9:09 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston shot a 9-under 62 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic. Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut, Poston eagled the par-5 second and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at TPC Deere Run. “It’s
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DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley has fired back at a contingent of European players who defected to LIV Golf after the group threatened legal action against Pelley and the tour. The defectors sent a letter to Pelley and DP World Tour board members that was leaked to multiple European outlets earlier this week. In
6:38 AM ET Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among 16 LIV Golf players who have written to the DP World Tour asking it to rescind its fines and allow them to compete in next week’s Scottish Open, according to a report. The Britons were among the European tour’s members who were banned from three
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Fifteen-ish minutes before the shotgun start of LIV’s first foray onto U.S. soil,, a trio of retired Navy Seals employed American flag parachutes to plop down on Pumpkin Ridge’s 10th fairway. A few minutes earlier, a bald eagle glided just over the driving range, sparking an impromptu U-S-A! chant. (It is
9:38 PM ET ESPN News Services The first LIV Golf event in the United States has a first-time player in the rival series atop its leaderboard. Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz, who was among the latest batch of players to join the LIV Series earlier this week, carded a 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead after
Ricky Barnes hasn’t played a full schedule on the PGA Tour since the 2017-18 season, and, thus, is struggling to build any kind of momentum in his golf game. Which explains why he had posted three rounds in the 60s this season and has missed the cut in five of the six events in which
1:31 PM ET Australia’s Ryan Fox carded an 8-under-par 64 to claim a 1-shot lead after the first round at the Irish Open on Thursday. The 35-year-old got off to a dream start at Mount Juliet Estate in Kilkenny, Ireland, as he birdied six of the first eight holes for a flawless opening round. 1
In the third and final start of his medical extension from 2018, Morgan Hoffmann made the cut at the Travelers Championship, finishing in solo 68th. That was nowhere near good enough to earn conditional tour status, though he still has a chance to earn it via the Korn Ferry Tour. Hoffmann was fortunate to receiver
8:09 AM ET The year’s final major, The Open at St. Andrews, is looming in two weeks. But there is still work to be done in the United States, and that includes a longtime stop on the PGA Tour — the John Deere Classic — which begins Thursday. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app
An unfortunate case of favoritism dashed the dreams of a handful of Missourians hoping to play a bucket list course, offering a window into how parochial golf organizations sometimes operate when they think no one is watching. Hosted at Bellerive Country Club, site of the 2018 PGA Championship, the recent Missouri Amateur drew a tremendous
9:30 AM ET American bookmakers and state gaming regulators are taking varying approaches to the upstart LIV golf tour, as it makes its debut in the United States this week at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland, Oregon. LIV’s initial event took place in early June and attracted minimal betting at U.S. sportsbooks, but bookmakers
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Apart from three tense half-hour press conferences, the vibe at Pumpkin Ridge has been remarkably stress-free. The caddies can’t believe how well they’re being looked after. Coaches, too. On the PGA Tour, they paid for their travel and accommodations. At LIV, it’s taken care of. The members and employees are ooohing
6:14 PM ET Associated Press NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — LIV Golf’s first U.S. event was set to begin Thursday, with a group of survivors and families who lost loved ones in the Sept. 11 terror attacks planning to gather at a nearby park to speak out against the Saudi Arabia-funded tour. Brett Eagleson was 15
The CJ Cup is heading to South Carolina. Played in South Korea the first three years of its existence, the tournament has been held in Las Vegas the past two seasons as COVID-19 travel restrictions have kept the event from going abroad. The CJ Cup will stay in the United States this fall, as it
10:59 AM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The CJ Cup is on the move again in America, this year shifting across the country from Las Vegas to South Carolina. The PGA Tour said a limited-field CJ Cup, which left Jeju Island in South Korea when the COVID-19 pandemic restricted travel, will be
Jason Day and Webb Simpson headline the field this week at the John Deere Classic, where the opportunity to claim one of three spots in the Open Championship is on the line for those who haven’t already qualified. After a strong showing at the U.S. Open, Adam Hadwin will look to keep things going from
2:53 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour is awarding cards to the leading 10 players from the European tour and bringing back a direct path to the PGA Tour through Q-school. The changes were outlined Tuesday as part of an extended partnership between the PGA Tour and European tour through 2035. As part of
The question amid all the PGA Tour news of late about bigger purses and limited-field events was: How does this affect those who are trying to advance from the Korn Ferry Tour? There were some answers provided on Tuesday when the KFT announced changes on how players might now reach the big leagues. Among them:
7:10 PM ET NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka said Tuesday that he didn’t agree to join the LIV Golf Invitational Series until after playing in the U.S. Open two weeks ago. Koepka, speaking at a news conference before the first LIV Golf tournament in the United States, which starts Thursday at
Nick Faldo sent a two-minute Twitter video message on Monday reiterating his retirement plans, talking more about his hectic schedule over the next month and, yes, he discussed reports that have wondered whether he’ll join LIV Golf. Faldo’s message, though, opened by introducing his dog, London, saying, “she’s our sweetie.” Faldo said he and his
10:00 AM ET ESPN staff The 2022 ESPYS presented by Capital One are finally here. It’s time to decide which of your favorite athletes will win the show’s biggest awards. The nominees for Best Athlete, Men’s Golf are 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler; Cameron Smith, winner of the 2022 Players Championship; PGA Championship winner Justin
Two weeks after watching his big bro reach the pinnacle of the sport, Alex Fitzpatrick will begin his professional golf journey across the Atlantic. The 23-year-old Wake Forest graduate makes his professional debut at this week’s Irish Open on the DP World Tour, the same tournament where Matt, golf’s newest major champion, finished T-29 in
4:00 PM ET Associated Press Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf is getting a chilly reception in Oregon, its first stop in the United States. This coming week, the series, which is paying enormous signing fees for players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, descends on Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in tiny North Plains, nestled in the
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — At the risk of wearing out this hit from a current playlist: The painful beauty of professional tournament golf lies in the adventures a golfer endures on the way to the bottom of the 72nd hole. That has been true for a hundred years and then some. Who can forget Walter Hagen
7:31 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Xander Schauffele celebrated his one-year wedding anniversary Sunday with a dramatic victory in the Travelers Championship. The Olympic champion won with a three-stroke swing on the final hole, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker
7:48 PM ET Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Padraig Harrington holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the 15th right when the last of his five-shot lead was about to vanish, and he closed with three tough pars for a 1-over 72 to hold off Steve Stricker and win the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday. Harrington
Thompson was emotional, not having time yet to process all the costly missed putts in the previous hour, when, according to Golfweek, tournament officials alerted Thompson and playing partner Hye-Jin Choi that they’d been fined $2,000 for slow play. Thompson’s father, Scott, confirmed the news to Golfweek Choi and Thompson were playing with Chun in
7:15 PM ET Matthew Wolff, whose meteoric rise at the start of his PGA Tour career was as surprising as his struggles in recent months, is the latest player to defect to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources confirmed to ESPN on Sunday. Wolff, 23, is planning to play in this week’s LIV Golf tournament
Stanford All-American Michael Thorbjorsen promised to be a nice side story on Sunday at the Travelers Championship, no matter how he finished. The 20-year-old from Wellesley, Mass., had local ties to the tournament, having grown up 90 minutes away from TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. He was playing on a sponsor’s exemption, continuing the
Say what you like about Haotong Li, when he wins he does it with some style. Ten months on from nearly quitting the game because he was so frustrated with his form, the 26-year-old from China is, for the third time and for the first time in 4½ years, a winner on the DP World