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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 08:33 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Vincent Norrman lipped in an 8-footer for bogey on the 72nd hole to get into a playoff, then scrambled for par on the same hole in sudden death on Sunday to beat Nathan Kimsey and win the Barbasol Championship, his first PGA Tour victory.

The thing with out of bounds, a topic almost as hot this week at Royal Liverpool as Rory McIlroy’s pre-tournament press conference boycott, is that it’s almost always absurdly unfair. In other words, it’s golf. More prescriptively pejorative than an Australian golf club’s sock length requirements, and nearly as inscrutable, out-of-bounds rules may be as

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJul 17, 2023, 11:26 AM ET HOYLAKE, England – A few moments after reigning Open Champion Cameron Smith got emotional when returning the Claret Jug he’s had for a year, the Australian delivered a message on the future of LIV Golf in the wake of the PGA Tour’s framework agreement with the Public

No, the winner of this week’s Open Championship and its $3 million first-place check won’t be a hardship case who will have to hitchhike home. However, competing in a U.K. tournament as an American-based player can be shockingly expensive—and not just because of the cost of flying private across the Atlantic. The United Kingdom has

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:40 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia HOYLAKE, England — Rory McIlroy won a Claret Jug the last time the Open Championship was played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, in 2014. Three weeks later,

Like just about everything else with the British Open, there is something singularly distinct regarding tee times at golf’s oldest major. It’s not so much who the R&A pairs with whom that holds people’s curiosities, as is the case with the cheeky-themed threesomes the USGA often puts together at the U.S. Open. Rather, it’s the

Jul 16, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry rolled in a long eagle putt on the final hole to win the American Century Championship on Sunday in Stateline, Nevada. Curry wound up two points ahead of former tennis player Mardy Fish in the celebrity golf event at Edgewood Tahoe Resort. Editor’s

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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 06:39 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant won her first LPGA Tour title after an outstanding start to her career in Europe, enduring a charge from U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz and closing with a 3-under 68 for a three-shot victory in the Dana Open on Sunday. The

The claret jug visits Royal Liverpool for the first time since 2014. Among those hoping to hoist golf’s oldest trophy is the man who held it in its last visit to Hoylake. Rory McIlroy, off a near-miss at the U.S. Open and heartbreak from last year’s Open, but victory at the Genesis Scottish Open, enters

Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 10:14 AM ET GULLANE, Scotland — Rory McIlroy birdied the last two holes in whipping wind Sunday for a 2-under 68 to win the Genesis Scottish Open, his first victory on Scottish soil, and take a load of confidence into the final major of the year. McIlroy was 1 shot

There may be no bigger fan of golf in professional sports than the NBA’s Steph Curry. Which is why watching him celebrate a hole-in-one on Saturday in the American Century Championship will never, ever get old. On NBC’s telecast of the biggest celebrity golf event there is, played each year at Lake Tahoe, Curry hit

Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 09:04 PM ET SYLVANIA, Ohio — Linn Grant put herself in position to become just the second LPGA Tour player to break 60, but she played the final five holes in even par for a 9-under 62 and has a 6-stroke lead entering the final round of the Dana Open.

Rory McIlroy is one strong round away from securing his 24th win on the PGA Tour while also achieving a long-sought first victory in Scotland. The Ulsterman shot three-under-par 67 on Saturday in the Genesis Scottish Open at the Renassiance Club in Gullane, Scotland, to take a one-stroke lead over American Tom Kim (67) heading

Baxter Holmes, ESPN Senior WriterJun 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Baxter Holmes (@Baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN Digital and Print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, the Celtics and previously worked for The Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. ONE MORNING IN the winter of 2005, RJ Caswell finds

It’s been another week and another emergence of a talented young player on the LPGA Tour. With back-to-back rounds of 68, 15-year-old Monday qualifier Mia Hammond of New Albany, Ohio, reached the weekend in her home state at the Dana Open. “To know that I did that [make the cut], it’s just, it is a

Jul 15, 2023, 09:52 AM ET Rory McIlroy shot a 3-under 67 to maintain a 1-stroke lead after the third round at the Scottish Open on Saturday in North Berwick, Scotland. McIlroy, who sits at 13-under 197 for the tournament, recorded five birdies against two bogeys at The Renaissance Club to stay 1 stroke ahead

GULLANE, Scotland — Not once during the 16 years he has played golf professionally has Rory McIlroy won a tournament in Scotland. He’s been close, of course, more than once. Five top-four finishes in the Dunhill Links Championship represent strong evidence of consistent excellence. But throw in three top-three finishes in the Open Championship—two at

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 08:04 PM ET STATELINE, Nev. — Stephen Curry took a four-point lead Friday in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament. Curry had 27 points in the opening round under a form of the modified Stableford scoring system that awards a point for par, three for birdie and six for

GULLANE, Scotland ­— It happens every week, of course, even in the biggest events. Or maybe even especially when the starting lineup is particularly strong. Inevitably, not everyone plays well and some notable names leave disappointed, having failed to qualify for the final 36 holes. The Scottish Open at the Renaissance Club was no different

Associated Press Jul 14, 2023, 05:58 PM ET AKRON, Ohio — Harrison Frazar found Firestone a bit more difficult on Friday, shooting a solid 2-under 68 for a 1-shot lead over Stewart Cink at the Kaulig Companies Championship. The 51-year-old Frazar was at 7-under 133 in the fourth of five majors on the PGA Tour

GULLANE, Scotland — Quietly, Tyrrell Hatton is amassing quite a record in 2023. The 31-year-old Englishman has yet to win a tournament, but his schedule is dotted with high-quality performances. It’s a lengthy and impressive list: T-6 in the WM Phoenix Open, T-4 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, second at the Players, T-3 at Wells

Associated Press Jul 13, 2023, 07:26 PM ET Jaravee Boonchant holed out from 128 yards for eagle on her second shot of the round and had a 7-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the first-round lead with Linn Grant in the LPGA Tour’s Dana Open. “I was just like on the first cut

A key provision that neither the PGA Tour nor LIV Golf would recruit players from the other circuit as officials from the tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund attempt to create a new for-profit entity has been scrapped. One of the few details outlined in the framework agreement signed by the PGA Tour and

Associated Press Jul 13, 2023, 08:46 PM ET NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Lucas Glover continued the hot streak that began when he switched to a long putter, shooting a 9-under 63 on Thursday for a one-shot lead in the Barbasol Championship. The 43-year-old Glover extended his run of consecutive rounds in the 60s to nine. After

You’re freshly minted U.S. Women’s Open champion Allisen Corpuz, and the biggest first-place check in women’s golf history is now burning a hole in your pocket. What do you do with it? “I don’t have anything big planned,” Corpuz said with a laugh last Sunday at Pebble Beach when asked about her $2 million payday.

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterJul 13, 2023, 05:29 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Tony Romo is the betting favorite at this week’s American Century celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Romo, the defending champion, is listed at +285 at Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Mardy Fish at

GULLANE, Scotland — Going low on the DP World Tour is something Byeong Hun An (Ben to his English-speaking followers) has always been able to accomplish. So even a starling nine-under-par 61 in the opening round of the Scottish Open at a breezy Renaissance Club is nothing new. Back in 2015, An won the biggest

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJul 13, 2023, 09:07 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia If Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund had its way, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy would partially own and captain teams in the LIV Golf League once the

Fans would have forgiven U.S. Women’s Open winner Allisen Corpuz if she withdrew from the Dana Open this week. After all, it’s a cross-country flight from San Jose, Calif., to Sylvania, Ohio. But instead, Corpuz followed through on her obligation to the Dana Open, teeing it up at Highland Meadows Golf Club only four days