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With four major championships already on his résumé, all Rory McIlroy needs to complete a Career Grand Slam is a win at Augusta National Golf Club. He will get another opportunity at the 2022 Masters when play tees off Thursday, April 7. McIlroy has three top-five finishes at the event, but has never been able

ORLANDO – Graeme McDowell stiffed his approach at 18, tapped in for birdie and signed for 3-under 69 at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill and Lodge for one of just seven rounds in the 60s on the third day of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. But that doesn’t mean the former U.S. Open champ wasn’t spent after

Getty Images This week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational is as must-see TV as any golf event thus far in 2022. Part of that is due to the second-best field of the calendar year, and part of it is due to a golf course at Bay Hill that has delivered plenty of drama over the years, especially

Even the world’s top-ranked golfer can struggle on the greens from time to time. After Thursday’s opening round at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, however, Jon Rahm doesn’t have any excuse. He’s just as confused as everybody else. Rahm, on the par-3 seventh at Bay Hill, had an easy 10-inch tap-in putt to save his par.

6:47 AM ET Things are about to get serious. And that doesn’t even count all the serious that has been taking place away from the golf course — the Saudi-backed challenger to the PGA Tour, the Phil Mickelson saga, Tiger Woods winning the first-ever Player Incentive Program. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app |

Tiger Woods hasn’t played on the PGA Tour since 2020. But he’s still the biggest name in golf and was awarded $8 million by the PGA on Wednesday because of it. Even sweeter for Woods? He got to take a shot at old rival Phil Mickelson in the process. The tour awarded Woods the $8

The PGA continues the Florida swing with the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Bay Hill Club & Lodge is a par 72 measuring 7,454 yards with Bermuda-grass greens and it’s been on the schedule every year since 1979, which means course history could really play a factor. I’m focusing on great iron play, course history and recent

Getty Images The PGA Tour’s stop at Bay Hill has typically been an international affair, and that could be the case again when the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational tees off on Thursday, Mar. 3. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, Tiger Woods (four times) and Matt Every (twice) are the only Americans to win the event over

12:16 PM ET Defending Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Bryson DeChambeau won’t try to defend his title at Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week because of a lingering left hand injury. DeChambeau won the 2021 event by 1 shot over Lee Westwood for his eighth career PGA Tour victory. DeChambeau withdrew from the API on

A complete list of the golf equipment Sepp Straka used to win the PGA Tour’s 2022 Honda Classic: DRIVER: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Kai’li White 60 TX shaft. $599.99 at GlobalGolf FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ (15 degrees), with Mitsubishi Tensei CK White 80 TX shaft. $429.99 at GlobalGolf.Callaway Apex UW (19

Getty PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Berger no longer needs to answer questions about how his back is feeling. The scorecard is telling the story. Berger — playing what amounts to a home tournament for him, with his residence a 15-minute drive away in Jupiter — had a three-shot lead through two rounds

Phil Mickelson has already seen plenty of consequences for his now-infamous comments on the nascent Saudi golf league, and now he’s losing another longtime sponsor and the honor of hosting an event. Callaway announced Friday that it is pausing its partnership with Mickelson over a “choice of words” it firmly denounced. From Golf Channel’s Rex

The Leadbetter Golf Academy’s world headquarters is planning a move across Interstate 4 south of Orlando, having announced Thursday it is leaving ChampionsGate Golf Club to set up new residence at Reunion Resort this year. Leadbetter Golf Academy was acquired in 2018 by Golfzon, a South Korean company best known for its indoor golf simulators.

8:14 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Tom VanHaaren Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan What started out as a typical Thursday morning for PGA Tour players,

Jay Monahan made it very clear Tuesday night where he and the rest of the PGA Tour stands regarding the rumored Saudi-backed golf league when he met with players at The Honda Classic. It’s time to make a move. “I told the players we’re moving on and anyone on the fence needs to make a

USATSI A difficult course awaits the PGA Tour players this week when the 2022 Honda Classic tees off Thursday at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The first event of the PGA Tour Florida Swing will be played on a course that has water and sand traps lurking everywhere, and windy conditions can make

LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann’s final round at Riviera Country Club on Sunday wasn’t outstanding by any means. But after what he accomplished in the earlier rounds, it didn’t need to be. Niemann, who set multiple tournament scoring records throughout the week, cruised to a win on Sunday at the Genesis Invitational. The 23-year-old, who

4:04 PM ET The Super Golf League, which is being backed by Saudi Arabian money and fronted by Greg Norman, was dealt a pair of serious blows Sunday when two of golf’s biggest stars believed to be connected to the proposed breakaway circuit pledged their support to the PGA Tour. Two-time major champion Dustin Johnson