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1:49 PM ET For the first time as a professional, former world No. 1 golfer Dustin Johnson won’t be wearing an Adidas logo on his shirt this season, the apparel company told ESPN on Tuesday. Johnson, who captured LIV Golf’s inaugural individual championship and led his 4Aces GC to a team title, is ending his

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Max Homa was struggling. He couldn’t even get the words out to answer the first question of his post-round presser. He was fighting back tears, the type you should just let flow to avoid giving yourself a head cold. Two years ago, the tears did flow for Homa, though they were

Feb 19, 2023 LOS ANGELES — Playing in his first official PGA Tour event in more than seven months, Tiger Woods seemed to run out of gas in the final round of the Genesis Invitational on Sunday. After electrifying fans at the Riviera Country Club with a 4-under 67 in the third round, Woods looked

LIV Golf is rolling out its teams and rosters this week on the eve of the circuit’s second season. Rather than announce its members at once for the 2023 campaign, the Saudi-backed league sent out a press release stating its players and squads will be trickled out just days before the 14-event season begins in

8:24 PM ET The LIV Golf League announced its final four team rosters Monday, and Phil Mickelson‘s HyFlyers GC is undergoing a makeover with the circuit set to begin its second season this week. Mickelson’s squad has two new members joining holdover Cameron Tringale: three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele and James Piot, who won

As we speak, the traveling circus that is the PGA Tour is packing its bags and setting a course for points eastward, bound for Florida, the second swing of the calendar year as men’s pro golf marches on toward April and Augusta. For now, while we have a second to reflect on 2023 so far,

7:32 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Bernhard Langer matched Hale Irwin‘s PGA Tour Champions victory record of 45 on Sunday, winning the Chubb Classic for the fifth time. The 65-year-old Langer matched his age with a closing 7-under 65 for a three-stroke victory over Steve Stricker and Padraig Harrington. “It’s extremely special because

Many golf fans would see Will Zalatoris shooting the best round of the day (64) at Riviera Country Club to backdoor an impressive fourth-place finish at the Genesis Invitational and think, he’s back. Apparently, he’s not quite back though. Almost, but not quite. “It was fun,” Zalatoris said Sunday at Riviera. “[But] it was kind

7:18 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. Caught in a battle with hometown favorite Max Homa at Riviera, Rahm delivered two big moments with a 45-foot

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen says that only two athletes have ever made him nervous. The late Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was one. On Sunday at the Genesis Invitational, Allen was able to meet the other—Tiger Woods. After Woods put the final touches on a Sunday 73 at Riviera Country Club, he and

Woods’ presence in the game remains insurmountable and all-consuming. The crowds this week and the attention he still garners proved as much. Yet as his career has entered a new stage, where his attendance in tournaments will be few and far between, the constant search for his heir apparent seems to have shifted into an

World No. 1 Lydia Ko​’s hot streak continues after capturing a win in her first start of 2023. The newlywed took home her second Aramco Saudi Ladies International title with a final-round 68 and a one-shot victory over Ladies European Tour stalwart Aditi Ashok​ ​at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. It’s the 26th victory

12:28 PM ET Associated Press KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, Saudi Arabia — Lydia Ko began the new year the same way she ended 2022, with a big win and a big check as she closed with a 4-under 68 to win the Aramco Saudi Ladies International. Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, held

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — There is Rory McIlroy in Europe, and then there is Tiger Woods in Los Angeles. And then there is Woods shooting in the 60s on a sunny Saturday at Riviera Country Club in his native Southern California after making his first cut in 274 days. Woods’ playing partner on Day 3

8:09 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Bernhard Langer remained in position to tie Hale Irwin‘s PGA Tour Champions victory record of 45, shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead into the final round of the Chubb Classic. The 65-year-old Langer, the winner last year, had a 10-under 134 total

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — There are two things guaranteed to send Golf Twitter into a tizzy every week: 1. Too many commercials/not enough golf shots being shown during a broadcast window, and 2. An iffy rules situation that involves a player “taking advantage” of the rules and escaping with minimal, and sometimes zero, damage. Given

9:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — When the idea of a PGA Tour-designated event first originated, it might have been difficult to dream up a better reality than the one that has played out through three days at the Genesis Invitational. With 23 of the top 25 players in the world in attendance,

Thomas Pieters is expected to sign with LIV Golf, according to a report from Sports Illustrated. A source close to LIV Golf confirmed to Golf Digest the Belgium star has signed with LIV. Pieters, 31, is a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, and captured the 2012 NCAA individual championship at the University of

11:36 AM ET Two more PGA Tour members and one of the best players on the DP World Tour are joining the LIV Golf League, sources told ESPN on Saturday. DP World Tour star Thomas Pieters, ranked No. 34 in the Official World Golf Ranking, and past PGA Tour winners Danny Lee and Brendan Steele

A young fan in the crowd at Riviera tried to warn media and officials that Tiger Woods was soon to start walking through a busy crowd after finishing his second round Friday at the Genesis Invitational. Good point, kid. But the question is, at one over par and right on the projected 36-hole cut line,

9:30 PM ET 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 LOS ANGELES — After dazzling the crowd at Riviera Country Club on Thursday with three straight birdies in his final three holes to shoot 2-under

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — If it wasn’t abundantly clear, Max Homa is comfortable playing golf in California. Specifically, in Southern California. More specifically, at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. The 2021 champion, Homa, who has recorded three straight top-10s at the Tiger Woods-hosted event, took the outright lead at 10-under par after round

10:02 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Max Homa in the lead at his hometown PGA Tour event used to give him chills. Now he’s playing so well it almost feels normal. Homa, a winner last month down the coast at Torrey Pines, ran off three birdies around the turn at Riviera Country

Following a tee shot late in the day, cameras caught Woods slipping Thomas a tampon in an apparent nod to Woods outdriving the reigning PGA champion. Photos and videos of Woods’ exchange went viral, with responses spanning the emotional spectrum. Some saw the gesture as an innocuous prank: Conversely, others believed the exchange was sophomoric

1:34 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — John Paramor, the mustachioed European tour rules official whose career spanned six decades, has died after a cancer diagnosis. He was 67. The European tour confirmed the death of Paramor, who retired in 2020 as chief referee. He had officiated at dozens of major championships over

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Max Homa called his thrilling hole-out from a greenside bunker at Riviera Country Club’s par-4 10th the “coolest way” he’s ever started a round of golf. His overall start to the tournament was pretty cool, too. A seven-under 64 catapulted one of the PGA Tour’s hottest players to the top of

Feb 15, 2023 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It’s still weird for Joel Dahmen to say he’s on a Netflix series. He likes to think he’s a normal guy, and that he and his wife, Lona, are just a normal couple with a normal family. By some measure, they may be. They do have a 3-week-old son,

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — The “look” was absolutely priceless. Anybody who’s ever topped a buddy’s birdie with their own to win a buck or two would recognize the pure joy in the slightest of smiles. That was the silent exchange that took place between Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas on the 18th green Thursday at

9:15 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — The walk to the Riviera Country Club clubhouse from the 18th green is a steep one. But any pain Tiger Woods might have felt in his right ankle seemed soothed by the smile that spread across his face as the crowd that filled the hole’s surrounding grass

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