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Getty Images The Olympics are compelling for myriad reasons, but chief among them is how unique everything seems for three weeks every four years. Obviously, the athletes competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been training, working and competing for most of their lives, but there’s a novelty in seeing just a blip of that

7:28 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities.

Jon Rahm withdrew from the Olympics on Sunday after he tested positive for COVID-19, Spain’s Olympic committee announced.  This marks the second time the world’s top-ranked golfer has tested positive for the coronavirus in as many months. Rahm will not be replaced by Spain as the golf competition is due to start Thursday. Adri Arnaus

Bryson DeChambeau, the No. 6 golfer in the world, has been removed from Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a positive COVID-19 result in the final phase of testing before The Games. DeChambeau was the fourth-highest ranked American golfer at the Olympics. “I am deeply disappointed not to be able to compete in

Team USA just lost a key member of its Olympic golf team just days before Round 1. Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, and will not take part in the Tokyo Olympics due to the positive test. DeChambeau tested positive for the virus during the final phase of testing, according to USA Golf.

12:35 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The day after making golfing history, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the third round on Saturday. She’s at 18 under overall and the nearest challenger is teenage American Yealimi Noh at 13 under after carding a 4-under

Adam Hadwin and Ryan Armour are in control through two rounds of the 3M Open after both have posted opening rounds of 67-65 at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, to reach 10 under and share the second-round lead. The pair have just a one-shot advantage over four players sitting at 9 under. Overnight storms

Jeongeun Lee6 shot the lowest two-day total in a women’s or men’s golf major while tying the lowest round ever recorded in a major at the Evian Championship on Friday.  Lee6 had a 10-under-par 61 that tied the record set by Hyo Joo Kim in the first round of the 2014 Evian Championship held annually

Getty Images The leaderboard at the 3M Open was never going to be a facsimile of last week’s Open Championship, but as far as post-major championship leaderboards go, it’s still pretty solid. Rickie Fowler, Troy Merritt and Jhonattan Vegas share the lead at 7 under, but Louis Oosthuizen (believe you’ve heard of him), Dustin Johnson

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Peyton and Eli Manning could take big chunk out of primary Monday Night Football audience ESPN finally landed sports media’s white whale. And that could put a harpoon into the viewership numbers for the primary Monday Night Football broadcast. With Peyton and Eli Manning handling a MegaCast 10 times per

Getty Images With the four golf majors now complete, the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs are right around the corner for the PGA. That brings an added importance for the 2021 3M Open, which tees off at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn., on Thursday. It’s a big week for golfers in the 2021 3M Open

8:09 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Like it did with everything else, COVID-19 turned golf upside down. In 2020, there was no Open. The Masters was in August. The PGA Championship was back in August, where it normally fell before being moved to May the year before. The U.S. Open was in September. Instead of

8:11 AM ET In your head, this should sound like a bad, over-the-top game show host … Hey everybody, it’s the waaaay-too-early major championship predictions for 2022! I’ll give you all the picks that have zero chance of coming true but are great for starting arguments! And what’s the first big one I’m gonna give

Getty Images Collin Morikawa won the 149th Open Championship on Sunday over three other former major winners — Jordan Spieth, Louis Oosthuizen and Jon Rahm — with his third 4-under 66 of the week in his first-ever trip to the oldest golf tournament in the world. It’s easy to forget that he’s a kid. He

4:23 PM ET SANDWICH, England — He waved to the crowd, clapped his show of appreciation and then stepped to the microphone like he’s been giving speeches for years. Collin Morikawa might have called it the “British Open,” but he nonetheless handled the ceremony as coolly as he did Royal St. George’s. Morikawa is just

Jordan Spieth walks to the 17th tee during the final round of The Open. (ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) Late Saturday afternoon, Jordan Spieth returned to his rental home in Sandwich, England, and looked for something to break. Just a few hours earlier, he’d been standing on the 17th fairway at Royal St. George’s, 60

After missing out on the Open Championship last year, we deserved a great tournament. Sunday, we’ll get exactly that.  The 149th Open Championship will conclude with a trio of golf’s finest talents — Louis Oosthuizen, Collin Morikawa and Jordan Spieth — dueling for the Claret Jug. They stand a stroke clear of the field after

Louis Oosthuizen finds himself in contention yet again at a major championship after two sensational rounds at the 2021 Open Championship. Oosthuizen set the 36-hole scoring record at the Open Championship after shooting 64-65 in the first two rounds at Royal St. George’s Golf Club. The 38-year-old sits atop the 2021 Open Championship leaderboard at