12:59 PM ET With the PGA Tour facing perhaps its greatest threat ever from the LIV Golf Invitational Series, it announced a 2022-23 schedule on Monday that includes a record $428.6 million in prize money in official events and another $145 million in bonuses, including $75 million for the FedEx Cup. The 2022-23 schedule, which
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The PGA Tour released its full 47-event schedule for the 2022-23 season, the last wraparound campaign before the tour switches back to a calendar-year-based schedule beginning in 2024. Notable changes include the BMW Championship moving from Wilmington Country Club in Delaware back to the Chicago area, with Olympia Fields playing host to the second of
10:50 AM ET Former Masters champion Sergio Garcia was one of the first golfers to join the LIV series, resigning his PGA Tour membership immediately after joining the new tour. The 42-year-old has since weathered the controversy — and sometimes criticism — that has followed. Garcia spoke over Zoom last week about when he first
The shades came off, his arms went wide and a smile came out. The man whose stoicism is so prodigious and cool and cold that it earned him the nickname “The Iceman” could not remain composed. Not after Henrik Stenson’s first win in years, not after the controversy and character damage he inflicted upon himself.
6:40 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau has changed the conversation about him in less than a calendar year. Finau ran away with the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday at Detroit Golf Club to become the first player in three years to win consecutive PGA Tour events in the regular season. He closed
DETROIT — We haven’t seen this kind of tear through the upper Midwest since Commodore Oliver Perry in the War of 1812. Riding the momentum of his comeback victory at the 3M Open last week in Minnesota, Tony Finau played the most impeccable golf of his career and claimed the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday
8:21 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson‘s decision that cost him the European Ryder Cup captaincy paid large and immediate dividends Sunday when he won the LIV Golf Invitational event at Bedminster and picked up more than $4 million for three days’ work. Staked to a 3-shot lead going into the third
Maybe it is something about the air in Scotland. Only two weeks after Cameron Smith came from four shots back of two overnight leaders to win the Open Championship at St. Andrews, Ayaka Furue did the same to claim the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open. Indeed, the diminutive 22-year-old from Japan went two better than
11:59 AM ET Associated Press American Sean Crocker held off a spirited challenge from Eddie Pepperell to claim his first European tour title with a wire-to-wire victory in the Hero Open on Sunday. Crocker carded a final-round 68 at Fairmont St Andrews to finish 22-under par and a shot ahead of Pepperell, who had piled
A tale of the tape would have suggested a David and Goliath matchup in the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, Wenyi Ding of the People’s Republic of China towering over his American opponent, North Carolinian Caleb Surratt. But it failed to follow the script. Ding, 17, became the first male player from China
10:00 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Wenyi Ding became the first male Chinese winner in U.S. Golf Association history Saturday, beating Caleb Surratt 3 and 2 in the U.S. Junior Amateur final at Bandon Dunes. Ding, 17, was 8-up with eight holes to play in the 36-hole match, lost five straight, then halved
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Phil Mickelson played in silence—or as silent as it can be with music blaring from two-story speakers perched above the green—as he made his way up the 18th hole. He is the de facto face of this operation, and in spite of his controversial remarks, he endures as one of the game’s
8:35 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson overcame a double bogey on his third hole Saturday with a long eagle putt and enough birdies for a 2-under 69 at windy Trump National Bedminster and a 3-shot lead over Dustin Johnson in the LIV Golf Invitational. Two weeks ago, Stenson had just missed
If Cameron Young was auditioning for a movie on Friday, he would have earned the lead role with his performance, and he would have earned it in an effortless manner. Alas, Young was not auditioning for a film but rather the Presidents Cup, the Wake Forest alum having played alongside U.S. team captain Davis Love
12:44 PM ET Associated Press Sean Crocker‘s chip-in eagle on the par-5 18th hole gave him a two-stroke lead heading into the final round at the Hero Open. The American, bidding for his first European tour title, finished at 3-under 69 on Saturday to keep Jens Dantorp of Sweden two shots behind after three rounds
7:55 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Taylor Pendrith grew up getting breaks from golf, putting the clubs away each winter in Canada. That may have helped him when he had to miss nearly four months of competition due to a painful injury earlier this year. Pendrith shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take
Just two events remain in the PGA Tour’s regular season, the first coming this week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Many players in the field arrive at Detroit Golf Club looking to grab precious points to clinch their spot inside the top 125 and qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Others already inside the number
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Patrick Reed had just carved his approach at the par-3 fourth, and though the ball disappeared into Friday’s overcast skies, you could tell by the sound and by his pose it was the shot he wanted to hit, confirmed seconds later when it came down 10 feet from the hole. Even for
8:11 PM ET Associated Press BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson had a happy return to golf after being removed as European Ryder Cup captain, making eight birdies in his LIV Golf Invitational debut at Bedminster for a 7-under 64 to share the 18-hole lead with Patrick Reed. Phil Mickelson‘s return to the area wasn’t entirely
BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Two-time Masters winner Bubba Watson has signed with LIV Golf. Watson, 43, is expected to be announced as the latest player to join the Saudi-backed circuit during Friday’s LIV broadcast from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Like many who have defected to the fledgling tour, Watson has been linked to
10:01 AM ET Charles Barkley says he’s sticking to the NBA, turning away from any further overtures to join LIV Golf as a broadcaster. “I want to thank Greg Norman and LIV for their interest in me,” Barkley told the New York Post. “I wish those guys great success and nothing but the best. But,
As golf continues to boom, so does its presence on social media. From trick-shot artists and instructors to comedians and photographers, there is no shortage of golf content being shared on the internet. Tisha Alyn, this week’s podcast guest on Henni and Hally: Women With Game, is a member of this creator community, but her
6:21 PM ET Associated Press Sean Crocker shot a course-record 9-under 63 to lead by one shot after the first round of the Hero Open on the European tour on Thursday. It was the American’s lowest round on the tour, featuring eight birdies and an eagle at Fairmont St. Andrews — just up the road
For years, golf fans wondered when Tony Finau would get his next win. Now it might happen in just a matter of days. Finau finally got win No. 2 last August at The Northern Trust, more than five years after his maiden victory at the 2016 Puerto Rico Open. But after picking up PGA Tour
7:31 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Tony Finau sent an approach from 250 yards soaring over trees and onto the seventh green at Detroit Golf Club, going for the reward and ignoring the risk with a difficult shot. The way he has been playing over the past week, it made a lot of sense.
Ryder Cup Europe has its man. Again. All of which comes as no real surprise. When Stenson was given the job in March, Donald was widely held to be a close-run second choice for the post to oversee the squad playing at home at Marco Simone Golf Club outside Rome. Indeed, the 44-year-old, four times
4:54 PM ET There is still time for PGA Tour players to get themselves into the FedEx Cup playoffs. One of the few remaining chances comes this week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app | WatchESPN As always, this event will have four feeds from which to choose: Main
Cameron Davis, Cam to his family and on his PGA Tour bio page, is the defending champion at this week’s Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit. It was his breakthrough tour victory, a career-changing event that earned him a berth in the Masters, among other perks. But he is just another Cameron in the crowd these
8:23 PM ET Bubba Watson, the two-time Masters champion who at one point was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world, reportedly is set to join the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, the breakaway tour that continues to add well-known names to its roster. Watson, 43, has been sidelined since late May due to
Winning the FedEx Cup in back-to-back years is something that’s never been done. Which is exactly the kind of challenge Patrick Cantlay enjoys. The reigning FEC champion, and PGA Tour Player of the Year, is making his first appearance at the Rocket Mortgage Classic this week, in part to try to help accomplish the aforementioned