Gone to Play Golf

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

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 11, 2024, 07:30 AM 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. — As Wyndham Clark began the walk down the No. 1 fairway in the final round of the 2023 U.S. Open at

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 11, 2024, 07:04 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia PINEHURST, N.C. — An attorney representing four-time major champion Rory McIlroy filed a motion Tuesday to voluntarily dismiss a divorce petition that was filed on the golfer’s

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 11, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Rory McIlroy isn’t afraid to say the quiet part out loud. “Obviously,” McIlroy said Tuesday in his pre-tournament press conference, “getting my hands on a fifth major has taken quite a while.” It has been over 10 years since McIlroy has

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 08:53 AM 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. — Adam Scott‘s streak in major championships is intact after the United States Golf Association awarded him an exemption Monday to compete

Associated Press Jun 10, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PINEHURST, N.C. — Padraig Harrington grew up in Ireland dreaming more about Claret Jugs and the Wanamaker Trophy than the World Golf Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is largely an American thing, though Harrington fully understood that it was a label attached

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 08:30 AM 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 U.S. Open is returning to Pinehurst No. 2 in the sandhills region of North Carolina for the first time in

ESPN News Services Jun 9, 2024, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN, Ohio — Scottie Scheffler had more stress than he wanted Sunday at the Memorial and got the victory everyone has come to expect. On a Muirfield Village course so demanding only six players broke par, Scheffler had his highest final round in

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 07:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUMBLE, Texas — Carlos Ortiz won LIV Golf Houston on Sunday for his first victory on the Saudi-funded league and second big win in the Houston area. Ortiz closed with a 5-under 67 to beat Adrian Meronk by a stroke at the Golf Club

Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 07:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN, Ohio — Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in golf, started the third round with a 3-shot lead at the Memorial, broke par on a tough day at Muirfield Village with a 1-under 71 and extended his lead to 4 shots. It all

ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUMBLE, Texas — David Puig of Spain had a 6-under 66 on Saturday to join a four-way share of the lead going into the final round of LIV Golf Houston that no longer includes Jon Rahm. Puig, the 22-year-old Spaniard who played at

ESPN News Services Jun 8, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GALLOWAY, N.J. — Jenny Shin shot a 2-under 69 on Saturday and will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic as she seeks her first victory since 2016. With the wind kicking up and making conditions tougher

Associated Press Jun 8, 2024, 10:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour reported progress without details from a face-to-face meeting between its negotiating committee and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia as it tries to work toward a deal. “We want to get this right, and we are approaching discussions with careful

Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HUMBLE, Texas — Martin Kaymer played bogey-free on a steamy Texas afternoon for a 7-under 65, giving him a share of the lead Friday with two others at LIV Golf Houston in the final event before Kaymer returns to Pinehurst No. 2 for the

Jun 3, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Miles Russell, who became the youngest player ever to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour at 15, will make his PGA Tour debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic later this month, it was announced Monday. Russell, the reigning American Junior Golf Association Player of

Associated Press Jun 6, 2024, 07:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUBLIN, Ohio — Adam Hadwin had too many birdies to complain about ending his round at the Memorial on a sour note Thursday. His 6-under 66 was enough to lead Masters champion Scottie Scheffler by 1 shot and give the Canadian hope he is

Jun 4, 2024, 11:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions U.S. team captain Jim Furyk on Tuesday named Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard and Kevin Kisner as his assistants for this year’s Presidents Cup showdown against Mike Weir‘s International squad in Montreal. The 2024 edition of the biennial competition, which pits a 12-man U.S. team against a

Associated Press Jun 4, 2024, 11:57 AM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Dozens of players gathered Tuesday for a solemn celebration of life for Grayson Murray, the PGA Tour winner who had turned the corner from struggles with alcoholism and depression only to take his life a day after withdrawing from a tournament. “All of us

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