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Associated Press Jan 6, 2024, 09:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KAPALUA, Hawaii — Chris Kirk two-putted for birdie from just short of the 18th green at Kapalua on Saturday, giving him a 7-under 66 for a one-shot lead in The Sentry and hardly any room for error going into the final round of the

Associated Press Jan 5, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KAPALUA, Hawaii — A new year, the same old Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player had eight birdies and an eagle Friday for a 9-under 64 at The Sentry, giving him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the PGA Tour’s season

Jan 5, 2024, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Former U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland is in the field for next week’s Sony Open in Hawaii, his entry coming just three months after he underwent brain surgery. The PGA Tour announced the 144-player field Friday for the year’s first full-field event. Woodland was diagnosed with

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 PGA Tour season begins this week with the Sentry Tournament of Champions. The Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort in Maui, Hawaii, will host the event. When is the Sentry Tournament? How can I watch? The event will take place from Jan. 4-7, with live coverage on ESPN+. Jan. 4

Associated Press Jan 4, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KAPALUA, Hawaii — Collin Morikawa already has won two majors and played in the opening session twice in the Ryder Cup. His opening tee shot Thursday at Kapalua felt as special as any moment. Long before Sahith Theegala rolled in his 10th birdie for

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 4, 2024, 10:42 AM 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 and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund haven’t yet finalized a deal to combine their commercial assets, including the rival LIV Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 3, 2024, 04:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler won two official PGA Tour tournaments in 2023, while Spain’s Jon Rahm won four times, including his second

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 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 After a nearly seven-week hiatus, the 2024 PGA Tour season begins Thursday at the Sentry in Kapalua, Hawai’i. The sport still remains divided, as

ESPN News Services Jan 3, 2024, 09:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy says he regrets being too quick to judge players who joined LIV Golf and now accepts that the Saudi-backed tour is part of the sport. McIlroy has been a vocal critic since the breakaway tour launched in 2022

Field Level Media Jan 3, 2024, 12:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions There is a strong argument to be made that Mackenzie Hughes has benefitted as much as any player from Jon Rahm‘s departure from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf. At No. 51 after last year’s Tour Championship, Hughes fell one spot shy of

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 31, 2023, 06:48 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 is working to extend its negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund to form a new for-profit entity, tour commissioner Jay

ESPN News Services Dec 31, 2023, 08:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Patrick Cantlay revealed in an interview that his representatives met with LIV Golf at least once in 2023, but he has “no plans” on leaving the PGA Tour. “It’s a personal calculation based on your values, your priorities, et cetera,” Cantlay told Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 29, 2023, 09:56 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LIV Golf League golfer Harold Varner III was arrested for driving while impaired in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, according to Mecklenburg County court records. Varner, 33,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 20, 2023, 08:14 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions It was another wild year in professional golf, with the best players in the world still competing on rival tours in the men’s game.

Associated Press Dec 19, 2023, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera, released on parole from an Argentina prison in August for gender violence, has been cleared to play in PGA Tour-sanctioned events. He said in a Golf Digest interview he wants to clean up his image from “serious mistakes.” Without

Associated Press Dec 19, 2023, 09:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — The Masters already has the smallest field of the majors. The 2024 edition could be one of the smallest in years depending on the first three months of the PGA Tour season. With no significant tournaments the rest of the year,

Field Level Media Dec 18, 2023, 01:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Viktor Hovland said he completely understands why Jon Rahm signed with LIV Golf, but the world’s No. 4-ranked player doesn’t plan to be the next marquee player to bolt to the Saudi-backed league. In an appearance on the “Fore” podcast in Norway, Hovland

Dec 18, 2023, 06:28 PM ET Five players earned PGA Tour cards in the final stage of PGA Tour Q School on Monday, including Hayden Springer, who played with the memories of his 3-year-old daughter Sage, who died last month. Springer finished in a tie for fourth place at 8-under par, which earned him one

Dec 17, 2023, 09:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Thailand’s Denwit Boriboonsub won his first Asian Tour title and third event in as many weeks when the 19-year-old beat Sweden’s Henrik Stenson by 3 strokes at the season-ending Saudi Open on Sunday. Boriboonsub had won the Aramco Invitational two weeks ago on the Asian Development

Associated Press Dec 17, 2023, 07:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods was an 18-year-old senior in high school when he made his first cut in a professional event at a European Tour event in Thailand. That also was the first time he played with Bernhard Langer. Thirty years later, the

Dec 17, 2023, 09:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Louis Oosthuizen completed back-to-back wins on the DP World Tour with a 2-shot victory at the Mauritius Open on Sunday, overcoming early jitters to card a final-round 69 at the new La Reserve Golf Club, a course he helped to design. The South African last week

Associated Press Dec 16, 2023, 03:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods has never had a family outing quite like the PNC Championship on Saturday, even in the rain. He was competing with his 14-year-old son, Charlie, and his 16-year-old daughter, Sam, on the bag as caddie for the first time.

Associated Press Dec 16, 2023, 10:02 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BEL-OMBRE, Mauritius — Louis Oosthuizen moved into position to win on the European tour for the second straight week after making three eagles in a 7-under 65 to take the third-round lead at the Mauritius Open on Saturday. Oosthuizen was on 14-under par for

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ESPN News Services Dec 15, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Donald Trump is getting another LIV Golf event at one of his courses. Trump posted on the Truth Social platform that his Trump National Doral near Miami would host a LIV Golf event in April. He did not mention the

ESPN.com Dec 15, 2023, 12:11 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods and his son Charlie Woods are teeing off at the PNC Championship Pro-Am this weekend, and we’re already getting some memorable moments from them both. Woods recently made his return to professional golf after having surgery in April to address arthritis

ESPN News Services Dec 14, 2023, 07:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm has decided to lay low and avoid public events until February after agreeing to jump from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf in a big-money move. In his first appearance Wednesday after signing with the circuit funded by Saudi Arabia’s

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 13, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said last week’s addition of Spain’s Jon Rahm, the third-ranked golfer in the world, is validation

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 12, 2023, 03:39 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions A law firm representing 21 PGA Tour players, including former Masters champion Danny Willett, sent a letter to the PGA Tour’s policy board Sunday,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 11, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau isn’t leaving the PGA Tour for the LIV Golf League, he announced Monday on social media. Finau, a six-time winner on the