GULLANE, Scotland — For now at least, the battle is abeyance. The three players— Jason Harding, Ian Poulter and Adrain Otaegui—who on Monday won a stay of the suspensions and fines levied against them by the DP World Tour, are not only free to compete in this week’s Genesis Scottish Open but at all tour
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10:23 AM ET Tiger Woods had planned to play in last month’s U.S. Open, but problems with his surgically repaired right leg didn’t allow him to compete in the third major of the season. Woods said he skipped the U.S. Open because he didn’t want to jeopardize his chances of playing in the 150th Open
Tiger Woods shed some light on his post-PGA Championship activity when he spoke after his final round Tuesday at the JP McManus Pro-Am, which marked Woods’ first public appearance since withdrawing prior to the final round at Southern Hills—and his last appearance ahead of competing next week at St. Andrews in The 150th Open. Woods,
2:57 PM ET Tiger Woods closed with a 2-over 74 to finish tied for 39th on Tuesday at the JP McManus Pro-Am, a star-studded event in Limerick, Ireland, serving as a tuneup for next week’s Open Championship. The good news for Woods was that Tuesday’s round marked a slight improvement from his opening 77 on
GULLANE, Scotland — At least according to the World Ranking, there are only 14 golfers in the world better than Billy Horschel. The 37-year-old Floridian, a seven-time PGA Tour winner and former FedEx Cup champion, can clearly play. And boy, can he talk too. Armed with the ammunition provided by the on-going dispute between LIV
1:12 PM ET Billy Horschel became the latest PGA Tour player to criticize members who have been lured to the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series by lucrative signing bonuses and $25 million purses. During a news conference ahead of the Scottish Open on Tuesday, Horschel said he didn’t have “ill will” toward players who
Tiger Woods played Monday in Ireland, marking his first competitive round since he withdrew following the third round of the PGA Championship back in May. A smattering of the world’s best showed up to the JP McManus Pro-Am, a 36-hole event at Adare Manor, with 50 professionals playing stroke play alongside three amateur partners playing
6:09 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Ian Poulter and two other players who signed up for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series won a stay Monday from a British court that allows them to play in the Scottish Open. Poulter, Adrian Otaegui of Spain and Justin Harding of South Africa challenged their suspension
The DP World Tour suffered at least a temporary blow in its battle with LIV Golf on Monday when Sport Resolutions in the United Kingdom issued a stay of the suspensions the tour levied against three players after they competed in LIV’s inaugural event last month in London. Ian Poulter, Adrian Otaegui and Justin Harding
5:51 PM ET Tiger Woods was back playing competitive golf Monday, shooting a 5-over 77 at the star-studded JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland. Woods sits in a tie for 43rd in the 50-player field. Xander Schauffele, coming off a win at the Travelers a week ago, sits in first after an
After several years living in Colorado, Justin Leonard and his wife Amanda moved their family to South Florida right after the U.S. Open at The Country Club, where Leonard worked for NBC and Golf Channel and had a chance to reminisce about one of the most indelible moments of his career. The transition to the
With its history and traditions, there is something altogether unique about playing in the Open Championship. Now crank that up to 11 and you’ll get the feeling of anticipation for being a participant in The 150th Open set to take place at St. Andrews. The R&A has been planning for the championship for years. When
6:33 PM ET Associated Press Adrian Meronk held off a final-round charge from New Zealand’s Ryan Fox to win the Irish Open at Mount Juliet Estate in County Kilkenny on Sunday. Meronk — who already has three top-three finishes this season — shot a final-round 66 to top the leaderboard at 20-under and become the
He made the hard look easy. Professional golfers have a penchant for that, the best routinely making this impossible game seem impossibly effortless. Even against that standard, going wire-to-wire on the PGA Tour is a rare sight because it is damn tough to do. Yet that is what J.T. Poston did at TPC Deere Run,
6:51 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and a spot in The Open Championship. Three strokes ahead entering the day at TPC Deere Run, Poston closed with a 2-under 69 for a 3-stroke margin over fellow
By virtue of nationality, there have always been plenty of firsts in the career of Adrian Meronk. So far he is the first golfer from Poland to represent Europe in the Palmer Cup, first to reach the semifinals of the British Amateur Championship, first to win on the U.S. college circuit (while at East Tennessee
6:11 PM ET England’s Paul Casey has joined LIV Golf, the breakaway tour announced Saturday. Casey, ranked 26th in the world, has been a member of both the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour in recent years. He has 21 worldwide wins since turning pro in 2000, as well as a host of close
10:02 PM ET ESPN News Services NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Branden Grace won LIV Golf’s first stop on American soil, an event that drew critics and protestors alike because of the upstart series’ funding by Saudi Arabia. Grace closed with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to finish at 13 under in the 54-hole tournament at
It wasn’t the greatest shot of his career. Nor was it the most historically significant. But as far as dollars and cents—the dominant topic in the modern professional golf zeitgeist—it was the most profitable. By a comically large margin. Brendan Grace holed a chip from long of the 16th green for a birdie that ensured
As part of the Open Championship Qualifying Series, the John Deere Classic will help decide three spots in the field at St. Andrews along with offering the usual 500 FedEx Cup points and a not-too-shabby cashout. U.S. Open standout Adam Hadwin is in the field and still looking to play his way into the upcoming
7:02 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston made up for two back-nine bogeys with an eagle on the par-5 17th, shooting a 4-under 67 on Saturday to take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the John Deere Classic. Trying to complete a wire-to-wire victory after tying for second last week
Joe Hooks had June 29, 2022, circled on his calendar for months. “My friend Roger Steele, who is a Youth on Course ambassador, asked me to play in his group for the 100 hole hike, so I wanted to make sure I’d be available.” Hooks is a 29-year-old mini-tour player from Detroit, Michigan. “I want
9:13 PM ET ESPN News Services The outcry that marked the start of the Saudi Arabia-funded LIV Golf series’ first American stop quieted a bit on Friday, putting the focus on the play at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Modest crowds and mild temperatures in the mid-70s greeted the players on the upstart series — bankrolled
NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — As I perused the driving range ahead of Thursday’s shotgun start, one particularly flushed 3-wood stopped me in my tracks. “Yeah, that’ll work,” I muttered to one of 48 LIVers at Pumpkin Ridge this week. “Yep, it will,” he replied. He then nudged another ball from the pile into hitting position
9:50 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Ill. — J.T. Poston took a 4-stroke lead into the weekend in the PGA Tour’s John Deere Classic, following an opening 9-under 62 with a 65 on Friday at TPC Deere Run. Coming off a second-place tie last week in Connecticut after also opening with a 62, Poston got
To J.T. Poston, missing the cut at the RBC Canadian Open must seem like a million years ago. It was actually just two weeks, but in the time since his 73-71 sent him packing at St. George’s, he’s been a human firecracker on the course. At the Travelers, an opening round 62 and a closing
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
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