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Lanto Griffin, who was a lock to make the FedEx Cup Playoffs with his current standing of 65th, will instead be away from the PGA Tour for five to six months after having lower back surgery. Griffin, 34, said that he underwent a microdiscetomy on his L5-S1 disc—which is just above the pelvis—that first was

11:05 AM ET LIV Golf is expanding its series to 14 tournaments on the 2023 schedule, with 48 players competing on 12 established team franchises for an unprecedented $405 million in purses in the LIV Golf League, the circuit announced Wednesday. LIV Golf, which debuted with eight tournaments in the LIV Golf Invitational Series this

Headlined by Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa, Tony Finau and defending champion Cam Davis, the Rocket Mortgage Classic promises plenty of drama this week at Detroit Golf Club. It’s the penultimate event on the 2021-22 PGA Tour calendar, with players standing all over the FedEx Cup standings trying to make a last ditch points grab and

Just three months later, Wilcox appears to already be calling the comeback tour off, a decision he seemed at peace with during our discussion with him on this week’s episode of “Be Right.” Golf, as we know, has a way of bringing you back down to earth after a successful run rather quickly, which is

Jul 23, 2022 Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke‘s bid for a first senior major title wobbled as he lost his overnight two-shot lead at the Senior Open and Paul Broadhurst pulled level at 9 under overall after the third round on Saturday. Clarke needed a birdie on the last hole to catch Broadhurst,

For the majority of Americans, Mondays are the seventh-best day of the week. For journeyman pro Chris Naegel, Mondays are currently No. 1 in his rankings, particularly in the month of July. Naegel, 39, has channeled Patrick Reed of late. Reed was a Monday-qualifying legend before turning into one of the best players on the

The 2021 major championship season has come and gone, but the three FedEx Cup Playoffs events are just around the corner. While Scottie Scheffler, the only four-time winner on the PGA Tour this season, remains No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking, he is no longer at the top of these rankings. With the

Normally deducting who is on the FedEx Cup Playoffs bubble is easy. Take a look at the players near the cutline of No. 125 and boom, there’s your bubble. But this year, like so many other facets in professional golf, analyzing the confines of Who Is In and Who Is Out is far from simple.

Jul 24, 2022 Associated Press SOUTHPORT, England — Scottish golfer Richie Ramsay claimed his fourth European tour title by winning the Cazoo Classic by one shot on Sunday. The No. 329-ranked Ramsay punched the air and roared with delight after holing a par putt from 10 feet at the last hole at Hillside near Liverpool,

LIV Golf will offer three spots on its 48-man tour via a qualifying tournament beginning in 2023, according to a report from SI.com. The Saudi-backed upstart organization confirmed at its first U.S.-based event outside Portland, Ore., last month that it would transition from the LIV Golf Invitational Series to a league schedule with 14 events

1:16 PM ET LIV Golf Invitational Series player Sergio Garcia says he has changed his mind on giving up his DP World Tour membership. “When I finished the Open Championship [last] Sunday, I said that I was most likely going to resign my membership from the [DP World] Tour,” Garcia told ESPN. “That obviously meant

5:18 PM ET Associated Press GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Darren Clarke birdied the last hole to beat a resurgent Padraig Harrington and win the Senior Open by one shot on Sunday. Clarke and Paul Broadhurst were level at 9 under overall after the third round but it was Harrington, a three-time major winner, who soared into

Three-time PGA Tour winner Robert Gamez was arrested Sunday on misdemeanor battery charges, according to a report from Golfweek. The incident in question occurred Saturday evening in the Bay Hill neighborhood of Orlando. Gamez is a resident of Orlando, and Bay Hill Club was the site of Gamez’s most memorable career moment, where he holed

Finally, Scotland saw some real Scottish golf weather just in time for the final round of the Senior British Open. Heavy rains greeted players on Sunday at Gleneagles, even causing a two-plus hour delay as the leaders were on the back nine at the King’s Course. Clarke earned a first-place prize money payout of $432,080

6:38 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — After reading he was the betting favorite for the 3M Open, Tony Finau felt the pressure surprisingly mount in his mind as he sought to extend the momentum he has built this summer. Playing catch-up proved to be the right formula for his third PGA Tour victory.

Tony Finau said every time he looked up on Sunday at the 3M Open he seemed to be four or five shots off the lead. But he kept attacking, and with four birdies on his back nine, along with a surprise implosion from third-round leader Scott Piercy, Finau suddenly was himself the runaway leader, four

6:50 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb held off Annika Sorenstam on Sunday in the Senior LPGA Championship for her first senior title. The 47-year-old Webb closed with a 5-under 67 for a four-shot victory at Salina Country Club. “It’s been a long time since I’ve had to make putts down the

You expect to deal with a lot of things when you’re in contention during the final round of a major: stress, tough pin positions, fast greens, birdies from your competition. But what you don’t expect is a fan picking up your tee ball moments after it comes to rest. That’s exactly what happened to Nelly

11:06 AM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Brooke Henderson‘s six-year wait for a second major championship title is over. The Canadian ended a wild final round at the Evian Championship by rolling in an 8-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to win by 1 stroke on Sunday. Henderson was soaked in champagne by

It has been a week of big changes for Scott Piercy. In opening up a lead early in the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, he revealed that he changed swing coaches, made swing changes, got a new caddie and put a new driver and putter into play. And now we know—he chose to wear

11:09 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy shot a 5-under 66 to take a 4-stroke lead into the final round of the 3M Open at rain-soaked TPC Twin Cities on Saturday in round that was delayed more than 6½ hours. Playing through a painful blister on his right heel, the 43-year-old Piercy

Some pros snack on fruits during the round. Others grab an energy bar or a PB&J  sandwich. Colin Montgomerie found an elixir for his third round in the Senior Open Championship that might turn into a trend for anybody who’s not diabetic. Big Monty made three straight birdies to close out his round of four-under-par

6:30 PM ET Associated Press SALINA, Kan. — Karrie Webb shot a 6-under 66 in windy and hot conditions Saturday to take a 2-stroke lead over playing partner Annika Sorenstam in the Senior LPGA Championship. Webb had six birdies in the bogey-free round in 100-degree heat and wind gusting to 30 mph. She was at

As Tiger Woods made his early (and emotional) exit from St. Andrews last week, missing the cut at the 150th Open, the presumption among most prognosticators was that it was the last time we’d see the 15-time major winner on a course in a while. It was a somber thought. Maybe Tiger would compete in

11:36 AM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Brooke Henderson saw her lead in the Evian Championship reduced to 2 shots after the third round on Saturday as she seeks her second major title. Henderson missed a 3-foot putt for birdie at the par-5 18th and had to settle for a 3-under 68 that left

Golf sure is full of surprises. Even though we’re not really supposed to be surprised when fill-in-the-blank puts his name on the leaderboard—and then, more astonishingly, decides to keep it there. We are talking about professionals here, right. So we’ll only raise one eyebrow at Scott Piercy’s play through 36 holes of the 3M Open.

8:37 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy shot a 7-under 64 on Friday at TPC Twin Cities to take a three-stroke lead in the 3M Open. Piercy had a 13-under 129 total. The four-time PGA Tour winner opened with a 65 on Thursday in windy conditions. Emiliano Grillo was second after a

Bernhard Langer has enjoyed a long and lucrative career from producing an economy of strokes, so it was somewhat startling to see him take two with one swing in the second round of the Senior British Open on Friday. Yes, he double-hit a short chip shot. Langer, 64, was a few paces off the ninth

4:59 PM ET Associated Press Paul Waring retained his two-shot lead at the Cazoo Classic on the European tour by shooting 2-under 70 in the second round on Friday. Grant Forrest, Jens Dantorp and Julien Guerrier all shot 69 and were Waring’s nearest challengers at Hillside near Liverpool in northwest England. Daan Luizing (68) was

We’ve seen some final-hole meltdowns before, but this is one of the most bizarre and heartbreaking. Ryan Werre held a two-shot lead at the Alberta Mid Amateur Championship on Thursday until a brutal bad break caused him to tumble down the leaderboard—and climb up a tree. All the way up. Werre’s risky second shot on