Golf

9:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — When the idea of a PGA Tour-designated event first originated, it might have been difficult to dream up a better reality than the one that has played out through three days at the Genesis Invitational. With 23 of the top 25 players in the world in attendance,

7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm has a game for wherever he plays, whether it’s Spain or Dubai, Hawaii or California. That’s what makes the final round at Riviera so daunting for the few people left who have a chance to catch him. Rahm played bogey-free Saturday in the Genesis

11:36 AM ET Two more PGA Tour members and one of the best players on the DP World Tour are joining the LIV Golf League, sources told ESPN on Saturday. DP World Tour star Thomas Pieters, ranked No. 34 in the Official World Golf Ranking, and past PGA Tour winners Danny Lee and Brendan Steele

9:30 PM ET 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 LOS ANGELES — After dazzling the crowd at Riviera Country Club on Thursday with three straight birdies in his final three holes to shoot 2-under

4:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods apologized Friday and said he didn’t mean to offend anyone by what he called a prank during the first round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday. After Woods’ tee shot went 20 yards past Justin Thomas‘ ball on the ninth hole at the Riviera Country Club, Woods

10:36 AM ET A federal magistrate judge has ordered Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to turn over documents and ruled that its governor, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, must sit for depositions by the PGA Tour’s lawyers in the tour’s ongoing legal battle with LIV Golf. In the 58-page ruling, which was released by the U.S. District Court

9:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The walk to the Riviera Country Club clubhouse from the 18th green is a steep one. But any pain the smiling Tiger Woods might have felt in his right ankle seemed soothed by the crowd chanting his name near the hole’s surrounding grass auditorium. Despite an injury

2:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods played 16 holes and walked 18 in the Genesis Invitational Pro-Am Wednesday morning in his first public round of golf since last December’s PNC Championship. Woods, who will play with Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy in the first two rounds of the tournament starting Thursday,

8:00 PM ET 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 LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods will tee it up at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday (3:04 p.m. ET, ESPN+) in his first official PGA Tour

5:14 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As the PGA Tour continues to rebuild itself during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf League for the best players in the world, Rory McIlroy says he believes the tour should look at another professional sports league, the NBA, as a model for growth. McIlroy, speaking to reporters

Feb 15, 2023 Mito Pereira, who last year squandered a chance to become the first man from Chile to win a major championship and the first PGA Tour rookie to win one in 11 years, has officially joined the LIV Golf League. Pereira, 27, and Sebastian Munoz, another PGA Tour member, were among four players

4:30 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods walked back into the epicenter of the golf world Tuesday, just days after he announced he would be playing in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. He discussed many topics, including his health, the way he approaches playing competitive golf at this stage of

3:47 PM ET PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods said he’s still having problems with his right ankle and dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot but insists he wouldn’t be playing in this week’s Genesis Invitational if he didn’t think he could contend or even win. Woods, 47, will be making his first start

7:00 AM ET Devin Gordon STREAKING IS WRONG — let’s be clear about that up front. It’s boorish, infantile, and it always ends badly. That being said, sometimes a legend comes along who pulls off a marathon streak so improbable, so filled with performative flourishes and so in keeping with the whole sloshy drunken gestalt

6:06 PM ET Former world No. 1 Stacy Lewis has been named U.S. captain for the 2024 Solheim Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, the LPGA announced Monday. Lewis is already on track to captain the 2023 U.S. team that will face Europe at the Sept. 22-24 Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin in Andalucia, Spain. “This is

12:00 PM ET Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy entered the year ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. You could certainly argue that over the past few weeks, Spain’s Jon Rahm was performing like the best player in the world. On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler reminded everyone in the sport who was ranked No. 1

6:43 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his WM Phoenix Open title Sunday at TPC Scottsdale to regain the No. 1 spot in the world. Scheffler closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Nick Taylor by 2 strokes in breezy conditions on the firm and fast Stadium Course. The 26-year-old

11:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 on Sunday to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 — the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club