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The fireworks started early for Hayden Springer on the 4th of July. The PGA Tour rookie shot 27 on the front nine, chipped in for eagle at 17 and birdied 18 to shoot 59 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois in the first round of the John Deere Classic. He became the second player

Hayden Springer reacts after a birdie putt on the 18th hole secured his score of 59 in the first round of the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) Hayden Springer had an amazing day for his opening round at the John Deere Classic on Thursday. The

USATSI After missing two short putts and losing by a stroke to Bryson DeChambeau at the U.S. Open, Rory McIlroy has decided to take some time off from the PGA Tour, but he’ll be back in action at Royal Troon in Scotland when the 2024 Open Championship begins on July 18. McIlroy won the 2014

ESPN News Services Jul 2, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Garcia, after complaining to officials for being put on the clock for slow play in his final qualifier for the Open Championship, again failed to make the field for the year’s final major Tuesday. The 44-year-old member of LIV Golf came up

What an incredible Cinderella story for Ahmad ‘Sauce’ Gardner, the New York Jets standout who not only is a cover cornerback but can cover some serious yardage off the tee. Gardner put a lot of golfers to shame with his video posted over the weekend in which he showed off a new-look swing. Put in

Getty Images Full-field events will be the name of the game for the rest of the PGA Tour season with the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic taking center stage as it wraps up this weekend at Detroit Golf Club. Visiting the Donald Ross design for the sixth time, players will look to embark on a sizzling

CERVIA, Italy – Antoine Rozner produced a course-record 62 to share in a four-way lead entering the final round of the Italian Open on Saturday. Rozner only just made the cut with a birdie on his final hole on Friday but sank seven more birdies in the third round, plus eagled the par-5 15th to

Round 2 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit saw an unusual situation when Akshay Bhatia’s ball disappeared down a drain on the 17th hole. While starting on the back nine, Bhatia’s drive down the fairway ended up falling down the hole of a drain in the fairway. The PGA Tour posted a clip of

Getty Images According to the national hole-in-one registry, the odds of two holes-in-one in one round are 67,000,000 to 1. While the odds of making back-to-back holes-in-one are not available (because, well, why are odds needed on something that is never going to happen), that rare occurrence took place Friday when Frank Bensel Jr. made

Jun 28, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Dennis Walters remembers sobbing as his father cradled his head in his arms. It was late January 1975. The Bing Crosby National Pro-Am was playing on the TV in the Walters’ living room in Neptune Township, New Jersey. The celebrity-studded annual PGA event from Pebble Beach

Frank Bensel Jr. has participated in six PGA Tour events in his career, including three PGA Championships and the 2007 U.S. Open. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Frank Bensel Jr. didn’t make the cut at this week’s U.S. Senior Open, but he will have a historic takeaway from the tournament. During the second round of

Associated Press Jun 27, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWPORT, R.I. — Richard Green and Hiroyuki Fujita each shot 7-under 63 in the U.S. Senior Open on Thursday, taking advantage of low wind in the morning to attack the seaside Newport Country Club course and pull a stroke ahead of local favorite Billy

Nick Bienz is supposed to report to work on Thursday morning at 7:30. But the 27-year-old part-time Golf Galaxy employee – he works at one of the equipment and apparel chain’s stores on the northeast side of Indianapolis – won’t be clocking in because he has a 2:22 p.m. ET tee time at the PGA

World Cup-winning former India cricket captain Kapil Dev has taken over as the new President of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), an elevation that marks a fresh beginning for the iconic player who also excelled as an amateur golfer. The 65-year-old, who was already a member of the PGTI Board as its Vice

USATSI Teenage phenom Miles Russell makes his PGA Tour debut when he tees off in the 2024 Rocket Mortgage Classic beginning on Thursday at Detroit Golf Club in Detroit. Earlier this year, Russell, 15, became the youngest player to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour when he finished 20th at the LECOM Suncoast

Field Level Media Jun 25, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 Nelly Korda will lead the U.S. women’s golf team at the Olympic Games this summer in Paris. USA Golf announced Tuesday that Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang will round out the roster. World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who won gold

Scottie Scheffler earned his 12th PGA Tour win Sunday at the 2024 Travelers Championship, his sixth just this season. In a quirk of scheduling or timing or both, it’s his second victory after the month of April in his career. Regardless, a win is a win is a win, and Scheffler now has six this

Welcome to the Monday Leaderboard, where we run down the weekend’s top stories in the wonderful world of golf. Grab an Arnold Palmer, pull up a chair, and beware the 18th green … 1. Scottie Scheffler is back to his unstoppable ways Well, if you were hoping that Scottie Scheffler’s reign of terror was over