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Associated Press Oct 17, 2024, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ROQUE, Spain — Julien Guerrier made nine birdies on his first 11 holes en route to an 10-under 62 opening round in the Andalucia Masters on Thursday. Guerrier also birdied the 15th to take a one-shot lead over Englishman Dan Brown, who made

Associated Press Oct 17, 2024, 05:49 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PAJU, South Korea — Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa, Hannah Green of Australia, and Jenny Shin of South Korea each shot 8-under 64s to top the leaderboard after the first round of the BMW Ladies Championship on Thursday. The field is loaded with eight

Field Level Media Oct 16, 2024, 02:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler didn’t have to think too hard when pondering what would be on the menu for the traditional Champions Dinner during Masters week. If you’re curious, it starts with cheeseburger sliders served “Scottie style,” firecracker shrimp and tortilla soup. Editor’s Picks For

J.J. Post, ESPNOct 16, 2024, 09:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In early September, Charleston Southern deputy athletic director Courtney Hall sent an unconventional email to all athletics personnel. The school needed an interim women’s golf coach. And fast. A few weeks prior, former Buccaneer golf head coach Chan Metts had departed the school to

Field Level Media Oct 14, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Nelly Korda withdrew from the next two tournaments on the LPGA Tour’s Asia swing after hurting her neck during practice, she announced Monday. The tour is in South Korea this week for the BMW Ladies Championship, beginning Thursday. Players will head to the

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — English golfer Dan Bradbury carded a 5-under 66 in the final round to win the Open de France by one stroke on Sunday. The 25-year-old Bradbury stepped it up with four birdies on the back nine to finish at 16 under

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Matt McCarty started the year on the Korn Ferry Tour and now is headed to the Masters, winning his first PGA Tour title Sunday at the Black Desert Championship with a 4-under 67 and one swing that all but sealed it.

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 05:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARY, N.C. — Jerry Kelly closed with a 5-under 67 and won the SAS Championship on Sunday after Padraig Harrington narrowly missed an 8-foot par putt that would have forced a playoff, giving Kelly his first PGA Tour Champions title in two years. Kelly

Associated Press Oct 13, 2024, 05:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Ruoning Yin shot an 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the LPGA Buick Shanghai tournament, the fourth career LPGA victory for the Chinese golfer. Yin trailed third-round leader Mao Saigo of Japan by one stroke, but rallied with birdies on five of

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 08:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Matt McCarty took a two-stroke lead into the final round in his second PGA Tour start, shooting a 7-under 64 on Saturday in the inaugural Black Desert Championship. A three-time winner this season on the Korn Ferry Tour to earn an

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Swedish golfer Jesper Svensson shot a third-round 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the Open de France over Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen and England’s Sam Bairstow. Svensson had four birdies in the first six holes and five overall. But

Associated Press Oct 12, 2024, 06:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Mao Saigo of Japan shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Saturday. It was her second consecutive round of 65. Saigo, who is 18 under overall, is looking for her first

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 09:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Stephan Jaeger made up for a three-putt from 10 feet by chipping in for birdie on consecutive holes Friday for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead before the second round was suspended by darkness at the inaugural Black

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 05:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Belgium’s Thomas Detry shot a second-round 63 to share the lead with England’s Dan Bradbury and Jesper Svensson at 9 under par midway through the Open de France on Friday. Five players were one shot behind. Detry also shot 8-under 63

Associated Press Oct 11, 2024, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Sei Young Kim of South Korea held on to her lead with a 2-under 70 in the second round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament on Friday. Kim has a two-round total of 12-under 132 after opening with 62 — her lowest

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions IVINS, Utah — Adam Svensson made a 35-foot eagle putt he thought he had missed and closed with a birdie from the bunker for a career-best 11-under 60, giving him a two-shot lead Thursday in the Black Desert Championship as the PGA Tour returned

Associated Press Oct 10, 2024, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — Sei Young Kim, looking for her first victory this season, opened with a 10-under 62 on Thursday to lead the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament. The South Korean player shot a 28 on her first nine holes at the

ESPN News Services Oct 8, 2024, 12:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning have left Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton to practice the rest of the week in the Raleigh area for their season opener at the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night. Milton, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is projected to

ESPN News Services Oct 8, 2024, 02:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley offered a warning Tuesday about Bethpage Black that does not need a special sign by the first tee: Organizers will have security inside the ropes to make sure the New York crowd doesn’t get out of control.

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHIZUOKA, Japan — Wenyi Ding capped off a marathon Sunday with a 3-under 67 that carried the 19-year-old from China to a one-shot victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur and a spot in the Masters and the Open Championship next year. Ding, a sophomore at

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Rocco Mediate missed a 4-foot par putt for the win, and then made from about the same distance on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat Bob Estes and win the Constellation Furyk & Friends on the PGA Tour Champions. Mediate,

Associated Press Oct 7, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BELLEAIR, Fla. — Caitlin Clark wasn’t joking when she included golf in her offseason plans. Clark is going to The Annika in November, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule hosted by Annika Sorenstam, to play in the pro-am and be a panelist

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Braden Thornberry birdied the final hole for a 6-under 66 and his first Korn Ferry Tour title at the best time. The victory Sunday in the Tour Championship made him one of 30 players who earned PGA Tour cards for

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 08:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Kevin Yu made a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 5-under 67, and he birdied it again from 6 feet in a playoff to beat Beau Hossler and win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his first PGA

Associated Press Oct 6, 2024, 12:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tyrrell Hatton won the Dunhill Links Championship for a record third time Sunday after making birdie at the 18th hole on the Old Course at St. Andrews to finish a stroke clear of playing partner Nicolas Colsaerts. Both players walked

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 08:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Keith Mitchell finished with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and avoided some of the blunders that tripped up other contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. At stake

Associated Press Oct 5, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tyrrell Hatton birdied his last two holes and tied the Old Course record at St. Andrews with an 11-under 61, giving him a one-shot lead over Nicolas Colsaerts going into the final round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday.

Kalan Hooks, ESPNOct 3, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On Thursday, Fred Ridley, Chairman of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament, announced a $5 million donation that would be made towards the Hurricane Helene Community Crisis Fund. It will be used to support local relief efforts from damage the storm left

Associated Press Oct 4, 2024, 08:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions JACKSON, Miss. — Beau Hossler did his part on another day of low scoring at the Sanderson Farms Championship, missing only one green Friday for an 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend as he chases his first PGA Tour victory.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 3, 2024, 09:42 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, were grouped together in the first round of the