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There was a good deal amount of history made in golf on Sunday. At Cherry Hills, Nick Dunlap became the only male player other than Tiger Woods to win a U.S. Junior Amateur and a U.S. Amateur. And at Olympia Fields, Viktor Hovland shot a course-record 61, including an epic back-nine 28, to claim the

Associated Press Aug 20, 2023, 09:02 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Ken Duke holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole Sunday to win the Shaw Charity Classic for his first title on the PGA Tour Champions. Duke closed with a 4-under 66 for a 1-shot victory over Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand and

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — As he navigated the short staircase to the podium for his post-round press conference Sunday at the BMW Championship, Viktor Hovland tripped slightly, caught himself and laughed at his own clumsiness. It was about the only misstep he made during a record-setting afternoon defined by one of the most remarkable feats

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka is going to need help to compete for the United States in the upcoming Ryder Cup in Italy. Koepka, who left the

The end of the ISPS Handa World Invitational also marked the end of the qualifying period for Europe’s Solheim Cup roster. All eight players in line for automatic spots heading into the week held their places, as the Ladies European Tour announced Sunday that Celine Boutier and Maja Stark earned their way onto the team

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 02:20 PM ET BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — English golfers Daniel Brown and Gabriella Cowley will take leads into the final round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational, which is co-sanctioned by the European tour and LPGA Tour. Brown started the third round with a 6-shot lead Saturday and maintained that

While those competing at the BMW Championship have all already earned great riches this year on the PGA Tour—final-round co-leader Scottie Scheffler has made a tour record $19.2 million before even arriving at Olympia Fields this week—all 50 are attempting to battle their way to the final step of the FedEx Cup, the Tour Championship

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 07:00 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Scottie Scheffler was feeling good enough with his short game that he was willing to take on a long shot with high risk. Just like everything else Saturday, it worked out just fine for him in the BMW Championship. In wind that gusted

In a matter of moments on Saturday, Neal Shipley was surrounded by hundreds of new friends at Cherry Hills Country Club. Hitting one of the most clutch in the U.S. Amateur will do that. On a tear after coming from 3 down to John Marshall Butler with eight holes to play in the semifinal, Shipley

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 07:51 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa experienced the potential for disruption with betting at PGA Tour events when he said a fan yelled in the middle of his 5-foot birdie putt Saturday in the BMW Championship. Homa already was struggling with short putts on a windy day

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Sam Burns, battling for a spot in the Tour Championship and still in the running for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, tied Max Homa’s day-old course record of eight-under 62 on Saturday at Olympia Fields Country Club. He attributed the brilliant bogey-free effort, following two rather mediocre days at the BMW

Aug 18, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the BMW Championship before starting his second round Friday at Olympia Fields Country Club, citing a back injury. Matsuyama was scheduled to tee off at 2 p.m. ET with Tom Hoge in the final tee time of the day after he opened the tournament Thursday

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Associated Press Aug 18, 2023, 06:17 PM ET BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — American player Marissa Steen scored 1-under 72 to take a 1-shot lead at the halfway stage of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on the LPGA Tour on Friday. Steen started what was a very gusty day at 2 under, made two bogeys and

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — The greens on the North Course at Olympia Fields Country Club are tricky. Or so we hear. In fact, they are so diabolical that Max Homa said that they remind him of the greens at Augusta National, which we all know is the place where three putts hold a convention. We

Associated Press Aug 18, 2023, 07:26 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the BMW Championship. He happened to see a video board just as it flashed a message that Chris Kirk was

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — You couldn’t miss U.S. Amateur semifinalist Neal Shipley whether he was teeing it up on the golf course or standing in line at the grocery store. Growing up outside of the Steel City of Pittsburgh, he was a strapping kid who grew to be Steelers’ tight end big at 6-foot-1.

Michael Block’s stunning performance at the 2023 PGA Championship has led to sponsor dollars and teaming up with celebrities like DJ Khaled. But if you thought his magical run was over, think again. The California club pro made a scouting trip to next year’s PGA venue—and he left with a share of a long-held course

Associated Press Aug 17, 2023, 09:01 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Rory McIlroy didn’t mind being in the rough at rain-soaked Olympia Fields, except for having trees and a bunker between him and the 17th green. And even that didn’t matter Thursday in the BMW Championship. McIlroy found the short grass only six times

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — The beauty of the scene at Cherry Hills Country Club on Thursday evening, as the last four holes in the last match of the U.S. Amateur’s Round of 16 played out, was that no one wrote the script. They wouldn’t have dared to. It was too unbelievable. A horrible break

Associated Press Aug 17, 2023, 03:34 PM ET BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Daniel Brown of England shot 7-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on the European tour on Thursday. In the co-sanctioned LPGA Tour event taking place concurrently, there was a four-way share of

Lauri Ruuska was a bit banged up after playing some ice hockey on the eve of the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge. But that didn’t stop the 29-year-old from making a bit of golf history on Thursday. The native of Finland shot a 12-under-par 59 in the first round to became only the fourth player to break

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund governor is evading testifying in the United States Senate’s probe into the probed partnership between the PGA Tour and PIF, a U.S. Senator contends. In a letter made public Wednesday, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations pushed back on PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s claim that he

Aug 15, 2023, 11:16 AM ET Norwegian Viktor Hovland became the third member of Team Europe’s Ryder Cup roster on Tuesday, joining Jon Rahm and Rory McIlory on captain Luke Donald‘s team. “My man!! Welcome to the party! 3 down, 9 to go,” Donald wrote in a social media announcement. Ranked No. 5 in the

In many respects, it was unfortuante for the players, fans and championship that Gordon Sargent and Nick Dunlap ended up facing off on Wednesday in the first round of match play in the 123rd U.S. Amateur. Two of the best amateurs in world—Gordon Ranked at No. 1 and Dunlap at No. 9—ended up meeting so

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 16, 2023, 02:29 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia As if there wasn’t enough on the line in the final two weeks of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, a handful of players are still fighting

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — There are some PGA Tour players who prefer to not look at a leaderboard during their round. Then there’s Cam Davis, who spent most of his 2023 season eschewing a peek at the FedEx Cup standings. At least he did so until it mattered. Which was, well, recently. Davis is one

Aug 16, 2023, 10:30 AM ET Team Europe captain Luke Donald has named Italy’s Francesco Molinari as his fifth and final vice captain for next month’s Ryder Cup at Rome’s Marco Simone Golf and Country Club, the team announced Wednesday. Molinari, who made his debut in the 2010 edition when Europe regained the trophy in

It doesn’t quite match the lore of Arnold Palmer coming from seven shots down to beat Jack Nicklaus in the 1960 U.S. Open, but Steven Fox and Cherry Hills are linked in the most fascinating way. In 2012, Fox was the 127th-ranked amateur in the world and the longest of long shots to seize the

Aug 15, 2023, 01:30 PM ET Lucas Glover and Rory McIlroy are paired in the first round of the BMW Championship — the penultimate event of the FedExCup Playoffs — at the North Course of Olympia Fields Country Club outside of Chicago. The scramble for positioning at East Lake Country Club, site of the PGA