Gone to Play Golf

Jun 5, 2024, 03:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Many of golf’s marquee names will be in Ohio this week for the PGA Tour’s 2024 Memorial Tournament. This year’s event will be held at Jack Nicklaus’ golf course, Muirfield Village Golf Club, in Dublin, Ohio, and will feature a purse of $20 million. Viktor Hovland

Associated Press Jun 4, 2024, 12:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN, Ohio — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler said he knew five days in advance that charges related to his arrest during the PGA Championship were going to be dismissed. In his mind, that wasn’t the end of the saga but rather the beginning of

Field Level Media Jun 4, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jack Nicklaus would like to see the best golfers in the world in the same place more than four times a year, but figuring out how is another matter. Speaking on Tuesday ahead of the Memorial Tournament this week, where he is the

ESPN News Services Jun 4, 2024, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN, Ohio — Grayson Murray, who died by suicide on May 25, will keep his Official World Golf Ranking until after the Travelers Championship on June 23, a source told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Grayson was at No. 61 in the world

Apr 17, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions On May 14, 2018, just after 10 a.m. ET, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, the federal statute that had restricted legal betting to primarily Nevada for 26 years. It was a landmark decision for two

Associated Press Jun 3, 2024, 10:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions COLUMBUS, Ohio — Adam Scott ended his longest day in golf with a playoff loss against Cam Davis in a U.S. Open qualifier, and now Scott has to wait a week to see if his alternate status will allow him to extend the longest

Field Level Media Jun 3, 2024, 05:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Robert MacIntyre of Scotland withdrew from this week’s Memorial Tournament on Monday, one day after winning his first career PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open. MacIntyre’s victory in Hamilton, Ontario, earned him a spot in the signature event in Ohio hosted

Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 06:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DES MOINES, Iowa — Ernie Els won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth career PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 7-under 65 at Wakonda Club to beat defending champion Stephen Ames by two strokes. Tied with Rod Pampling for the

ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2024, 07:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMILTON, Ontario — Robert MacIntyre — with father Dougie at his side as his caddie and a noisy television drone close by at times, too — held on to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Four

ESPN News Services Jun 2, 2024, 06:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Yuka Saso became a U.S. Women’s Open champion for the second time Sunday and took her place in history with a rare footnote — the first Filipino to win the Women’s Open in 2021, and now the first from Japan.

Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2024, 06:49 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — With the biggest name on the LPGA Tour spending the rest of her weekend away from Lancaster Country Club, a thrilling finish

Associated Press Jun 1, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMILTON, Ontario — Robert MacIntyre made a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th to cap a late surge Saturday and take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the RBC Canadian Open. Tied for the second-round lead with Ryan Fox, MacIntyre shot

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler said he has “no ill will” toward the pro golfer for injuries the detective said he suffered while directing traffic after a fatal accident during the PGA Championship. A Louisville prosecutor dropped charges

Associated Press May 31, 2024, 07:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMILTON, Ontario — Ryan Fox closed with a 14-foot birdie putt late Friday afternoon for a 6-under 64 and a share of the second-round lead with Robert MacIntyre in the RBC Canadian Open. Finishing on the front nine at Hamilton Golf and Country Club,

Associated Press May 31, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a U.S. Women’s Open filled with them. She started Friday with four straight birdies and matched the low score of the week with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend

Associated Press May 31, 2024, 05:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Lexi Thompson stood off to the side of the ninth green after hitting what could be her final stroke — a 3-inch bogey putt — in the U.S. Women’s Open. It was just like any other round until she headed toward

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 08:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HAMILTON, Ontario — David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open. Playing in the afternoon with the greens still mostly

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Former champion Yuka Saso leaned on her putter to survive a brutally tough start to the U.S. Women’s Open on Thursday, an opening round that featured Nelly Korda making a 10 on her third hole and only four players barely beating

Associated Press May 30, 2024, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Nelly Korda was not even three holes into the U.S. Women’s Open when she dropped to a crouch and bowed her head in disbelief after her third straight shot — all of them from inside 70 feet away — tumbled into

Coley Harvey, ESPN Staff WriterMay 29, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Close Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Open Extended Reactions With its thick rough, notable changes in elevation and series of sloping greens, the Old Course at Lancaster Country Club presents quite the challenge for

Associated Press May 29, 2024, 10:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARLSBAD, Calif. — Auburn senior J.M. Butler polished off a dominant two days at La Costa by winning the anchor match Wednesday to give the Tigers the final point they needed to beat Florida State and capture their first NCAA title in men’s golf.

ESPN News Services May 29, 2024, 01:04 PM ET Criminal charges have been dropped against Scottie Scheffler, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville, Kentucky, as he drove to the PGA Championship. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell said during a court hearing

Associated Press May 28, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LANCASTER, Pa. — Lexi Thompson is retiring this year from full-time competition, ending a career filled with a powerful game, an appeal to young fans and plenty of star-crossed moments in the majors. Thompson was to speak later Tuesday ahead of the U.S. Women’s

Associated Press May 25, 2024, 05:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Ernie Els kept the mistakes to a minimum down the stretch Saturday and hit wedge in tight for birdie on his final hole for a 2-under 69, giving him a share of the lead with Greg Chalmers going into the

Associated Press May 26, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANTWERP, Belgium — Nacho Elvira‘s favored 2-iron cracked in the warmup. He was soaked by a brief torrential downpour. He saw his four-shot overnight lead wiped out after 10 holes. Nothing was coming easy for the Spanish golfer as he tried to secure his

Associated Press May 26, 2024, 05:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Richard Bland had time off from LIV Golf and made it pay off in a major way Sunday when he won the Senior PGA Championship in his senior major debut, closing with an 8-under 63 for a 3-shot victory at

Associated Press May 26, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Davis Riley shot even-par 70 while playing in the final group Sunday with Scottie Scheffler and still won a subdued Colonial by 5 strokes over the world’s No. 1 player and Keegan Bradley for his first individual victory on the

ESPN News Services May 26, 2024, 11:44 AM ET The parents of professional golfer Grayson Murray on Sunday said the two-time PGA Tour winner died by suicide on Saturday morning. “We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone,” Eric and Terry Murray said

Associated Press May 25, 2024, 08:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT WORTH, Texas — Davis Riley was finishing a 4-under 66 for a four-shot lead over surging Scottie Scheffler at Colonial while PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan conducted interviews about the death of two-time tour winner Grayson Murray. Another week, another dose of unsettling

Associated Press May 25, 2024, 10:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HURRICANE, Utah — Angela Stanford became the first player to successfully defend the LPGA Senior Championship title, closing with a 3-under 69 in breezy conditions Saturday for a 3-stroke victory over Cristie Kerr. The winner last year at Sultan’s Run in Jasper, Indiana, the