6:49 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler played the kind of golf that wins a traditional U.S. Open, and that’s what the Arnold Palmer Invitational felt like Sunday at Bay Hill. In another final round that featured some of the toughest scoring conditions in four decades, Scheffler made key putts to save
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PGA Tour practice rounds can be an enigma. You’ll often hear folks talk about how enjoyable it is to attend one as a spectator, compared to a Saturday or Sunday tournament round, because the course isn’t packed with crowds, tickets are cheaper, and you get an up-close look at how the best players in the
8:02 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Retief Goosen holed out for eagle from a greenside bunker on the short par-4 first hole, birdied the next two, and cruised to an 8-under 63 and a four-stroke victory Sunday in the Hoag Classic. A stroke behind fellow South African star Ernie Els entering the
9:22 AM ET Things are about to get good on the PGA Tour. This week, the tour heads to the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, for the unofficial “fifth major,” which now has a $20 million purse. The field includes 47 of the top 50 players in the world and
It would be a cliché to say that playing the weekend at the Arnold Palmer Invitational was like being in a heavyweight fight, Bay Hill Club in Orlando packing quite the wallop on the field. However, we’re not the ones who brought up the boxing analogy on Sunday. Rory McIlroy did the honors. After a
8:58 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan For the second straight PGA Tour event, Bryson DeChambeau has withdrawn after
Bryson DeChambeau has withdrawn from the Players Championship, the PGA Tour released on Sunday night shortly after the finish at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. No reason was given, but this is the second straight week in which DeChambeau had initially registered to compete on the PGA Tour only to then drop out of the tournament.
Early on the back nine of his final round at Bay Hill, Chris Kirk had a legitimate chance to take a stranglehold on the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Then again, so did just about everybody who was within a few shots of Viktor Hovland’s lead. But Kirk’s failed run at the lead was particularly noticeable because
6:30 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Needing to win or finish solo second to retain PGA Tour status, Ryan Brehm went out Sunday and ran away with the Puerto Rico Open for his first tour title. With wife Chelsey at his side as his caddie, the 35-year-old Brehm birdied five of
Jin Young Ko started her 2022 season right where she left off in 2021: Winning. In her first LPGA Tour start of 2022, the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore, Ko played her final six holes in five under to shoot a final-round 66 at Sentosa Golf Club. She finished with a 17-under 271 total
3:26 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — World No. 1 Jin Young Ko birdied the 18th hole on Sunday for a 6-under 66 to win the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore by two strokes over fellow South Korean player In Gee Chun and Australian Minjee Lee. Ko has won six times in
A look at the contenders heading into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill. T1. Billy Horschel (seven under) The buildup: With a remarkable birdie on 18 after getting to move his ball out of a terrible lie because of a sprinkler head, the Floridian shot a second straight 71. He
8:48 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — No lead was safe Saturday at Bay Hill. No one felt comfortable until they were finished. In the toughest conditions of the year, Billy Horschel and Talor Gooch were up to the task at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Horschel got a good break on a day where
Max Homa is only 31 years old. His eyesight shouldn’t be that bad. But apparently, he can’t track his ball from only 160 yards away. “I got terrible eyes,” he says. So, even as his tee shot tracked toward the flagstick on the par-3 14th hole at Bay Hill on Saturday, not only did Homa
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson will take a four-shot lead into the final day of the Kenya Open after his round of 66 left him with a healthy advantage over the chasing pack on Saturday. Marcus Kinhult and Ashun Wu are joint second while a four-way group are a further five shots
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story first ran in March 2019. The hole has continued to strike fear in the hearts of PGA Tour pros and every day golfers. FEAR. That’s the prevailing feeling on the tee of the 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass’ Players Stadium Course. It’s said that tour pros are intimidated by only two
7:19 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Viktor Hovland had the lowest round of the day with a 6-under 66 and is off to another great start at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This time, he has a good idea what to expect on the weekend at Bay Hill. Rory McIlroy got a sneak preview.
Viktor Hovland followed the blueprint for picking apart Bay Hill with the surgical precision of a veteran on Friday, playing the par 5s in four under par during a six-under-par 66 that vaulted him into the Arnold Palmer Invitational lead as he stalks his fourth worldwide win since last summer. Hovland must have had a
12:53 AM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Cameron Beckman eagled the par-5 18th for a 7-under 64 and the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Hoag Classic. Beckman also had six birdies and bogey in cool, breezy conditions at Newport Beach Country Club. “It was nice,” Beckman said. “I got off
It appears Phil Mickelson will not play in next week’s Players Championship for the first time since 2003 as his hiatus from competitive golf continues. The PGA Tour released the official field for its flagship event on Friday afternoon and Mickelson was not listed, though a tour official said he can enter until one hour
6:04 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau is in line to return to the PGA Tour next week. Phil Mickelson is not. DeChambeau, who hasn’t played since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January, is in the field for next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Mickelson, who
There are days when Rory McIlroy makes this most vexing game look impossibly easy, when he’s swinging freely, putting like a kid and bouncing around like he owns the place. Thursday was one of those days. McIlroy opened the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a seven-under 65 on a Bay Hill track with juicy rough and
6:14 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko moved into a tie for the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Friday in only her second round since returning from a three-month break from the LPGA Tour. Ko shot a 5-under 67, including a birdie on the par-5 16th, and was
It was a good day for Mykhailo Golod, because he has lived to see another. It is deep into the night of March 3 when Mykhailo, 15, videoconferences from Kyiv. The town has just suffered its fiercest bombardment since the unprovoked assault by Russian forces began and reports vary if the 40-mile long convoy of
7:35 PM ET Jon Rahm doesn’t miss much on the PGA Tour — especially not from 10 inches. But it happened Thursday during the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The world No. 1 went to clean up a 10-inch putt for par on the par-3 seventh hole, decelerated his putter just before contact
Adenil “Dening” Day, mother of major champion and 12-time PGA Tour winner Jason Day, passed away Wednesday evening alongside her family in Ohio after a five-year battle with cancer. She was 65. “Last night, my mum peacefully left us,” Day, who withdrew from this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational to be by his mother’s side, wrote
4:11 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Rory McIlroy opened with a 7-under 65 on Thursday and had reason to expect a score like this at Bay Hill, not so much because of the golf course but rather the day of the week. Good starts have not been a problem for McIlroy at the
Following the 2016 Players Championship, the PGA Tour did something it had never done since moving the competition to the Players Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass in 1982: It completely tore apart one of the original holes and built a new one. Pete Dye had renovated or remodeled TPC Sawgrass—perhaps his most transformative piece of
6:47 AM ET Things are about to get serious. And that doesn’t even count all the serious that has been taking place away from the golf course — the Saudi-backed challenger to the PGA Tour, the Phil Mickelson saga, Tiger Woods winning the first-ever Player Incentive Program. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app |
Jason Day withdrew from the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational on Wednesday. Day, 34, is a former champion at Bay Hill, winning the event in 2016. No reason was given for his WD. The 2015 PGA champ has battled numerous injuries throughout his career, including chronic back pain. It is the third time in four years