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When play came to a halftime on Saturday at the Wyndham Championship, it was unclear what was thicker: the humid air, which had just given way to the thunderstorms that loomed for most of the afternoon, or the congestion at the top of the leaderboard. Or is it, as always, the drama? At the final

9:41 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Kirk Triplett shot a steady 2-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Shaw Charity Classic. Playing in the final group with Paul Goydos and first-round leader Padraig Harrington, the 60-year-old Triplett moved into the lead with back-to-back birdies on

GULLANE, Scotland — Bob Dylan was nowhere in sight, but at Muirfield times are definitely a’changing. Mark it in your diaries. We’re talking historically significant here. In the place where “men only” was loudly screamed for more than a quarter of a millennium, on Saturday, a female member of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers

3:31 PM ET Associated Press MUIRFIELD, Scotland — In Gee Chun is making another strong run at a major. The South Korean golfer took the halfway lead at the Women’s Open after a 5-under 66 in the second round on Friday, putting her in position to challenge for a second major title of the year,

GULLANE, Scotland — She’s lurking, not leading at halfway. But no matter. Those around Inbee Park at the sharp end of the AIG Women’s British Open at Muirfield will be well aware of her presence. Seven major championship victories gives a player a particular aura, as well as the knowledge that, even when the vagaries

9:16 PM ET Associated Press CALGARY, Alberta — Padraig Harrington made a long eagle putt on the final hole Friday for a 6-under 64 that gave him a 1-shot lead over Kirk Triplett in the Shaw Charity Classic. Harrington matched his lowest score of the year on the PGA Tour Champions, and it was his

9:45 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Joohyung “Tom” Kim began the Wyndham Championship with a quadruple bogey on his first hole and wasn’t the least bit bothered. The kid seems to be going places in a hurry. Already assured a PGA Tour card for next season, Kim overcame his rough start with a

Rickie Fowler’s week came to an end on Friday, and with it, most likely, another disappointing season. It appears for a second consecutive year, Fowler will not qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. This, after easily making it into the PGA Tour’s postseason the first 11 seasons of his career. Fowler entered the tour’s regular

GULLANE, Scotland — In chronological order, the very best courses have always offered multiple shot options, before demanding decisive decision making and strong execution. But sometimes an element of choice is introduced even before the start of a championship. Or championships. Which was the case for three of the amateur competitors at Muirfield this week

The finalists in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship were familiar with one another, having shared housing at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur seven years ago, an occasion Sue Wooster described as “a hoot,” a word that would not resurface during their reunion on Thursday. In the first USGA championship ever held in Alaska, Canadian Shelly

3:05 PM ET Associated Press MUIRFIELD, Scotland — Playing in borrowed clothes doesn’t seem to bother Jessica Korda at the Women’s Open. Still waiting for her suitcase to arrive in Muirfield, Korda recovered from an early bogey to shoot a 5-under 66 in the first round Thursday, putting her 1 shot behind leader Hinako Shibuno

The first day of the post-lawsuit PGA Tour played out in hot and steamy Greensboro, N.C., where players have one final opportunity to bank some FedEx Cup points—and, for some, secure their playing privileges for next year—before the playoffs begin next week. This week’s field is somewhat light on star power, with most of the

6:57 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — John Huh wasn’t expecting the lowest round of his PGA Tour career Thursday in the Wyndham Championship, and he had no complaints about the score or the timing. Huh made seven of his eight birdie attempts from 10 feet or closer and holed a 40-foot eagle putt

“Monday I wore Megan Khang’s pants. Tuesday, I wore my sister’s pants, and Wednesday I wore Alison Lee’s pants. And today I’m wearing FootJoy pants,” Korda said. The mishap seems to have yielded some good luck: Korda opened on Thursday with a five-under 66, one shot off the leader, Hinako Shibuno. FootJoy sent her a

2:50 PM ET PGA Tour players have one last chance to get themselves into the FedEx Cup playoffs, and it comes this week at the Wyndham Championship. The top 125 in the standings will advance to next week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 70 then advance to the BMW Championship. And finally, the top

1:49 PM ET Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other golfers suspended by the PGA Tour for joining LIV Golf have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour on Wednesday. In addition, three of those golfers are seeking a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that would allow them to compete in the

Twenty. That’s how many consecutive matches Lara Tennant had won in the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, dating back to 2018. As the USGA celebrated playing a championship in Alaska for the first time this week (knocking off its 50th state), the 55-year-old from Portland, Ore., was trying to make her own history. Just one woman

Mullets in golf, they’re everywhere. Meanwhile, another man who is known for various stages of mullets, who also happened to win a British Open at St. Andrews, has said that he does want to play in the LIV Golf series, but was essentially told there was not enough room for him. John Daly sat down

7:00 PM ET As soon as the PGA Tour suspended players who competed in the rival LIV Golf Invitational Series, it seemed inevitable that the circuits’ battle for the best players in the world would end up in a courtroom. On Wednesday, Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other LIV Golf players field an antitrust

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other LIV Golf players have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the matter. The players are challenging their suspensions by the tour for defecting to the Saudi-backed circuit. Three of those in the lawsuit—Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and

7:03 AM ET ESPN Sports Betting The PGA Tour this week heads to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. for the Wyndham Championship. The field is missing some of golf’s most prominent names, including Tony Finau, who just won in back-to-back weeks, but there are still plenty of solid contenders to choose from. Kevin Kisner

The final event of the PGA Tour regular season is here with the upcoming Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. After a wild six-man playoff in 2021, defending champ Kevin Kisner returns to Greensboro, N.C., for a topsy-turvy season-ender that will include some FedEx Cup Playoffs jockeying. Will Zalatoris is the highest-ranked player in the

Aug 1, 2022 England’s Luke Donald was named the European Ryder Cup captain for 2023 on Monday, replacing Sweden’s Henrik Stenson, who was stripped of his captaincy after joining the new LIV Golf Invitational Series. Donald, who was part of four winning European teams as a player, will captain the team at Marco Simone Golf

4:53 PM ET Associated Press Webb Simpson will be on his home course of Quail Hollow in September for the Presidents Cup but without clubs. Simpson and Steve Stricker have been added as assistant captains for Davis Love III. They will be joining Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson and Fred Couples as assistants for the

For the first time in history, the AIG Women’s British Open is being held at Muirfield in Scotland. Not only is the field competing at an iconic venue, they’re also competing for the highest purse ever in an AIG Women’s British Open: $6.8 million, $1 million higher than it was in 2021. This year’s major

“Nice” is subjective. Particularly this year, when the ongoing schism in professional golf has challenged traditional notions about right and wrong. It’s possible to be an ethically upright person who isn’t pleasant to strangers, just as it is to be a cordial backstabber to one’s friends. To compile our list of the 30 Nicest Guys

10:52 PM ET Tiger Woods turned down an offer between $700 million and $800 million to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman confirmed in an interview that aired Monday night. Norman, appearing on an episode of Tucker Carlson Tonight, said LIV Golf approached Woods, a 15-time major champion, before he

The plan was to play for a decade. That’s what an 18-year-old Shanshan Feng thought when she qualified for the LPGA in via Q-School in December 2007, becoming the first woman from China to earn her tour membership. “I would try my best for that time and then I would do something else,” Feng recalled.

6:07 AM ET Team Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald has said he is unsure if LIV Golf players will be allowed to feature in next year’s event but says he is committed to picking the strongest 12-man team to challenge the United States. Donald, 44, replaced Henrik Stenson as captain on Monday after the

The upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series undeniably has been building a head of steam, incorporating new players (many with major-championship credentials), generating publicity and, seemingly, gaining traction in its bid for legitimacy. But as gold rains down on the select few who populate the LIV Golf roster, a cloud of uncertainty continues to hover over