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ESPN News Services Jun 26, 2023, 04:40 PM ET Detroit Golf Club took a heavy hit from storms that passed through the area Sunday, leaving the PGA Tour with little time to clean up the course before the scheduled start of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Thursday. The PGA Tour on Monday tweeted two photos

Tony Finau has a chance to do something he’s never done on the PGA Tour before: win the same tournament in back-to-back years. The 33-year-old tees it up this week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where he claimed the title a year ago at Detroit Golf Club and is looking to win for the third

ESPN News Services Jun 27, 2023, 12:51 PM ET Solheim Cup captain Stacy Lewis made her professional debut in 2008 in the U.S. Women’s Open at Interlachen, had a one-shot lead going into the final round and wound up in a tie for third behind Inbee Park. Her earnings of $162,487 did not count toward

The severe and dangerous storms that have hit the Midwest and now are arriving on the East Coast caused damage on Sunday to the golf course that will host this week’s PGA Tour event. The PGA Tour tweeted an aerial photo on Monday of cleanup being performed at Detroit Golf Club, where winds toppled several

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 26, 2023, 11:07 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The five-page agreement signed by PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley and Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan to form a new

The PGA Tour announced Monday that the 2028 Presidents Cup has been awarded to Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia. The club is consistently ranked among the best courses in the world and is listed No. 2 behind Royal Melbourne G.C for Golf Digest’s Best Courses in Australia. Kingston Heath has been the site

Associated Press Jun 26, 2023, 07:45 PM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup is headed Down Under for the fourth time, this time to Kingston Heath for the 2028 matches. Kingston Heath is among the more popular golf courses on the fabled sand belt in Melbourne that has hosted several events, none more highly

New golfers and younger ones might not be familiar with the late James Walter FitzGerald, who went by “Fitzy” to close friends and “Jay” to a legion of acquaintances in golf. His passing on May 23 at age 84 led to a period of mourning remarkable for its persistence. He’ll be reminisced well at a

Jun 26, 2023, 10:47 AM ET Fenway Sports Group, owner of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox and Premier League club Liverpool, said Monday that it has added a team in the TGL, the tech-forward team golf league developed by Tiger Woods, to its portfolio. The Boston team joins Los Angeles Golf Club, which was

It was a shot for history. Stephanie Meadow, her tee shot on Baltusrol’s par-5 18th finding the fairway, was facing the best opportunity of her eight-year career for victory and a chance to become the first woman from Ireland to win an LPGA major. In her 138th career start, Meadow faced a difficult lie trying

Associated Press Jun 25, 2023, 06:42 PM ET ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Padraig Harrington played his final seven holes in 7 under par, a stunning finish for a 9-under 63 to successfully defend his title in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open with a 1-shot victory on Sunday. Harrington was going nowhere at the En-Joie Golf Club

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Rose Zhang returned to the Tri-State area this week to compete in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship—just three weeks after her historic win at the Mizuho Americas Open. “​​The first week at Mizuho, it felt a little bit just surreal,” Zhang said. “I didn’t feel like I was a professional. I was

Associated Press Jun 25, 2023, 07:08 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn — Keegan Bradley built a big enough lead in front of adoring New England fans that he broke the tournament record at the Travelers Championship despite a shaky closing stretch, closing with a 2-under 68 for a three-shot victory on Sunday. Bradley, who went 62-63-64

Heading into the final round of the Memorial Tournament earlier this month, we noted how a Rory McIlroy victory would have lifted him into rare territory on the PGA Tour. A win that week would have been his 24th career tour title, but it also would have come with a $3.6 million first-place prize money

Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 02:04 PM ET MUNICH — Joost Luiten carded a bogey-free 7-under 65 on Saturday to match his lowest round of the season and take a three-shot lead into the final round of the BMW International Open. The 37-year-old Luiten is in prime position at 14 under to claim his seventh

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — At the start of the week KPMG, the title sponsor of this week’s Women’s PGA Championship, unveiled a new slate of advanced statistics that was long overdue for women’s professional golf. By any measure, 54-hole leader Leona Maguire has excelled. But major championships aren’t won on paper. They’re contested on the green.

Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 06:45 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Leona Maguire birdied the final hole for her eighth straight round in the 60s and took a 1-shot lead over fast-closing Jenny Shin on an unexpected sunny Saturday heading into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. Maguire, the halfway leader who

CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley used to have two cracks each year to win in front of his home New England crowd, but with the departure of the former playoff event at TPC Boston, the Travelers Championship is Bradley’s one chance to deliver for a loyal and supportive gallery. Yet while Bradley remains a fan

Associated Press Jun 24, 2023, 07:55 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to break the tournament 54-hole scoring record at 21 under in the Travelers Championship, while Rickie Fowler had the second 60 of the week at TPC River Highlands. The previous three-round mark was 18 under, set

For the third time in just six years, a young South African will teei it up in the Open Championship as the British Amateur champion. Following the success of Jovan Rebula (Ernie Els’ nephew) in 2018 and Aldrich Potgeister last year, Christo Lamprecht is the latest citizen of the rainbow nation to earn that coveted

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 03:26 PM ET MUNICH — Daniel Hillier took a 1-shot lead in the second round of the BMW International Open ahead of a player making his debut on the European tour Friday. New Zealander Hillier shot a 5-under 67 with five birdies — three of them on consecutive holes —

Every golfer knows that one of the most difficult things to do is back up a stupid-low round with another good one. That’s certainly held true at the Travelers Championship, where Patrick Cantlay shot 60 in the second round in 2011 and followed it with a 72. Mackenzie Hughes did only slightly better in 2020

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 08:36 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Leona Maguire of Ireland birdied four of her final six holes for a 3-under 68 and a one-shot lead over three players Friday at the halfway point of the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. The winner Sunday in Michigan for her second LPGA

The scores atop the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship leaderboard mostly stayed the same from Thursday to Friday. Leona Maguire’s five under remains the lead at Baltusrol, and 15 players are under par heading into the weekend, instead of 16 players following the opening round. The on-and-off rain of Springfield, NJ., remain another constant. The names

Associated Press Jun 23, 2023, 07:12 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley and Denny McCarthy shared the Travelers Championship lead Friday at a tournament-record 15-under 125. McCarthy followed his first-round 60 with a 65 in the morning at TPC River Highlands. A few hours later, Bradley shot a 63 to go with his opening

CROMWELL, Conn.—Zac Blair is in contention at the Travelers Championship following back-to-back rounds of 65 at TPC River Highlands. Blair, 32, is playing on a medical exemption, and it’s mostly been a rough go this campaign, making just six cuts in 16 starts. So for those wondering wondering what has spurred his performance through two

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 08:18 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 on Thursday for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan

CROMWELL, Conn. — For a second consecutive week, there were a pair of opening 62s shot on the PGA Tour. Only this time, they were actually topped. Of course, low scoring is expected at the Travelers Championship and not so much at a U.S. Open. But Thursday’s fireworks were impressive even by this tournament’s standards

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 09:22 PM ET SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Lee-Anne Pace isn’t playing a lot of competitive golf these days at 42-years-old and her practice habits have tailed off. She enjoys the game, and every once in a while, the South African really enjoys it. The first round of the Women’s PGA Championship

The LPGA’s return to Baltusrol for the first time since 1961 was rainy, cold and wet. With the course playing 6,500 yards, scores reflected the challenging conditions. Leader Lee-Ann Pace’s five-under-par 66 was one of only 16 players posting a red number. Impressively, it’s Pace’s first start at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship since 2019,