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Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 23, 2023, 12:52 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — As Brooks Koepka awaits a decision on whether he will be chosen for the U.S. Ryder Cup squad, world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler and

Whether Justin Thomas deserves one of Zach Johnson’s captain’s picks remains the biggest question ahead of next month’s Ryder Cup in Rome. But according to a fellow major champ and three-time Presidents Cup vice captain, the decision to take Thomas to Italy with the team should be a no-brainer. Enter Geoff Ogilvy with the strongest

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2023, 11:09 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — The PGA Tour plans to open its 2024 season with The Sentry tournament at the Plantation Course at Kapalua despite the devastating wildfires on Maui

Thirty players, 72 holes, $18 million to the winner. These are stakes at this week’s Tour Championship, where the FedEx Cup champion will be crowned at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta as the PGA Tour culminates its 2022-23 season. Rory McIlroy is looking to become the first player to win back-to-back FedEx Cup titles.

Aug 22, 2023, 11:52 AM ET PGA Tour golfer Erik Compton is facing domestic battery and robbery charges in Florida. Police said they arrested Compton, 43, at his home in Miami on Saturday after an argument with his wife. According to Miami-Dade police, Compton and his wife were having a verbal dispute when she began

To the winner goes the spoils. But the spoils that come with winning this week’s Tour Championship … well they’re the spectacular variety. Yep, that’s the payday that will go to the champion on Sunday at East Lake Golf Club. Officially, the money on the line this week in Atlanta is not tournament prize money,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2023, 12:21 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ATLANTA — Even though a PGA Tour spokesperson said the tour has not seen an increase in spectators attempting to distract golfers for betting purposes, Jon Rahm

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said the tour remains committed to playing its season-opening event in Maui amid the devastation to the island from recent wildfires. The Sentry (formerly known as the Tournament of Champions) is currently scheduled to kickoff the 2024 campaign during the first week of January. However, earlier this month a series

Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Michael Rothstein is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Rothstein covers the Atlanta Falcons. You can follow him via Twitter @MikeRothstein. Arthur Blank is now the owner of a third professional sports franchise — this time, a golf team. Blank will become owner

Three down, three to go. TGL, the new tech golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy announced Monday that its third of six teams will be based in Atlanta and owned by Arthur Blank, owner of the football’s Atlanta Falcons and soccer’s Atlanta United. The first season of what is being billed as

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 21, 2023, 11:40 AM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 The PGA Tour said Monday that it has not seen an uptick in spectators attempting to distract golfers — potentially for betting purposes — since legal sports gambling began spreading around the nation. A

PGA Tour player Erik Compton was arrested over the weekend on felony and misdemeanor domestic violence charges. According to officials from the Miami-Dade police department, Compton and his wife were having a verbal argument on Aug. 19 at their house in Miami when Compton’s wife took out a cellphone and began recording. Compton allegedly took

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 21, 2023, 10:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia There’s just one more week to go in the FedEx Cup playoffs and eight days left before U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Zach Johnson announces his six

There was a good deal amount of history made in golf on Sunday. At Cherry Hills, Nick Dunlap became the only male player other than Tiger Woods to win a U.S. Junior Amateur and a U.S. Amateur. And at Olympia Fields, Viktor Hovland shot a course-record 61, including an epic back-nine 28, to claim the

Associated Press Aug 20, 2023, 09:02 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Ken Duke holed a 5-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th hole Sunday to win the Shaw Charity Classic for his first title on the PGA Tour Champions. Duke closed with a 4-under 66 for a 1-shot victory over Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand and

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — As he navigated the short staircase to the podium for his post-round press conference Sunday at the BMW Championship, Viktor Hovland tripped slightly, caught himself and laughed at his own clumsiness. It was about the only misstep he made during a record-setting afternoon defined by one of the most remarkable feats

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 20, 2023, 07:40 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Five-time major champion Brooks Koepka is going to need help to compete for the United States in the upcoming Ryder Cup in Italy. Koepka, who left the

The end of the ISPS Handa World Invitational also marked the end of the qualifying period for Europe’s Solheim Cup roster. All eight players in line for automatic spots heading into the week held their places, as the Ladies European Tour announced Sunday that Celine Boutier and Maja Stark earned their way onto the team

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 02:20 PM ET BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — English golfers Daniel Brown and Gabriella Cowley will take leads into the final round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational, which is co-sanctioned by the European tour and LPGA Tour. Brown started the third round with a 6-shot lead Saturday and maintained that

While those competing at the BMW Championship have all already earned great riches this year on the PGA Tour—final-round co-leader Scottie Scheffler has made a tour record $19.2 million before even arriving at Olympia Fields this week—all 50 are attempting to battle their way to the final step of the FedEx Cup, the Tour Championship

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 07:00 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Scottie Scheffler was feeling good enough with his short game that he was willing to take on a long shot with high risk. Just like everything else Saturday, it worked out just fine for him in the BMW Championship. In wind that gusted

In a matter of moments on Saturday, Neal Shipley was surrounded by hundreds of new friends at Cherry Hills Country Club. Hitting one of the most clutch in the U.S. Amateur will do that. On a tear after coming from 3 down to John Marshall Butler with eight holes to play in the semifinal, Shipley

Associated Press Aug 19, 2023, 07:51 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa experienced the potential for disruption with betting at PGA Tour events when he said a fan yelled in the middle of his 5-foot birdie putt Saturday in the BMW Championship. Homa already was struggling with short putts on a windy day

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Sam Burns, battling for a spot in the Tour Championship and still in the running for the U.S. Ryder Cup team, tied Max Homa’s day-old course record of eight-under 62 on Saturday at Olympia Fields Country Club. He attributed the brilliant bogey-free effort, following two rather mediocre days at the BMW

Aug 18, 2023, 02:09 PM ET Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the BMW Championship before starting his second round Friday at Olympia Fields Country Club, citing a back injury. Matsuyama was scheduled to tee off at 2 p.m. ET with Tom Hoge in the final tee time of the day after he opened the tournament Thursday

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Associated Press Aug 18, 2023, 06:17 PM ET BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — American player Marissa Steen scored 1-under 72 to take a 1-shot lead at the halfway stage of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on the LPGA Tour on Friday. Steen started what was a very gusty day at 2 under, made two bogeys and

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — The greens on the North Course at Olympia Fields Country Club are tricky. Or so we hear. In fact, they are so diabolical that Max Homa said that they remind him of the greens at Augusta National, which we all know is the place where three putts hold a convention. We

Associated Press Aug 18, 2023, 07:26 PM ET OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. — Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the BMW Championship. He happened to see a video board just as it flashed a message that Chris Kirk was

CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — You couldn’t miss U.S. Amateur semifinalist Neal Shipley whether he was teeing it up on the golf course or standing in line at the grocery store. Growing up outside of the Steel City of Pittsburgh, he was a strapping kid who grew to be Steelers’ tight end big at 6-foot-1.