Month: February 2025

Feb 28, 2025, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xander Schauffele will return at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Schauffele had said he was targeting the signature event in Florida for his comeback from a rib cage injury, and the world No. 2 was among those listed in the field announced Friday. He is coming

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 02:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SINGAPORE — Olympic gold medalist and LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko moved to within a shot of the lead with a 5-under 67 Friday after two rounds of the HSBC Women’s World Championship. The South Korean-born New Zealander had a two-round total of

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2025, 12:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Knapp knew he was on the verge of something special Thursday after a run of five straight birdies to open his round at the Cognizant Classic. By the end, he had joined one of golf’s most elite clubs. Knapp, the No. 99

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 01:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Gator took on a gator. Billy Horschel won. Horschel played his college golf for Florida, so he knows plenty about the wildlife that gets seen on courses in the Sunshine State — including, yes, alligators. So when a

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 02:27 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SINGAPORE — A Lim Kim tamed swirling winds to shoot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA’s HSBC Women’s World Championship. The South Korean had five birdies but bogeyed the par-5 16th in tough

Field Level Media Feb 26, 2025, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Amateur Luke Clanton can secure his PGA Tour membership by making the cut at this week’s Cognizant Classic. But if the 21-year-old Florida State junior is feeling any butterflies, he’s keeping that to himself. “Pressure is kind of a word I don’t like

Mark SchlabachFeb 26, 2025, 01:13 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour begins its Florida swing with the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches this week, a sign that it’s finally warming up on the East

Associated Press Feb 25, 2025, 02:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Florida swing on the PGA Tour unofficially marks the start of the road to the Masters, and it’s that time of the year when every point matters. In this case, it’s world ranking points. Five tournaments remain before Augusta National takes the top

Dre Waters Feb 25, 2025, 11:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL held its second stint of consecutive days of golf, as Jupiter Links Golf Club and The Bay Golf Club had a match Tuesday night. Tom Kim, Max Homa and Kevin Kisner were the active players for Jupiter Links, while Tiger Woods sat out.

ESPN News Services Feb 25, 2025, 02:33 PM ET LIV Golf’s Anthony Kim said he has been diagnosed with a blood clot. On Tuesday, Kim shared the news on his Instagram stories, saying, “2 weeks before Riyadh @golf_league I started feeling bad but couldn’t figure out wat was wrong. Well I found out yesterday it

Dre Waters Feb 24, 2025, 11:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TGL action continued on Monday as the league hosted its first doubleheader of the season. In the first match, Los Angeles Golf Club took on New York Golf Club. New York picked up its first win of the season over Boston Common Golf last

Associated Press Feb 22, 2025, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Aldrich Potgieter had the lead going into the final round of the Mexico Open, minus the cushion he enjoyed after a sloppy finish Saturday that made him settle for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot advantage over Brian Campbell at Vidanta

Associated Press Feb 24, 2025, 06:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Swedish golfer Anna Nordqvist was appointed Monday as the captain of the European team for next year’s Solheim Cup being staged in the Netherlands. Europe will look to reclaim the cup after losing 15½-12½ on U.S. soil last year. That was the Americans’ first

Associated Press Feb 23, 2025, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Brian Campbell cashed in on a huge break Sunday when his tee shot in a playoff bounced out of the trees and back into play, leading to a birdie on the second extra hole to win the Mexico Open over Aldrich

Feb 23, 2025, 10:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NAIROBI, Kenya — South Africa’s Jacques Kruyswijk won the Kenya Open at Nairobi’s Muthaiga Golf Club on Sunday, pipping English veteran John Parry by two shots to lift his first European tour title. Kruyswijk, 32, had stormed up the leaderboard in Saturday’s third round to lead

ESPN News Services Feb 23, 2025, 03:20 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PATTAYA, Thailand — Angel Yin shot a blemish-free final round to win the LPGA Thailand tournament by a stroke from a fast-finishing Akie Iwai of Japan and claim her second tour title on Sunday. The 26-year-old American made seven birdies — and no

Feb 22, 2025, 09:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday there is a “good chance” of resolving a schism between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf after his discussions with the parties about the dispute. At a White House dinner for visiting state governors, Trump was asked by

Marco Wutz Feb 20, 2025, 11:13 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The competition between EA Sports and 2K Games in the golf sim genre is reminiscent of their football sim clash in the 2000s, so fans are eager to see what 2K has to offer to counter EA Sports PGA Tour from 2023, which was

Associated Press Feb 22, 2025, 06:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PATTAYA, Thailand — Angel Yin birdied three of her final four holes on the front nine to help set up an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the LPGA Thailand tournament. The American had a three-round

Associated Press Feb 21, 2025, 08:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Aldrich Potgieter showed his ability to shoot low Friday in the Mexico Open, powering and putting to a 10-under 61 that gave the big-hitting South African a four-shot lead going into the weekend at Vidanta Vallarta. Potgieter chipped in for par

Field Level Media Feb 21, 2025, 11:34 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau signed a one-match contract to compete with Los Angeles Golf Club against New York Golf Club, the TGL team announced on Friday. Finau will join Los Angeles GC on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with Justin Rose and Tommy Fleetwood

Mark SchlabachFeb 20, 2025, 09:40 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 player directors Tiger Woods and Adam Scott are meeting with officials at the White House on Thursday in what the tour

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 09:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VALLARTA, Mexico — Six of the seven PGA Tour events this year had international winners, and the Mexico Open added to the trend Thursday when Jeremy Paul of Germany, Kris Ventura of Norway and Harry Hall of England shared the lead at 7-under 64.

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 02:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions AVONDALE, La. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry have committed to return to the Zurich Classic this spring and defend the 2024 title they won in the PGA Tour’s lone team event, tournament organizers announced Thursday. The Irish tandem rallied late in last year’s

Associated Press Feb 20, 2025, 06:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PATTAYA, Thailand — Akie Iwai made the most of a sponsor’s invite to shoot a 10-under 62 and lead by three strokes after the first round of the LPGA’s Thailand tournament at Siam Country Club’s Pattaya Old Course. The Japanese player started with four

Shwetha SurendranFeb 19, 2025, 03:41 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is writer in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The U.S. air travel system is inadequately equipped for the millions of visitors expected for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics, according to a report released Wednesday by

Open Extended Reactions TGL has proven — in flashes — it has the potential to be compelling. While straddling the line between superfluous entertainment (think: NBA All-Star Game) and serious competition (pick your favorite PGA Tour event) has been tricky, there have been some moments when the two concepts have overlapped and hit the sweet

Associated Press Feb 18, 2025, 10:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods had 199 yards to the hole. His Jupiter Links teammates realized too late that something was dreadfully wrong Tuesday night in a TGL indoor match. Woods asked to confirm the yardage and heard 99; caddies often drop

Field Level Media Feb 18, 2025, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour rookie Karl Vilips on Tuesday was named the first brand ambassador for Sun Day Red, the clothing line launched by Tiger Woods. Vilips, who is 23 and won the 2024 Pac-12 Conference title while at Stanford and was named first-team All-Pac

ESPN News Services Feb 18, 2025, 11:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Adam Scott said he will understand if there are still bad feelings among PGA Tour members if it reunifies with players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Scott has been thrust into the forefront of such discussions since joining the PGA Tour board