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But now, there’s the potential for Thitikul to as quirkily fall out of the top spot come Sunday due to her performance on the golf course. With a one-over 73 during the third round of the Toto Japan Classic, Thitikul dropped to five under for the tournament to settle into a tie for 23rd, nine

Pick any of the most famous par-3 holes in the world. Augusta National No. 12. Pebble Beach No. 7. TPC Sawgrass No. 17. The Postage Stamp eighth at Royal Troon. If you could make the first hole-in-one of your life at any of them, which would you choose? We don’t know what Christian Clark’s answer

Two-time Masters champ Bubba Watson stated in an interview with ESPN that he received money from sponsors and tournament officials for appearances on the PGA Tour, a practice that is against tour rules. Watson, who defected to LIV Golf this summer, was responding to the backlash the Saudi-backed circuit has received for handing out guaranteed

6:05 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied his final four holes Friday for a 5-under 67, giving him a 1-shot lead over Paul Goydos and Rod Pampling in the TimberTech Championship. The PGA Tour Champions event is the second of three in the postseason, with the leading 36 players

DP World Tour players will compete for a record level of prize money in the 2023 season. Outside of the four major championships and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the former European Tour will offer $144.2 million over a schedule that will feature a minimum of 39 tournaments in 26 countries. That figure includes a

3:57 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Motoko Ueda shot 3-under 69 to hold a one-shot lead on Friday after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Classic. Ueda was a shot clear of fellow Japanese players Miyu Yamashita and Ai Suzuki. Yamashita carded a 68 and Suzuki had a 70. Attahaya Thitikul of

Worldwide by name, worldwide by nature. With the PGA Tour in Mexico this week for the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, it’s the fourth different country the tour has visited in the seven fall tournaments this season after playing in the U.S., Japan and Bermuda. Will Gordon, a Korn Ferry Tour graduate, leads at

7:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Will Gordon was frustrated with the way he finished last week in Bermuda. He had no complaints about his start Thursday at Mayakoba. Gordon ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine on the El Camaleon course and finished with a 9-under 62

The QBE Shootout announced its field for the two-person team event held December 7-11 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., and for the first time in the 22-year history of the event, the field will feature two players from the LPGA—World No. 4 Nelly Korda and World No. 7 Lexi Thompson. Thompson has competed

3:33 PM ET Associated Press The European tour will offer $150,000 against players’ earnings and pay $1,500 to other players if they miss the cut as part of a new schedule announced Thursday that boosts prize money and returns to Australia and parts of Asia. The tour said prize money would be $144.2 million, not

6:07 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese player were a shot behind: Ayaka Furue and Sakura Koiwai. The tournament is being played at the Seta

One of the oddest and lesser-known things about Tiger Woods’ incredible career is that he hasn’t had a hole-in-one in competition since 1998. Making the drought even weirder is that Woods made one in each of his first three seasons as a pro. So getting your hands on one of those three golf balls is

7:24 PM ET The controversial LIV Golf circuit wrapped up its inaugural season last week with its team championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. The new circuit, which is being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fronted by two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman, has plans to expand to a

There’s a lot on the line this week at the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic, set for Nov. 3-6 at Seta Golf Course in Shiga. Only two opportunities remain for players to earn points necessary to play in the CME Group Tour Championship. Players gain entry into the Tour Championship field Nov. 17-20 via a season-long

Collin Morikawa hasn’t won a golf tournament in nearly a year and, no, he’s not exactly thrilled. Talking to reporters Tuesday in Mexico ahead of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, he has a few theories on why he didn’t produce better results. One of those premises is not exactly something you’d expect to

5:49 PM ET Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson isn’t sure why LIV Golf players are being heavily criticized by some PGA Tour players for taking guaranteed money from the new circuit. Watson, 43, told ESPN that he received guaranteed appearance money from sponsors and tournament organizers while playing on the PGA Tour, which wasn’t allowed

8:48 AM ET A group of high-profile investors, including NBA star Stephen Curry, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, women’s soccer player Alex Morgan, Los Angeles Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani, entertainer Justin Timberlake and tennis star Serena Williams, are backing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy‘s new company, which plans to launch a tech-infused golf league in

Top players have been granted some flexibility in the PGA Tour’s plan to mandate participation in elevated events next year, according to a directive sent to tour members last week. The Associated Press was first to report the news. The tour announced in August that players would be eligible for their portion of the $100-million

Will we see a three-peat this year in Mexico? If Viktor Hovland has his way … definitely. The XX-year-old from Norway is looking to win the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba for a third consecutive year with PGA Tour Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler and two-time major winner Collin Morikawa looking to put

11:31 AM ET Free agency is coming to LIV Golf. Only two days after capturing LIV Golf’s first team championship at Trump National Doral in Miami, 4 Aces GC captain Dustin Johnson is shaking up his team’s roster for 2023, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Talor Gooch is moving to the Niblicks GC, which

If Patrick Reed yells, “Let’s go!!!” after making a putt but there’s nobody there to hear it, did he really yell, “Let’s go!!”? Said another way: Do you think LIV players care that so few people are watching them in person? @HeavySvenB This is the saving grace of the team concept: It forces the players

Caleb Surratt was always going to remember his first start in a PGA Tour event. After a wild four days at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, it would become memorable to general golf fans as well. The 18-year-old freshman at Tennessee had earned an exemption into the tournament thanks to coming in first in the newly

Legendary University of Tulsa women’s golf coach Dale McNamara, who led four teams to national championships and coached Nancy Lopez during her 26-year career, died Sunday from complications with a second bout of cancer. She was 86. McNamara’s two daughters Cathy and Melissa were by her side at the time of her passing, according to

Oct 30, 2022 Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson watched the final putt of his season roll in, pumped his right fist and waited for the party to begin. Another big celebration. Another big check, too. Johnson drove the green on the 370-yard par-4 16th to set up an easy birdie that provided a

2:04 PM ET Associated Press Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul reached No. 1 in the women’s world ranking on Monday, the 16th player and second-youngest to get to the top since the ranking began in 2006. Thitikul had a chance to reach No. 1 by winning any of her last three tournaments on the LPGA Tour.

Last year the World No. 1 ranking was traded back and forth between Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko so often, it would’ve been hard to predict that there’d be a new No. 1 a year later who wasn’t either one of them. But with less than a month left in the 2022 season, neither

Treading water doesn’t really get you anywhere, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t an important endeavor. Ask Seamus Power, who managed to keep from sinking in the final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship just long enough to claim his second victory on the PGA Tour. Taking advantage of the opening provided by playing partner

7:50 AM ET MIAMI — During Wednesday’s pairings selection at the LIV Golf Team Championship, held inside the Ivanka Trump ballroom at Trump National Doral Golf Club, eight team captains sat in front of a group of reporters, while a moderator announced the matchups, in which the higher-seeded teams were allowed to pick their opponents.

5:35 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Seamus Power did enough right and left all the mistakes to PGA Tour rookie Ben Griffin on Sunday to win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship for his second tour title. Power took the lead for good with a 25-foot birdie putt at the 14th. A bogey on the

DORAL, Fla — LIV Golf’s turbulent first season came to an end at its Team Championship on Sunday with a finish—on and off the course—unlike any seen before. First, Dustin Johnson rolled in a short par putt on the 18th hole at Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster course that secured a win for his 4