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The LPGA Tour’s inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship saw a pro who has struggled this season breakthrough for her third LPGA Tour victory. Ally Ewing played the last seven holes in five under to hold off a charging Xiyu Lin at Kenwood Country Club in Cincinnati. Ewing’s four-round total of 22 under par was good

Come Sunday, however, it was always presumed the golf itself would be the overriding story, and some interesting wrinkles are set to play out. Can Soren Kjeldsen or Viktor Hovland, the overnight leaders at 12 under, close things out and emerge the winner? Or can Rory McIlroy, one shot back and fresh off his impressive

5:49 PM ET Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen blazed his way to an eight-under 64 in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship to grab a share of first place alongside Norwegian Viktor Hovland at Wentworth on Saturday, with Rory McIlroy one shot off the pace. The flagship event of Europe’s DP World Tour was reduced

Sergio Garcia sure went out of his way to not play in the final two days of DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship in England. Garcia, who has not been popular among some of his peers since deciding to defect to LIV Golf, played the first round of the DP World’s marquee event on Thursday

7:36 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Padraig Harrington bogeyed the final hole Saturday for a 5-under 66, leaving him just a stroke ahead of Steve Stricker and Bernhard Langer with a round lead in the Ascension Charity Classic. Harrington, the three-time major winner and most recent European Ryder Cup captain, was at 11-under

VIRGINIA WATER, England — At the end of a day that always had the potential to look and feel a bit different, many of the names at and near the top of the leaderboard at the BMW PGA Championship have a familiar ring to them. On 12 under par, Viktor Hovland leads alongside Soren Kjeldsen.

6:21 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Ally Ewing shot into the lead with a fast start and stayed there on a soggy course Saturday for a 5-under 67 to build a one-shot lead over Maria Fassi in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Ewing’s first order of business this deep in the LPGA Tour season

VIRGINIA WATER, England — For the 30 players still on the Wentworth course when Thursday’s play in the first round of the BMW PGA Championship was called at 6:30 p.m., until things resumed on Saturday morning, the gap between shots was exactly 36 hours and 50 minutes. Not that anyone was complaining. It’s not every

7:55 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Without a top 10 since the Asia swing in early March, Jeongeun Lee6 posted her best score in nearly a year on Friday with a 9-under 63 that gave her a one-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship. Lee6 has gone three years since her lone win

Ali Kerns has every golf fan’s dream job. As a producer for the PGA Tour, Kerns is consistently side-by-side with the best players in the world, filming and editing compelling behind-the-scenes content about professional golf. Kerns, who began her production career making videos for the Clemson Athletic Department during college, takes pride in capturing moments

8:26 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Bernhard Langer holed out for eagle from 76 yards on the opening hole and shot his age for the second time this year with a 6-under 65 for a share of the lead with Padraig Harrington in the Ascension Charity Classic. Langer turned 65 two weeks ago.

Jim Nantz is, well, Jim Nantz. You’re familiar with his résumé and you’ve heard him on your television call many of the most important moments in sports history for CBS over the past three decades including Super Bowls, NCAA Championship basketball games and, of course, golf, with the Masters and the PGA Championship among the

10:00 AM ET Patrick Beverley’s got a Patrick Beverley-esque take on joining the Lakers, Michael Jordan’s legendary trash talk against JR Smith and more from our quotes of the week. “They’re going to be playing with me. I made the playoffs last year, they didn’t.” New Los Angeles Lakers guard Patrick Beverley, when asked what

Sep 8, 2022 The LGPA returns to Ohio after more than a 30-year hiatus with the inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinnati. The 144 players will compete over the weekend for a share of the $1.75 million purse. Gaby Lopez, who is coming off her third LPGA title at the Dana Open, is among

The opening round of the DP World Tour’s BMW PGA Championship, being held 25 miles southwest of London in Virginia Water, England, was suspended on Thursday evening following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96. Thirty of the 144 players in the field still having holes to complete to close out the first

There was already a sense of pride felt among the membership at Kenwood Country Club for hosting the Kroger Queen City Championship, the first LPGA event in the Cincinnati area since 1989. But with 10 of the club’s caddies working for players in the tournament, there was even more of a connection to the competition.

7:42 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Xiyu “Janet” Lin of China opened with five birdies in six holes, birdied all but one of the par 5s and had an 8-under 64 on Thursday for a one-shot lead over Nasa Hataoka in the Kroger Queen City Championship. The LPGA Tour returned to Cincinnati for the

3:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth has been suspended for Thursday and Friday after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the DP World Tour announced. “On behalf of our members and everyone connected with the European Tour group and the BMW PGA Championship, it is with great sadness that

Queen Elizabeth II died Thursday at age 96, and tributes to the woman who began her reign in 1952 quickly followed from around the globe, including from officials and players in the world of golf. The opening round of the BMW PGA Championship, being played at Wentworth in Virginia Water, England, was suspended after the

VIRGINIA WATER, England — At first glance, and even second, it is an interesting decision. When the International Presidents Cup team lines up at Quail Hollow later this month, Ryan Fox will not be there. Despite being ranked 47th in the world—higher than five of Trevor Immelman’s six captain’s picks (and Mito Pereira, one of

Sep 6, 2022 Rickie Fowler changed caddies before his last start of the 2021-22 PGA Tour season, and he’s moving on from his swing coach, too. Fowler’s former swing coach, John Tillery, confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday that the pair are no longer working together. It’s the latest change for Fowler, who has fallen to

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Not that there is ever an absence of confidence in Rory McIlroy, but the Northern Irishman’s demeanor on the eve of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth reeked of assurance. When the inevitable LIV Golf questions came up, McIlroy’s responses were those of a man who knows the subject inside and

11:02 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — When Rory McIlroy runs into some of his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week, don’t expect them to spend much time reminiscing about fond memories. European Ryder Cup stalwarts Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among the contingent of LIV Golf players

Davis Love III would love to see a preeminent mixed event in golf’s future. Just not at the Presidents Cup. The biennial match between the Americans and Internationals will be held for the 14th time when the two squads meet later this month at Quail Hollow, yet the Internationals have won just one of the

The rosters for the 14th Presidents Cup are set, and once again the Americans, who have won 11 previous times, seem to be overwhelming favorites. With the U.S. team having five of the top 10 players in the world and 11 of the top 20, the International team faces an uphill climb when play begins

Davis Love III didn’t pull any surprises Wednesday when revealing his captain’s picks to finalize his 12-man U.S. Presidents Cup team. Love went down the line of the points standings with the selections of Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Billy Horschel and Cameron Young, who finished eight through 12 on the list. He then

9:48 AM ET It won’t quite be Alabama‘s to-ranked football team playing Akron on its home field, but the U.S. figures to be an overwhelming favorite to defeat the International team for the ninth straight time in the Presidents Cup in two weeks. U.S. team captain Davis Love III filled out his remaining roster spots

Any golfer who’s been through it will tell you: Playing Monday qualifiers is a grind. The pressure is high, as are the stakes. You have one chance, one 18-hole round, that can get you into a tournament and there’s always the chance that that tournament could be your breakthrough. But you’ll never find out, if

2:58 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Billy Horschel called them hypocrites. Jon Rahm accused them of displaying double standards. Golfers from the Saudi-backed breakaway series faced strong criticism Tuesday for choosing to play the BMW PGA Championship on the European tour this week. The main targets of the criticism were those LIV

VIRGINIA WATER, England — Call it an anti-climax. Billed as the potential golf equivalent of Ali vs. Frazier battling it out in the “Thriller in Manilla,” the annual Tuesday players meeting at the BMW PGA Championship turned out to be more of a “walkover at Wentworth.” Lasting no more than 20 minutes by one observer’s