8:46 AM ET The Masters is not far off. The tournament begins April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. But a chance to get a coveted invitation happens this week in the Latin America Amateur Championship. The event, played at the Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog course and beginning Thursday, Jan. 20, in
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1:25 PM ET Scott Jamieson maintained his one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi after carding a two-over-par 74 on Friday, while Rory McIlroy and Collin Morikawa kept themselves in contention to make it through to the weekend. Overnight leader Jamieson entered round two at 9 under but moved
12:35 AM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii. — Ernie Els birdied the final hole Thursday, set up by a difficult wedge from a fairway bunker, giving him an 8-under 64 and a one-shot lead over Vijay Singh as the PGA Tour Champions season began at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Bernhard Langer, coming off
12:07 AM ET Associated Press Bob Goalby, who won the 1968 Masters without having to go to a playoff when Roberto De Vicenzo infamously signed for the wrong score, has died. He was 92. Goalby’s death Wednesday in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois, was confirmed by the PGA Tour and by Bill Haas, his great-nephew.
8:03 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay shot a 10-under 62 in perfect weather and turf conditions Thursday at La Quinta Country Club for a share of the first-round lead with rookie Lee Hodges in The American Express. Cantlay played the first seven holes in 7 under, making an eagle on
5:39 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Segundo Oliva Pinto shot a 66 and is one of three Argentinians inside the top 10 after Thursday’s opening round of the Latin America Amateur Championship at Casa de Campo resort’s Teeth of the Dog course. Pinto is tied for the lead with Puerto Rico’s
5:22 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Gaby Lopez of Mexico began a new year and her seventh LPGA Tour season with a simple, and potentially prophetic, Instagram post: “Surprise me, 2022,” she wrote. Lopez jumped out to the lead Thursday in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, piecing together what she considered
11:08 AM ET Scott Jamieson took a one-shot lead in the opening round of the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi after carding an error-free 63 to finish at 9 under on Thursday while world No. 2 Collin Morikawa and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy struggled. Jamieson sank nine birdies, and his score of 63 set
7:00 AM ET After two weeks in Hawaii to start the year, the PGA Tour returns to the mainland with The American Express this week at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, California, beginning Thursday. Additionally, it marks the four-feed debut of PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app
5:17 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Abel Gallegos couldn’t hide his smile. As the defending champion of the Latin American Amateur Championship held his opening news conference Wednesday, Gallegos knew everyone wanted to talk about what had changed since he won the 2020 tournament in Mayakoba that granted him a spot
Richard J. Ferris, a businessman and a golf enthusiast whose contributions to the game were largely behind the scenes, including co-ownership of Pebble Beach Golf Links, died Sunday in Orlando of complications of ALS. He was 85. A native of Sacramento, Calif., Ferris joined forces in 1999 with the late Arnold Palmer, actor/director Clint Eastwood
On Monday the PGA Tour announced the Player Advisory Council for 2022. World No. 1 Jon Rahm, reigning FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay and four-time major winner Brooks Koepka highlight the 16-member council for this year. Joining them are Paul Casey, Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen, Harry Higgs, Billy Horschel, Russell Knox, Justin Lower, Peter Malnati,
ABU DHABI — It was only Monday, but Rory McIlroy was already hard at work on the range. Three days before the start of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship—a tournament he has never won in 11 previous attempts—the four-time major champion was hitting the ball with his usual panache and fluidity. Which is no real
Considering the level Jon Rahm has played at over the last two seasons, it should come as no surprise that he’s the solo favorite in every tournament he enters. Unless prime-Tiger Woods shows up, the Spaniard will continue to command that type of respect from oddsmakers. This week is no different, as Rahm is the
10:56 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Five shots behind at the turn, Hideki Matsuyama figured all he could do was keep his head down and try to stay in the game Sunday in the Sony Open. And when he finally looked up, he couldn’t see one of the best shots of his career. In
11:56 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Russell Henley had the lowest 36-hole score of his career on a course where he won his first PGA Tour event, and he knew better than to expect everything to fall into place. He did just enough Saturday in the Sony Open, particularly over the final hour when
11:52 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Russell Henley set the target Friday in the Sony Open by making a 30-foot eagle putt to cap off a big finish, and nobody could catch him. Nine years after Henley began his rookie season on the PGA Tour by winning the Sony Open, he played his final
Hideki Matsuyama’s historic triumph at the Masters feels like it happened about a million years ago, and that’s not all his fault—it’s a function of a wild year in golf, the time-elongating nature of the pandemic, and a few other elements he can’t control. Part of it, though, is down to him. Like many first-time
The tip arrived in early January. “Surely you all are aware of the mini-tour in Florida promising 100K payouts,” a source wrote Golf Digest through email. “Great opportunity and life changing cash … if they get paid.” The event in question was the 2021 Big Money Golf Classic. It was a three-day competition held at
There’s no denying golf has seen an increase in participation during the pandemic, surveys from around the world showing people coming (or returning) to the game to be able to take part in a safe activity in the time COVID. For many, just being able to get outside was motivation enough, but new data reveals
If recent PGA Tour history is any indication, a three-shot lead after 36 holes is hardly a comfortable one. If recent Russell Henley history is any indication, it’s a gap that could be closed rather quickly on the weekend by those pursuing him. While that may sound like a knock on the former Sony Open
Kevin Kisner is familiar with being on the Ryder Cup bubble. Perhaps too familiar. Last August, the four-time PGA Tour winner was among the final players being considered for a captain’s picks from Steve Stricker to fill out the U.S. team that would compete at Whistling Straits. But when Stricker rattled off the six golfers
11:19 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Kevin Na felt such great control Thursday in the Sony Open that he matched his career low with a 9-under 61 and still found reason to be slightly disappointed. He had his sights on a sub-60 round, especially as the afternoon wind died, only to see three good
11:25 AM ET Tom Watson, a two-time winner at Augusta National who ranks sixth all-time with victories in eight majors, will join Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player as honorary starters at the Masters this year. “I am honored that Tom has accepted our invitation,” Masters chairman Fred Ridley said in a statement on Tuesday. “I
Of the major professional sports, golf is supposed to be the only one where the old guys can still hang. It’s the sport where a 50-year-old Phil Mickelson can still win one of the schedule’s biggest events, where a 48-year-old Stewart Cink can somehow put together one of the best seasons of his long career.
Those tuning into the Sony Open will notice a show of support for one who left the game’s graces this week. Tim Rosaforte, a senior writer at Golf Digest for more than 20 years and a former Golf Channel broadcaster, died Tuesday of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease at 66. Rosaforte was renowned for serving as
Jan 11, 2022 ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA Tour stays in Hawaii and heads to the Waiʻalae Country Club in Honolulu for the Sony Open. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile? Betting analyst Anita Marks and sports betting deputy editor David Bearman offer their
After COVID forced the cancelation of the Australian PGA Championship in 2020 and the postponment of the 2021 edition into the new year, the tournament finally began on Thursday. For one player, though, the long-awaited week ended rather quickly. And in truly bizarre fashion. Damien Jordan withdrew during the first round after cutting his hand.
Michelle Wie West has committed to playing the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, beginning January 20th, Golfweek first reported. When she tees it up at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Fla., it will be her first round on the LPGA Tour since June 2021, when she finished T-46 in the KPMG
8:10 AM ET The PGA Tour remains in Hawaii this week for the first full-field event on the tour schedule in 2022. The Sony Open, which Kevin Na won a year ago, will be played at Waialae Country Club. The event begins Thursday, Jan. 13. With PGA Tour Live in 2022, you can follow all