It was a round that probably went unnoticed by most golf fans. PGA Tour journeyman Jim Knous posted an under-the-radar five-under 66 on Friday at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. But look closer, and you’ll learn that this 66 was no ordinary round—and sets up no ordinary weekend for the man affectionately known on tour as
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We’re often reminded how slim the margins are at the top of the professional golf period with so many good players on the PGA Tour, and even more on the Korn Ferry Tour ready to take their place. But usually those margins—and those job distinctions—play out through a couple strokes on a leader board. In
6:38 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com During Game 4 of the 1945 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers, local businessman William Sianis was thrown out of Wrigley Field after fellow spectators began complaining about the stench of the pet goat he had brought with him into the stadium. As an angered Sianis
6:53 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Taylor Pendrith of Canada got married two weeks ago and wasn’t sure what to expect out of his game. Once the weather cooperated, it proved to be better than ever Friday in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Pendrith ran off five straight birdies at the turn and flirted
That bromide about “it’s not how you start, but how you finish” took on extra meaning for Danny Lee Friday at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He currently is playing on a minor medical extension and nearly caused another player a medical issue of his own. Lee, a former U.S. Amateur champion, is winding down on
8:00 AM ET Golf icon Greg Norman will put his successful business enterprise aside to become the commissioner of a long-rumored and discussed golf league that hopes to begin play in 2022, and he is seeking to sign players to lucrative guaranteed deals with big-money purses. Norman, 66, announced his association with Liv Golf Enterprises,
Greg Norman is aboard. That much we know. The World Golf Hall of Famer was officially named CEO of LIV Golf Investments, the upstart entity behind a new 10-event series on the Asian Tour that will debut in 2022 and feature tournaments in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Golf Saudi is indeed involved in
For once, a rules situation involving Patrick Reed went incredibly smoothly. And it almost certainly won’t be something we’ll be re-litigating two years from now, or pouring 180 hours of research into. Thankfully, this particular situation was as straightforward as they come, with Reed hitting his tee shot at Port Royal’s par-5 17th into a
And then there was golf. Finally. Only one round has been completed at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship but given all that’s happened to get to this point, it feels like a major accomplishment. First, there was the challenge of actually filling the field as a larger-than-usual number of players withdrew from the event before it
6:40 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Brandon Hagy and Chad Ramey avoided the worst of the wind Thursday afternoon, each with a 6-under 65 to share the lead in the Bermuda Championship when the opening round at Port Royal was halted by darkness. For those who started in the morning, it might have
In 2007, Danielle Kang’s brother signed her up for the U.S. Women’s Open qualifier only a year-and-a-half after she picked up the game. Incredibly, Kang played her way through local and sectional qualifying to make the U.S. Open field at age 14. Her response when asked how it felt to qualify was both blunt and
There’s been a lot made of the weak field at this week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, and rightfully so. The list of names competing is, well, eclectic, if we’re being kind. But there will also be a particularly strong player-caddie combo making a bit of history. Sort of. Russell Knox, a two-time PGA Tour winner, is
A Saudi-backed golf series is set to formally launch with World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman as its commissioner, according to a report from Golfweek. The report states that officials held a private meeting with “golf media members” on Wednesday in New York City to discuss details ahead of an official announcement; Golf Digest,
Fittingly, on Halloween week, some very spooky things are happening at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. First, there was a cavalcade of withdraws by a number players in the field, so many that the PGA Tour dug deep into its alternates bag and still failed to put together a full 132-player field. There were a number
Top-10 results from the Zozo Championship: Caddie: 1 for 1 (Hideki Matsuyama +170); Everybody else: 0 for 1 Top-10 results from this season: Powers: 2 for 5 (up 14 units); Mayo: 1 for 5 (up 10 units); Caddie: 1 for 5 (down 2.3 units); Gdula: 0 for 5 (down 5 units); Gehman: 0 for 5
Now that everyone has made it to Bermuda, the Butterfield Bermuda Championship returns for the third edition this week at Port Royal Golf Course in Southampton. Defending champ Brian Gay, delayed but not deterred, is seeking another victory on the island, but he will have to hold off a handful of major champions and former
8:10 AM ET Throughout a down period in his career that is now approaching three years, Rickie Fowler managed to maintain an air of positivity, sprinkled with some self-deprecation, while seemingly never allowing for any sort of dark moments to consume him. He approached his slump with hard work, didn’t get impatient by moving on
The Rules of Amateur Status will read differently come Jan. 1, 2022. And yet for the large majority of everyday amateur golfers, little will be different, save for the fact that prize limits have been bumped $250 and may, under certain circumstances, be payable in cash. Officials with the USGA and R&A unveiled Tuesday the
While setting aside the obvious fact that every victory in golf has a feel-good nature to it, there are some wins that resonate more than others and are meaningful not just to the man in the arena who achieved it. The latest occurred Sunday just outside of Tokyo when Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, the reigning Masters
3:29 AM ET Associated Press CHIBA, Japan — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama held on to a one-stroke lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Saturday after a 2-under 68 that included a bogey on his last hole to make things interesting heading into the final round. Matsuyama trailed by a stroke after the first
Phil Mickelson had a bit of a rough go in last week’s PGA Tour Champions event. It wouldn’t have been all that bad if the ninth hole at The Country Club of Virginia didn’t exist, but it does, and Lefty made a pair of quadruple-bogey 9s en route to a T-47 finish, by far his
When you win a major championship as a rookie, you’ve got a pretty good chance at being Rookie of the Year. Patty Tavatanakit won the ANA Inspiration in April and then had eight other top-10 finishes throughout the 2021 season, earning her Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honors, the LPGA announced on Monday.
5:39 AM ET Associated Press BUSAN, South Korea — Jin Young Ko birdied her first playoff hole with fellow South Korean player Hee Jeong Lim to win the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday. The LPGA Tour said Ko is projected to become world No. 1 with the win, overtaking American Nelly Korda. Ko was No.
It’s one of those situations where we had to blink and take a second look, toggle back and forth between screens on the PGA Tour’s website. Did Phil Mickelson really make quadruple-bogey 9 not once, but twice in the PGA Tour Champions Dominion Energy Charity Classic. On the same hole, which is why it gave
2:31 PM ET Denmark’s Jeff Winther clinched his first European Tour crown with a one-shot victory at the Mallorca Open, holding his nerve in a closely-fought final round hours after accidentally locking himself in the bathroom earlier on Sunday. Winther began the day with a two-shot lead and recorded a closing 70 to finish at
If Phil Mickelson is the Tom Brady of golf, then Bernhard Langer must be George Blanda. Langer beat Doug Barron on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday to win the Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Va., and became the oldest winner in senior golf history at the age of 64 years and
7:12 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Bernhard Langer became the oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history Sunday at 64, beating Doug Barron with a 6-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff in the Dominion Energy Charity Classic. The German star thrust both arms in the air after winning for
5:22 AM ET Associated Press CHIBA, Japan — Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama had three birdies in five holes on the back nine and eagled the 18th for good measure for a 5-stroke victory at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship on Sunday. It was Matsuyama’s first PGA Tour win in his native Japan, although he has
There was a lot going on at the BMW Ladies Championship for Jin Young Ko. The 26-year-old from Seoul was the talk of the tournament during the first round, where a round in the 60s would’ve meant she’d broken Annika Sorenstam’s record for most consecutive competitive sub-70 rounds. Ko’s one-under 71 wasn’t enough, leaving her
3:40 PM ET Associated Press Jeff Winther reclaimed the lead at the Mallorca Open with an 8-under 62 on Saturday. The Dane is two shots clear of Spain’s Jorge Campillo, who had a third-round 64. 1 Related Winther, seeking his first European Tour win, repeated the 62 from his first round after shooting 1-over par