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The Northern Trust will get a Monday finish this year. The PGA Tour announced on Saturday that the final round of the first FedExCup Playoffs event will be postponed until Monday due to Hurricane Henri — which is rapidly approaching the New York City area. “It looks like [the storm is] on a path 80

Hideki Matsuyama smiled as he walked up and studied the situation.© PGA Tour/Twitter Reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama hit an errant tee shot inside a spectator’s shirt in Friday’s second round of the US PGA Northern Trust tournament in suburban New York. The 29-year-old Japanese star, who won the first major title by any man

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Golf is a fickle game – one day you’re Collin Morikawa, on top of the FedEx Cup point standings, or Dustin Johnson, the defending tournament champion, or Kevin Kisner, the winner of last week’s tournament and more than a million dollars. On Friday, all three had missed the cut at the

Jon Rahm may be leading the first of three FedExCup Playoffs events at the halfway mark, but the world’s top-ranked golfer isn’t happy with how the PGA Tour’s season finale is set up. Rahm — who posted a 4-under 67 on Friday at The Northern Trust to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau —

2:36 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Golf’s regular season came to a close on Sunday, with a lot of last-day jockeying to get into the field when the FedEx Cup playoffs start next week at the Northern Trust. Only the top 125 advance to the first event. After that, the

Getty Images With the 2020-21 PGA Tour regular season officially in the books, this week’s Northern Trust kicks off the 2021 FedEx Cup Playoffs. The quality and absurdity of golf over the last few months has been high, as is the bar that has been set, but the first playoff event at Liberty National —

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that a former USGA employee is facing 15 federal charges for an alleged scheme to steal more than $3 million worth of U.S. Open tickets for resale on the secondary market.  Federal prosecutor Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that former USGA assistant ticketing director Robert Fryer, 39, of

7:32 AM ET JERSEY CITY, N.Y. — It’s playoff time, golf style. And there is not much time to get settled and take it all in. The FedEx Cup playoffs begin this week at the Northern Trust, continue next week with the BMW Championship and conclude a week later with the Tour Championship. At the

Indian golfer Aditi Ashok qualified for the British Open.© AFP Indian golfer Aditi Ashok qualified for the AIG Women’s British Open after carding a superb two-under 68 to grab the second place at the 18-hole Qualifiers at Panmure Golf Club. The 23-year-old Indian star, who had the entire Indian nation enthralled as she finished an

Getty Images Sometimes it feels as if professional golf is made up exclusively of guys like Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Jon Rahm and Dustin Johnson. Those are the players who receive the most oxygen, get the most airtime and make the lion’s share of the money. They’re on the commercials and the marketing materials and

It took six playoff participants and two extra holes to reach an outcome, and in the end it was Kevin Kisner winning the Wyndham Championship, the final regular-season event on the PGA Tour’s 50-event “super season.” On the second playoff hole, Kisner, the last to hit his approach shot among the six, stuffed a 9-iron

The Wyndham Championship usually comes through with a n extraordinary amount of drama at the end of each season with golfers attempting to earn their PGA Tour cards for the next season. After a two-year hiatus, that season-ending drama is back this week at Sedgefield Country Club. Through 54 holes in Greensboro, North Carolina, Russell

Jieni Li’s blood pressure likely spiked watching Sophia Trombetta try to catch her Friday at the Golfweek Purdue Amateur. The two were paired together in the final round at Purdue’s Ackerman-Allen Course in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Trombetta was trying to make up ground. What was it like to watch her putt for birdie on

Getty Images GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Russell Henley shot a 6-under 64 on Friday to open a four-stroke lead halfway through the Wyndham Championship. Henley was at 14-under 126, tying Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage in April for the lowest 36-hole score this season in a tournament Cink went on to win. Olympic silver

Getty Images Baseball players get a chance to show of some of their individuality with their walk-up song choice. Some take that more serious than others.  Savannah Bananas infielder Josh Lavender takes it seriously, and he recently took his walk-up routine to new heights. During Thursday’s game, Lavender walked up to the plate and mocked

Getty Images The Wyndham Championship always produces tremendous drama at the end of the season with golfers fighting for the PGA Tour cards for the following season. After a two-year wait, that drama is back this week at Sedgefield Country Club. In light of the way the COVID-19 pandemic upended last season, nobody lost their

8:41 AM ET The most unusual of golf seasons will come to an end this week in Greensboro, North Carolina. Well, the regular season will. Golf is an all-year deal, but the PGA Tour’s version will conclude at the Wyndham Championship, to be followed by three playoff events to determine its season-long champion. This week

Aditi Ashok finished two strokes behind gold medal winner Nelly Korda of the US in Tokyo.© AFP Indian golfer Aditi Ashok is “disheartened” at missing out on a medal after finishing fourth in the women’s individual stroke play at the Tokyo Olympics. The golfer finished two strokes behind gold medal winner Nelly Korda of the US in