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Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 21, 2023, 01:08 PM ET The second LPGA major of the year returns to a course that the women’s game hasn’t been to since 1961. Baltusrol’s Lower Course in Springfield, New Jersey, was the site of the 1961 U.S. Women’s Open, where Mickey Wright won a prize of $1,800 with a score

He pegs the ball in darkness. Absent people and even cars on the surrounding road, Nolan Krentz likes the feeling of being alone, as if the entire nine-hole course is his while the world sleeps. It will be at least an hour before he sees anyone except for the superintendent, who likewise knows the only

Adam Scott admitted to listening to LIV Golf’s overtures in February of 2022, telling the media at Riviera ahead of the Genesis Invitational, “I think the schedule they’re proposing is very appealing to probably most golfers. Depending what your goals are in golf, I think the schedule is very appealing. From that side of things,

Associated Press Jun 21, 2023, 12:29 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles had to wait 75 years to get another U.S. Open and now it’s becoming a regular stop. The USGA is bringing the U.S. Open to Riviera Country Club in 2031. The announcement Wednesday comes three days after Wyndham Clark won the U.S.

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Kerry Haigh is ever the optimist. In Baltusrol Golf Club’s Lower Course, the PGA of America’s chief championships officer has got a layout that’s close to everything he could ask for when setting up a major championship test: bouncy fairways, thick rough and firm greens that make the 6,621-yard par-71 track hosting

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 21, 2023, 12:55 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has invited PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of

The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has invited PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan to testify at a public hearing on July 11. Following the surprise announcement of the planned partnership between the PGA Tour and PIF, Congress opened a probe

Jun 20, 2023, 02:39 PM ET Rose Zhang will play the first two rounds of this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in a marquee group alongside fellow American Lexi Thompson and Australia’s Minjee Lee. Zhang, 20, is playing in her first major tournament since turning pro and coming off a victory in her LPGA Tour

Only days after Los Angeles Country Club completed hosting its first U.S. Open, the Southland will be identified for securing another national championship, at maybe the most unlikely of courses in the modern age of big crowds and massive hospitality footprints. On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Times reported that Riviera Country Club, which last

ESPN News Services Jun 20, 2023, 12:09 PM ET Jon Rahm still doesn’t know much about the proposed partnership between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, but he knows this much — he’s not dwelling on it. The FedExCup points leader and world No. 2 addressed the media Tuesday in Cromwell, Connecticut, home to this

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — For a 24-year-old in the prime of her career, Nelly Korda has already dealt with one-too-many health scares. One was of the downright frightening variety, when Korda missed time early last season due to a blood clot in her arm. The other was of the typical golf injury variety: an ailing lower

Jun 20, 2023, 04:42 PM ET Nelly Korda is back, pain-free and raring to go at this week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship after a month-plus away from competitive golf to deal with an ailing back. Korda, the current World No. 2 who is searching for her second major title this week, last played at the

Ask Australia’s Min Woo Lee how he got into the field at the $20 million Travelers Championship despite being a Special Temporary Member on the PGA Tour, and he’ll tell you it’s a funny story. Lee originally planned to spend this week watching his sister Minjee, a two-time LPGA major winner, compete at the KPMG

Jun 19, 2023, 11:49 AM ET Wyndham Clark climbed to 13th in the Official World Golf Ranking and stands a fraction of a point behind Brooks Koepka on the heels of a breakthrough victory at the U.S. Open. Clark was 241st in the world the day after the 2022 U.S. Open but has a pair

It’s human nature to secretly want your opponent to fail, be it in sports or in other competitive walks of life. For some reason, though, it’s a huge no-no on golf, this being the preeminent “Gentleman’s game.” While most would classify many of Augusta National’s rules as archaic, not cheering on a player’s on-course misfortunes

Associated Press Jun 19, 2023, 12:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Eight-time major champion Tom Watson wants answers on the PGA Tour’s new business partnership with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, asking in a letter Monday to commissioner Jay Monahan whether the deal was the only way to solve the tour’s financial hardship. That was

Wyndham Clark’s victory at the 2023 U.S. Open might’ve been a surprise to some, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. Though the 29-year-old Colorado native had only played in six previous majors championships—with no finish better than T-75—the 32nd-ranked player in the world held off the game’s best only a month earlier to win

Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti Jun 19, 2023, 02:07 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As with any captivating Hollywood production, the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club had no shortage of

Tom Watson, the eight-time major champion, has shared this open letter to PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and the PGA Tour Policy Board. An open letter to Jay Monahan, the PGA Tour’s Board, and to my fellow players: First, I wish Jay Monahan a complete and speedy recovery. I respect the leadership he has shown in

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 19, 2023, 01:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Just outside of the scoring tent where he had recorded an even-par 70 in the final round of the U.S. Open, all Rory McIlroy could do was stare at the ground in silence. His face reddened by a full day of sunlight, the four-time

LOS ANGELES — He needed 60 feet. Just 60 feet between Wyndham Clark and everything he ever worked for, 60 feet that would tell the world his story, one of personal tragedy and pain and doubt, about the perseverance it takes to drudge through the darkness without the assurance that light will ever come. There’s

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2023, 09:52 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LOS ANGELES — When Wyndham Clark was a child, his mother, Lise, liked to put notes of encouragement in his book bag. The notes might have been

THE SUMMER BEFORE my sophomore year in college, my mom was fighting breast cancer. I was a couple shots off the lead in the Western Amateur when my aunt called. My parents weren’t going to tell me since I was playing so well, but my mom’s health had taken a bad turn. Withdrawing to fly

Associated Press Jun 18, 2023, 05:51 PM ET BELMONT, Mich. — Leona Maguire played her final six holes in six under and shot an 8-under 64 on Sunday to win the Meijer LPGA Classic by two strokes, her second tour victory. Maguire made six birdies and an eagle in her bogey-free round at Blythefield to

LOS ANGELES — For all the hand-wringing about Los Angeles Country Club giving players too much during the week, equilibrium was at least partially restored at the start of the weekend—not the least because prototypical Southern California weather finally arrived. The lowest score among the top eight players on Saturday was just 68, and Rickie

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterJun 18, 2023, 01:18 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LOS ANGELES — World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler closed with a flurry in the third round of the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has always loved a redemption story. Only three months ago, Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for best actor in “The Whale,” in which he gained considerable weight to play an obese English teacher trying to reconnect with his daughter. “The Whale” came decades after Fraser had last played a lead

Associated Press Jun 17, 2023, 11:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rickie Fowler made his biggest birdie when no one expected it with a 70-foot putt. Wyndham Clark responded with a bold play for a birdie on the last hole to catch him Saturday and set the stage for a dynamic conclusion to the U.S.

No matter what happened this week, Ben Carr was going to have a special experience at LACC playing in his first U.S. Open. But a great week got even better when last year’s U.S. Amateur runner-up made it to the weekend. And he seemed destined for arguably the shot of the day on Saturday with

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 11:10 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Rickie Fowler followed up a historic 8-under 62 in the first round of the 2023 U.S. Open with a 2-under 68 in Friday’s second round to grab a one-stroke lead over Wyndham Clark heading into the weekend at the Los Angeles Country Club. Rory