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Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia’s financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports

Associated Press Oct 1, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Being an agent for a PGA Tour player is now going to require time and money. Tyler Dennis, the chief competitions officer for the tour, sent a notice to agents and managers late Monday afternoon announcing the Agent Certification Program starting in 2025. It

Field Level Media Sep 30, 2024, 12:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tom Kim said he apologized to U.S. captain Jim Furyk and Xander Schauffele on Sunday, one day after his public comments caused a bit of a stir at the 2024 Presidents Cup. Kim, 22, on Saturday told reporters that unidentified members of the

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Jasmine Suwannapura made a 12-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff with Lucy Li to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Sunday. Suwannapura — playing in the group behind Li — also eagled the par-5 18th in

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 05:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed

Associated Press Sep 29, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Angel Hidalgo birdied the second playoff hole to beat Jon Rahm and win the Spanish Open for his first European tour victory Sunday. The 26-year-old Hidalgo had missed a short birdie putt at the same 18th hole to allow fellow Spaniard Rahm

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 07:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Patrick Cantlay couldn’t have hit the putt — he might not have seen the hole — without lights from a videoboard and the headlamps from golf carts surrounding the 18th green in the final match of the longest day at the Presidents

Associated Press Sep 28, 2024, 08:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Ashleigh Buhai birdied four of the final five holes for a 4-under 67 and a one-stroke lead over Dottie Ardina on Saturday in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Playing in tricky afternoon wind conditions, Buhai rebounded from a double bogey on

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 28, 2024, 10:33 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Augusta National Golf Club chairman Fred Ridley said the club is assessing damage at the iconic course after the area was hit hard by

Associated Press Sep 27, 2024, 08:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ROGERS, Ark. — Jasmine Suwannapura birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and the top spot Friday on a leaderboard crowded with Arkansas Razorbacks in the LPGA Tour’s Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Opening in gusty morning conditions at Pinnacle Country Club, Suwannapura

ESPN News Services Sep 27, 2024, 06:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Hideki Matsuyama and Sungjae Im tied a record for the biggest blowout, and Si Woo Kim polished off a most perfect day as the International team produced a sweep of its own tie the Americans in the Presidents Cup on Friday.

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 05:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MANAKIN-SABOT, Va. — Evan Beck finally won a USGA title Thursday when he overwhelmed Bobby Massa 9 and 8 to win the U.S. Mid-Amateur, earning spots in the Masters and the U.S. Open next year. Beck was runner-up in the 2008 U.S. Junior Amateur

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 08:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — Scottie Scheffler showed his trash-talking side that is legendary in Dallas circles and illustrates the ultra-competitive nature of golf’s No. 1 player. Tom Kim expected no less. The Presidents Cup turned spicy on Thursday when the 22-year-old Kim took his celebrations to

Associated Press Sep 26, 2024, 06:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — The Presidents Cup matches were close. The score after the opening session was not. The Americans clung to a 1-up lead in all five matches Thursday when they delivered shot after shot, putt after putt, until this already lopsided series took a

Associated Press Sep 25, 2024, 06:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Adam Scott has never played on a winning team in the Presidents Cup, a tale as woeful as the Internationals losing streak against the Americans. He has played in 49 matches and partnered with 16 players. He was part of the tie in South

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 25, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions South Korea’s Sungjae Im and Australia’s Min Woo Lee were born in 1998, the same year the International team captured its only Presidents Cup

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 11:36 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Eleven years after winning the title as a 20-year-old prodigy, Matteo Manassero moved into contention to capture the prestigious BMW PGA Championship again by shooting a 9-under 63 to take a three-stroke lead after the third round Saturday. It would

Sep 22, 2024, 01:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Billy Horschel won the BMW PGA Championship after beating Rory McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence in a thrilling three-man playoff at Wentworth on Sunday to take home the winner’s check of $1.53 million. The trio finished at 20-under overall and in the first

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 07:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Cameron Smith and Lucas Herbert delivered clutch putts late in the championship round Sunday to lead Australia-based Ripper to its first team title in the LIV Golf League. Herbert, who looked as though he might have cost his team with a

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 09:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Paul Broadhurst finished off his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year with a few nervous moments Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 at Pebble Beach for a three-shot win in the Pure Insurance Championship. Broadhurst was staked to

Associated Press Sep 22, 2024, 05:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Lydia Ko extended her amazing summer run when she turned a two-shot deficit into a rout by closing with a 9-under 63 to win the Kroger Queen City Championship for her third LPGA Tour title of the season. Ko won for

Field Level Media Sep 21, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jon Rahm is dealing with flu-like symptoms and elected to withdraw from the LIV Golf Team Championship on Saturday at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas. LIV Golf alternate John Catlin will replace Rahm as Legion XIII battle Phil Mickelson‘s HyFlyers GC in

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 05:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Jeeno Thitikul had a rocky closing stretch but did enough to expand her lead over Hall of Famer Lydia Ko, finishing with a birdie for a 4-under 68 on Saturday and a two-shot advantage in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Thitikul

Associated Press Sep 21, 2024, 06:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Danny Lee took control of a back-and-forth match against U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau by holing a hard-breaking birdie putt on the 16th hole to lead his Iron Heads past DeChambeau’s defending champion Crushers in the LIV Golf Team Championship on

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 02:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Three weeks ago, Matthew Baldwin was laughing at himself for mis-hitting a drive so badly that the ball went between his legs and advanced just 1 yard in front of the tee markers. On Friday, the No. 363-ranked journeyman from

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 08:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MAINEVILLE, Ohio — Lydia Ko set an early target and Jeeno Thitikul zoomed right past her Friday afternoon with three birdies over her last four holes for another 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead over Ko in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Ko played

Associated Press Sep 20, 2024, 05:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARROLLTON, Texas — Scott Vincent made a hole-in-one that sparked a rally for the lowly Iron Heads, and Jinichiro Kozuma finished it off with two clutch putts to eliminate the Smash team of Brooks Koepka and advance to the semifinals of the LIV Golf

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 11:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions VIRGINIA WATER, England — Rory McIlroy lost the clubhead on his 9-iron and then lost the lead by going out of bounds on the last hole in shooting an eventful 5-under 67 in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. The

Field Level Media Sep 19, 2024, 08:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa set the early pace at the Kroger Queen City Championship with a 7-under-par 65 in the first round Thursday in Maineville, Ohio. Buhai racked up eight birdies and carries a one-shot lead into Friday. Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand

Sep 19, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA of America announced Thursday that LIV Golf players are eligible to compete in both the PGA Championship and U.S. Ryder Cup teams going forward. LIV Golf’s Brooks Koepka was part of last year’s U.S. Ryder Cup team because of a grace period that allowed