11:56 AM ET Associated Press Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Royal Troon in the Open Championship. He was outspoken and accurate in the television booth and found even greater success designing golf courses. Weiskopf died Saturday at his home in Big
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PARAMUS, N.J. — Sam Bennett was in jail. Actually, being behind bars might have been preferable. In full control of his semifinal match against Dylan Menante at the U.S. Amateur, Bennett suddenly found himself tied on the 17th hole at Ridgewood Country Club when his tee shot came to rest in some fescue, directly behind
8:44 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won his third straight match against a player from the top 10 in the amateur world ranking, this one Saturday getting him into the U.S. Amateur championship match with a 1-up victory over Dylan Menante. All five of Bennett’s matches at Ridgewood
6:56 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele went from being teammates to close friends and now seem to be inseparable on the PGA Tour, so the final round of the BMW Championship might have the feel of one of their countless practice rounds. Except for the stakes. Cantlay holed
WILMINGTON, Del. — The vagaries of match play have nothing on the FedEx Cup. Adam Scott, Aaron Wise and Scott Stallings are among a pack of six within three shots of the Patrick Cantlay’s lead at Wilmington Country Club, where a strong Sunday leads to a win and all the goodies that would come with
Listen, we’re willing to say what others might not. Rules controversies are golf fans’ guilty pleasure. Mind you, no one is rooting for anything bad to happen to any individual golfer, but when something emerges in a pro golf event—bad drop, squirrely lie, equipment malfunction, etc.—there is sick satisfaction out of a good ol’ fashion
10:33 AM ET Associated Press Play was suspended for the day at the Czech Masters after the course was flooded following heavy rain on Saturday. Only 10 players were able to start the third round at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague. 1 Related “The continued rainfall we have experienced means that, despite the strenuous
WILMINGTON, Del. — He is one of those players, with his sweet swing and good looks and forever cool temper, that can make this ridiculous game look ridiculously easy. Through 34 holes that’s what Adam Scott was doing to Wilmington Country Club, surmounting a three-stroke lead over the field as he stood on the tee
8:10 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time. Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the
How often have you heard the cliche half-sentence “if the season ended today…”? Probably over a thousand times if you’re a sports fan of a certain age, and we’re about to hit you with it again, because cliche or not, we’re very much at the precipice of a few big outcomes, and with just six
6:48 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh shared the lead at 7-under 65 on Friday in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, with four more major champions right behind at En-Joie Golf Club. Padraig Harrington and Duffy Waldorf followed at 66, and Ernie Els, Mike Weir, Y.E. Yang
8:38 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — Texas A&M senior Sam Bennett won two matches Thursday as the No. 3 amateur in the world moved into the quarterfinals of a U.S. Amateur that already has lost some of its biggest names. Also moving into the quarterfinals was U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Stewart Hagestad, who took
There are several ways to look at Luke List’s season. He won his first PGA Tour event this year at the Farmers Insurance Open, beating Will Zalatoris in a playoff. He’s playing in the BMW Championship, the second FedEx Cup playoff event. He entered the week 42nd in FedEx Cup points, meaning a good performance
PARAMUS, N.J. — At 31, Stewart Hagestad is at least 19 years away from actually being considered “old” (apologies to those who have hit or crossed the half-century mark). But here at the U.S. Amateur, which is a who’s who of college studs and a 15-year-old stud who made the quarterfinals, Hagestad might as well
8:54 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — Players from Saudi-funded LIV Golf who have filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour will be waiting nearly 16 months for the case to go to trial. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman on Thursday set the trial for Jan. 8, 2024. Depending on whether
WILMINGTON, Del. — Justin Thomas was content, at least as content as Thomas can be mid-tournament, which is to say he was still slightly annoyed. Few have the appetite for competition like the 29-year-old and even fewer are in such command of their game, a dynamic that begets a ferociousness where anything less than great
5:03 PM ET Associated Press South African Louis de Jager leads the Czech Masters after a birdie on the final hole gave him a course record-equalling 64 and a one-shot advantage over two-time winner Thomas Pieters on day one in Prague on Thursday. The Belgian had looked set to lead after fighting off the challenge
It’s no secret the tour pros who have jumped to LIV Golf have been greatly compensated for making the move. All competitors in the fields in the first three LIV Invitational events have played for $25 million in individual and team prize money with no one making less than $120,000. Moreover, several prominent players, including
Aug 16, 2022 Tiger Woods arrived in Wilmington, Delaware, the site of this week’s BMW Championship, on Tuesday to meet with a select number of players to discuss the future of the PGA Tour and how it might be strengthened in its ongoing battle with LIV Golf for the best players in the world. Woods,
PARAMUS, N.J. — If not for an untimely double bogey at the end of his second stroke-play round, Michael Thorbjornsen would have easily earned solo medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur. The rising Stanford star was still one of the four co-medalists, a confirmation of what we already knew heading into this week—that he was
1:32 PM ET The PGA Tour’s top players aren’t ready to reveal what was discussed during a meeting with Tiger Woods on Tuesday night, but many insist they’re on the same page in terms of what the tour needs to do in its ongoing battle with LIV Golf. Many of the top 20 golfers in
PARAMUS, N.J. — Just by being in the 2022 U.S. Amateur field, New Jersey native Mark Costanza had already had a successful week. All it takes is a couple of good rounds, though, for expectations to change quickly. For Costanza, who was born in Ridgewood, N.J., all it took was one putt. Late in Tuesday’s
4:09 PM ET In a letter sent to LIV golfers on Wednesday, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said the new circuit “by any fair, objective and impartial review” should be awarded Official World Golf Ranking points for its events in the very near future. In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN,
The work on one of Augusta National’s most anticipated course changes in years looks to be progressing quite rapidly this summer. Aerial photos taken by Eureka Earth show what appears to be a lengthening of the 13th hole—extending the tee box by perhaps as much as 40 yards—onto land Augusta National purchased from Augusta Country
The BMW Championship, the penultimate event on the PGA Tour, takes place this weekend at the Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The field of 68 players will compete for 30 spots in next week’s Tour Championship, as well as a share of the $15 million dollar purse. One of golf’s elite players won’t be in
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
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