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Not that they don’t take the rules seriously all of the time, but this wasn’t just any old ruling for Adam Scott and Justin Thomas on Friday in the Wyndham Championship. Both men were battling to get inside the top 70 in points at the end of the week to advance to the FedEx Cup

Associated Press Aug 4, 2023, 08:22 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — Russell Henley remained in a familiar spot with a 4-under 66 on Friday that gave him the lead at the Wyndham Championship for the fifth time in the last 10 rounds, just not the round that counts toward winning. Billy Horschel and Justin Thomas

In the last regular-season event of the PGA Tour season, Lucas Glover was a guy who was primed to go off with his frustrations. On Friday, the four-time tour winner and 2009 U.S. Open champ shot a 64 in the Wyndham Championship that moved him into a tie for third, two shots behind leader Russell

Associated Press Aug 4, 2023, 09:34 PM ET BUENOS AIRES — Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera was released from jail on parole on Friday after he completed two years in custody over gender violence cases against two of his ex-girlfriends. Judge Cristóbal Laje Ros of Cordoba province — 800 kilometers north of Buenos Aires (500 miles)

The way Billy Horschel sees it, he can’t lose. But deep down in his gut, he has to very badly want to be in Memphis, Tenn., next week and not splashing around with his kids in the blue, warm waters of the Bahamas. Horschel entered the week with only an outside chance to reach the

Former U.S. Open and Masters champion Angel Cabrera will be released from prison on Friday. The 53-year-old gave no interviews, had no press conference, and released no statement. “I just want to go home, be with my family, and start a new phase of my life,” he told Golf Digest, through his longtime manager, Manuel

ESPN News Services Aug 3, 2023, 04:18 PM ET GREENSBORO, N.C. — Russell Henley still thinks about a poor finish from two years ago at the Wyndham Championship. He had no complaints about his start Thursday, an 8-under 62 that gave him the lead in the final tournament before the PGA Tour’s postseason. Henley hit

A picture of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule is starting to come together, even if some parts remain unclear. Sources told Golf Digest that the PGA Tour issued a memo to all sponsors Thursday stating early schedule reports are “inaccurate.” However, it is believed that the majority of the leaked schedule will mirror next week’s

Aug 3, 2023, 04:37 PM ET Hinako Shibuno of Japan birdied three of her final four holes Thursday to take the lead after the first round of the Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland. Shibuno fired an 8-under-par 64 that put her two shots clear of Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden. A group

Donald Ross stans, avert your eyes. An Englishman has taken aim at one of the legendary course architect’s North Carolina gems—Sedgefield Country Club, host of this week’s Wyndham Championship. In a stunning turn of events, that Englishman’s name is not Tyrrell Hatton, a man who seems to have nothing nice to say about any venue

Tory Barron, ESPN EditorAug 3, 2023, 12:47 PM ET Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. The Koepka crew gained a new member. On Thursday morning, Brooks Koepka and his

The PGA Tour has reversed course on its plan to alter the makeup of its three invitational tournaments in 2024, sources told Golf Digest who furthermore added that much of that is the doing of Tiger Woods—who only on Tuesday was given a seat on the tour’s policy board. The tour announced in March that

Camilo Villegas will make his broadcast debut at this week’s Wyndham Championship. Villegas, 41, is a four-time PGA Tour winner, with his last victory coming at the 2014 Wyndham. Known for his fashion style and aggressive play, Villegas was once billed as a fledgling star, and finished as high as second in the 2008 FedEx

Aug 2, 2023, 08:59 PM ET LIV Golf has removed senior official Ron Cross, who was in charge of securing venues and helped run tournaments for the Saudi Arabia-backed circuit. The chief events officer, Cross was among the first hires when CEO and commissioner Greg Norman announced the league in November 2021. “I am sincerely

A suspect has been arrested in the death of an 87-year-old Florida man. And it was a hole-in-one photo that wound up assisting authorities in tracking him down. The wild, sad tale from The Villages was reported last week by Villages-News.com, the same outlet that reported Robert Moore’s hole-in-one back in February. But now Moore,

Associated Press Aug 2, 2023, 09:52 AM ET VIRGINIA WATER, England — José María Olazábal was named Wednesday as the European team’s fourth vice-captain for the Ryder Cup. It’s the fourth time that Olazábal will serve as assistant — after 2008, ’10 and ’14 — and he was captain for Europe’s famous comeback win at

Senior official Ron Cross has been removed from his position at LIV Golf. Cross was one of LIV Golf’s first hires in the fall of 2021, serving as the chief events officer for the Saudi-backed circuit. Sources told Golf Digest Cross was integral in securing tournament sites and piecing together a schedule for LIV. Cross’

The connection between golf and the Olympics is growing as the sport prepares to be part of a third straight Summer Games next year in Paris. One year from today, the first round of the 72-hole men’s competition gets underway at the Albatros course at Le Golf National (Aug. 1-4), site of the 2018 Ryder

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 04:23 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia It’s the last week before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs on the PGA Tour, and before the final women’s major championship of the season, the

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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 1, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia In a swift response to multiple players’ complaints about the PGA Tour’s lack of transparency before its surprising alliance with the DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s

The PGA Tour announced that Tiger Woods has joined its policy board as part of an effort to provide new governance and transparency measures with its membership. In a press release Tuesday, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan wrote that Woods will become the sixth player director of the tour’s policy board, a move that will

DJ KHALED PURSES HIS LIPS and furrows his eyebrows as sweat drips from his forehead. He grips his driver, switching his weight from one leg to the other. He’s been golfing with pro Michael Block for two hours on a July afternoon under an extreme heat wave in Miami, and he’s just duffed a couple

The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund continue to discuss a possible alliance unifying professional golf, and last week commissioner Jay Monahan informed the PGA Tour membership that a task force will dictate discipline for LIV Golf players interested in returning. However, according to LIV Golf’s frontman, Phil Mickelson, those with the rival

Jul 31, 2023, 04:55 PM ET Stewart Cink will serve as a vice captain for the United States Ryder Cup team this fall in Rome, team captain Zach Johnson announced Monday. Cink is the fifth and final vice captain, joining Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, Jim Furyk and Fred Couples when the Americans face Team

If it feels like there’s been a lot of golf news lately involving brothers, that’s because there has. The Hojgaard twins have been racking up European Tour titles and Ryder Cup points, and the Fitzpatricks had a nice brotherly battle at the Open Championship after both Matt and Alex made the cut at Royal Liverpool.

Associated Press Jul 30, 2023, 04:11 PM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. — Bryan Kim won the U.S. Junior Amateur championship Sunday, winning the final two holes for a 2-up victory over Joshua Bai. Kim led when the 36-hole final was suspended Saturday, fell behind when the players returned Sunday and then went back ahead for good

Zac Blair, down to his final three starts on a medical exemption, was able to regain his PGA Tour card. Blair, 32, missed almost two years of competition following surgery in the fall of 2020 to repair tears in his right labrum. In his return Blair has occasionally struggled, entering the 3M Open missing the

Associated Press Jul 30, 2023, 05:11 PM ET BRIDGEND, Wales — Germany’s Alex Cejka prevailed over Ireland’s Padraig Harrington on the second playoff hole to win the Senior British Open at Royal Porthcawl on Sunday. Cejka birdied the second extra hole to claim his third senior major title after he and Harrington had finished tied

Lee Hodges played so impeccably for four days at the 3M Open that he seemed destined to win easily, and, sure enough, in closing out his wire-to-wire victory Sunday, his margin of victory was seven strokes. That’s the most of any winner on the PGA Tour in nearly three years. Impressive stuff. Especially in notching