Month: July 2024

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 31, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Most of the world’s best golfers spent the past four months playing in the four most famous tournaments in the world — the Masters,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 31, 2024, 10:32 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Keegan Bradley has been named the fourth captain’s assistant for the U.S. team at the upcoming Presidents Cup, the PGA Tour announced Wednesday. Bradley,

Field Level Media Jul 28, 2024, 01:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions K.J. Choi captured the first major of his career after securing a two-stroke victory at the Senior Open Championship on Sunday in Carnoustie, Scotland. Choi, 54, finished with a 2-under-par 70 on the final round and ended up with a total of 10-under-par

Associated Press Jul 28, 2024, 06:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Jhonattan Vegas won for the first time in nearly seven years, holing a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole for a 1-under 70 and a one-shot victory over Max Greyserman at the 3M Open on Sunday. Vegas finished at 17-under

Associated Press Jul 28, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin won the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, pulling away from Haeran Ryu with a two-stroke swing on the par-3 17th. Tied for the lead after Ryu three-putted for bogey on the par-4 16th,

Field Level Media Jul 28, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm won his first LIV Golf title on Sunday when teammate Tyrrell Hatton missed a 6-foot par putt on No. 18 that could have forced a playoff at LIV United Kingdom in Rocester, England. Rahm carded a 4-under-par 67 to finish ahead

Field Level Media Jul 27, 2024, 07:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Andy Ogletree tallied six birdies across a bogey-free second round Saturday to seize a two-shot lead at LIV United Kingdom. All six of Ogletree’s birdies came amid a 12-hole stretch that began with consecutive ones on Nos. 4 and 5 at JCB Golf

Associated Press Jul 27, 2024, 09:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Mao Saigo emerged from the wildfire-fed smoky haze Saturday at Earl Grey Golf Club with the lowest round in CPKC Women’s Open history. Five hours later, Haeran Ryu and Lauren Coughlin found themselves well clear of the rest of the field.

Associated Press Jul 27, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Trevor Gutschewski outlasted Tyler Watts to win the U.S. Junior Amateur 4 and 3 Saturday, earning an exemption to the 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont. The 17-year-old Gutschewski sealed the win with a short putt on the 33rd hole. He

Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 09:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Taylor Pendrith shot a 7-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Matt NeSmith into the weekend in the 3M Open. Playing in windier afternoon conditions, Pendrith made a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-4 16th and tapped in

Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin held onto the lead Friday in the CPKC Women’s Open, while Canadian star Brooke Henderson was derailed by closing bogeys at windy and smokey Earl Grey Golf Club. Coughlin followed her opening 4-under 68 on Thursday in chilly and

Associated Press Jul 26, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — K.J. Choi of South Korea has a two-shot lead of the Senior British Open after carding a 3-under 69 in the second round Friday. Choi matched his first-round score. He surged ahead after he eagled the par-5 12th hole at Carnoustie.

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Jacob Bridgeman birdied five of his last seven holes for an 8-under 63 and a one-stroke lead over Mackenzie Hughes on Thursday after the first round of the 3M Open. Patrick Rodgers, Martin Trainer and Andrew Novak were two shots back

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 10:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CALGARY, Alberta — Lauren Coughlin shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday in chilly and windy conditions to take the first-round lead in the CPKC Women’s Open. Fellow American Jennifer Kupcho was a stroke back with Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and Australians Minjee Lee and

Associated Press Jul 25, 2024, 01:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second at last week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning due to illness. “I wasn’t feeling great late last night and took some medicine,” he told the

Field Level Media Jul 24, 2024, 04:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Keegan Bradley admitted Wednesday that he had a brief conversation with Tiger Woods to get the latter’s input surrounding the 2025 Ryder Cup. Unfortunately, the timing of that talk with the 15-time major champion wasn’t the best. The two were competing in the

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 05:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SYLVANIA, Ohio — Chanettee Wannasaen won the Dana Open for Children on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, birdieing the final two holes to hold off Haeran Ryu by a stroke. Three strokes ahead of playing partner Ryu entering the round, Wannasaen closed

Associated Press Jul 23, 2024, 09:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tiger Woods watched his son, Charlie, shoot a 10-over 80 on Tuesday and miss the cut at 22 over through two rounds at the U.S. Junior Amateur. The 15-year-old Woods, who earned a spot in the 264-player field last month,

Associated Press Jul 23, 2024, 04:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — U.S. captain Keegan Bradley has selected Webb Simpson as his first vice captain for the 2025 Ryder Cup, the PGA announced Tuesday. Simpson won the 2012 U.S. Open and is a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour. The 38-year-old North Carolinan

Associated Press Jul 21, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TRUCKEE, Calif. — Nick Dunlap became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as an amateur and a professional in the same year, rallying Sunday for a two-point victory in the Barracuda Championship. In January at The American Express in La Quinta,

Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 06:11 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Mark Carnevale, a former PGA Tour winner who had been calling tournaments for Sirius XM Radio, died Monday, a week after working his last tournament, the PGA Tour said. He was 64. The tour did not disclose a cause, only saying that

Associated Press Jul 22, 2024, 03:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Charlie Woods, the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods, shot a 12-over 82 on Monday in the U.S. Junior Amateur at Oakland Hills. Charlie Woods birdied both of the par-5s on the Oakland Hills North Course and struggled on the par-3s

Open Extended Reactions Xander Schauffele captured the Open Championship at Royal Troon in Scotland on Sunday, earning his second major title this season (and the second of his career as well). Editor’s Picks One of just two golfers in the field to finish Round 4 on Sunday without a bogey, Schauffele rose to first place

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Another major championship season has come and gone, and this one will be remembered as one that was dominated by American

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2024, 01:33 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Xander Schauffele‘s critics used to say he didn’t have the nerves or backbone to win one of golf’s major championships. Now,

Jul 19, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We have spent the last week counting down our list of the top 100 athletes of the 21st century, but what about the next generation? If we were doing another list in 2050, which current athletes who didn’t make it this time around are likely to

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 20, 2024, 08:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — The Scottish weather turned the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club into a day of survival on Saturday. Editor’s

Field Level Media Jul 20, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Billy Horschel battled rainy Royal Troon and came away with a 2-under-par 69 and the 54-hole lead at the Open Championship on Saturday in Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The PGA Tour veteran stands at 4-under 209 and holds the lead outright after Cinderella

Associated Press Jul 20, 2024, 07:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Rory McIlroy had plenty of time to accept that a 10th straight year would pass without him winning a major. He now has to wait 265 days for the next one, when he hears the starter at Augusta National say, “Fore,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 19, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TROON, Scotland — Stronger winds and firmer conditions made the second round of the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club on Friday