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5:41 PM ET ESPN News Services Adam Svensson handled the cold air and the heat of contention as if he had been there before, closing with a 6-under 64 to win the RSM Classic on Sunday at Sea Island for his first PGA Tour victory. Svensson, a 28-year-old Canadian, was locked in a four-way tie

As Jon Rahm, outwardly at least, strolled to what was a disarmingly comfortable two-shot victory in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Rory McIlroy did something strikingly similar to claim the $1 million first prize in the season-long DP World Tour rankings. Ho-hum. The details. Adding a five-under-par 67 to his overnight total of 198,

9:43 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy finished the year as Europe’s No. 1-ranked golfer for the fourth time — and first since 2015 — despite Jon Rahm winning the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Sunday. The Spaniard’s two-shot victory over England’s Tyrrell Hatton and Sweden’s Alex Noren was his third in six

Logic would tell you that Sunday at the RSM Classic—the final official PGA Tour event in 2022—is going to be a wide-open affair. Though former Stanford star Patrick Rodgers and 35-year-old Ben Martin share the 54-hole lead at 14 under at Sea Island Golf Club, there are 16(!) players within three shots of the lead.

4:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Patrick Rodgers ran off four straight birdies late in his round Saturday and finished with a par save for a 6-under 64, giving him a share of the lead with Ben Martin in the RSM Classic and another chance at his first PGA Tour title.

Will it be bad blood when Sahith Theegala and Andrew Putnam step onto the the first tee on Sunday, each having a chance to win the RSM Classic? Probably not, considering they are two of the more well-liked players on the PGA Tour and they are both alums of Pepperdine University. You know, Wave pride

6:04 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Leona Maguire of Ireland had four straight birdies around the turn and added a pair of birdies late for a 9-under 63, allowing her to catch Lydia Ko in the CME Group Tour Championship and set up a duel for the richest prize in women’s golf. At

DUBAI, U.A.E. — This is a script that requires no editing, but definitely some clarification. With one round to play in the DP World Tour Championship, the class in the field has risen inexorably to the top of the leader board. World No. 5 Jon Rahm leads at 15 under par after three circuits of

8:33 AM ET A federal judge in Florida on Friday dismissed golfer Patrick Reed‘s $750 million defamation lawsuit against Brandel Chamblee, the Golf Channel and others. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has given Reed until Dec. 16 to file an amended complaint. The defendants have until Jan. 13 to respond. In his ruling

A federal judge has dismissed Patrick Reed’s complaint against Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee and other golf media members. Reed originally filed the lawsuit against Chamblee in August, only to withdraw the lawsuit and refile it in Florida by adding other defendants such as Shane Bacon, Damon Hack and Eamon Lynch, as well as media

5:46 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Lydia Ko is in total control at the halfway mark of the CME Group Tour Championship. Total control of the season-long scoring and money races, too. Ko shot a 6-under 66 on Friday in the second round of the LPGA Tour’s season finale, pushing her to 13

With his signature buttoned-down golf shirts and refreshing honesty, Harry Higgs is a cult hero in golf circles. So, when he speaks from the heart, or plays well, his phone lights up with well wishes. On Friday at the RSM Classic at St. Simons Island in Georgia, the last official PGA Tour event of the

5:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Harry Higgs lost his full PGA Tour card near the end of last season and took a step Friday at Sea Island toward getting it back. Higgs played bogey-free on the more difficult Seaside course for a 7-under 63, giving him a share of the

11:39 AM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — More than $100 million will be awarded to LPGA players for the first time in 2023, an increase of about 18% over what was planned for this season and more than doubling what was paid out on the tour just a decade ago. A total of 33

DUBAI, U.A.E. — At least momentarily adopting what might be termed a normal persona in the wake of a five-under-par 67 that has him tied for the halfway lead in the DP World Tour Championship, Tyrrell Hatton professed himself to be “pretty happy with the score.” Such acclaim, however, was in almost complete contrast to

The PGA Tour is losing one of its most loyal and long-standing sponsors. Honda will end its sponsorship of the tournament played each year in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after the 2023 Honda Classic, according to a story first reported by Golfweek, which cited multiple sources. The automaker has sponsored the event since 1982, making

5:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Cole Hammer would have been happy with pars in the cold and wind off Sea Island. He wound up with more birdies than he imagined Thursday for an 8-under 64 and the low score to par after one round of the RSM Classic. “It was

Ski caps and sweaters and hoodies and mittens … these are a few of my favorite things. At a November football game, sure. Bring it on. But at a golf tournament? In Georgia? Wind, clouds and chilly air enveloped usually idyllic St. Simons Island, Ga., on Thursday in the first round of the RSM Classic,

6:35 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Lydia Ko began her quest for the largest prize in women’s golf history by hitting a tree and making bogey on a par 5. The rest of Thursday in the CME Group Tour Championship couldn’t have gone better. Ko responded with eight birdies, including four in a

It’s a good week to play well on the LPGA Tour, as there is a record first-place prize money payout being offered at the CME Group Tour Championship. While the $7 million overall purse at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., doesn’t top the all-time record $10 million offered at the U.S. Women’s Open this

This uncomfortable and interesting year in professional golf just got more interesting. On Tuesday morning, the PGA Tour announced a move that had been months in the making: The golf impresario Jimmy Dunne, the ultimate elite-golf clubby insider with the disarmingly candid demeanor of an old-school New York City cab driver, will be joining the

NAPLES, Fla. — Nelly Korda’s 2022 comeback story seemed to culminate last week when, after suffering a dangerous blood clot in March, she earned her first LPGA win of the season and regained the World No. 1 ranking. Two days later, her coach, Jamie Mulligan, gave an interview to Golfweek in which he provided more

DUBAI, U.A.E. — “Laughable,” was the word Jon Rahm used (three times in succession and five times in all). But the Spaniard wasn’t even smiling when the subject of the Offical World Golf Ranking came up during his pre-tournament press conference at the DP World Tour Championship. “I’m going to be as blunt as I

NAPLES, Fla. — On Tuesday afternoon at Tiburon Golf Club, Minjee Lee sat in the media room next to a small trophy she had won a week earlier for capturing the Aon Risk Reward Challenge. It’s a season-long competition measuring a player’s scoring average on difficult holes at various tour stops. Scottie Scheffler won the

This week’s RSM Classic is the final PGA Tour event of the calendar year. But what was shaping up to be Tony Finau’s opportunity to grab back-to-back wins for the second time in 2022 will have to come at another time as the recent victor has WD’d due to injury. Even with Finau’s depature, there’s

11:30 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — The Netherlands will host the Solheim Cup for the first time after being chosen to stage the biggest team event in women’s golf in 2026. Bernardus Golf will host the event, organizers said Tuesday. The course in Cromvoirt, a village in southern Netherlands close to the historic cathedral

Let’s pretend congratulations are in order. You just joined a private golf club, a place where you can let loose with friends, indulge in a few cocktails, play, practice and escape such mundane matters as career and family. Plus, if you’ve plonked down the cash for initiation and dues, odds are you’re not living paycheck

9:25 AM ET World No. 1 golfer Rory McIlroy said Tuesday that one thing has to happen before the PGA Tour and the LIV Golf circuit can work together: LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman has to step down. McIlroy, speaking to reporters ahead of this week’s DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, said

There’s a lot on the line at this week’s CME Group Tour Championship, specifically a $2 million first-place prize money payout to the winner of the LPGA Tour’s season finale at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla. But for four players, there’s still more at stake, specifically the tour’s Rolex Player of the Year award

Nov 13, 2022 Associated Press HOUSTON — Winning use to come hard for Tony Finau. Now he’s making it look easy. Staked to a four-shot lead Sunday in the Houston Open, Finau stretched it to eight shots on the back nine and sailed to his third PGA Tour victory of the year. With three bogeys