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There’s a scene in the second episode of Netflix’s “Full Swing” in which Brooks Koepka reveals an impressive trophy setup in his house. The shelves are full except for one big spot in the middle, which Koepka explains he’s keeping open for when he wins the Masters. Fast forward a few months and Koepka nearly

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 10:43 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — No one has been a more outspoken proponent of the PGA Tour than Rory McIlroy during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf League.

ROCHESTER — He is the defending champ and that alone makes Justin Thomas a success, for this is the PGA Championship, one of the four events whose outcomes matter in perpetuity. Whatever argument can be made is silenced by the fact he’s won two of the major variety and 15 events in total. If you

Associated Press May 16, 2023, 07:48 PM ET RANCHO MIRAGE, California — Marlene Hagge-Vossler, a Hall of Fame player and the last surviving founder of the LPGA Tour, died Tuesday morning, her family said. She was 89. Hagge-Vossler won 26 times on the LPGA Tour, including the 1952 LPGA Championship, and she was inducted into

Let’s get the biggest question on groupings for the 105th PGA Championship that begins on Thursday out of the way first. What did they do with the LIV Golf guys? Admit it, that was your first thought when you saw the pairings were out on Tuesday. You scrolled and scrolled to find that one juicy

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 02:38 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — PGA of America CEO Seth Waugh said he doesn’t believe the LIV Golf League is a lasting business model but commended the startup circuit

In 2015, Jason Day was on top of the golf world. The Australian star had won five times on the PGA Tour, including a maiden major at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He also made his debut as World No.1 in the fall. His success was built on long, straight driving and a delightful

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 07:45 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — This week, Oak Hill Country Club is hosting the PGA Championship for the fourth time. Editor’s Picks 1 Related It will be the first

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Hopefully Monday morning at the PGA Championship is not a sign of what’s to come. When the PGA of America awarded Oak Hill its fourth PGA Championship, the Wannamaker Trophy was still being contested in August. Which, we are told, is a lovely time to visit upstate New York. But in 2017, the governing

May 15, 2023, 10:36 AM ET Past winner John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, tournament organizers said Monday, and will be replaced in the field by German Stephan Jaeger. The larger-than-life Daly, who won the tournament in 1991, has played only a handful of PGA Tour events in the past two years but

Do a Google search for “Jon Rahm Basque,” and you’ll get a few hits, but nothing very substantial beyond a story about the Basque population of Boise, ID celebrating his Masters win. The situation would be better if you spoke Spanish, but still, there’s a dearth of information on the cultural heritage of the No.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 08:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 105th PGA Championship is returning to Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, for the fourth time. The East Course will play much different this

ROCHESTER—John Daly has pulled out of the 2023 PGA Championship. Daly, 57, has been a mainstay at the event since earning his breakthrough win at the 1991 PGA Championship. Getting a spot in the field at Crooked Stick as the ninth alternate, Daly had to drive through the night to reach the course in time

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 08:37 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Trailing by four shots heading into the final round of the Founders Classic, Jin Young Ko got a little inspiration about comeback wins watching fellow South Korean Sung-jae Im rally from a big deficit to win on the KPGA Tour. If he could do

Neither Austin Eckroat or Marty Dou accomplished the main objective on Sunday at the AT&T Bryon Nelson: win their first PGA Tour title. Yet the 24-year-old Eckroat and 26-year-old Dou both walked away pleased with their performances, even if it didn’t end quite as happily as they hoped after starting the final round in a

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 08:41 PM ET BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Dustin Johnson overcame a triple bogey Sunday by making birdie on the 18th hole to join a playoff and another birdie on the 18th to win LIV Golf Tulsa for his first win this year. The victory was Johnson’s second since he joined

Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA of America, has made his feelings known for a while now about LIV Golf and the disruption the upstart league has brought to the professional game. Two years ago during the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island, when the Saudi-backed circuit was still only in the “talking” stages, Waugh

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 03:02 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Swedish golfer Simon Forsström held off countryman Jens Dantorp for a wire-to-wire victory at the Soudal Open on the European tour on Sunday. The 34-year-old Forsström was one stroke ahead of Belgium’s Thomas Detry overnight, but Dantorp’s late charge from third proved the main

Once known as the black sheep of golf’s four big events, the PGA Championship has arguably been the most entertaining major championship over the past decade, and the tournament will look to continue that good fortune as the golf world descends on Rochester, N.Y., for the 105th edition of the championship. No, there will be

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:29 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Robert Karlsson and defending champion Steve Stricker surged into the lead Saturday at the Regions Tradition, with Karlsson shooting a 9-under 63 to match the low score since this PGA Tour Champions major moved to its current venue. Stricker closed with four straight birdies

The shot that summed up Scottie Scheffler’s entire third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson came at the par-5 18th at TPC Craig Ranch, which is the type of hole where par feels like bogey and bogey feels like triple bogey for PGA Tour-level players. Up to the point Scheffler arrived at the tee, only

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:42 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia overcame an opening bogey for a 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Saturday, heading in the final round of the Founders Cup. No. 6 in the world, Lee had four birdies and an eagle after dropping a stroke

There is something about the PGA Championship, a quality that doesn’t make the event any less entertaining than the Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship, yet provides it with its own distinct identity. Often this is viewed pejoratively—the cliché is to call the PGA “the “Ringo” of men’s majors. But the PGA counts every bit

May 12, 2023, 06:30 PM ET Branden Grace of South Africa holed nine birdies during a bogey-free 61 to take a two-stroke lead after the opening round at LIV Golf Tulsa on Friday in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. In the Saudi-backed league’s inaugural event in the Tulsa area, Grace put up a two-shot lead on Dustin

Every year, some tourists still arrive in the town of Woodstock, N.Y., hoping to see where the legendary rock ‘n roll festival took place in 1969. When they get there, they’re disappointed to learn that the “three days of peace and music” that featured 400,000 rain-soaked members of the counterculture generation grooving to the sounds

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:11 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Two-time LPGA Tour player of the year Jin Young Ko shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday in the Founders Cup and shared the halfway lead with 37-year-old non-winner Sarah Kemp. Kemp, whose best finish on tour is a tie for second in

Another day, another tournament Scottie Scheffler may end up winning. Scheffler followed his seven-under 64 in the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson with another 64 in his second to vault into the 36-hole lead. Both Scheffler and Jon Rahm, unlike any players we’ve seen for a good while, have an air of inevitability

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:31 PM ET McKINNEY, Texas — Scottie Scheffler says he tries not to put too much emphasis on winning one tournament over another, even when his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson is in play. Ryan Palmer isn’t keeping any secrets. Win the Nelson not far from his home in another Dallas-Fort

A Division III women’s champion was crowned in Florida, although no one could’ve imagined what would’ve happened during the week to get to that point. George Fox University from Newberg, Ore., shot 12-over 304 Friday during the final round of the NCAA Division III Women’s Championship at Mission Inn Resort’s El Campeon Course to claim

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 04:21 PM ET Equipped with a favorable court ruling, the European tour has expanded its sanctions against players who competed in LIV Golf or Asian Tour events without permission over eight months. The tour already has issued fines of 100,000 pounds ($125,000) to 17 players who played in the first