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1:48 PM ET Cameron Smith, who was attempting to become the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world and is reportedly set to join the rival LIV Golf series, was assessed a 2-stroke penalty before the start of Sunday’s final round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. According to a

If the spotlight made it any more uncomfortable to play in the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship than the already steamy conditions in Memphis, you wouldn’t have known it by the demeanor Cameron Smith is carrying. The 28-year-old Australian, a center of attention for his play in 2022 with wins at the Players and the

8:34 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday for a share of the Boeing Classic lead with Billy Andrade. Jimenez had a bogey-free round to match Andrade at 10-under 134 at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. “Moving day like people say, no?” Jimenez said. “We are

7:15 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — British Open champion Cameron Smith has spent all week ignoring queries about reports he will be the latest to leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf. His only concern was trying to win the FedEx Cup playoffs. Now there’s another perk at stake: No. 1 in

If you’re looking for signs of the beefed up rewards that come in the PGA Tour’s 2022 postseason, the FedEx St. Jude Championship is a good place to start. The tournament replaced The Northern Trust as the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and with it comes not just a new name and venue

Tony Finau continued his sizzling play on Thursday with an opening-round 64 at the FedEx Cup St. Jude Championship. For a guy who has won his past two PGA Tour starts, the low score is nothing new. But he now finds himself in pretty select company—and within striking distance of a Tiger Woods scoring mark.

3:13 PM ET Associated Press BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Ewen Ferguson of Scotland extended his lead to three strokes by shooting 2-under 68 in the third round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Saturday. Ferguson, who won the Qatar Masters in March, set up the chance of a second win on the European tour

MEMPHIS — A memo sent Friday afternoon to PGA Tour players from Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined the updated policy for the playoffs as decided by the tour’s policy board. The headline, at least for those who have followed the saga of the four players who would make the Korn Ferry Tour Finals should Bubba Watson

9:14 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — J.J. Spaun hopes he’s only getting started on the road to the FedEx Cup finale. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will have to wait another week. As for Jason Day, his season is over. Spaun made a late birdie for a 3-under 67 to take

11:50 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — K.J. Choi closed with a birdie, eagle and birdie for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead in PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic on Friday. Choi, the 52-year-old South Korean player who won last year at Pebble Beach for his lone senior title, was

The playoffs, whatever the sport, are about opportunities, getting a chance to improve on your season. So here comes J.J. Spaun, who won his first PGA Tour event earlier this year at the Valero Texas Open, and then kind of sputtered. He qualified easily for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, coming in at No. 25 in

3:03 PM ET Associated Press BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Ewen Ferguson of Scotland followed up his big opening round with an even-par 70, but it kept him in the lead at the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Friday. Ferguson carded a course-record 61 on Thursday at Galgorm Castle, one of two courses used for the

MEMPHIS — After missing the cut last Friday at the Wyndham Championship, Rickie Fowler knew his hopes of making the FedEx Cup Playoffs sat on a knife’s edge. He also knew there was no longer anything he could do about it—after missing the playoffs for the first time in his career last season, finishing 134th

MEMPHIS — If you’re handicapping the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year race, there are five players who have a realistic shot, barring a miracle playoff run from someone unheralded. A week ago, Cameron Young was the comfortable frontrunner—with two second-place finishes (including a solo second at the Open Championship) and a ninth-place finish in

5:23 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rickie Fowler was the last man in the field for the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he’s making the most of it with a new caddie and new putter in his bag. Fowler carded a 5-under 65 in the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind

A year and one week ago, Si Woo Kim began the final round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind a whopping 23 shots off the lead of Harris English. Without any chance of winning or even making that large of a move up the leaderboard, Kim decided to go full car crash,

6:58 PM ET Associated Press BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland — Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson set the course record at Galgorm Castle Golf Club with a 9-under 61 to open a four-shot lead after the first round of the ISPS Handa World Invitational on Thursday. Ferguson chipped in for eagle on the 10th and 18th and added five

MEMPHIS — Bubba Watson publicly announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he had resigned his membership from the PGA Tour ahead of playing on the LIV Golf circuit in 2023. The seemingly innocuous decision, however, could be a significant break for four aspiring tour pros. Watson, a two-time Masters champions and 12-time tour winner, revealed

1:39 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The federal judge who denied temporary restraining orders to three LIV Golf players who wanted to come back to the PGA Tour to compete in the FedEx Cup Playoffs said the plaintiffs failed to “even show that they have been harmed — let alone irreparably.” United States District Court

The FedEx Cup Playoffs are here, and they’re coming for the first time to Memphis, a city that previously has held a PGA Tour event every year since 1958. The FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind boasts a 121-player field (four playoff eligible pros are missing due to injury or personal reasons), with each

12:33 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rory McIlroy was paying attention to court proceedings Tuesday, when a federal judge in California denied a temporary restraining order to three suspended PGA Tour members who signed with LIV Golf and then wanted to play in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford won’t

8:45 AM ET After some drama about who would and who would not be in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs, the field is set. Now, the three-week sprint to the finish begins, starting with the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The top 125 players in the standings are in the field. After this week, the

Jon Rahm has some extra inspiration for Thursday’s start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, even if he might be a little sleep deprived. On the eve of the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Rahm announced on Instagram that he and wife Kelley welcomed their second son with the birth of

7:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Analysts The FedEx Cup Playoffs begin this week with the 2022 FedEx St. Jude Championship from TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tenn. The playoff field is loaded with some of the best golfers in the world all battling for a shot at the $18 million prize Rory McIlroy enters the event

We’ll try to take a break from the LIV Golf drama in order to dive into the FedEx Cup Playoffs starting this week at TPC Southwind. The FedEx St. Jude Championship kicks things off with 121 of the 125 eligible players competing in Memphis. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, defending champ Tony Finau and Open

A judge in U.S. District Court denied a motion Tuesday afternoon to three LIV Golf members seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, giving the PGA Tour the first victory in the legal battle between the tour and the Saudi-backed circuit. As part of the lawsuit filed by Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine

7:04 AM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Much of professional men’s golf’s attention was on a California courtroom on Tuesday, where a federal judge ruled that it was OK for the PGA Tour to ban three players who left for the rival LIV Golf series from competing in the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Starting on Thursday, eyes

A lawyer for LIV Golf during Tuesday’s temporary restraining order hearing in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., made a statement that called into question the matter of prize money on the Saudi-backed circuit. In June, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee reported that the prize money presumably awarded at LIV Golf events was taken

6:46 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A federal judge on Tuesday denied a temporary restraining order to three golfers who were seeking to participate in the FedEx Cup Playoffs after leaving the PGA Tour for the upstart LIV Golf Invitational Series. The players, Talor Gooch, Matt Jones and Hudson Swafford, were seeking relief to participate

A day after Tom Kim became the first golfer born in the 2000s to win on the PGA Tour, a girl significantly younger turned heads in another big golf tournament on the other side of the country. Introducing Alice Ziyi Zhao, who opened the 122nd U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship by shooting a six-under 67 at