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ORLANDO — If only everyone had an opportunity to figure out exactly how they’d react if they were about to win $3.6 million. That’s the situation that Kurt Kitayama found himself in late Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, only a couple hours after it looked like an ugly triple-bogey 7 on the ninth hole

6:26 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama let an All-Star cast of contenders back into the tournament with a triple-bogey, only to beat them all with a clutch birdie and the best lag putt of his life to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday. With five players tied for the lead

The Players Championship has long been known to boast the best field in golf. That’s not quite true in 2023, thanks to the ongoing schism in professional golf, one that leaves this year’s Players without last year’s Players champ, Cameron Smith. Nevertheless, the PGA Tour’s flagship event remains one of the marquee tournaments on the

3:42 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Jin Young Ko won for the first time in a year at the HSBC Women’s World Championship and hopes this signals a new start from a year of battling injuries that cost her the No. 1 ranking. Ko answered an early charge by Nelly Korda, held her nerve

ORLANDO — Since this PGA Tour season started last fall, the focus has been put on big names getting together more often. Designated events with $20 million purses. The “product.” Kurt Kitayama has no issues with that. He’s trying to become a big name himself. A maiden PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational

7:29 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama had to leave home to find his way in golf by playing circuits in Europe, Australia and Asia, all for a chance to get to the highest level. Along with three worldwide titles, he learned how to battle. That might come in handy Sunday at

ORLANDO – At the $20 million Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, prize money and the possible extinction of 36-hole cuts in some of the PGA Tour’s biggest events next year dominated discussion this week. For that reason, Orlando club pro Greg Koch is savoring both. The teaching pro from Orlando’s nearby Ritz Carlton Golf

6:40 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — PGA Tour rookie Nico Echavarria of Colombia ran off four straight birdies early in his round Saturday and finished with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot lead in the Puerto Rico Open as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Carson Young, who led

To cash in on the big money being offered at most of the PGA Tour’s newly minted designated events—at least for the time being—a pro golfer must first make the cut in those events. Which is why Greg Koch decided not to rush things on Friday night as the sun was setting at the Arnold

6:10 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Defending champion Jin Young Ko shot a second consecutive 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Nelly Korda into the final round of the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship. Ko had a 54-hole total of 14-under 202 after another weather-delayed day at the Sentosa Golf Club.

ORLANDO — Old habits may die hard, but Jordan Spieth is trying to talk less on the golf course. The three-time major winner, renowned for nervously talking to his golf balls after impact, doesn’t want to rehash every single shot to his very patient caddie, Michael Greller. Not anymore. “I’m trying to do a better

9:24 PM ET Brett Quigley fired a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic on Friday in Tucson, Arizona. Quigley is 1 shot ahead of John Huston, Kirk Triplett and Brian Cooper, who opened with rounds of 6-under 66 at Omni Tucson National. Quigley, 53, made five of

Jordan Spieth played a solid round Friday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, producing a three-under-par 69, thanks not only to his good play, but knowledge of the Rules of Golf. Teeing off on Bay Hill’s sturdy par-4 18th, Spieth hit a tee shot familiar to many—a low double-cross snap hook that careened toward the boundary

5:36 PM ET Tiger Woods won’t be part of next week’s Players Championship. The PGA Tour announced the field for what’s often known as golf’s “fifth major,” and Woods was not part of the group that will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Players had until 5 p.m. ET Friday

The pelting rain and a nearly 3½ hour weather delay in Singapore couldn’t stop Danielle Kang from storming up the leaderboard Friday, jumping from T-29 to take the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. The six-time LPGA Tour winner tied a career-best bogey-free 63 with a staunch performance from the newest weapon in her

Last Sunday, Chris Kirk brought some “emotionless robot” energy into the final round of the Honda Classic, and it served him quite well. He picked up his first PGA Tour victory in nearly eight years, outlasting Eric Cole in a playoff at PGA National. Obviously, it would be ideal to keep that same energy on

7:40 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a 2-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Not even the brute test of Bay Hill was a match for golf’s hottest player. “Amazing round of golf,” he

ORLANDO — Cameron Young has a soft spot for Orlando, and for its famed Bay Hill Club course. As a New York native, Young’s father, David, the pro at Sleepy Hollow Country Club for 20 years, took the family out of the northeast during winters when their golf-obsessed son was a teenager. The Youngs lived

6:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Carson Young gave his rookie season on the PGA Tour quite a spark Thursday when he made three eagles on his way to a 9-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open. Young has made only three

The news rattled through golf like a shockwave, rumbling from Florida to Puerto Rico. Ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando and the concurrent Puerto Rico Open, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spelled out in a memo to players released on Wednesday how most tournaments that were just this year raised to a “designated”

3:11 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Elizabeth Szokol shot an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Yuka Saso of Japan was second after a bogey-free 67, and a pack of six including Nelly Korda and former No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn carded 68s at

ORLANDO — The drastic changes to the PGA Tour plans for its $20 million designated events announced on Wednesday were largely welcomed by stars such as Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, and even last week’s feel-good story at the Honda Classic, rookie Eric Cole. But there also were mixed feelings expressed about the exclusivity of

The PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program is undergoing its fourth change in just over two years of existence. Tucked away in PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan’s memo to tour membership Wednesday that announced sweeping changes to the elevated event series was a note about the tour’s PIP initiative. The PIP bonus pool was instituted in

3:09 PM ET In what commissioner Jay Monahan described as decisions that will “transform and set the future direction” of the PGA Tour, the tour’s policy board voted Tuesday night to dramatically change the format for future designated events, which will have smaller fields and no cuts. In a memo to PGA Tour members Wednesday,

The poster, which you can see below, shows the No. 2 item on Madelyn’s bucket list was getting to meet Tiger. Even during competition, the laser-focused Tiger made his way over to Madelyn’s sign during his Saturday round and said hello to her, while checking off the box with a Sharpie himself. Just A-plus, heart-warming

8:00 AM ET While the LIV Golf League will take a three-week break from its opening 54-hole event in Mexico, the PGA Tour will be hitting its pre-Masters stride over the next month. Editor’s Picks 2 Related There will be three designated tournaments in the next four weeks. Up first is the Arnold Palmer Invitational

The Arnold Palmer Invitational, from its start with the legendary golfer hosting at his beloved Bay Hill Club, has rarely lacked for a top-tier field. But this year it’s even more stacked with the PGA Tour giving it the “designated-status” label. Making the trip to Orlando are 44 of the top 50 players in the

8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services The No. 1 player in the world, Jon Rahm, said he received some solid advice recently on how to keep his game at its peak for as long as possible. And it came from Tiger Woods. “I asked him, ‘Out of the 82 wins on the PGA Tour,’ —

ORLANDO — Jason Day has a classic Arnold Palmer story. Yes, many golfers do, given that the King stayed in touch with players at all levels through meetings and his famous letters. But it was Day who had the honor of winning the last Arnold Palmer Invitational before Palmer died in late 2016 at age

5:21 PM ET The LIV Golf League promised to be “golf but louder,” but TV ratings for its season opener in Mexico last weekend suggested few people were listening or watching. The CW’s inaugural live broadcast of the LIV Golf League drew an average of 289,000 viewers and a 0.18 household rating on Saturday and