Patrick Reed, the former Masters champion who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf this year, on Tuesday brought a lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee and is seeking damages for defamation. The civil lawsuit, which was first brought to light by a reporter for Courthouse News Service, was filed by Florida-based attorney
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10:20 PM ET Patrick Reed is the latest member of LIV Golf to turn from the course to the courts, as the former Masters champion filed a defamation lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee on Tuesday. The claim central to Reed’s complaint is that Chamblee and Golf Channel conspired with the PGA Tour
Tiger Woods is meeting with a group of PGA Tour players on Tuesday to continue discussions regarding the ongoing schism caused by the advent of LIV Golf. Camera crews caught Woods and fellow tour pro Rickie Fowler arriving at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday afternoon. The tour’s second postseason event, the BMW Championship, is being conducted
Aug 14, 2022 Associated Press UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. — Saki Baba routed Monet Chun of Canada 11 and 9 on Sunday to become the second Japanese winner in U.S. Women’s Amateur history. The 17-year-old Baba won the last six holes, ending the match with a birdie on the par-3 27th hole at Chambers Bay. “It’s
The BMW Championship will return to Caves Valley Golf Club in 2025 and Bellerive Country Club in 2026, officials from the PGA Tour, Western Golf Association and BMW announced Tuesday. Though official dates were not disclosed, the tournaments are expected to remain in August as part of the tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs. “We are excited
8:00 AM ET There are only two events left in the PGA Tour regular season, with $15 million up for grabs at this week’s BMW Championship in Wilmington, Delaware, and another $18 million for the winner of the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta on Aug. 25-28. There’s also plenty of hardware at stake, besides the
The man who has been ranked No. 1 in the world longer than anyone not named Tiger Woods or Greg Norman has dropped to a spot in the Official World Golf Ranking that he hasn’t seen in more than seven years. When the new ranking was released late Sunday it showed Dustin Johnson dipping from
10:08 PM ET Tiger Woods is scheduled to meet with several of the top golfers in the world Tuesday in an effort to rally support around the PGA Tour in its ongoing battle with the rival LIV Golf series, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The meeting between Woods, a 15-time major champion, and the
When the finalists at the 122nd U.S. Amateur Championship square off in the 36-hole championship match on Sunday at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., they will have each endured the same grueling week. Each will have advanced through 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying, where the 312-man field is whittled down to 64. They will
11:53 AM ET Cameron Smith, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, has pulled out of this week’s BMW Championship because of a lingering hip injury, according to his agent, Bud Martin. In the statement, Martin indicated that Smith’s decision to not compete in the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs at Wilmington Country
MEMPHIS — Controversy began Cameron Smith’s week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, when reports that he was headed to LIV Golf after the PGA Tour Playoffs. And controversy ended his week, when rules officials assessed the 28-year-old Aussie a two-stroke penalty before his final round began, pushing him from two strokes off the lead
9:00 AM ET Remember when it seemed like Scottie Scheffler would never win on the PGA Tour? In each of his first two seasons on tour, Scheffler looked like one of the most talented players in the world, grinding out top 25 after top 25, with 29 of those finishes all in his first 52
In 2021, Tsubasa Kajitani won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and a few days later, Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters. Keita Nakajima has been the No. 1 men’s amateur for 104 weeks straight. And six of the top 30 female professionals in the world are Japanese. Now, Saki Baba, the 17-year-old Tokyo-born sensation has clinched
7:30 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 10-foot par putt in regulation was so crucial and the moment so important that Will Zalatoris doesn’t remember screaming out when he made it, “What are they gonna say now?” It took three playoff holes to get the answer on Sunday in the FedEx St. Jude
It didn’t take long for Maja Stark to decide what to do about her newfound LPGA membership. By shooting a 10-under 63 at Galgorm Castle Golf Club in Northern Ireland in the final round and zoom past her competitors to win the ISPS Handa Invitational by five, the 22-year-old Swede could join the tour immediately
1:48 PM ET Cameron Smith, who was attempting to become the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world and is reportedly set to join the rival LIV Golf series, was assessed a 2-stroke penalty before the start of Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. According to a
If the spotlight made it any more uncomfortable to play in the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship than the already steamy conditions in Memphis, you wouldn’t have known it by the demeanor Cameron Smith is carrying. The 28-year-old Australian, a center of attention for his play in 2022 with wins at the Players and the
8:34 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday for a share of the Boeing Classic lead with Billy Andrade. Jimenez had a bogey-free round to match Andrade at 10-under 134 at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. “Moving day like people say, no?” Jimenez said. “We are
7:15 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — British Open champion Cameron Smith has spent all week ignoring queries about reports he will be the latest to leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf. His only concern was trying to win the FedEx Cup playoffs. Now there’s another perk at stake: No. 1 in
If you’re looking for signs of the beefed up rewards that come in the PGA Tour’s 2022 postseason, the FedEx St. Jude Championship is a good place to start. The tournament replaced The Northern Trust as the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and with it comes not just a new name and venue
Tony Finau continued his sizzling play on Thursday with an opening-round 64 at the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship. For a guy who has won his past two PGA Tour starts, the low score is nothing new. But he now finds himself in pretty select company—and within striking distance of a Tiger Woods scoring mark.
3:13 PM ET Associated Press BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Ewen Ferguson of Scotland extended his lead to three strokes by shooting 2-under 68 in the third round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Saturday. Ferguson, who won the Qatar Masters in March, set up the chance of a second win on the European tour
MEMPHIS — A memo sent Friday afternoon to PGA Tour players from Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined the updated policy for the playoffs as decided by the tour’s policy board. The headline, at least for those who have followed the saga of the four players who would make the Korn Ferry Tour Finals should Bubba Watson
9:14 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — J.J. Spaun hopes he’s only getting started on the road to the FedEx Cup finale. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will have to wait another week. As for Jason Day, his season is over. Spaun made a late birdie for a 3-under 67 to take
11:50 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — K.J. Choi closed with a birdie, eagle and birdie for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead in PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic on Friday. Choi, the 52-year-old South Korean player who won last year at Pebble Beach for his lone senior title, was
The playoffs, whatever the sport, are about opportunities, getting a chance to improve on your season. So here comes J.J. Spaun, who won his first PGA Tour event earlier this year at the Valero Texas Open, and then kind of sputtered. He qualified easily for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, coming in at No. 25 in
3:03 PM ET Associated Press BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Ewen Ferguson of Scotland followed up his big opening round with an even-par 70, but it kept him in the lead at the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Friday. Ferguson carded a course-record 61 on Thursday at Galgorm Castle, one of two courses used for the
MEMPHIS — After missing the cut last Friday at the Wyndham Championship, Rickie Fowler knew his hopes of making the FedEx Cup Playoffs sat on a knife’s edge. He also knew there was no longer anything he could do about it—after missing the playoffs for the first time in his career last season, finishing 134th
MEMPHIS — If you’re handicapping the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year race, there are five players who have a realistic shot, barring a miracle playoff run from someone unheralded. A week ago, Cameron Young was the comfortable frontrunner—with two second-place finishes (including a solo second at the Open Championship) and a ninth-place finish in
5:23 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rickie Fowler was the last man in the field for the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he’s making the most of it with a new caddie and new putter in his bag. Fowler carded a 5-under 65 in the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind