8:12 PM ET Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — Nick Grabelcik played 38 holes to win three matches Friday, sending the North Florida sophomore into the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur at Oakmont. Coming off a superb freshman year that included three wins and a spot in the Palmer Cup, Grabelcik is one match away from
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It’s no secret what purpose the Wyndham Championship serves on many a struggling PGA Tour pro’s schedule—a season-saver or a season-ender. As John Feinstein pointed out earlier this week, Sedgefield in mid-August is home to the most high-stakes tour drama one can find. And on Friday, AKA cut day, there was plenty of drama to
GREENSBORO, N.C. — The last time Rickie Fowler missed the FedExCup Playoffs came in 2009, and the reason he missed it that year was because, well, he wasn’t a PGA Tour member. The first time he had a chance, in 2010, he made the playoffs with ease and finished in 32nd place, and he’s made
May 29th is the 20th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision for Casey Martin vs. the PGA Tour, enabling him & other golfers with disabilities to use carts during competition. Martin, 48, is the longtime Oregon men’s coach & this month led the Ducks to a 14th straight NCAA regionals berth. For more on
Urgency. The Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C., is the annual big squeeze on the PGA Tour, the last chance, the last gasp, the last glimmer of hope for a certain collection of players to salvage their season and keep their exempt status, and some players respond to the urgency of the situation quite decently. Urgency.
9:06 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Russell Henley shot an 8-under 62, his lowest round in more than two years, to take the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Wyndham Championship. Henley birdied three of his final four holes for a two-stroke lead over Sung Kang, Ted Potter Jr., Chris
OAKMONT, Pa. — Golf is not a game of perfect, something Joe Highsmith has come to understand all too well in 2021. In many respects, this past year has been the best of his golf life, the 21-year-old rising senior at Pepperdine winning the Western Intercollegiate last spring, going 3-0 in NCAA match play to
Tyler Strafaci found himself in a rare, enviable position at the onset of 2021, one that bequeathed guaranteed starts on the PGA Tour. It is a position Strafaci earned thanks to capturing the 2020 U.S. Amateur, a conquest whose spoils included invites to the Masters and U.S. Open along with exemptions into the Genesis Invitational,
8:53 PM ET Associated Press OAKMONT, Pa. — Mark Goetz was the medalist among the 64 qualifiers Wednesday in the U.S. Amateur at Oakmont and managed only four holes of the first round when the rain-delayed championship was suspended by darkness. Ricky Castillo, a junior-to-be at Florida, was in the only one of the 16
If it comes to fruition, and 35-year-old former NBA champion J.R. Smith does make the college golf team at North Carolina AT&T State University, imagine the looks on the first tee at tournaments. Before his opponents try to beat him, they’re going to want his autograph. It would be quite the sight, a 6-foot-6 father
2:08 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, NC this week for the Wyndham Championship, an event that Jim Herman snuck up and won last year. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Sports betting deputy editor David Bearman
Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from the Wyndham Championship Wednesday evening. The tour did not give a reason why Oosthuizen, who was the highest-ranked player (No. 7 in the OWGR) in the field, opted out of the regular-season finale. The 2010 Open champ is enjoying a fruitful, if somewhat bittersweet, campaign. Oosthuizen entered the week eighth in
Nobody in professional golf is quite as associated with the Wyndham Championship as Webb Simpson. Not only was he born and raised near Greensboro, N.C., in nearby Raleigh, and not only did he go to college at nearby Wake Forest, and not only does he live in nearby Charlotte, but the tournament itself has played
8:41 AM ET The most unusual of golf seasons will come to an end this week in Greensboro, North Carolina. Well, the regular season will. Golf is an all-year deal, but the PGA Tour’s version will conclude at the Wyndham Championship, to be followed by three playoff events to determine its season-long champion. This week
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7:26 PM ET ESPN News Services DULUTH, Ga. — Willie Mack III ran off three early birdies to pull away and closed with an 8-under 64 on Tuesday for a six-shot victory in the Mastercard APGA Tour Championship. The victory was worth $27,500 to Mack. He earned $10,000 for the victory at the TPC Sugarloaf,
OAKMONT, Pa. — The equation remains the same: 312 stroke-play golfers need to be whittled down to 64 match-play survivors. But it’s going to take a little more time to do the whittling. A storm blew through the Pittsburgh suburb on Tuesday afternoon, interrupting the second stroke-play round of the 121st U.S. Amateur. Play on
The club championship is a big deal at most places. But at Blue Hill C.C. outside Boston, it was such a big deal to Jake Shuman, a pro waiting on his amateur status being re-instated, that he entered to play despite still being a professional—and the results were justifiably glorious. A struggling tour pro who