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Associated Press Sep 5, 2024, 02:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Seeking a third victory at the European Masters, Matt Fitzpatrick was upstaged by his younger brother in a low-scoring first round at the picturesque Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in the Alps on Thursday. Alex Fitzpatrick shot 7-under 63 and was tied for

Aug 4, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler has become one of the most prominent figures in golf since his breakthrough year in 2022, where he achieved a No. 1 world ranking. Over the past few years, he’s claimed a number of PGA Tour titles, including two wins at the Masters tournament.

Keith Jenkins Jun 30, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Email Print Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler won the Travelers Championship on June 23 to become the first golfer to capture six PGA Tour wins in a season before July 1 since Arnold Palmer did it in 1962. Scheffler defeated Tom Kim in a playoff to win

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Fans won’t have to wait until the Masters in April to watch golfers from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League compete in the

Field Level Media Sep 4, 2024, 01:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf, the circuit bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, will kick off its 2025 season by playing in the country’s capital city, Riyadh, for the first time. The tournament, scheduled for Feb. 6-8, will be held at Riyadh Golf

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 3, 2024, 03:16 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley is going to this month’s Presidents Cup as a competitor after he was one of Jim Furyk‘s six

Field Level Media Sep 3, 2024, 10:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg, who is No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking, will have arthroscopic surgery this week to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, Golf Channel reported Monday. Aberg finished 16th in the Tour Championship on Sunday in Atlanta.

Associated Press Sep 1, 2024, 05:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler capped off the biggest year in golf in nearly two decades by winning the biggest prize in golf. Challenged briefly Sunday in the Tour Championship, Scheffler responded with three straight birdies to make winning look as inevitable as it has

Associated Press Sep 1, 2024, 08:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTON, Mass. — Haeran Ryu rebounded from a third-round meltdown to win the FM Championship on a rainy Sunday at the TPC Boston. Four strokes behind Jin Young Ko entering play Sunday after blowing a six-stroke lead Saturday, Ryu closed with an 8-under 64

Field Level Media Sep 2, 2024, 10:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The FM Championship will return to TPC Boston in 2025. The LPGA Tour made the announcement Monday, a day after the inaugural event closed with Haeran Ryu winning in a playoff over fellow South Korean Jin Young Ko and earning $570,000. The $3.8

Sep 2, 2024, 05:32 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Rory McIlroy has said he plans to cut down the number of tournaments he enters next season after feeling the physical demands of his schedule this year. McIlroy finished tied-ninth at the Tour Championship at the East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia after carding a 66 on

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 1, 2024, 08:12 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — For a brief moment in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club on Sunday, world No. 1

Associated Press Sep 1, 2024, 01:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — Niklas Norgaard held his nerve after botching three chip shots for a double bogey, finishing birdie-par for an even-par 72 and a two-shot victory Sunday in the British Masters. It was the first European tour victory for the 32-year-old from

Associated Press Aug 31, 2024, 07:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTON, Mass. — Jin Young Ko took advantage of an early collapse by Haeran Ryu and turned her own bad break into a birdie Saturday for a 5-under 67 that took her from a six-shot deficit to a two-shot lead over Lauren Coughlin in

ESPN News Services Aug 31, 2024, 08:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler birdied four of his last five holes Saturday at East Lake for a 5-under 66 that kept Collin Morikawa at bay and moved the No. 1 player in golf one round away from capping his season with a $25

Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUNNINGDALE, England — Sara Byrne of Ireland holed a 35-foot birdie putt and followed by chipping in from just off the 17th green for a 2-and-1 victory in fourballs, capping an opening day of constant changes in the Curtis Cup that fittingly ended in

Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 07:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTON, Mass. — Haeran Ryu kept making birdies and wanted to post her lowest round on the LPGA Tour on Friday. She accomplished that with a 10-under 62 that gave her a six-shot lead in the FM Championship. Ryu had a run of four

Associated Press Aug 30, 2024, 08:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler put on another clinic from tee to green at East Lake on Friday for a 5-under 66 and a four-shot lead at the Tour Championship that didn’t seem as big as it looked. Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele had something

ESPN News Services Aug 29, 2024, 07:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round at 6-under 65 to build a seven-shot lead and take a huge step toward

NORTON, Mass. — Marina Alex found the TPC Boston much more to her liking, playing bogey-free for a 4-under 68 to give her a one-shot lead Thursday in the inaugural FM Championship. Former U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz and Lauren Coughlin, a two-time winner on the LPGA this year, were part of the large

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 26, 2024, 12:54 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There’s only one event left in the 2024 FedEx Cup season, this week’s Tour Championship at revamped East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Many

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 11:55 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that there is no deadline for the tour to reach a deal with Saudi Arabia’s

Associated Press Aug 28, 2024, 07:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Olympic champion and Women’s Open winner Lydia Ko says recent success hasn’t changed her mind about retiring from professional golf before she turns 30. The 27-year-old Ko told Radio New Zealand that her victories in Paris and at St. Andrews

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 28, 2024, 07:25 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler has won six times this season, including a second green jacket at the Masters in April,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 27, 2024, 02:25 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Defending FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland, who walked away with an $18 million bonus after winning the Tour Championship last year, is

Aug 27, 2024, 04:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The third and final leg of the season-ending FedEx Cup playoffs is here. The Tour Championship tees off this week at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, as the top 30 players in the FedEx Cup standings look to capture the PGA Tour’s biggest prize. Each

Field Level Media Aug 27, 2024, 11:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis finalized her team by naming Lexi Thompson, Jennifer Kupcho and Sarah Schmelzel as her three wild-card picks Tuesday. World No. 46 Thompson will be competing in her seventh consecutive Solheim Cup, Kupcho (53) will play for a

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 07:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The BMW Championship was one tournament Keegan Bradley never thought he could win, only because he didn’t think he would be playing. Bradley was a bundle of nerves one week ago Sunday as he sat in a hotel room in

Associated Press Aug 26, 2024, 01:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Georgia Hall will play in her fifth straight Solheim Cup after the English golfer was among four captain’s picks announced Monday for the competition against the United States next month. Hall, three-time major champion Anna Nordqvist of Sweden and Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen all

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Adam Scott is playing in the Presidents Cup for the 11th straight time, the most of any player from the International team. That wasn’t much of a surprise. Neither were the six players for the American team. The BMW Championship