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It has not been Ryan Brehm’s year, and that’s putting it lightly. If you remove his one good week, a T-14 at the Honda Classic, you’re left with 14 missed cuts in 16 starts. Not much has gone right for the reigning Puerto Rico Open champion. The beauty of golf, though, is that it can

3:59 PM ET Associated Press ST. FRANCIS BAY, South Africa — David Ravetto and Kristian Krogh Johannessen carded 5-under 67s at a windy St. Francis Links course Thursday to share the clubhouse lead in the first round of the SDC Championship in South Africa. France’s Ravetto picked up six birdies and just one bogey and

On top of the world for a remarkable 131 weeks, Rose Zhang is now the all-time leader for the longest consecutive streak at No. 1 in the Women’s Amateur Golf Rankings. The record became official on Wednesday, with Zhang passing current LPGA Tour star Lydia Ko, who had held the mark of 130. Zhang’s streak

6:18 AM ET ESPN News Services Proposed rule changes that would limit how far players can drive the ball at elite golf tournaments would be detrimental to the sport, two-time major winner Justin Thomas said. “You’re trying to create a solution for a problem that doesn’t exist. To me, it’s just so bad for the

8:08 AM ET Rickie Fowler is set to become the latest golfer to join TGL, the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Fowler, who is ranked 59th in the Official World Golf Ranking, becomes the 12th player to commit to joining the league, which is

Perhaps the only appropriate way to celebrate winning the Players Championship and its $4.5 million prize is to enjoy a few casual rounds of golf on a certain well-known course where you’ve also had success. That’s what Masters champion Scottie Scheffler did the last two days when he stopped at Augusta National Golf Club on

Four-year LPGA Tour veteran Maria Fassi created the foundation Fassi’s Friends in 2021 to introduce golf to both disabled and non-disabled kids for free. The road to forming the foundation started at the 2014 Mexican Amateur Championship when Fassi witnessed one of the most impactful swings of her life. Fassi’s disabled cousin, Josefina Gomez, who

2:30 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler finally decided on his menu when he hosts the Masters Club dinner, and it wasn’t a big surprise — meat, fish and chocolate chip cookies. Scheffler said he would serve steak and cheeseburger sliders with family-styled side dishes. He said he isn’t big

Beefed up and swinging his driver with wild abandon, Bryson DeChambeau led the most recent charge to get the most distance humanly possible out of a golf ball. So it will surprise exactly no one that he is vehemently opposed to the proposed rollback of the golf ball that was announced by the USGA and

Following the whopping Players Championship purse of $25 million last week, the largest in the history of the PGA Tour, is appears like this week’s Valspar Championship is getting lost in the shuffle. However, that should not be the case. Top 15 players like Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick and Jordan Spieth are at Innisbrook Resort,

Does Scottie Scheffler have the X-factor to carry the PGA Tour further? @PeteKnot In a word, no. He’s a wonderful human being and clearly a spectacular golfer but Scheffler does not ooze charisma and there’s not much dramatic tension in his story: nice guy wins. I think he’s a fun supporting character to have around

2:05 PM ET The United States Golf Association and the R&A are proposing a new rule that would allow tours and tournaments the option to require elite men’s players to use a golf ball that will be tested under modified launch conditions to curtail how far it is hit. The new rules, which will not

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — This Scottie Scheffler, with his wide shoulders and ambling gait, brings to mind the jock from yesteryear. He brings to mind certain of his golfing forebears, men who could have played anything and sometimes did. Mike Souchak, for instance. Before he was an Ike-era Ryder Cupper, Souchak was a kicker and

Mar 11, 2023 PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy has emerged as one of the faces and most loyal supporters of the PGA Tour during its ongoing battle with LIV Golf. Whether it’s organizing players’ meetings, helping formulate new models for the tour or speaking with the media, McIlroy has been front and center

Mar 11, 2023 Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Adam Svensson hit a shot onto a hospitality tent and made birdie Saturday morning to build a 2-shot lead at the Players Championship. The Players finally finished its second round after storms moved in late Friday and shut down play with half the field unable

An Australian journeyman had a weekend to remember—and may have just pulled off a first in golf history. Peter Wilson shot not one, but two rounds of 59, carding golf’s magic number on back-to-back days at Lang Lang Golf Club, according to the PGA of Australia. The 45-year-old is currently No. 881 in the Official

8:29 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — While Scottie Scheffler was running away with a 5-stroke victory at the Players to pick up his sixth PGA Tour victory in 13 months Sunday, there was still plenty of drama on the leaderboard. With just two weeks left to crack the top 50 of the Official

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler was in perhaps the most difficult spot in golf on at the 2022 Masters. Sleeping on a 54-hole lead at Augusta National has proven challenging for some of the game’s greats, but fortunately for Scheffler, he had help from one of the most respected caddies in golf. Ted Scott—who helped

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — When Jordan Spieth seeks affirmation for the soundness of his golf game, he doesn’t have to look very far. The three-time major winner merely measures himself against his Dallas neighbor, Scottie Scheffler, who is about as useful a measuring stick as you’ll find in professional golf. Scheffler was dominating in capturing

7:02 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler was fearless on a TPC Sawgrass course that can jangle the nerves on every hole. The wind was getting stronger, the targets looked smaller, and all he wanted was to make sure his lead got larger in The Players Championship. “You can’t limp

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Scottie Scheffler was up big, but the big stick remained in hand, which seemed like a bad idea. The situation—a five-shot lead with four to go—called for a 3-wood, 5-wood, something safe off the 15th tee. The driver? Nothing but trouble and the murmurs around the box—What is he doing?—said as

7:45 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — As Scottie Scheffler stood over his ball lying awkwardly in the rough above a greenside bunker on the eighth hole at the Stadium Course on Sunday, the men trying to chase him in the final round of the Players Championship were self-imploding. Australia’s Min Woo Lee started

11:19 AM ET Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — Jorge Campillo held onto his overnight lead to win the DP World Tour’s Kenya Open by 2 shots Sunday with a 5-under 66. The Spaniard put together six birdies and dropped just 1 shot in the final round at Muthaiga Golf Club to go 18 under overall

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — There are occasions when running hot after a blow-up hole pays off. That’s how Alex Smalley ended up notching the third ace of the week on Sunday at the par-3 17th island hole at TPC Sawgrass. Coming off a sloppy double-bogey at the par-5 16th, where he hit a wedge over

8:00 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler won early, holing a chip from deep rough for eagle on the par-5 second hole at the Players Championship to win a bet against his caddie on the number of times the Masters champion chips in during the season. The bigger payoff was

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — It was good for 23 feet, only the hole was 23 feet and a few inches away, and in those final inches Ben Griffin’s ball decided to make a detour from the cup. The thousands engulfing the 17th cried out, “OOOOOOHHHH!,” a sound that seemed harmonious to the life being sucked

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — It wasn’t even 13 months ago that Scottie Scheffler was still searching for his first victory on the PGA Tour. On Sunday, Scheffler will have a chance to pick up his sixth tour win since then — and it would be another big one. Scheffler, who is No. 2 in

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — With Jordan Spieth, there’s always a twist. On Friday at the Players Championship, the three-time major champion was sitting at two over par and right on the cutline when he blocked a drive way right off the par-5 ninth, his 18th hole of the day at TPC Sawgrass. Spieth’s ball was

It has been one of the better golf barstool debates for a while: Will Tiger Woods play on PGA Tour Champions after he turns 50 in December 2025? I’ve always taken it one step further: Who will play more on the Champions Tour, Woods or Phil Mickelson? That may be moot if Mickelson never returns

10:20 AM ET The Players Championship, the unofficial “fifth major” on the PGA Tour, is closely contested after second round action. Adam Svensson has a solo lead at 9 under, with Scottie Scheffler close behind with a 7 under solo second. Ben Griffin, Min Woo Lee and Collin Morikawa and Christiaan Bezuidenhout are not too