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SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — At the start of the week KPMG, the title sponsor of this week’s Women’s PGA Championship, unveiled a new slate of advanced statistics that was long overdue for women’s professional golf. By any measure, 54-hole leader Leona Maguire has excelled. But major championships aren’t won on paper. They’re contested on the green.

Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 06:45 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Leona Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s and took a 1-shot lead over fast-closing Jenny Shin on an unexpected sunny Saturday heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Maguire, the halfway leader who

CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley used to have two cracks each year to win in front of his home New England crowd, but with the departure of the former playoff event at TPC Boston, the Travelers Championship is Bradley’s one chance to deliver for a loyal and supportive gallery. Yet while Bradley remains a fan

Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:55 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands. The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set

For the third time in just six years, a young South African will teei it up in the Open Championship as the British Amateur champion. Following the success of Jovan Rebula (Ernie Els’ nephew) in 2018 and Aldrich Potgeister last year, Christo Lamprecht is the latest citizen of the rainbow nation to earn that coveted

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 03:26 PM ET MUNICH — Daniel Hillier took a 1-shot lead in the second round of the BMW International Open ahead of a player making his debut on the European tour Friday. New Zealander Hillier shot a 5-under 67 with five birdies — three of them on consecutive holes —

Every golfer knows that one of the most difficult things to do is back up a stupid-low round with another good one. That’s certainly held true at the Travelers Championship, where Patrick Cantlay shot 60 in the second round in 2011 and followed it with a 72. Mackenzie Hughes did only slightly better in 2020

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 08:36 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Leona Maguire of Ireland birdied four of her final six holes for a 3-under 68 and a one-shot lead over three players Friday at the halfway point of the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. The winner Sunday in Michigan for her second LPGA

The scores atop the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship leaderboard mostly stayed the same from Thursday to Friday. Leona Maguire’s five under remains the lead at Baltusrol, and 15 players are under par heading into the weekend, instead of 16 players following the opening round. The on-and-off rain of Springfield, NJ., remain another constant. The names

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 07:12 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley and Denny McCarthy shared the Travelers Championship lead Friday at a tournament-record 15-under 125. McCarthy followed his first-round 60 with a 65 in the morning at TPC River Highlands. A few hours later, Bradley shot a 63 to go with his opening

CROMWELL, Conn.—Zac Blair is in contention at the Travelers Championship following back-to-back rounds of 65 at TPC River Highlands. Blair, 32, is playing on a medical exemption, and it’s mostly been a rough go this campaign, making just six cuts in 16 starts. So for those wondering wondering what has spurred his performance through two

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 08:18 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 on Thursday for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan

CROMWELL, Conn. — For a second consecutive week, there were a pair of opening 62s shot on the PGA Tour. Only this time, they were actually topped. Of course, low scoring is expected at the Travelers Championship and not so much at a U.S. Open. But Thursday’s fireworks were impressive even by this tournament’s standards

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 09:22 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Lee-Anne Pace isn’t playing a lot of competitive golf these days at 42-years-old and her practice habits have tailed off. She enjoys the game, and every once in a while, the South African really enjoys it. The first round of the Women’s PGA Championship

The LPGA’s return to Baltusrol for the first time since 1961 was rainy, cold and wet. With the course playing 6,500 yards, scores reflected the challenging conditions. Leader Lee-Ann Pace’s five-under-par 66 was one of only 16 players posting a red number. Impressively, it’s Pace’s first start at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship since 2019,

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 01:08 PM ET The second LPGA major of the year returns to a course that the women’s game hasn’t been to since 1961. Baltusrol’s Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey, was the site of the 1961 U.S. Women’s Open, where Mickey Wright won a prize of $1,800 with a score

He pegs the ball in darkness. Absent people and even cars on the surrounding road, Nolan Krentz likes the feeling of being alone, as if the entire nine-hole course is his while the world sleeps. It will be at least an hour before he sees anyone except for the superintendent, who likewise knows the only

Adam Scott admitted to listening to LIV Golf’s overtures in February of 2022, telling the media at Riviera ahead of the Genesis Invitational, “I think the schedule they’re proposing is very appealing to probably most golfers. Depending what your goals are in golf, I think the schedule is very appealing. From that side of things,

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 12:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles had to wait 75 years to get another U.S. Open and now it’s becoming a regular stop. The USGA is bringing the U.S. Open to Riviera Country Club in 2031. The announcement Wednesday comes three days after Wyndham Clark won the U.S.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Kerry Haigh is ever the optimist. In Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course, the PGA of America’s chief championships officer has got a layout that’s close to everything he could ask for when setting up a major championship test: bouncy fairways, thick rough and firm greens that make the 6,621-yard par-71 track hosting

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has invited PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of

The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has invited PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan to testify at a public hearing on July 11. Following the surprise announcement of the planned partnership between the PGA Tour and PIF, Congress opened a probe

Jun 20, 2023, 02:39 PM ET Rose Zhang will play the first two rounds of this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in a marquee group alongside fellow American Lexi Thompson and Australia’s Minjee Lee. Zhang, 20, is playing in her first major tournament since turning pro and coming off a victory in her LPGA Tour

Only days after Los Angeles Country Club completed hosting its first U.S. Open, the Southland will be identified for securing another national championship, at maybe the most unlikely of courses in the modern age of big crowds and massive hospitality footprints. On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported that Riviera Country Club, which last

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2023, 12:09 PM ET Jon Rahm still doesn’t know much about the proposed partnership between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, but he knows this much — he’s not dwelling on it. The FedExCup points leader and world No. 2 addressed the media Tuesday in Cromwell, Connecticut, home to this

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — For a 24-year-old in the prime of her career, Nelly Korda has already dealt with one-too-many health scares. One was of the downright frightening variety, when Korda missed time early last season due to a blood clot in her arm. The other was of the typical golf injury variety: an ailing lower

Jun 20, 2023, 04:42 PM ET Nelly Korda is back, pain-free and raring to go at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after a month-plus away from competitive golf to deal with an ailing back. Korda, the current World No. 2 who is searching for her second major title this week, last played at the

Ask Australia’s Min Woo Lee how he got into the field at the $20 million Travelers Championship despite being a Special Temporary Member on the PGA Tour, and he’ll tell you it’s a funny story. Lee originally planned to spend this week watching his sister Minjee, a two-time LPGA major winner, compete at the KPMG

Jun 19, 2023, 11:49 AM ET Wyndham Clark climbed to 13th in the Official World Golf Ranking and stands a fraction of a point behind Brooks Koepka on the heels of a breakthrough victory at the U.S. Open. Clark was 241st in the world the day after the 2022 U.S. Open but has a pair

It’s human nature to secretly want your opponent to fail, be it in sports or in other competitive walks of life. For some reason, though, it’s a huge no-no on golf, this being the preeminent “Gentleman’s game.” While most would classify many of Augusta National’s rules as archaic, not cheering on a player’s on-course misfortunes