Golf

Some good cold-weather players have won the First Coast Amateur. Then there’s Payne Denman, who set a standard for the tournament that may hold up for a long time, regardless of the temperature. Denman, a former player for the Florida Gators and Middle Tennessee, and now an assistant coach at Tennessee, opened with a 63

Early on the morning of April 8, 2023, Justin Thomas shivered as he walked up the 14th fairway at Augusta National. The rain was spitting down through the pines as Thomas did an on-course interview with CBS commentators Andrew Catalon and Trevor Immelman. He was one-under for the tournament at the time, one shot clear

Mark SchlabachJan 22, 2025, 09:36 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing hits the halfway point at this week’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California. The tournament tees off

The PGA Tour’s “West Coast Swing” continues this week with a stop at Torrey Pines Golf Club outside San Diego, California for the Farmers Insurance Open. Previously known as the Buick Invitational, the Farmers Insurance Open is played at the renowned Torrey Pines Golf Course as part of the PGA Tour’s traditional “West Coast Swing.

Patrick Cantlay looked a bit like the odd man out on Tuesday night in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The quiet demeanor that he’s carried throughout his entire golf career didn’t necessarily fit in with the flashing lights, loud fans and high-tech golf simulators that make up the SoFi Center. He walked out behind Billy Horschel,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJan 20, 2025, 04:26 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler said he isn’t sure whether he’ll play in next week’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the second signature event of

It was a good haul for Tyrrell Hatton in Dubai. (Waleed Zein/Anadolu via Getty Images) 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 watch your mouth … 1. Tyrrell Hatton’s great $&%*ing victory Tyrrell Hatton

Sepp Straka won $1,584,000 million for capturing his third PGA Tour title on Jan. 19 at The American Express. It was enough to jump 18 spots on the money list. It wasn’t enough to catch Hideki Matsuyama or Collin Morikawa. Straka went from 21st to third on the money list and has $1,928,138 for the

Associated Press Jan 18, 2025, 10:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Alex Cejka by two strokes. The 67-year-old Langer missed a chance

During Thursday’s telecast of The American Express, Golf Channel’s Johnson Wagner showed how to play out of the 18-foot-deep bunker on the 16th hole at the PGA West Stadium Course. William Mouw must have missed it. Oh, what he would have given for a lucky “skull shank” to settle on the green. Mouw, at 6

She’s already conquered one sport, but U.S. women’s soccer icon Brandi Chastain was tackling another sport on Wednesday as she participated in the pro-am before The American Express PGA event which begins Thursday. Chastain, the two-time women’s World Cup and two-time Olympic gold champion, played 18 holes alongside pro golfer Danny Walker and three other

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — When the inaugural season of TGL launched at the SoFi Center last week, Ireland’s Shane Lowry forgot to bring a tee to the hitting area to hit the first drive in the history of the tech-infused golf league. It was one of the lighter moments in TGL’s opening night, which

Charlie Woods watches his father Tiger warm up before Tuesday night’s TGL event in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier) It’s an eternal truism of parenting: No matter how cool you might be to the rest of the world, you’ll always be a dork in the eyes of your kids. Even if you’re one

As many as 15 LIV Golf League stars and nine winners from the Asian Tour’s 2024 season will be teeing it up at the USD 2 million International Series India beginning on January 30. Reigning Major winner Bryson DeChambeau , who had top-six finishes in three of the four Majors in 2024, including a win

Associated Press Jan 14, 2025, 11:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tiger Woods isn’t sure what’s going to happen with next month’s Genesis Invitational, the PGA Tour event that he hosts in the fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. He’s insisting there should be far bigger concerns. Woods said

Max Homa, Kevin Kisner and Tiger Woods enjoy a smile amid a beatdown at TGL’s second night, (Megan Briggs/TGL/TGL via Getty Images) Look, we’re not going to say that TGL, the tech-infused indoor golf league, is playing right down the middle … but Tiger Woods walked out for his TGL debut to “Eye of the

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — PGA and British Open champion Xander Schauffele withdrew from The American Express on Monday for medical reasons, the second highly-ranked player who had to pull out of the third PGA Tour event of the season. Scottie Scheffler withdrew last week, which was not a surprised as the world’s No. 1

Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at the debut of TGL. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) 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 get ready for the Return of the King. Tiger Woods returns to golf …