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Associated Press Jun 21, 2024, 09:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Tom Kim is looking at the long term with his golf game and is getting short-term results at the Travelers Championship, where he followed an opening 62 with a 5-under 65 on Friday for the lowest 36-hole score of his career

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 12:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Nelly Korda was sent packing early again Friday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, another shocking downfall after a dominating run. A stroke behind first-round leader Lexi Thompson after an opening 3-under 69, the top-ranked Korda shot an 81 in the

Field Level Media Jun 20, 2024, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Byeong Hun An withdrew from the Travelers Championship during the first round on Thursday due to illness, according to PGA Tour Communications. He completed the first seven holes and was 1-over before heading to the clubhouse. An, 32, was paired with Sam Burns

Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Lexi Thompson knew some form of the question was coming after shooting a 4-under 68 and taking the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Would a major title change her plans about retiring from playing full-time on the

Associated Press Jun 20, 2024, 06:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim gorged themselves on pizza to get their shared birthday celebration out of the way before turning their focus to golf this week. When they tee it up on the big day, they will be fighting for

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 20, 2024, 08:20 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions As summer heats up, there’s only one major championship left in men’s professional golf — next month’s Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Course

Dana Lee, ESPNJun 19, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Dana Lee is a reporter-researcher at ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Stacy Lewis is a 13-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major winner, and former No. 1 in world rankings, holding the top spot for consecutive weeks longer than any other American woman before Nelly Korda broke the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 19, 2024, 01:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The stars are aligning on the LPGA Tour, as two-time major championship winner Lilia Vu captured last week’s Meijer LPGA Classic in her first

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 17, 2024, 05:47 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions After suffering a gut-wrenching collapse in Sunday’s final round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy said in

Field Level Media Jun 18, 2024, 04:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Xander Schauffele can empathize with Rory McIlroy‘s decision to withdraw from this week’s Travelers Championship and take some time off after his collapse at the U.S. Open. McIlroy missed two short putts over the final three holes Sunday and finished 1 stroke behind

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2024, 10:42 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour has created a special sponsor exemption for 15-time major champion Tiger Woods — and Woods alone — based on his “exceptional

Associated Press Jun 18, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The temptation would be to refer to a change in the scorecard procedure as the “Jordan Rule,” only because Jordan Spieth was the most recent example. Players now have an additional 15 minutes to correct their scorecard before it is deemed

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2024, 07:18 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Hideki Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion and a nine-time PGA Tour winner, is joining Boston Common Golf in TGL presented by SoFi, the tech-infused

Associated Press Jun 17, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Corey Conners found the fairway and the green on the final hole of the U.S. Open, a closing par at Pinehurst No. 2 that landed him in the Olympics for Canada for the second time. The Official World Golf Ranking published

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jun 17, 2024, 10:41 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Pinehurst Resort, which likes to call itself the “Cradle of American Golf,” more than delivered in

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 16, 2024, 07:01 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — LIV Golf League captain Bryson DeChambeau is a U.S. Open champion again. Meanwhile, PGA Tour star Rory McIlroy‘s nearly 10-year drought

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 16, 2024, 11:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The putt that Bryson DeChambeau had to win the 2024 U.S. Open was three feet, 11 inches long. Its importance was obvious, but the significance of its length went beyond the single moment. On the 18th hole, DeChambeau had driven it

Jun 15, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Here are the tee times for the final round of the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. All times ET (a) denotes amateur 7:30 a.m. — Seonghyeon Kim, Gunnar Broin (a) 7:41 a.m. — Matt Fitzpatrick, Jackson Suber 7:52 a.m. — Brandon Wu, Austin Eckroat

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 15, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy doesn’t mind admitting it: If there’s a leaderboard within his periphery out on the golf course, he’s going to look at it. Editor’s Picks So as he made his way through Pinehurst No. 2’s back nine Saturday during the

Associated Press Jun 15, 2024, 08:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau turned Pinehurst No. 2 into a one-man show Saturday in the U.S. Open. When he wasn’t smashing eight drives of 340 yards or more, he was getting his right hip worked on between holes. He pumped fists and entertained

ESPN News Services Jun 14, 2024, 08:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Ludvig Aberg and his machine-like game are proving to be a perfect fit for Pinehurst No. 2. The Swedish star methodically worked his way to a 1-under 69 on Friday and a 1-shot lead going into the weekend of his

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jun 14, 2024, 10:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Fifteen-time major champion Tiger Woods won’t be around for the weekend at the 124th U.S. Open

Jun 10, 2024, 10:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2024 U.S. Open is upon us this weekend at North Carolina’s Pinehurst No. 2, where the world’s best will compete to take home the third of golf’s four majors held this year. Scottie Scheffler, winner of the 2024 Masters Tournament, and Xander Schauffele, winner of

Jun 14, 2024, 10:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The 124th U.S. Open continues Friday with Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy sharing the lead at Pinehurst No. 2. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Only 15 players shot under-par rounds Thursday, highlighting the difficulty of the course. Ludvig Åberg, Matthieu Pavon and 2020 U.S. Open winner Bryson

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jun 13, 2024, 09:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Pinehurst No. 2’s lightning-fast greens, steep runoffs and tricky native areas showed their teeth in the

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 13, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy is again knocking at the door. A day that began with Patrick Cantlay posting a first-round 65 to take the early lead at the U.S. Open ended with an exclamation point: McIlroy walking in a 20-foot birdie putt on

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 13, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Bryson DeChambeau is trying to do it all. As he walks down the sand-framed fairways at Pinehurst No. 2 on a warm Monday afternoon ahead of the U.S. Open, a casual practice round of nine holes is showing glimpses of how

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2024, 02:22 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — When Germany’s Martin Kaymer was a wire-to-wire winner in the last U.S. Open played at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014, he

Doug Greenberg, ESPNJun 12, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The central betting story going into the U.S. Open is the same as it was before the Masters and the PGA Championship: Scottie Scheffler is an overwhelming favorite and is seeing some of the shortest odds for a major since prime Tiger Woods. The

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 12, 2024, 01:23 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — The United States Golf Association will weigh in the offseason whether to create an exemption category that would make it easier