Golf

Rory McIlroy tries to deal with the fallout of Tuesday’s seismic news. (Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images) Rory McIlroy has known abject humiliation in his golf career. He stood alone in the pines alongside Augusta National’s 10th hole in 2011 as his Masters lead evaporated. He could only watch as Cam Smith blazed past him in 2022

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 6, 2023, 10:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and the LIV Golf League, which have been embroiled in a bitter legal battle for more than a year, have agreed

USATSI Rory McIlroy and Corey Conners will be among the golfers drawing a lot of attention this week at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open in Toronto. Many of the world’s top golfers will take the week off to get ready for the U.S. Open, but McIlroy is going for a hat trick at Oakdale Golf

Jun 5, 2023, 07:42 PM ET Michael Block, the teaching pro who finished tied for 15th at last month’s PGA Championship, came up short in his bid to qualify for next week’s U.S. Open. Block shot a 36-hole score of 5-under 135 at Lambton Golf & Country Club in Toronto on Monday to finish just

Rose Zhang absolutely dominated the golf world last weekend. The 20-year-old, fresh off her historic playoff win at Liberty National Golf Club on Sunday night, even drew the attention of the biggest name in the sport — which was something that blew her away. Incredible few weeks for Rose Zhang, defends her NCAA title and

Rose Zhang is now the first to win in her pro debut on the LPGA Tour since 1951. (AP/Adam Hunger) Rose Zhang wasted no time on the LPGA Tour. Even though she didn’t have her best round on Sunday, Zhang more than lived up to the hype in her first professional start in New Jersey.

Getty Images All eyes will fall on Jack Nicklaus’ place, Muirfield Village, this week for the 2023 Memorial Tournament. A stop most PGA Tour players would add to their calendar before the invent of designated events, the Memorial will once again welcome the best and brightest to its grounds. There are many players worth keeping

Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 10:05 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Minjee Lee matched the tournament best with an 8-under 64 for a share of the lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s weather-delayed Mizuho Americas Open. Cheyenne Knight had a 68 in the inaugural event to join Lee at 7-under 137 atop the tightly

Former U.S. president Donald Trump rides at his Trump Turnberry course in South Ayrshire during his visit to the UK on May 3, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images) Former president Donald Trump’s longstanding dream of hosting a men’s major championship at one of his name-branded courses will continue to remain just

India’s Harjai Milkha Singh won the top honours in the boys 13 category at the US Kids Golf European Championships. The 13-year-old son of Jeev Milkha Singh, Harjai shot a final round of three-under 69 in an action-packed round that began with two birdies and ended with two bogeys. With seven birdies against four bogeys,

The Memorial at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club is underway, and that means Nicklaus, golf’s reigning sage, is holding court on all matters pertaining to the game. These days, that includes LIV Golf, and more specifically, its highly successful members. LIV Golf players currently hold half of the majors — Brooks Koepka’s PGA Championship

USATSI The 2023 Memorial Tournament is set to begin on Thursday at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler headlines an elite Memorial Tournament field and enters as the 6-1 betting favorite in the latest Memorial Tournament odds from Caesars Sportsbook. He is followed by Jon Rahm (7-1), Patrick Cantlay

Associated Press May 30, 2023, 10:22 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ricky Castillo birdied the third extra hole to beat Brett Roberts and give Florida a 3-2 victory over Florida State in the NCAA semifinals Tuesday at Grayhawk. National co-runner-up Ross Steelman two-putted for par to beat Peter Fountain 1 up, giving Georgia Tech a

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Emiliano Grillo could only watch as his ball kept floating and rolling back toward the No. 18 tee after his wayward shot into the flowing water of a small concrete drainage canal. That mishit on the 72nd hole at Colonial cost him his two-stroke lead, but he still got his

USATSI The year’s first two majors have been rain-soaked adventures, so the locale of the third will be much welcomed. Sunny Southern California will host the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course. Play begins on Thursday, June 15 with Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick the defending champion. Europeans are going for a three-peat

Associated Press May 27, 2023, 09:17 PM ET NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Leona Maguire won two more matches Saturday at Shadow Creek to advance to the semifinals in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play. The seventh-seeded Maguire, from Ireland, held off American Lindsey Weaver-Wright 3 and 2 to improve to 5-0. Maguire will

The Michael Block magic hasn’t completely run out since the end of the PGA Championship, but he didn’t have much left in Fort Worth, Texas. Four days after finishing a T15 performance at Oak Hill — which included a hole-in-one — the 46-year-old teaching pro competed at the Charles Schwab Challenge on a sponsor exemption.

Stanford star and the top-ranked women’s amateur Rose Zhang is officially turning pro. Zhang announced on Instagram on Friday that she would finally be turning professional. The 20-year-old sophomore will make her debut at the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National Golf Club next week. “The endless love, support and inspiration from so many