Gone to Play Golf

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 10:07 PM ET LEWES, Del. — Betsy Rawls trained to be a physicist and instead devoted her life to golf, first as a four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion and later as a tournament administrator, a remarkable career that landed her in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Rawls, who won

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 05:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions INZAI CITY, Japan — American Collin Morikawa called winning the Zozo Championship in Japan “incredible,” a special way to close the season for a player whose great grandparents emigrated from the country. But more important was a victory — anywhere, any victory — after

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 06:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RICHMOND, Va. — Harrison Frazar won his first PGA Tour Champions title Sunday when he birdied the 18th hole for a 3-under 69 to force a playoff with Richard Green, and then made an 8-foot birdie on the first extra hole at the Dominion

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 07:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Anirban Lahiri shot a 7-under 65 and Bryson DeChambeau delivered the theatrics on the back nine of the Blue Monster to lead the Crushers to a 2-shot victory over the RangeGoats in the LIV Golf team championship Sunday at Trump Doral.

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 12:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ROQUE, Spain — Adrian Meronk wanted to show his worth after not making the Ryder Cup. He proved some of his doubters wrong on Sunday by winning the Andalucia Masters for his third European tour victory of the season. After the disappointment of

Associated Press Oct 22, 2023, 05:05 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Australian Minjee Lee weathered a late rally by Alison Lee to eventually defeat the American on the first playoff hole and win the LPGA South Korea tournament on Sunday. Both players finished at 16-under 272 on the Seowon Valley Country

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson and Talor Gooch each made consecutive birdies late in their matches that sent their respective teams into the final round of the LIV Golf team championship. Johnson let an early 3-up lead against Phil Mickelson get away, and they

Associated Press Oct 21, 2023, 06:22 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Former Women’s British Open champion Ashleigh Buhai shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead at the LPGA South Korea tournament. Buhai and Minjee Lee, who shot 71, had 12-under totals of 204

ESPN News Services Oct 20, 2023, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ROQUE, Spain — Defending champion Adrian Otaegui is in a three-way tie for the lead halfway through the Andalucia Masters after shooting 3-under 69 in second-round play on Friday. The Spaniard is level with Louis de Jager of South Africa (67) and

Associated Press Oct 20, 2023, 06:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DORAL, Fla. — Graeme McDowell holed an 18-foot birdie putt on the third extra hole to win a foursomes match and send the Cleeks to a surprise victory over Cameron Smith‘s Ripper team Friday in the quarterfinals of the LIV Golf team championship. Smith

Associated Press Oct 20, 2023, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEOUL, South Korea — Minjee Lee shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA South Korea tournament. Lee had a two-round total of 11-under 133. American Alison Lee bogeyed her final hole for a 72

Oct 19, 2023, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Greg Norman isn’t worried about the future of LIV Golf or his role within it. LIV’s CEO and commissioner made that clear Thursday when he spoke publicly for the first time since the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia

Associated Press Oct 19, 2023, 02:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ROQUE, Spain — James Morrison took advantage of calmer conditions early in the first round to shoot an 8-under 64 and take a 1-shot lead at the Andalucia Masters on Thursday. Morrison had seven birdies, an eagle and a lone bogey on a

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 19, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The second LIV Golf League season wraps up this weekend with the circuit’s $50 million team championship, starting Friday at Trump National Doral Golf

Associated Press Oct 18, 2023, 02:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INZAI CITY, Japan — Xander Schauffele, Collin Morikawa, and Rickie Fowler are playing for the first time since the Ryder Cup, hoping there’s no individual hangover from the Americans’ lopsided loss to Team Europe in Italy three weeks ago. “Nothing’s carried over,” Morikawa said

Oct 18, 2023, 03:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Phil Mickelson utilized LIV Golf’s biggest stage to continue his campaign against the Official World Golf Ranking on Wednesday. After taking to social media last week to deride the OWGR board’s decision to deny LIV Golf League’s request for players to compete for world rankings points,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 17, 2023, 02:34 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions TGL, the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, completed its 24-player roster with the addition of five more players,

Oct 17, 2023, 04:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One drivers and PGA Tour golfers will compete next month in Netflix’s NFLX.O first live sports event when they face off in a match play golf tournament at Wynn Las Vegas, the streaming company said on Tuesday. Billed as a clash of wheels and irons,

Associated Press Oct 17, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been selected to receive the Charlie Sifford Award for his work in advancing diversity in golf. Curry two years ago launched “Underrated Golf” that commits to providing equity, access and opportunity to

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterOct 17, 2023, 09:26 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions Ivor Robson, whose familiar Scottish accent became as synonymous with The Open as the Claret Jug and the deep heather of the links courses,

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 05:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin defeated top-ranked Lilia Vu on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Shanghai tournament on Sunday for her first tour win. Both Yin and Vu finished at 14-under 274 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club

Associated Press Oct 16, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods has another world-class field for his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Still to be determined is whether he is part of it. Woods on Monday announced 19 players in the 20-man field for Albany Golf Club the first

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 06:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CARY, N.C. — Rod Pampling of Australia had to play 33 holes Sunday in the rain-delayed SAS Championship and it was worth ever step when he finished off a 68 and then closed with a 5-under 67 for his second career PGA Tour Champions

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim now has something in common with Byron Nelson as the only players to have won the same PGA Tour event twice in the same season. Kim successfully defended his title Sunday in the Shriners Children’s Open when he closed

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 01:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Matthieu Pavon broke through with his first European tour victory at a place close to home for him, fending off an early rally by Jon Rahm and a late charge by Marcel Siem to win the Spanish Open by 4 shots Sunday.

Associated Press Oct 15, 2023, 10:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Brooks Koepka held it together at the end for a 2-under 68 and defended his title at LIV Golf-Jeddah with a birdie on the second playoff hole to beat Talor Gooch on a day when both had

ESPN News Services Oct 14, 2023, 09:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — Defending champion Tom Kim felt the vibes and found his groove Saturday in Las Vegas with a 9-under 62 that gave him a three-way share of the lead in the Shriners Children’s Open and a chance to win the same

ESPN News Services Oct 14, 2023, 03:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Matthieu Pavon kept his lead at the Spanish Open on Saturday and enters the final round with a 2-stroke advantage. Third-ranked Jon Rahm (67) is tied for 34th and 9 shots back as he struggles to defend his title won last

Associated Press Oct 14, 2023, 06:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SHANGHAI — American Solheim Cup player Angel Yin shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai tournament. Yin was tied with Maja Stark, who had a one-stroke lead after two rounds. Yin and

Associated Press Oct 13, 2023, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MADRID — Jon Rahm shook his head in disbelief after missing yet another fairway. He dropped his hands to his knees in despair after one of his putts skirted the edge of the hole once again. And the No. 3-ranked golfer appeared close to