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Getty Images The last major of 2021 and the final major championship for the next nine months is nearly here, and there’s plenty to get behind this week during the 149th Open Championship at Royal St. George’s. The stars of the sport are going to fill up the majority of the talking points this week

4:48 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Well before COVID-19 intervened, the 149th Open figured to have its peculiarities and idiosyncrasies at a course known for its oddities. Royal St. George’s is the closest venue to London and likely the furthest from the top of anyone’s Open list of courses. That’s not to say the links

Former US Open champion Lucas Glover notched his first PGA Tour victory in more than a decade Sunday, firing a final-round 64 to win the John Deere Classic by two strokes. Glover had eight birdies in his seven-under par effort at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, lifting a trophy for the first time since the

Bubba Watson will not play in the 2021 British Open. Watson said Sunday morning that he can’t play in the fourth and final major of the year because he had been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. Watson said in his statement that he was vaccinated and had not tested positive for COVID-19

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia had a 4-under 67 on Saturday for a one-shot lead going into the final round of the John Deere Classic that feels as though it’s just getting started. Rain overnight and more during the third round left the TPC Deere Run soft and prone to low scoring,

10:03 AM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — A severe overnight storm with damaging winds caused the third round of the U.S. Senior Open to be pushed back three hours Saturday. Winds topping 50 mph knocked over television camera towers and downed trees at the Omaha Country Club and left about 200,000 people across the

We have another golf course intruder.  A fan at the Scottish Open on Friday decided that he really needed to grab one of Rory McIlroy‘s clubs out of the bag. The fan casually walked onto the No. 10 tee box as McIlroy, Jon Rahm and McIlroy’s caddie, Harry Diamond, were chatting before they teed off

Getty Images Kevin Na withdrew from the 2021 Open Championship on Thursday, a week before its scheduled start, because of international travel requirements. Na qualified for the tournament after climbing inside the top 50 of the OWGR after the PGA Championship earlier this year. Cam Davis, who secured his first career victory last week at

Angel Cabrera is going to prison. (AP Photo/Nicolas Aguilera) Professional golfer Angel Cabrera, a two-time major winner, was sentenced to two years in prison in his native Argentina on Wednesday for assault against his former partner, the Associated Press reports. Cabrera, who reportedly denied all wrongdoing at trial, will begin serving his sentence immediately after

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera, a former Masters and the U.S. Open champion, was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday after a judge in his homeland found him guilty of domestic violence. The judge said his sentence would begin immediately in a rehabilitation facility designed for prisoners guilty of crimes

8:18 PM ET Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady are taking on Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers in an 18-hole match, raising money for My Brother’s Keeper and Feeding America. This is the fourth version of The Match and, as we’ve seen in the past, the trash talk is out in force. It’s just an exhibition,

You can’t fault the TNT crew for trying. After all, it is perhaps the biggest unanswered question headed into the season this fall. Aaron Rodgers, though, isn’t having it. Rodgers was asked directly on the back nine during The Match on Tuesday afternoon in Montana if he was planning to suit up with the Green

Getty Images Getting any sort of mid-week entertainment is rare in golf over the summer months, so this week’s The Match IV featuring Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady squaring off against Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers will be a treat — even more so when you consider the cast of characters.  Mickelson is going to

Tom Brady has stepped up his golf game ahead of the latest edition of The Match this week, and he has Charles Barkley to thank for it. After hearing the former NBA star rip his game both at the last version of The Match that he played in and last week, Brady knew he had

7:48 AM ET They have been talking about this for weeks, mostly with social media back-and-forth, but at last, Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady will take on Bryson DeChambeau and Aaron Rodgers on Tuesday. This is the fourth iteration of the match, a series which began with Tiger Woods and Mickelson playing winner-take-all against each

Another week on the PGA Tour, another playoff. Five players were tied for the lead at 17 under when Troy Merritt and Joaquin Niemann, the last group of the day, stood on the 17th tee during the final round of the 2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Niemann and Merritt each made birdie on 17th and par

Getty Images Phil Mickelson made his first career appearance at the third annual Rocket Mortgage Classic this week in Detroit. It also might’ve been his last. Speaking with reporters on Thursday, the 51-year-old said he can’t imagine making an attempt to return to the event after The Detroit News resurfaced a decades-old story in which he was

10:48 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jin Young Ko chipped in for eagle on the par-4 15th and finished a bogey-free 32-hole Saturday in near darkness with a one-stroke lead in the Volunteers of America Classic. Ko returned to overcast and breezy Old American early Saturday, playing the final 14 holes for