8:59 AM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour are seeking to add Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the fund’s governor, Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, as defendants in the tour’s countersuit against LIV Golf. In a motion for leave filed to a U.S. District Court in Northern California on Tuesday, the PGA Tour’s attorneys argued that
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A calm day at Torrey Pines produced low scores in the first round of the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open no matter which course golfers were playing at Torrey Pines. But that’s expected to change Thursday with the Santa Ana winds forecasted to wreak havoc. That could keep some players up tonight, but it could provide
9:16 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Jon Rahm struggled to a 1-over 73 at Torrey Pines South, which has become one of his favorite courses, while Sam Ryder, Aaron Rai and Brent Grant all shot 8-under 64 on the more forgiving North Course on Wednesday to tie for the first-round lead at the
TeeGate. Don’t want to talk about it, but have to talk about it, because what went down between Rory McIlroy and Patrick Reed in Dubai this week has burned social media to the ground. We did our best to sort this mess out, and what better way to do so than to answer whatever questions
8:12 AM ET ESPN News Services As one of the most vocal critics of the LIV Golf breakaway league, Rory McIlroy felt mentally drained at the end of last year and decided to put his clubs away for a few weeks. “It’s been nice,” top-ranked McIlroy said, “to try to take a little bit of
SAN DIEGO — For superstitious reasons alone, there are players on the PGA Tour who wouldn’t have touched the question with any kind of thoughtful answer. It’s the silly “don’t speak of a no-hitter” mentality. Thankfully, Jon Rahm has never been that kind of guy. Ask him something and he’ll speak his mostly unfiltered opinion,
5:37 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN TORREY PINES, Calif. — As Jon Rahm stands on the cusp of winning his third PGA Tour event in as many starts this year, he isn’t shying away from what could be a historic win at a course — Torrey Pines — where he’s had plenty of success. “I’m aware
SAN DIEGO — While the scheduled Wednesday through Saturday playing of last year’s Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines was originally met with some disappointment and skepticism—and then it nearly went into Sunday when the playoff between winner Luke List and Will Zalatoris ran late—there wasn’t a lot of complaining on the players’ end. The
3:36 PM ET Jon Rahm will attempt to become the first PGA Tour player to win in three consecutive starts since 2017 when he tees it up on Wednesday at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines outside San Diego. How rare would his feat be? According to Justin Ray, head of content for Twenty
DUBAI, U.A.E. — There are many miles between Eslov in Sweden and Lubbock in Texas, 5,178 to be exact. And the two cities have little in common. Eslov’s population maxes out around 25,000, which represents maybe a tenth of the people who make their homes on the southern end of the High Plains. Historic castles
4:01 PM ET PGA Tour players Collin Morikawa and Adam Scott have been added to the roster of players in the TGL golf league started by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley. The league will feature six teams of three PGA Tour players that will showcase team competitions on a virtual golf course in
Officials with LIV Golf have finalized their 14-event 2023 schedule, according to a report from Sports Illustrated. The Saudi-backed circuit will begin play in February in Mexico and conclude in November in Saudi Arabia. Much of LIV’s itinerary for its sophomore campaign was previously reported by Golf Digest, highlighted by the addition of a third
3:32 PM ET The LIV Golf League’s team championship is moving from Trump National Doral in Miami to Saudi Arabia in November, LIV Golf sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The $50 million team championship will be played at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Jeddah on Nov. 3-5, according to a schedule that
Majed Al Sorour, LIV Golf managing director and Golf Saudi CEO, is no longer in an administrative role with the breakaway circuit, Golf Digest has confirmed. Sports Illustrated was the first to break the story. Al Sorour, who serves as an adviser to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and is the director of the Premier
4:51 PM ET Representatives of the four major championships in men’s golf will decide whether LIV Golf League players will receive world-ranking points, after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and DP World Tour CEO Keith Pelley recused themselves from the Official World Golf Ranking board that is considering the matter. Pelley told The Telegraph of
DUBAI, U.A.E. — Among the many and varied topics LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has covered in his on-going long-distance dialogue with the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour is that of World Ranking points. As anyone who has taken the trouble to listen to the two-time Open champion will surely know by now,
8:01 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking’s formula might say that Rory McIlroy is still the No. 1 player in the world, but there’s little question as to who has been the best player on the course during the past four months. Spain’s Jon Rahm won again on Sunday at the American Express in
It’s unlikely Davis Thompson will ever again leave in a flagstick. Not after what happened Sunday on the Stadium Course at PGA West. The 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie was battling shot-for-shot with juggernaut Jon Rahm late in the final round of The American Express in La Quinta, Calif., when the unluckiest of circumstances changed everything.
7:16 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooke Henderson sets a goal of winning multiple LPGA Tour titles at the outset of each season. She didn’t wait long to collect her first trophy of 2023. Henderson was dominant throughout and delivered a 2-under 70 on Sunday at Lake Nona to complete a wire-to-wire victory
Not for the first time in his career, Jon Rahm is on a roll. The 28-year-old Spaniard grinded out his ninth PGA Tour victory Sunday at The American Express after a David-and-Goliath battle with rookie Davis Thompson. Victorious two weeks ago at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii in his most recent start, and
8:35 PM ET ESPN News Services LA QUINTA, Calif. — While Jon Rahm had plenty of chances to pump his right fist after nice shots on Sunday, the look of relief on his face after holding off rookie Davis Thompson put into perspective his victory at The American Express. The Spanish star took advantage of
Two weeks ago, uncertainty loomed over Xander Schauffele. The 29-year-old Californian was bewildered by a mystery back ailment at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii that caused him to withdraw in the middle of the second round at Kapalua Resort out of caution. In so doing doing, he passed up the chance at an
5:21 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Brooke Henderson went from complete control of her game for two days to having to scratch out a good score Saturday. The result was a 3-under 69 and a 3-shot lead in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Henderson was up for the fight and moved
Since making bogey on the first hole in the final round at Kapalua two weeks ago, Jon Rahm has played 71 holes on the PGA Tour. In that span, he has made two eagles, 32 birdies and just two bogeys. All totaled, he is 34 under in that stretch, including 23 under through three rounds
10:30 PM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii — Steve Stricker competed for the first time in three months and nothing changed. He began the PGA Tour Champions year by closing with a 7-under 65 for a 6-shot victory Saturday in the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Stricker seized control with a 60 in the second
It took only a single tournament into the 2023 PGA Tour Champions season for a frontrunner to emerge, the player to beat from here on out. Steve Stricker put down that marker on Saturday with his victory in the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai on the Big Island of Hawaii. Stricker, 55, wrested control
8:26 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Jon Rahm got off to a hot start and shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday on PGA West’s Stadium Course for a share of the lead with tour rookie Davis Thompson in The American Express. Thompson’s run of eagles in the Southern California desert finally ended
LIV Golf hails it as a victory. LIV detractors view it as defeat. Those polar responses should not surprise; the past year of civil war in professional golf has proven reality varies depending on the beholder. To an extent that sentiment applies to LIV’s recent announcement of a multiyear media agreement with The CW network,
From friends and colleagues, golf course architect Gil Hanse has taken the good-natured needling with a smile and roll of his eyes. Yes, Hanse could claim three holes-in-one in his life, but they’d all come at one very special, but very small layout—The Cradle par-3 course that Hanse designed and opened at the Pinehurst Resort
5:47 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — One of Brooke Henderson’s goals heading into the newly minted LPGA Tour season was to get herself into contention more often. The Canadian golfer is off to a strong start, building a 4-shot lead Friday in the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Playing alongside Hall of
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