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Jul 25, 2023, 06:10 PM ET Erik van Rooyen will have a familiar face in his threesome when he tees off Thursday afternoon in the PGA Tour’s 3M Open. Alex Gaugert, who regularly caddies for the South African, earned a spot in this week’s field when he Monday qualified for the event. On Tuesday, tournament

In a heartbreaking post, LIV golfer Pat Perez said on Monday that his younger brother Mike, who was 43, has died. “This is the saddest day of my life,” Perez, 47, wrote on Instagram. “My little brother Mikey has passed. I don’t know what to say as I thought this day would never come. We

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 01:58 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy tried again, but it wasn’t enough. Nine shots out of the lead entering Sunday, the four-time major winner began his final round by making three birdies in the first six holes — just like he did Saturday — and giving himself an

Looking for some part-time work in the Minneapolis area? Then, boy, do we have a nice gig for you. Well, one PGA Tour pro does, rather. It involves long hours and carrying a heavy bag, but there’s a big potential payoff. Of course, we’re talking about caddying. And one tour pro, Erik van Rooyen, is

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 02:32 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — To hear Tom Kim tell it, he nearly missed out on a million-dollar payout. After tearing ligaments in his right ankle earlier in the week, Kim considered dropping out of the Open Championship and going home. Instead, he decided to stick it out, put

As PGA Tour Canada officials continued an investigation into whether Justin Doeden had changed his scorecard after it was signed during last week’s Commissionaires Ottawa Open, the 28-year-old tour pro Minnesota native took to Twitter on Monday and confirmed that in fact he had cheated in the event. Doeden withdrew from the tournament after playing

Jul 24, 2023, 08:39 PM ET After another disappointing performance at the final major of the season, Justin Thomas entered next month’s Wyndham Championship, the final tournament of the PGA Tour regular season. The Wyndham will be a chance for Thomas to not only earn FedEx Cup points, but also to prove he belongs on

The question that we’re about to pose here is a tricky one, but first we want to make it clear what questions it’s not: It’s not a question of whether Brooks Koepka should be on the Ryder Cup team, and it’s not a question of whether Zach Johnson should use a captain’s pick on him

Associated Press Jul 23, 2023, 09:33 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Akshay Bhatia birdied the closing hole in regulation then capitalized in sudden death when Patrick Rodgers found a divot in the fairway. It was enough for Bhatia to win his first PGA Tour title at the Barracuda Championship on Sunday. The 21-year-old Bhatia, who

Walk into the clubhouse at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland and just about the first things you see are two trophies on proud display. One is instantly recognizable; the other is similar but distinct. Sitting alongside a replica of the Open Championship claret jug Darren Clarke won at Royal St. George’s in 2011 is another

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 23, 2023, 05:26 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — The final major of the year has come and gone, and yet plenty of questions regarding the makeup of both the United States and European Ryder Cup teams still remain. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Nearly two months out from the event, the Open Championship

The Barracuda Championship on Sunday came down to a tale of two prodigies, one a decade stuck in neutral, the other sprinting toward stardom—Patrick Rodgers, 31, vs. Akshay Bhatia, 21, in a playoff at the Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, Calif. Bhatia, at 6-1 and 130 pounds a walking 2-iron, prevailed with a par on

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 23, 2023, 05:11 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — More than a dozen years later, Georgia men’s golf coach Chris Haack still remembers what Brian Harman said to him as he walked off

To listen to Brian Harman, he essentially won the Open Championship on Saturday, after hearing something from the gallery that did not sit well with him. The 36-year-old was fresh off a Friday 65, which was 8½ shots better than the field average for the day at Royal Liverpool. He was holding a large lead

Associated Press Jul 22, 2023, 08:39 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Patrick Rodgers scored eight points Saturday to take the third-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system. Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a

Other than Brian Harman, the talk of Royal Liverpool this week has been the course’s plethora of deep pot bunkers. In fact, they wreaked so much havoc during Thursday’s first round at the Open that the R&A decided to rake them differently for the rest of the tournament. But they remain a difficult challenge, mainly

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 22, 2023, 12:50 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Matt Fitzpatrick was hoping his younger brother, Alex, would finish the third round of the 151st Open Championship at 2 under, so they’d have

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On a renowned site dedicated to flight, Kiara Romero committed the worst kind of faux pas, overshooting the runway on her approach. It is never a good time to do so, but it was especially egregious on the 36th hole of a national championship, the outcome hanging in the balance. Romero

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 22, 2023, 05:16 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — After 18 holes had passed on a wet and gloomy Saturday at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Max Homa and Rory McIlroy were separated by only one shot, but their outlooks on their games felt worlds apart. Editor’s Picks 2 Related McIlroy beelined to the

HOYLAKE, England — He emerged from the tunnel second, not wanting to drown in the wave of noise he knew would follow his opponent. But Brian Harman’s first-tee strategy was neutralized because he would be teeing off first, meaning he had to sit and listen as the roars for Tommy Fleetwood swallowed them whole. Make

ESPN News Services Jul 22, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Jon Rahm did all he could to get himself back into the mix at The Open. All it required was the lowest round ever at Royal Liverpool in its 13 times hosting the major. Rahm birdied seven of his last 10 holes Saturday for a 63,

There are a lot of lip readers on social media. Some may be professionals. Most are not. In the case of Xander Schauffele and what he said to reigning Open champion Cam Smith on the sixth tee Friday after he hit an excellent shot into the green on the par 3, the chatter was so,

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 21, 2023, 03:50 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — Justin Thomas is trying to solve an impossible riddle. He knows it, but he still asks the question, still wonders aloud if there’s an answer to why he can go from hitting a shot befitting of the best player in the world, to hitting

HOYLAKE, England — In football terms, and we’ll put it in football terms because that was the language spoken by the Royal Liverpool galleries on Friday, Tommy Fleetwood’s five-shot deficit through 36 holes to Brian Harman at the Open Championship is not unlike his beloved Everton F.C. being a few goals down at halftime in

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 21, 2023, 06:12 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — When Brian Harman drained a 15-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole Friday afternoon to go to 10 under, he changed the calculus of this year’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. The weekend will now turn into a field-wide chase of Harman,

HOYLAKE, England — A birdie on the final hole was not enough for Collin Morikawa to salvage weekend golf at Royal Liverpool. His second consecutive 73, and four-over-par total, meant the two-time major winner has missed the cut in both Open Championships since his 2021 victory at Royal St. George’s. World No. 19 Morikawa, who

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 21, 2023, 11:49 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Justin Thomas wants to make U.S. team captain Zach Johnson‘s job easy when it comes time to decide whether he will receive one of

There’s been no shortage of talk surrounding Royal Liverpool’s shortest—and newest—hole this week at the Open Championship. Dubbed “Little Eye,” the par-3 17th has been big on controversy, including coach Pete Cowen warning it “could ruin somebody’s career.” But on Friday morning, it provided the shot of one man’s career. The 28-year-old Asian Tour pro

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jul 20, 2023, 08:36 PM ET HOYLAKE, England — The first round of the Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club had a little bit of everything. Thursday

Sun. Shinny, bright, radiant sun. There was lots and lots of it on Thursday at Royal Liverpool for the opening round of the Open Championship. Too much, perhaps, for those golf enthusiasts who like to see the game’s top players struggle with rain and wind and other bits of foul weather when they’re competing in