat Nathan Kimsey and win the Barbasol Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 05:18 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — Steve Stricker won his third PGA Tour Champions major of the year, capping off a dominant weekend at Firestone with a 4-under 66 on Sunday for a three-shot victory in the Kaulig Companies Championship. Stricker was five shots off the lead after a second-round

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 06:39 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant won her first LPGA Tour title after an outstanding start to her career in Europe, enduring a charge from U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz and closing with a 3-under 68 for a three-shot victory in the Dana Open on Sunday. The

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 10:14 AM ET GULLANE, Scotland — Rory McIlroy birdied the last two holes in whipping wind Sunday for a 2-under 68 to win the Genesis Scottish Open, his first victory on Scottish soil, and take a load of confidence into the final major of the year. McIlroy was 1 shot

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 09:04 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant put herself in position to become just the second LPGA Tour player to break 60, but she played the final five holes in even par for a 9-under 62 and has a 6-stroke lead entering the final round of the Dana Open.

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 03:33 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — PGA Tour rookie Trevor Cone shot a 9-under 63 on Saturday at rainy Keene Trace to take the third-round lead in the Barbasol Championship. Cone had a 17-under 199 total for a 1-stroke advantage over Lucas Glover and Vincent Norrman in the event co-sanctioned

Jul 15, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 to maintain a 1-stroke lead after the third round at the Scottish Open on Saturday in North Berwick, Scotland. McIlroy, who sits at 13-under 197 for the tournament, recorded five birdies against two bogeys at The Renaissance Club to stay 1 stroke ahead