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2:48 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods played 16 holes and walked 18 in the Genesis Invitational Pro-Am Wednesday morning in his first public round of golf since last December’s PNC Championship. Woods, who will play with Justin Thomas and Rory McIlroy in the first two rounds of the tournament starting Thursday,

5:14 PM ET LOS ANGELES — As the PGA Tour continues to rebuild itself during its ongoing battle with the LIV Golf League for the best players in the world, Rory McIlroy says he believes the tour should look at another professional sports league, the NBA, as a model for growth. McIlroy, speaking to reporters

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Rory McIlroy hesitated to use the word. In fact, he said he “hated” it, because he no doubt understands the connotations it carries. Anytime you use the word “product” when it comes to speaking about sports, it feels as if you could be selling beers or cars rather than acknowledging the

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — In his prime, Tiger Woods was expected to win at any course he played on the PGA Tour, particularly any course he’d played more than once. En route to claiming a record-tying 82 tour titles, there were a handful of venues—notably Bay Hill, Firestone and Torrey Pines—where Woods won on several

8:00 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 — Tiger Woods will tee it up at the Genesis Invitational on Thursday (3:04 p.m. ET, ESPN+) in his first official PGA Tour

Weekends on the LPGA Tour just got a little smaller. On Wednesday, the tour announced a rule change to the cutline that’s being put in place at full-field events, with the top 65 players and ties now advancing. Previously, it was top 70 and ties. The smaller cuts will begin at the LPGA Drive-On Championship

12:51 PM ET Mito Pereira, who last year squandered a chance to become the first man from Chile to win a major championship and the first PGA Tour rookie to win one in 11 years, has officially joined the LIV Golf League. Pereira, 27, and Sebastian Munoz, another PGA Tour member, were among four players

Episode Title: “Don’t Get Bitter, Get Better” Tagline: Tony Finau and Collin Morikawa take different approaches to the game heading into The Masters Tournament and the Open Championship Pick your favorite narrative here: Choice A: Tony Finau is a good-hearted family man from humble origins who never gives up despite initial struggles, while Collin Morikawa

3:47 PM ET PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods said he’s still having problems with his right ankle and dealing with plantar fasciitis in his right foot but insists he wouldn’t be playing in this week’s Genesis Invitational if he didn’t think he could contend or even win. Woods, 47, will be making his first start

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — A cyclone ravaging New Zealand has prompted Adam Scott to find a backup caddie for Wednesday’s pro-am at the Genesis Invitational, with his usual bagman, Steve Williams, scrambling to get a flight out of his home in Auckland in time for Thursday’s first round at Riviera Country Club. Government officials in

4:30 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods walked back into the epicenter of the golf world Tuesday, just days after he announced he would be playing in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. He discussed many topics, including his health, the way he approaches playing competitive golf at this stage of

Four months ago, Jon Trasamar was standing on the tee at the first stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q school in Arizona. The 32-year-old Minnesota native was coming off yet another solid season on the mini-tours and feeling good about his chances of advancing. The scars on his knee and shoulder reminded him of the

7:00 AM ET Devin Gordon STREAKING IS WRONG — let’s be clear about that up front. It’s boorish, infantile, and it always ends badly. That being said, sometimes a legend comes along who pulls off a marathon streak so improbable, so filled with performative flourishes and so in keeping with the whole sloshy drunken gestalt

LPGA star Anna Nordqvist revealed she has ended her endorsement deal with Aramco—Saudi Arabia’s state-run petroleum company and a major financial supporter of women’s golf—due to ongoing backlash for the partnership. In an interview with Swedish news agency TT, the three-time major winner did not express second thoughts regarding the moral and ethical issues of

12:35 PM ET The 2023 PGA Tour continues with the Genesis Invitational, which begins Thursday. The event will take place at the Riviera Country Club, a par-71 course in Pacific Palisades, California. Because the Genesis Invitational is an elevated event, the purse is $20 million. It’s the second consecutive elevated golf tournament on the PGA

When Tiger Woods returns to competitive golf this week at the Genesis Invitational, his first official PGA Tour event since the Open Championship in July, he’ll be getting reacquainted with a golf course that, paradoxically, is one he deeply cherishes but which chafes him like no other venue on Earth. Winner of a record-tying 82

6:06 PM ET Former world No. 1 Stacy Lewis has been named U.S. captain for the 2024 Solheim Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, the LPGA announced Monday. Lewis is already on track to captain the 2023 U.S. team that will face Europe at the Sept. 22-24 Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin in Andalucia, Spain. “This is

For a second consecutive week, golf fans will be treated to a stacked field featuring three guys battling for the top spot in the Official World Golf Ranking. But Tiger Woods’ return to competition adds a fun world ranking wrinkle as well. The 15-time major champ will play in an official PGA Tour event for

12:00 PM ET Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy entered the year ranked No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. You could certainly argue that over the past few weeks, Spain’s Jon Rahm was performing like the best player in the world. On Sunday, Scottie Scheffler reminded everyone in the sport who was ranked No. 1

SCOTTSDALE — Scottie Scheffler won his second-consecutive WM Phoenix Open on Sunday, returning to the site of his first career PGA Tour victory a year ago while also returning to World No. 1. With a final-round bogey-free 65 at TPC Scottsdale, good for a 19-under 265 total, Scheffler beat Nick Taylor by two shots with

Feb 11, 2023 Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottie Scheffler held onto the lead Saturday at the WM Phoenix Open in a bid to successfully defend his title and regain the No. 1 spot in the world. The second-ranked Scheffler shot a 3-under 68 in front of some 200,000 fans — including WNBA star Brittney

Jon Rahm started the final round of the WM Phoenix Open two shots behind Scottie Scheffler. If he pulled out the victory, it would have been his third tour win in six weeks and would have lifted the 28-year-old Spaniard to No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking. And yet, it wasn’t meant to

6:43 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Scottie Scheffler successfully defended his WM Phoenix Open title Sunday at TPC Scottsdale to regain the No. 1 spot in the world. Scheffler closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Nick Taylor by 2 strokes in breezy conditions on the firm and fast Stadium Course. The 26-year-old

SCOTTSDALE — Excitement is building in Scottsdale this week. Not just the final round of the WM Phoenix Open, or the Super Bowl coming to town. But for the anticipation of Netflix’s forthcoming golf docuseries “Full Swing,” which drops February 15th. As part of its Super Bowl ad collaboration with Michelob Ultra, both brands hosted

11:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — South Africa’s Ockie Strydom shot a 9-under 63 on Sunday to power up the leaderboard and clinch the Singapore Classic by one stroke from Finland’s Sami Valimaki. Strydom carded a final round of 63 — the best score of the final day at Laguna National Golf Resort Club

On Saturday at the WM Phoenix Open, fans were treated to a fascinating discussion about club selection between Tom Kim and his caddie, Joe Skovron. The moment wasn’t necessarily a new element to golf broadcasts—more so a great job by the announcers of not talking over the audio coming from the mics on the course—which

3:02 AM ET ESPN News Services SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — WNBA star Brittney Griner attended the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament Saturday in what is believed to be her second public appearance since her release from a Russian prison. Griner was part of a crowd of about 200,000 fans at the tournament, watching the action from

SCOTTSDALE — CBS promised golf fans some innovations to its broadcasts ahead of this season, and they’re wasting no time delivering. Max Homa kicked things off with an on-course interview en route to victory at the Farmers Insurance Open. Keith Mitchell followed with an on-course interview of his own at Pebble Beach. The broadcast also

1:26 PM ET Stephen Ames parred all 18 holes Saturday to finish a wire-to-wire win at the Trophy Hassan II in Rabat, Morocco. It is the third career Champions Tour title for the 58-year-old Canadian, who finished five shots ahead of runner-up Mark Hensby of Australia. Ames carded a 73 in the third round at

It was a remarkably comfortable ride from start to finish for Stephen Ames, who set his game on cruise control and rode it to a landslide victory in the Trophy Hassan II on Saturday. Ames took a three-stroke lead into the final round, then made 18 straight pars to post an even-par 73 at Royal