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Before we get to the final European projections ahead of Luke Donald’s selections on Monday, I have some unpleasant business to attend to. There comes a time in every writer’s life to eat some crow. So, to get out in front of the heaping platefuls of crow that are about to be served to me,

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 09:46 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Teenager Chanettee Wannasaen played a five-hole stretch in 6 under early in the final round Sunday and closed with a near-flawless 9-under 63 for a four-stroke victory at the Portland Classic to become the first Monday qualifier to win on the LPGA Tour since

Chanettee Wannasaen of Thailand Share story Steve Dykes A Monday qualifier does it again in Portland. Chanattee Wannasaen, 19 and Monday qualifier, ran away with the Portland Classic Sunday with a bogey-free nine-under 63 to win by four at 26 under par. Here is how the Thai native became the third-ever Monday qualifier to win

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 02:40 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time. Great

We honestly wouldn’t have believed it if we didn’t see it. But, yes, this actually happened. A Ladies European Tour pro had her driver accidentally snapped by a gallery rope while getting a ride to a playoff hole. Talk about a nightmare scenario for a golfer. OK, let’s set the scene at the KPMG Women’s

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — One of the things you hear a lot in golf is just how unpredictable match play can be. Things happen. Things you don’t expect. Or do, because long experience tells you that nothing is surprising within the inevitable back-and-forth and cut-and-thrust of head-to-head match-play golf. That’s a lot of hyphens. So

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 09:53 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Megan Khang closed with an 18-foot birdie putt for her third straight 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead Saturday in the Portland Classic in a bid to win for the second straight week. The 25-year-old American was on top at Columbia Edgewater six days

Once again, a Monday qualifier has an opportunity to win the LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic. Chanette Wannasaen, 19, played her way into this week’s tournament field and now sits at 17 under par after a third-round seven-under 65, a stroke behind Megan Khang’s lead. The Thai native holds a chance to join multiple major

Associated Press Sep 2, 2023, 02:23 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews, and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup for its largest opening-day margin in 34 years. GB&I has not won the Walker Cup

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Yes, it is a game played outdoors in all kinds of weather. Yes, 18-hole matches are unpredictable sprints in which a hot putter can often be the springboard to a seemingly unexpected result. And yes, the inherent randomness of golf makes pre-emptive assumptions mere acts of folly. It’s all true. OK,

As the Home of Golf, St. Andrews has been the site of more memorable moments in the game’s history than anywhere. But it produced a new kind of sight for golf fans on Friday. And quite a spectacle at that. On the eve of the 2023 Walker Cup, Team USA took to the Old Course

Associated Press Sep 1, 2023, 10:18 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Perrine Delacour held onto the Portland Classic lead Friday with another bogey-free round at Columbia Edgewater, shooting a 5-under 67 in perfect conditions a day after opening with a 63 in the rain. “You had to adjust for the pins, especially on the wedges,”

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Neal Shipley sat in the sun in a wooden captain’s chair outside the Ohio State University’s golf learning center at OSU Golf Club Thursday afternoon, and although the day was perfect—clear skies and temperatures in the high 70s—the new star of the Buckeyes golf team had no plans to play. His legs

ANDREWS, Scotland — In the run-up to any team contest, a few sporting metaphors invariably spring to mind when it comes to the various decisions, behavior and carefully considered comments required of the two captains. “Jockeying for position” comes to mind. So does “shadow boxing.” And, from cricket, “playing a straight bat.” Still, after all

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 05:10 PM ET TRUCKEE, Calif. — Todd White took the lead with a birdie on the par-5 seventh hole and never trailed the rest of the way in a 4-and-3 victory over Joey Flanagan of Ireland to win the U.S. Senior Amateur on Thursday for his second USGA title. Flanagan

In trying to make sense of his Ryder Cup snub, Keegan Bradley described himself as an “outsider” in a conversation with Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. One of U.S. captain Zach Johnson’s assistants, Fred Couples, implied Bradley might be onto something on his SiriusXM PGA Tour radio show. First, though, Couples denied that there was any

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 10:05 PM ET PORTLAND, Ore. — Perrine Delacour shot a 9-under 63 in morning rain Thursday at Columbia Edgewater to take the first-round lead in the Portland Classic. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Delacour opened with a birdie and ran off five straight on Nos. 3-7 in a front-nine 30.

You may have heard this before in a golf context. Walker Cups, like every other golf competition, are played on grass and not, as the tired old cliché has it, on paper. Which is perhaps just as well for the 10-man Great Britain & Ireland side that this weekend will attempt to wrestle the trophy

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — As ever at such things, the opening press conferences two days before the 49th Walker Cup begins between the U.S. and Great Britain & Ireland consisted of mostly innocuous answers to generally predictable questions. Everyone on both sides is “really looking forward” to playing the 7,313-yard Old Course at St Andrews

Four-time PGA Tour winner and 2019 U.S. Open champ Gary Woodland announced on Wednesday that he will be undergoing brain surgery. The 39-year-old tweeted that he’s scheduled for a Sept. 18 operation “to remove a lesion found on my brain.” Although Woodland didn’t mention any sort of a timetable, he added, “I’m in good spirits

Outside of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, it’s likely no current golfer has reached the heights of popularity that Rickie Fowler has. Heck, you just have to look at the sea of orange-clad kids in the galleries when the PGA Tour star plays to tell that. But actual analytics from this season prove just how

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 30, 2023, 11:04 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Share Open Extended Reactions PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland will have surgery on Sept. 18 to remove a lesion from his brain, he announced on X on

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With two mostly full days of practice still to come, the United States Walker Cup team’s preparations for this weekend’s competition over the Old Course at St. Andrews were of the low-key variety Wednesday at the Home of Golf. Watched by captain Mike McCoy, members of the 10-man squad, having played

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Megan Khang birdied four of the last five holes for a 4-under 68 and a three-stroke lead Saturday in the CPKC Women’s Open. Seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, Khang rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 10 and 12 with birdies on Nos. 14-16 and 18 – holing

In the end, Zach Johnson wasn’t afraid to stir emotions with his captain’s picks for the U.S. team in the upcoming Ryder Cup in Italy. On Tuesday, Johnson announced his six choices—Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth, Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa and Sam Burns—and at least two of those picks will likely create much debate

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 04:42 PM ET GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Vijay Singh won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos. Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at

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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 29, 2023, 10:03 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia A LIV Golf League captain will represent the United States when it takes on Europe in next month’s Ryder Cup in Italy. Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka

If you haven’t participated in the “Justin Thomas: Should he or shouldn’t he?” Ryder Cup discourse over the past couple weeks, let me give you a brief summary in the form of a dialogue: Person A: I think Justin Thomas should make the Ryder Cup team despite iffy form because his career Ryder Cup record

Associated Press Aug 27, 2023, 10:52 PM ET VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Megan Khang needed an extra hole to win her first LPGA tournament in 191 career starts. Andrea Lee agonizingly watched the leaderboard for nearly an hour to see if she would play on the Solheim Cup team for the first time. It was