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Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 12:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour, flush with a $1.5 billion investment from private equity and still negotiating with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf as a minority investor, is hiring a CEO for the first time who will work alongside Commissioner Jay Monahan. Monahan made the

Dec 18, 2024, 11:15 AM ET Marco Penge had already served one month of his ban, meaning he can return from Feb. 13. Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey/NurPhoto via Getty Images Englishman Marco Penge has been suspended by the DP World Tour after a disciplinary panel found he placed bets on multiple golf events, the circuit said

Field Level Media Dec 17, 2024, 03:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf and Fox Sports have engaged in “high-level discussions” toward a television contract for the 2025 season, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday. More specific details were not clear, including which Fox property would broadcast the tournaments and whether Fox would pay a

Associated Press Dec 17, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy never trailed and needed only 14 holes to beat Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau of LIV Golf in a made-for-TV exhibition Tuesday night that gave fans a chance to see PGA Tour and LIV

Dec 17, 2024, 06:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Four of golf’s biggest names are set to face off in The Showdown at Shadow Creek Golf Course in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The PGA’s Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will play against LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a

ESPN News Services Dec 15, 2024, 10:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MALELANE, South Africa — Shaun Norris of South Africa won the Alfred Dunhill Golf Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club on Sunday after a final-round 67 gave him a 13-under-par total of 275 and a one-shot victory. It was a second win on

Associated Press Dec 16, 2024, 09:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Americans will be paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time under a PGA of America program that gives each player a $200,000 stipend and $300,000 to distribute to charity. The $500,000 directed to each of the 12 players and the

Associated Press Dec 15, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — Patty Tavatanakit holed a 25-foot birdie putt and Jake Knapp gave them the lead on the next hole with a tough pitch to set up birdie as the UCLA duo combined for a 7-under 65 on Sunday for a one-shot victory

Associated Press Dec 15, 2024, 05:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lanto Griffin holed a 40-foot putt for eagle on his first hole that sent him to a 7-under 63 in the final round of Q-school, the leader of six players who earned PGA Tour cards for next year. Griffin

ESPN News Services Dec 14, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chieh-po Lee won the 36-hole LIV Golf Promotions event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, cementing his spot on the league roster in 2025. Lee, who also goes by the English name Max Lee, mixed nine birdies and two bogeys in the opening

Associated Press Dec 14, 2024, 10:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MALELANE, South Africa — Marcus Kinhult will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship as the Swedish golfer bids to win his first title on the European tour in 5 1/2 years. Kinhult got up and down for

Associated Press Dec 13, 2024, 11:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MALELANE, South Africa — Marcus Kinhult of Sweden shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-shot lead after the second round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Friday. Kinhult entered the day tied for second place after a 65 in the opening round at

Associated Press Dec 13, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NAPLES, Fla. — UCLA alums Jake Knapp and Patty Tavatanakit birdied the entire front nine in a scramble format Friday and finished eagle-birdie for a 14-under 58, giving them a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Grant Thornton Invitational. The tournament has

Associated Press Dec 12, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions A modern version of The Skins Game is returning to Thanksgiving week. Pro Shop, the new golf media company led by “Full Swing” executive producer Chad Mumm, on Thursday announced a deal with the PGA Tour that brings back The Skins Game for the

ESPN News Services Dec 12, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Transgender players will face tougher restrictions to enter women’s professional and elite golf tournaments after the R&A introduced a new competition policy Thursday. The protocols, which the R&A said were developed following extensive consultation with medical and scientific experts, mean players must have

Associated Press Dec 12, 2024, 03:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MALELANE, South Africa — Andy Sullivan shot 8-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday. The No. 205-ranked Englishman made eight birdies in a bogey-free round at Leopard Creek Country Club. England’s Alex Fitzpatrick,

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jordan Spieth, who had surgery on his left wrist in late August, said his recovery is going according to plan. Spieth spoke last week on Sirius XM PGA Tour radio and said he went from a limited ball count to practice to no restrictions.

ESPN News Services Dec 11, 2024, 03:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Two of the best players each from LIV Golf versus the PGA Tour in a televised match might just show fans that an effort is being made to repair a divided sport, Rory McIlroy said Wednesday. McIlroy will have Scottie Scheffler as his

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 01:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tiger Woods, along with his 15-year-old son Charlie, is returning to the PNC Championship, his first competition since the British Open in July and after having a sixth surgery on his back three months ago. Woods has played the 36-hole PNC Championship with Charlie

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 10, 2024, 06:10 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, whose seven victories on tour this past season were the most since Tiger Woods in 2007, won the

Associated Press Dec 10, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Brooks Koepka feels like he could be stepping into another Ryder Cup environment, match play with bragging rights at stake, even if it’s only two-man teams competing in one match instead of 12-man teams in 28 matches. Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau, each a major

Associated Press Dec 8, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler returned from a two-month break and nothing changed. He won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday with a 9-under 63 to tie the tournament record at Albany Golf Club and win by six shots. Scheffler, the first player since

Associated Press Dec 8, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — American golfer Johannes Veerman claimed his second European tour title by winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa by one shot following a bogey on the 72nd hole by home favorite Aldrich Potgieter on Sunday. Veerman had finished

Associated Press Dec 7, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — Aldrich Potgieter will enter the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge with a three-shot lead as the 20-year-old South African chases a home victory. Potgieter’s blemish-free 66 on Saturday included four birdies before an eagle on the par-5

Associated Press Dec 7, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Justin Thomas was long off the tee and made a few long putts on the back nine to overtake Scottie Scheffler with a 6-under 66 and build a one-shot lead Saturday over golf’s best player going into the final round of

Dec 7, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Chile’s Joaquín Niemann won his maiden Saudi International title in sunny conditions at the Riyadh Golf Club on Saturday, beating Australian Cameron Smith and American Caleb Surratt in a three-way playoff. The trio had been locked on 21 under-par after the final

Associated Press Dec 6, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler birdied every hole but the par 3s on the front nine at Albany Golf Club on Friday and finished his bogey-free round with an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Two months

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler brought a new putting grip to the Hero World Challenge and felt enough improvement to be satisfied with the result, a 5-under 67 that left him three shots behind Cameron Young on Thursday. Young was playing for the first

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — Defending champion Max Homa birdied his last two holes to shoot a 6-under 66 and take a one-shot lead over South African Ockie Strydom in the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Thursday. Homa started his round

ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. Finau withdrew from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was not yet registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening