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There are just 50 tour pros left in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, and they’ll venture out to Olympia Fields for a chance to clinch one of the coveted East Lake spots. The last FedEx Cup event in Chicago required a 66-foot birdie putt from Jon Rahm to beat Dustin Johnson in 2020. And after Lucas

Aug 15, 2023, 06:39 PM ET The 2027 BMW Championship will be played at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., it was announced Tuesday ahead of this week’s tournament at Olympia Fields Country Club. It will be the tournament’s first visit to the New York metro area. “We’re proud that Liberty can be

Earlier this year, Golf Digest Senior Writer Joel Beall approached his editors with an intriguing tip: a golf pro named Scott Power was accused of defrauding the owner and customers of a new golf academy in Georgia. Even more remarkable, Beall learned, was that the most recent case only scratched the surface of Power’s deceptions.

Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 08:57 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lucas Glover made three big putts just to stay in the game and then hit the most important shot — on dry land in a playoff — to beat Patrick Cantlay on the first extra hole and win the FedEx St. Jude Championship on

While most of the focus Sunday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship was on the top of the leaderboard, with the joy and jubilation of Lucas Glover winning for the second time in two weeks, there was heartache and emotion toward the bottom. Nick Hardy, winner of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with partner

Aug 14, 2023, 11:02 AM ET The DP World Tour announced its schedule for the 2024 season Monday, with 44 tournaments set to take place in 24 countries and a combined record prize fund of nearly $150 million. The schedule consists of five premium events in Dubai, Scotland, London, Abu Dhabi and back to Dubai

Life seemed so simple last week. It was even simpler two weeks ago. When I undertook the mission of becoming the Joe Lunardi of the Ryder Cup, forecasting who’s in, who’s out, and who’s riding that bubble, I did not anticipate a week like Memphis. The FedEx St. Jude Championship is the first leg of

Aug 14, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Two-time major champion Lilia Vu is the new No. 1 in the women’s world golf rankings. She rose from No. 6 in the latest rankings, released Monday, after her victory Sunday at the AIG Women’s Open. Vu, a 25-year-old from California, overtook Nelly Korda, who dropped to No. 2.

Following a flurry of four majors over seven weeks, the next biggest deadline on the LPGA’s calendar is finalizing the Solheim Cup rosters ahead of the trip to Finca Cortesín, Andalucía, Spain, on Sept. 22-24. Europe will post its squad after this week’s ISPS Handa World Invitational and the United States will select its team

The 2023 PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup season is down to two events and 50 golfers. After battling the brutal heat and humidity at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, the surviving players will head to the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs this coming week, the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club outside Chicago.

It’s been more than two months since the suprise announcement that both the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour plan to partner with LIV Golf. That doesn’t mean all involved are still on the same page yet. On Monday morning, a pair of English tour pros, Lee Westwood and Eddie Pepperell, got into a

Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 09:36 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Megan Schofill won the U.S. Women’s Amateur on Sunday at Bel-Air Country Club, beating Latanna Stone 4 and 3 in the 36-hole final. The 22-year-old Schofill, from Monticello, Florida, is a graduate student entering her fifth season at Auburn University. “It’s definitely a dream

LOS ANGELES — When Auburn women’s golf coach Melissa Luellen has a team issue to mull over or an opinion she needs from one of her players, she says she’s got a go-to person in Megan Schofill. The 22-year-old, Luellen says, she is smart, driven, thoughtful and walks the careful line between being confident and

Associated Press Aug 13, 2023, 01:45 PM ET WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, England — American golfer Lilia Vu won the Women’s British Open to claim her second major title of 2023, taking any potential drama out of the final round by shooting 5-under 67 for a 6-stroke victory on Sunday. The 25-year-old Californian, who also won the Chevron

MEMPHIS — A disappointing stretch of results late in the season has Mackenzie Hughes in danger of missing next week’s BMW Championship, and he didn’t help his cause much at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, forcing him to sweat out the scores from players who finished after him on Sunday at TPC Southwind. He also

Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 08:08 PM ET BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Cam Smith birdied three of his last four holes Saturday for a 4-under 67 that allowed him to pull away from Phil Mickelson and build a four-shot lead in LIV Golf-Bedminster. Mickelson also had a 67, one of his best rounds of the year

There’s something apropos about a player being on a heater … in August … in Memphis. That certainly describes what’s going on with Lucas Glover, who before winning last week’s Wyndham Championship was on the outside looking in for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Playoffs. But a victory in Greensboro, N.C., extended the 43-year-old’s season

Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 08:22 PM ET Lucas Glover shot 4-under 66. He has the 54-hole lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He has made only two bogeys going into the final round. Such is the state of his game that he said he needed time to think about all the things that

MEMPHIS — Lucas Glover usually likes to unwind at night on the road with a good book, but after his second-round 64 propelled him into the lead on Friday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, he capped off the evening in style. Well, he had style in mind. He did his laundry. The PGA Tour

Associated Press Aug 12, 2023, 03:11 PM ET WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, England — Lilia Vu moved into position to become the first American this century to win multiple women’s majors in the same year. She’s got company atop the leaderboard in home favorite Charley Hull at the Women’s British Open. The final major of the year came

MEMPHIS – Among the infinitesimal number of factors large and small that might encroach on a golfer’s ability to post a score, we can now add a member of the Lepidoptera order of flying insects. We’re referring to a moth that was drawn to a Rose, subgroup Justin, at just the wrong time, which in

Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 07:25 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sloppy mud one day, broiling heat the next. Lucas Glover is playing his best golf no matter the conditions on the ground or in the air, posting a 6-under 64 on Friday for a 1-shot lead over Jordan Spieth in the FedEx St. Jude

MEMPHIS — Perhaps the coolest day Andrew Argotsinger ever had on a golf course was serving as caddie for his brother, Danny, in last year’s U.S. Open qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, where they were paired with PGA Tour player Andrew Putnam. Now it’s the second coolest day of his life. On Friday at TPC Southwind,

Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 08:06 PM ET BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Cameron Smith bounced back from his worst finish of the year with a 5-under 66 on Friday, giving him a one-shot lead over Charles Howell III at LIV Golf-Bedminster. Smith finished 35th last week at The Greenbrier. He had never been to the Trump

MEMPHIS — This Lucas Glover fellow is hot. Riding the wave hot. Hitting on all cylinders hot. Maybe U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson should take a look at him hot. On a steamy day in the city known as the “Home of the Blues,” Glover was red-hot, a carryover from his impressive victory last

Associated Press Aug 11, 2023, 04:06 PM ET WALTON-ON-THE-HILL, England — Ally Ewing, seeking her first major title, is running away with the Women’s Open championship thanks to precise driving and a red-hot putter. The No. 39-ranked Ewing rolled in six birdies in her first 11 holes at Walton Heath and shot 6-under 66 on

The weekend has arrived at the AIG Women’s Open as Ally Ewing holds a five-stroke lead at 10 under par after 36 holes. American compatriot Andrea Lee, U.S. Women’s Open runner-up Charley Hull, and Japan’s Minami Katsu form the closest chase group at five under. Chevron Championship winner Lilia Vu put herself in contention for

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 10, 2023, 09:07 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Phil Mickelson bet more than $1 billion on football, basketball and baseball over the past three decades and even allegedly attempted to place a $400,000 wager on Team USA in the 2012 Ryder Cup

MEMPHIS — All hail Jordan Spieth, who just gave every golf enthusiast a lifetime hall pass. It turns out, ladies and gentlemen, that a surefire way to play better golf is to play more golf. Who knew? If it’s good enough for a three-time major winner, then it’s good enough for the rest of us.

Associated Press Aug 10, 2023, 08:06 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jordan Spieth kept a clean card and clean pants, even without having to roll them up to his calves on a rain-soaked course. He opened with a 7-under 63 on Thursday for a 1-shot lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Spieth chipped in