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9:24 PM ET Brett Quigley fired a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic on Friday in Tucson, Arizona. Quigley is 1 shot ahead of John Huston, Kirk Triplett and Brian Cooper, who opened with rounds of 6-under 66 at Omni Tucson National. Quigley, 53, made five of

Jordan Spieth played a solid round Friday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, producing a three-under-par 69, thanks not only to his good play, but knowledge of the Rules of Golf. Teeing off on Bay Hill’s sturdy par-4 18th, Spieth hit a tee shot familiar to many—a low double-cross snap hook that careened toward the boundary

5:36 PM ET Tiger Woods won’t be part of next week’s Players Championship. The PGA Tour announced the field for what’s often known as golf’s “fifth major,” and Woods was not part of the group that will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Players had until 5 p.m. ET Friday

The pelting rain and a nearly 3½ hour weather delay in Singapore couldn’t stop Danielle Kang from storming up the leaderboard Friday, jumping from T-29 to take the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship. The six-time LPGA Tour winner tied a career-best bogey-free 63 with a staunch performance from the newest weapon in her

Last Sunday, Chris Kirk brought some “emotionless robot” energy into the final round of the Honda Classic, and it served him quite well. He picked up his first PGA Tour victory in nearly eight years, outlasting Eric Cole in a playoff at PGA National. Obviously, it would be ideal to keep that same energy on

7:40 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a 2-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Not even the brute test of Bay Hill was a match for golf’s hottest player. “Amazing round of golf,” he

ORLANDO — Cameron Young has a soft spot for Orlando, and for its famed Bay Hill Club course. As a New York native, Young’s father, David, the pro at Sleepy Hollow Country Club for 20 years, took the family out of the northeast during winters when their golf-obsessed son was a teenager. The Youngs lived

6:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Carson Young gave his rookie season on the PGA Tour quite a spark Thursday when he made three eagles on his way to a 9-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open. Young has made only three

The news rattled through golf like a shockwave, rumbling from Florida to Puerto Rico. Ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando and the concurrent Puerto Rico Open, PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan spelled out in a memo to players released on Wednesday how most tournaments that were just this year raised to a “designated”

3:11 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Elizabeth Szokol shot an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Yuka Saso of Japan was second after a bogey-free 67, and a pack of six including Nelly Korda and former No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn carded 68s at

ORLANDO — The drastic changes to the PGA Tour plans for its $20 million designated events announced on Wednesday were largely welcomed by stars such as Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott, and even last week’s feel-good story at the Honda Classic, rookie Eric Cole. But there also were mixed feelings expressed about the exclusivity of

The PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program is undergoing its fourth change in just over two years of existence. Tucked away in PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan’s memo to tour membership Wednesday that announced sweeping changes to the elevated event series was a note about the tour’s PIP initiative. The PIP bonus pool was instituted in

3:09 PM ET In what commissioner Jay Monahan described as decisions that will “transform and set the future direction” of the PGA Tour, the tour’s policy board voted Tuesday night to dramatically change the format for future designated events, which will have smaller fields and no cuts. In a memo to PGA Tour members Wednesday,

The poster, which you can see below, shows the No. 2 item on Madelyn’s bucket list was getting to meet Tiger. Even during competition, the laser-focused Tiger made his way over to Madelyn’s sign during his Saturday round and said hello to her, while checking off the box with a Sharpie himself. Just A-plus, heart-warming

8:00 AM ET While the LIV Golf League will take a three-week break from its opening 54-hole event in Mexico, the PGA Tour will be hitting its pre-Masters stride over the next month. Editor’s Picks 2 Related There will be three designated tournaments in the next four weeks. Up first is the Arnold Palmer Invitational

The Arnold Palmer Invitational, from its start with the legendary golfer hosting at his beloved Bay Hill Club, has rarely lacked for a top-tier field. But this year it’s even more stacked with the PGA Tour giving it the “designated-status” label. Making the trip to Orlando are 44 of the top 50 players in the

8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services The No. 1 player in the world, Jon Rahm, said he received some solid advice recently on how to keep his game at its peak for as long as possible. And it came from Tiger Woods. “I asked him, ‘Out of the 82 wins on the PGA Tour,’ —

ORLANDO — Jason Day has a classic Arnold Palmer story. Yes, many golfers do, given that the King stayed in touch with players at all levels through meetings and his famous letters. But it was Day who had the honor of winning the last Arnold Palmer Invitational before Palmer died in late 2016 at age

5:21 PM ET The LIV Golf League promised to be “golf but louder,” but TV ratings for its season opener in Mexico last weekend suggested few people were listening or watching. The CW’s inaugural live broadcast of the LIV Golf League drew an average of 289,000 viewers and a 0.18 household rating on Saturday and

Phil Mickelson has accomplished just about all there is to accomplish in professional golf save for two things: 1. Winning a U.S. Open, 2. Being the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world. The former, while seemingly a pipedream at this point, is still attainable. The latter? Not so much. Not only is Mickelson getting

Feb 25, 2023 Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Chris Kirk’s last win on the PGA Tour was nearly eight years ago. He’s put himself in a position to change that at the Honda Classic. Kirk battled his way to a 4-under round of 66 on Saturday, putting him at 13-under 197 for the

Thomas Pieters arrived at Mayakoba last week as one of LIV Golf’s newest members, something he said he had been hoping for since last summer when the Saudi-backed league first launched. He was in good spirts, ready to compete and excited about joining as LIV kicked off its second season. But after arriving in Mexico,

Feb 26, 2023 Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Jack Nicklaus thinks the Honda Classic should have a chance at a stronger field because of looming changes to the PGA Tour, which he said Sunday would mean Pebble Beach getting elevated status and the tour going to Mexico before the Florida swing. Nicklaus, appearing

The mass infusion of cash into golf via LIV might have made us drunk on numbers like $200 million (what Phil Mickelson reportedly got for joining) and $4 million (what Charles Howell III got for playing three good rounds in Mexico this past week). But for players not in the top 50 on the PGA

10:00 AM ET With the Honda Classic sandwiched between four of the PGA Tour’s biggest events, it’s no wonder its leaderboard was lacking in star power this past weekend. Many of the tour’s most recognizable names played in back-to-back events at the WM Phoenix Open and the Genesis Invitational, and they’ll do the same at

Ryan Gerard will not be making his afternoon tee time in Puerto Rico on Monday. Not that that’s a bad thing. A Monday qualifier for last week’s Honda Classic—well, technically, a Tuesday qualifier after getting through a five-for-three playoff—Gerard took full advantage of the extra playing opportunity by cashing his first PGA Tour check. And

6:57 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Charles Howell III finally made winning feel easy Sunday at Mayakoba when his putter came to life for an 8-under 63 to win the LIV Golf Invitational by 4 shots for his first title in the Saudi-funded series. Howell had seven birdies through 10 holes

Charles Howell III has been surprising just about everyone but himself. Last summer, the 43-year-old Augusta, Ga., native was among the more curious recruits to join the upstart LIV Golf circuit given that he appeared entrenched on the PGA Tour, where he had amassed more than $42 million over 21 years and 609 starts. But

6:48 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Chris Kirk waited nearly eight years to win a PGA Tour event again. Waiting one more hole on Sunday was no problem. Kirk stuck his approach to the par-5 18th to tap-in range, and his birdie on the first hole of a playoff lifted him

If you don’t remember Marcel Siem by name, perhaps you might recall him for something else. Specifically, his hair and the distinguishing bun that the 42-year German styles it in. It’s the look he carried through much of his 20-plus-year DP World Tour career that saw him compete in more than 500 events but seemed