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The NCAA canceled the third round of the 2023 Division III Women’s Golf Championship on Thursday after one of the pin placements was deemed “unplayable.” And when you watch a collection of videos that went viral on Golf Twitter, you’ll understand why. Things got silly on the 308-yard, par-4 sixth at Mission Inn and Resort’s

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 06:05 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Billy Andrade, Timothy O’Neal and Paul Broadhurst each shot a 5-under 67 to take the first-round lead Thursday at the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors, with defending champion Steve Stricker one shot back. Joining Stricker at 68 were Ernie

Say what you will about the non-designated events, but they have had enough star power to be interesting and enough storylines to be compelling. And when Scottie Scheffler started out six under after his first six holes, well, it looked like Seung-Yul Noh’s 60 in the morning wave might not be the low round of

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 07:54 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Sei Young Kim shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 on Thursday at tree-lined Upper Montclair Country Club to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s Founders Cup. Kim had four straight birdies – on the par-5 12th, par-4 13th, par-5 14th and par-3 15th

After a quiet stretch on the PGA Tour schedule, the season heats up once again with the 2023 PGA Championship, which will be held at Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y. This will be the fourth time this course will host the vaunted major, placing it second in total PGAs only behind last year’s host, Southern

Associated Press May 11, 2023, 02:36 PM ET ANTWERP, Belgium — Unheralded Swedish golfer Simon Forsstrom shot 7-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead in the Soudal Open on the European tour on Thursday. The No. 429-ranked Forsstrom, who came through qualifying school at the end of last year to get his tour card, made

Rose Zhang once again made the historic feel routine Wednesday at the NCAA Women’s Regional in Pullman, Wash. At Palouse Ridge Golf Club, the Stanford sophomore claimed medalist honors, breaking the NCAA record for the low 54-hole score at Regionals by three shots with her 19-under 197 showing. In the process, Zhang also helped the

May 10, 2023, 01:26 PM ET World No. 8 golfer Brooke Henderson will sit out this week’s Cognizant Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour because of an illness, TSN reported Wednesday. Henderson began the season by winning the Tournament of Champions in January. The 25-year-old has 13 LPGA Tour victories, including major wins at the

The LPGA Tour confirmed that LaCava, 59, will work this week for the No. 1 player in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings during the Cognizant Founders Cup at Upper Montclair Country Club in Clifton, N.J. The opportunity arose as Korda’s usual caddie, Jason McDede, had his first son on Saturday, April 29. It was the

May 10, 2023, 09:39 PM ET After nearly a month off, Scottie Scheffler is back. Scheffler, who sits at No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking, hasn’t played in a PGA Tour event since the RBC Heritage. However, after an extended period of rest, the six-time winner is eager to get back on the

According to Columbia University student Will Knauth, who is on a path to earn his PhD in statistics, a 24-year-old amateur who played Division III golf and is probably more accomplished as a violinist than he is a golfer has a 4-in-1 chance of making the cut in his PGA Tour debut at this week’s

The PGA Championship, golf’s second major championship of the season, is just a week away. Before the world’s best players tee it up at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, a handful of the game’s elite are competing in the AT&T Byron Nelson outside Dallas this week. The LPGA Tour returns to the

My idea of the perfect golf trip is unoriginal and goes something like this: four or eight buddies travel to the famous links of somewhere—Scotland, Ireland, maybe Oregon—pack full rain gear hoping not to use it, play 36 every day, then every night recharge with a substantive and sedative blend of beef and alcohol. Repeat.

May 7, 2023, 02:51 PM ET Don January, winner of the 1967 PGA Championship, died Sunday at age 93, the PGA Tour announced. The Texas native won four straight NCAA Division I titles (1949-52) before embarking on a pro career. He won 10 times and was a runner-up 17 times on the PGA Tour, and

Over the years it has become a familiar narrative, one favored by generations of leading American golfers soon after their initial introduction to the game as played adjacent to the Scottish shoreline. Pressed to elucidate their enthusiasm for the variety and virtues of links golf, most take refuge in a small cluster of clichés. “Loved

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 07:29 PM ET DULUTH, Ga. — Stephen Ames capped off his dominant week on the TPC Sugarloaf with a 4-under 68 on Sunday that gave him the tournament scoring record and a 4-shot victory in the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Ames joined David Toms as the only multiple winners on the

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Associated Press May 9, 2023, 08:28 AM ET CAPE TOWN, South Africa — John Bland, a South African golfer who won twice on the European tour along with eight senior titles in a professional career that spanned more than 40 years, has died. He was 77. Bland’s death was announced by South Africa’s Sunshine Tour

The road to the 2023 U.S. Open begins this April when the USGA starts to hold more than 100 local qualifying tournaments for the right to compete for this year’s national championship. The 123rd U.S. Open will be held at the North course at Los Angeles Country Club, June 15-18. This is the first time

May 8, 2023, 12:25 PM ET United States Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson, looking for leadership and experience, named Jim Furyk as one of his vice captains on Monday for this year’s event in Italy. Furyk boasts a wealth of Ryder Cup experience having played in the biennial competition between the United States and Europe

Outside of the four majors there might not be a more important tournament to Jordan Spieth on the PGA Tour schedule than the AT&T Byron Nelson. But an injury to his left wrist is going to keep the 29-year-old Dallas resident from playing in his hometown event this week. On Monday, Spieth sent out the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 8, 2023, 07:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Texas native Jordan Spieth will miss this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson because of a wrist injury and his status for next week’s PGA Championship is in question.

The PGA Tour announced Monday that the top finisher in the PGA Tour “U” rankings will receive full tour membership for the following season. The program, which gives college and amateur players direct access to tour-related developmental leagues, had previously undergone a revision last fall that would grant the top player in the rankings tour

Associated Press May 8, 2023, 01:00 PM ET A $30-million legal battle between Tiger Woods and his ex-girlfriend has escalated, with Erica Herman accusing the golf superstar of beginning their sexual relationship when she was his employee and threatening to fire her if she didn’t sign a nondisclosure agreement she now wants voided. Herman, in

Tis the season of Open qualifying where the R&A is handing out exemptions into the Open Championship for top finishers in various events over the next two months. The Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow was one of the events where the top-three finishers not already exempt earned a spot in the field July 20-23

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 10:40 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Ariya Jutanugarn helped launch Thailand as an emerging power in women’s golf when she won the British Women’s Open in 2016. The victory inspired younger golfers in Thailand, and the results were evident during a dominating performance at the International Crown team match play

SAN FRANCISCO — Dominant doesn’t do justice in describing the performance of Team Thailand at this week’s Hanwha LifePlus International Crown, capped fittingly by a 3-0 sweep of Australia in Sunday afternoon’s finals at TPC Harding Park. Over four days, the foursome of Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit and sisters Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn made a

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 06:26 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour. The 29-year-old Clark struggled to hold back tears as he sank a bogey putt on the

The collection continues. Already Irish Open and Australian Open champion, Adrian Meronk added the Italian Open to his growing cluster of national titles with victory Sunday at the Marco Simone Country Club just outside Rome. The big-hitting Pole’s 13-under-par 275 aggregate over the course that will host the 44th Ryder Cup matches in September was

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 01:52 PM ET GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy — A morning pep talk from European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald in the locker room. Then a trophy ceremony in the afternoon at the Marco Simone club outside Rome. That’s just what Adrian Meronk has been dreaming about, and the Polish golfer’s Ryder