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Thomas Bjorn was a surprising name at the top of the leaderboard early on Day 1 at the 2023 Irish Open. But no one was more surprised than Thomas Bjorn himself. It’s been nearly a decade since the Danish golfer won his 15th and most recent European Tour title. And the 2018 Ryder Cup captain

Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 03:27 PM ET STRAFFAN, Ireland — Shane Lowry needs a good week at the Irish Open to justify getting picked for the Ryder Cup. Adrian Meronk wants one to show Europe captain Luke Donald was wrong to leave him off the team. Both got off to a decent start on

Whatever growing pains the new Tiger Woods/Rory McIlroy conceived TGL indoor golf league has during its startup phase, they won’t come from lack of resources. New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has made a deal to buy the New York franchise, joining Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian (Los Angeles), Fenway Sports Group (Boston) and Atlanta

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 08:23 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia There will be a Boston-New York rivalry in TGL, the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that is scheduled to begin play

Mike Thomas could only laugh. Having just completed a four-hour practice session with his son, two-time major winner Justin Thomas, on Wednesday morning, he was amused to learn that his role as his son’s teacher had changed. News reports Wednesday suggested that Justin had struck out on his own, parting ways with putting coach John

The United States Senate will host another public hearing regarding the PGA Tour’s proposed deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The meeting, announced Wednesday and scheduled for Sept. 13, comes after PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s repeated evasions to testify before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The hearing is expected to focus on PIF’s

Sep 6, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Rory McIlroy is still recovering from a back injury but said he will be “totally fine” in time for the Ryder Cup. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland hurt his lower back ahead of last month’s PGA Tour Championship. McIlroy, the world’s No. 2-ranked player, is competing in the Irish

The golf world hasn’t seen much from Tiger Woods as he works his way back from his ankle surgery in April, but Rory McIlroy has still heard plenty from the 15-time major champ during that time. The friends and business partners have grown closer in recent years, but Rory revealed some interesting details in an

Associated Press Sep 6, 2023, 06:23 AM ET ROME — Novak Djokovic will replace his tennis racket with a golf club when he competes in an All-Star match preceding the upcoming Ryder Cup outside Rome. Djokovic, Formula One driver Carlos Sainz and soccer players Gareth Bale and Andriy Shevchenko were among those named to compete

The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that the CJ Group has become the new sponsor of the Byron Nelson, the tour’s Dallas-based tournament. With the move—which was previously reported during the tour’s 2024 schedule release—the event will now be known as “THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson.” “We are extremely grateful for the CJ Group’s long-term commitment

Golf certainly has had its share of rules issues over the years, but it’s rare when there’s one in which the person who originally brought an infraction to the forefront regarding a playing partner ultimately is disqualified because of a separate broken rule. We introduce you to this story from the first stage of LPGA

STRAFFAN, Ireland — Shane Lowry is realistic about his results this year. They’ve not been terrible by any means, but they have been disappointing when compared to his win at the DP World Tour’s prestigious BMW PGA at Wentworth one year ago. Since then, Lowry has registered just one top 10 worldwide. “My form probably

The team lost its captain and a number of its (former) stalwarts. Yet anyone thinking the 2023 European Ryder Cup roster will be short on star-power is mistaken. It was a little more than a year ago that the Old World club’s leader Henrik Stenson vacated his captaincy by departing to LIV Golf, and a

European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald made his six captain’s picks on Monday to solidify his squad that will join U.S. captain Zach Johnson’s American team in Rome later this month. The 44th playing of the matches will be Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Donald added Ludvig Aberg, Tommy Fleetwood,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Former Texas Tech star Ludvig Aberg will play for Europe in the upcoming Ryder Cup, less than four months after he turned pro. Aberg, from Sweden, was

Europe’s newest Ryder Cup player, Ludvig Aberg, turned professional just three months ago. But the former Texas Tech business marketing graduate has been acting and playing like a pro for a lot longer. Eight months ago, as a reward for topping the PGA Tour Velocity Global ranking, the 23-year-old Swede teed it up in the

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 12:04 PM ET CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg surged to a 2-shot win at the European Masters on Sunday and right into the Ryder Cup picture for Europe when the six captain’s picks are announced Monday. Aberg stunned longtime leader Matt Fitzpatrick by reeling off four straight birdies

Before we get to the final European projections ahead of Luke Donald’s selections on Monday, I have some unpleasant business to attend to. There comes a time in every writer’s life to eat some crow. So, to get out in front of the heaping platefuls of crow that are about to be served to me,

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 09:46 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Teenager Chanettee Wannasaen played a five-hole stretch in 6 under early in the final round Sunday and closed with a near-flawless 9-under 63 for a four-stroke victory at the Portland Classic to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour since

Chanettee Wannasaen of Thailand Share story Steve Dykes A Monday qualifier does it again in Portland. Chanattee Wannasaen, 19 and Monday qualifier, ran away with the Portland Classic Sunday with a bogey-free nine-under 63 to win by four at 26 under par. Here is how the Thai native became the third-ever Monday qualifier to win

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 02:40 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time. Great

We honestly wouldn’t have believed it if we didn’t see it. But, yes, this actually happened. A Ladies European Tour pro had her driver accidentally snapped by a gallery rope while getting a ride to a playoff hole. Talk about a nightmare scenario for a golfer. OK, let’s set the scene at the KPMG Women’s

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — One of the things you hear a lot in golf is just how unpredictable match play can be. Things happen. Things you don’t expect. Or do, because long experience tells you that nothing is surprising within the inevitable back-and-forth and cut-and-thrust of head-to-head match-play golf. That’s a lot of hyphens. So

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 09:53 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Megan Khang closed with an 18-foot birdie putt for her third straight 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Portland Classic in a bid to win for the second straight week. The 25-year-old American was on top at Columbia Edgewater six days

Once again, a Monday qualifier has an opportunity to win the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic. Chanette Wannasaen, 19, played her way into this week’s tournament field and now sits at 17 under par after a third-round seven-under 65, a stroke behind Megan Khang’s lead. The Thai native holds a chance to join multiple major

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 02:23 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews, and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup for its largest opening-day margin in 34 years. GB&I has not won the Walker Cup

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Yes, it is a game played outdoors in all kinds of weather. Yes, 18-hole matches are unpredictable sprints in which a hot putter can often be the springboard to a seemingly unexpected result. And yes, the inherent randomness of golf makes pre-emptive assumptions mere acts of folly. It’s all true. OK,

As the Home of Golf, St. Andrews has been the site of more memorable moments in the game’s history than anywhere. But it produced a new kind of sight for golf fans on Friday. And quite a spectacle at that. On the eve of the 2023 Walker Cup, Team USA took to the Old Course

Associated Press Sep 1, 2023, 10:18 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Perrine Delacour held onto the Portland Classic lead Friday with another bogey-free round at Columbia Edgewater, shooting a 5-under 67 in perfect conditions a day after opening with a 63 in the rain. “You had to adjust for the pins, especially on the wedges,”

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Neal Shipley sat in the sun in a wooden captain’s chair outside the Ohio State University’s golf learning center at OSU Golf Club Thursday afternoon, and although the day was perfect—clear skies and temperatures in the high 70s—the new star of the Buckeyes golf team had no plans to play. His legs