For nearly 60 years, Tommy Jacobs was the answer to an often-cited trivia question: Who is the youngest golfer to play in the Masters? As a semifinalist in the 1951 U.S. Amateur, Jacobs earned an invitation to compete at Augusta National the following April. He was 16 at the time and 17 when he teed
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3:41 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the PGA Tour’s handling of its players and whether it has engaged in anticompetitive behavior during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a new circuit being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The inquiry,
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — You’re going to hear the Old Course referred to as the “Home of Golf” ad nauseum this week. But what does that really mean? Why is this seaside links more special than the rest? What actually happened here to cement its status as the epicenter of this global game? The short
6:27 AM ET The Open is golf’s oldest major, and this year it celebrates its 150th installment. And there is no other place that could possibly happen than at the home of golf — The Old Course at St. Andrews. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app After sitting out the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods
The 150th Open. It’s a span of time that’s difficult to grasp. None of us has any experience of what life was like when Old Tom Morris was stuffing featheries in 1860. Although it’d be fun to tell Old Tom what Branden Grace’s caddie made last week. I recently traveled to St. Andrews ahead of
6:17 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods, a 15-time major champion, called St. Andrews his “favorite course in the world” when he announced he’d be playing in the 150th Open after his return to competitive golf at the Masters in April. There’s plenty of reason for Woods to love it. He claimed his
Make sure your alarm clock is working—or whatever you use to get yourself up these days. The Open Championship has arrived, and NBC Sports has coverage from the opening shot each round to the final putt for American golf fans willing to get up early (or stay up late as the case may be for
8:52 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — Tony Romo won the American Century Championship for the third time, beating Mark Mulder and Joe Pavelski with a 5-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff Sunday. Romo also birdied the par-5 18th in regulation to earn three points and match Mulder and Pavelski
10:26 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — After Tiger Woods ripped his tee shot down the 18th fairway during a practice round at the Old Course at St. Andrews on Sunday, Justin Thomas followed his ball in the air and said, “Oooh!” When Woods’ ball bounded down the sun-baked fairway and bounced high onto the
The Genesis Scottish Open is the first co-sanctioned event between the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour as part of their strategic alliance announced in November 2020. The spots in the field were split between the two tours and resulted in a field with 14 of the top 15 players in the world competing.
It’s already been an extraordinary year for Ben Griffin. The 26-year-old out of North Carolina earned his first status on the Korn Ferry Tour for the current campaign, and with three second-place finishes on his tab already, he’s in third place in the standings and well on his way to competing fulltime on the PGA
7:16 PM ET ESPN News Services STATELINE, Nev. — Three-time champion Mark Mulder eagled the par-5 16th hole Saturday and scored 25 points to take a three-point lead in the American Century Championship. Mulder, the former major league pitcher who won the golf event three straight times from 2015 to 2017, received six points for
Tiger Woods walked. He waved to fans. He hit some chips and putts. He even did some dog watching on the fairways of St. Andrews’ Old Course. And all of those seemingly ordinary circumstances added up to news for one reason: The greatest golfer of his generation was back at the Home of Golf, visiting
10:52 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Max McGreevy completed a 9-under 63 on Saturday to share the second-round lead and had a one-stroke advantage when darkness suspended third-round play in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Much of the field began the third round in the evening in sunny conditions after heavy showers hit
GULLANE, Scotland—He’s not leading the Genesis Scottish Open after 54 holes, but at least in one respect, Max Homa is ahead of the field heading into the fourth and final day at the Renaissance Club. That’s one round ahead. After completing a one-over par effort of 71 on Friday, the 31-year old Californian made his
2:16 PM ET MasterCard has paused its endorsement deals with LIV golf tour members Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell, the company told ESPN. Poulter has had a contract with the global company since 2009 and McDowell since 2011, but because of their association with the controversial tour and suspension from the PGA Tour, MasterCard has
GULLANE, Scotland — He isn’t leading at the halfway stage of the Genesis Scottish Open, but it’s a safe bet that those around him on the leaderboard are paying close attention to Matt Fitzpatrick’s prominent presence. Despite being saddled with the wind-blown “wrong” side of the draw—late/early—the U.S. Open champion is three under par after
7:38 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — T.J. Oshie made a 13-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th hole to take the first-round lead Friday in the American Century Championship. The Washington Capitals forward received six points for the eagle under the modified Stableford scoring system, giving him 21 for the day at Edgewood
Jordan Spieth makes headlines seemingly everywhere he goes. On Friday at the Genesis Scottish Open, he made them for three distinctly different reasons. One of the events was comical. The other two were not. After an opening-round 68 at the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Spieth was in contention and quickly made birdie on the
9:53 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Adam Svensson shot a 5-under 67 and had a three-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship when second-round play Friday at water-logged Keene Trace was suspended because of darkness. Svensson had a 15-under 129 total at Keene Trace, where a mid-day thunderstorm followed dense morning fog. Play was
Cameron Tringale is closing in on accomplishing a childhood dream this weekend. In doing so, he also could lose a title that only he holds. Not that he minds. A victory at the Genesis Scottish Open would be a first PGA Tour title for the 34-year-old Californian. It would also mean losing the distinction of
10:37 AM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Daniel Berger has withdrawn from the Open next week at St. Andrews because of a back injury. Berger last week withdrew from the John Deere Classic. He was replaced in the field by Sahith Theegala, the PGA Tour rookie who has had three close calls at
The draw, the draw, the draw. It’s something that’s discussed on a weekly basis in golf, particularly in gambling circles, but it takes on new meaning when the best players in the world go across the pond. The weather is just a tad different over there. The weather was extremely different for each wave on
5:45 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Alex Cejka birdied two of the final three holes for a 6-under 64 and a 2-stroke lead Thursday in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. Cejka birdied the par-3 seventh and par-4 ninth to cap a bogey-free round on Firestone Country Club’s South Course. “I drove the ball
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Often muttered in a room of some significance is the phrase “if these walls could talk.” That was fitting for the four that surrounded the main space of the Caddie Pavilion at the Old Course in St. Andrews. A few months prior to the 150th Open being held on the historic
7:51 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Adam Svensson had two eagles in a 10-under 62 to take a two-stroke lead Thursday in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Playing through temperatures in the 90s at Keene Trace, the Canadian eagled the par-5 15th and eighth holes. The first eagle came after his lone bogey
In Rory McIlroy, the PGA Tour and commissioner Jay Monahan have had no more staunch an ally. The 32-year-old four-time major winner has come to the defense of both the organization and Monahan himself during the emergence of the renegade LIV Golf series, repeatedly claiming that the PGA Tour is the best place in the
8:13 AM ET The WGC-HSBC Champions, scheduled for Oct. 27-30 in Shanghai, has been canceled because of COVID-19 restrictions in China, the PGA Tour announced Wednesday. The tour said the decision was made along with the China Golf Association. It is the third straight season in which the WGC-HSBC Champions was canceled because of COVID-19
With the Open Championship quickly approaching, 14 of the 15 best players in the world will tee it up at the Genesis Scottish Open to get ready for the final major of the year. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will be one of many looking to stop Min Woo Lee from defending his 2021 title.
3:43 AM ET Rory McIlroy said the PGA Tour and DP World Tour should hold talks with the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series as the escalating tension between the circuits is “splitting the game.” Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are among a number of top players who have joined the lucrative series,