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Snooty or civilized? Stuffy or genteel? In an era in which many private country clubs have relaxed their rules to allow jeans in the dining room, untucked shirts on the course and the use of electronic devices pretty much everywhere, Los Angeles Country Club, host of this year’s U.S. Open, is having none of it.

Jun 8, 2023, 11:05 AM ET The Los Angeles Golf Club was announced Thursday as the first team in the tech-infused golf league launched by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy in partnership with the PGA Tour. LAGC is owned by Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams and Venus Williams. The new league, TGL, will feature 18-hole matches

After a couple of the craziest days in PGA Tour history, fans got to see some golf again. We also got to witness the pro debut of one of the most ballyhooed prospects in years. And he did not disappoint. A week after Rose Zhang won her LPGA debut, it was Ludvig Aberg’s turn to

Associated Press Jun 8, 2023, 07:02 PM ET GREER, S.C. — Michael Feagles made a 25-foot birdie putt on his final hole to shoot a 12-under 59 on Thursday in the first round of the BMW Charity Pro-Am on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was the ninth sub-60 score in the history of the developmental

The discovery that Jimmy Dunne played a key role in brokering the framework deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund was a surprising revelation in the wake of Tuesday’s unexpected announcement. Last June, the Wall Street powerbroker seemed to have taken a hardline stance against those who took big-money guaranteed contracts

ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2023, 08:29 PM ET TORONTO — Corey Conners shot a bogey-free 5-under 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead at the RBC Canadian Open, the first PGA Tour event since its announcement of unifying with Saudi-funded rival LIV Golf. Conners is seeking to become the tournament’s first Canadian winner

On April 17th, 2021, about a week after Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters and sparked giddy conversation about a global golf explosion–perhaps to be realized decades into the future by a slew of even greater Asiatic champions–executives at an international golf consulting firm, two of whom graduated from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 8, 2023, 10:58 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — Rory McIlroy said he hopes the LIV Golf League is going away, but an official for the rival team-focused circuit told ESPN on Thursday that

News of the PGA Tour-Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund “partnership” trickled out in different stages on Tuesday. It started as, Well, that’s obviously a mistake. Then came shock, followed by … actually most of us are still stuck on shock. But even as we struggle to process how this vicious year-plus-long schism between rival golf

Jun 7, 2023, 07:47 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open champion who was one of the first big names to sign up for LIV Golf, says he feels bad for the players who stayed loyal to the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League ended their bitter two-year

Congressman John Garamendi, a Democrat from California, introduced a bill Wednesday, called the “No Corporate Tax Exemption for Professional Sports Act,” designed to do as it suggests, prevent major American sports leagues from being able to continue with their tax status. “Saudi Arabia cannot be allowed to sportswash its government’s horrific human rights abuses and

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley on Wednesday told his golfers that those who resigned their memberships to join the LIV Golf League probably won’t

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that those who remained loyal to the tour in its battle with LIV Golf “will be rewarded.” As part of Tuesday’s landmark agreement between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, players who defected to LIV will have the chance to reapply for membership on the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 7, 2023, 11:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia TORONTO — Rory McIlroy said he’s resigned to the fact that the PGA Tour will have to accept money from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, but he’s

Oh, yeah … there’s a golf tournament going on this week. As the golf world asborbs news of the surprise deal between the PGA Tour, LIV Golf and the DP World Tour, Oakdale Country Club readies to hold the RBC Canadian Open. This year’s event is set to feature Rory McIlroy, who attempts to win

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 6, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was called a hypocrite in a heated meeting with players at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto on Tuesday, hours after

PGA Tour players offered a standing ovation when one of their peers called for new leadership during a meeting with commissioner Jay Monahan Tuesday at Oakdale Golf & Country Club in Ontario, Canada, site of this week’s RBC Canadian Open. That speaks volumes about how players received the news that Monahan had struck a deal,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 6, 2023, 09:28 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia There have been plenty of bombshells during the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League’s ongoing battle on the course and in the courts to topple each other

It was one of the first questions DP World Tour chief executive Keith Pelley was asked. In a zoom session with members of the U.K. media following Tuesday’s surprise announcement of the pending deal to unify the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf, Pelley was quickly quizzed on the future of players like

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 6, 2023, 10:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the LIV Golf League, which have been embroiled in a bitter legal battle for more than a year, have agreed

We can only imagine the sinking feeling Michael Brennan had when he saw his lie during the playoff of Monday’s U.S. Open final qualifier at Woodmont Country Club. After a second-round 65 put the Wake Forest junior into extra holes, his heroic effort looked like it would be all for naught with an approach shot

Associated Press Jun 4, 2023, 07:01 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Viktor Hovland was happy with his three PGA Tour victories, even if they were at resort courses that were soft and susceptible to firing at flags. He wanted a win on American soil, where par was at a premium, and he got every bit

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Jun 5, 2023, 07:42 PM ET Michael Block, the teaching pro who finished tied for 15th at last month’s PGA Championship, came up short in his bid to qualify for next week’s U.S. Open. Block shot a 36-hole score of 5-under 135 at Lambton Golf & Country Club in Toronto on Monday to finish just

It’s easy to forget that Rose Zhang is 20 years old. The California native has rapidly ascended the women’s golf ladder and is now one-for-one when it comes to winning LPGA events as a professional. What she’s doing is unparalleled in the sport. She knows this. The world knows this. And yet, none of this

Jun 5, 2023, 12:23 PM ET Less than 24 hours after securing the biggest win of his PGA Tour career, Norwegian world No. 5 Viktor Hovland is caddying on Monday for a former college teammate who is looking to secure a spot in next week’s U.S. Open. Hovland earned his fourth PGA Tour title on

If you think there were already big expectations on Rose Zhang, what’s a win in her very first LPGA start as a professional going to do? We’ll all see as the 20-year-old memorably claimed victory on Sunday at the Mizuho Americas Open, becoming the first woman to win in her very first start as a

Associated Press Jun 4, 2023, 07:15 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa — Stephen Ames birdied the 17th hole and closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a one-shot victory over Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly in the Principal Charity Classic, giving Ames his third PGA Tour Champions title this year. Ames, Stricker and Tim

Where Rose Zhang walks, history follows. Her celebrated golf journey continued Sunday at the Mizuho Americas Open while surviving a slog at Liberty National, shooting a closing 74 which was good enough to get into a playoff and beat Jennifer Kupcho on the second extra hole. Zhang, 20, became only the second player to win

ESPN News Services Jun 4, 2023, 08:55 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang became the first player in 72 years to win on the LPGA Tour in her pro debut, capturing the Mizuho Americas Open with a par on the second playoff hole against Jennifer Kupcho on Sunday. Zhang arrived