12:19 PM ET Associated Press FAR HILLS, N.J. — The USGA will have a final qualifying site in South Carolina to account for a new tournament that replaces the RBC Canadian Open. The addition of Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island brings the total number of final qualifying sites to 10 in the United
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We know Tony Romo has game. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and current CBS analyst has played in four PGA Tour events in the past four years—though he has yet to make a cut. His path to making the cut at his most recent start in a pro event, this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Veritex
LOS ANGELES — Leona Maguire walked up the 72nd hole of the Lotte Championship last Saturday and saw the leader board behind the green. Save for runaway winner Lydia Ko, no one stood above the 26-year-old Irishwoman, who tied for second at 21 under par with the likes of Inbee Park, Nelly Korda and Sei
11:40 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jessica Korda birdied three of the final four holes for a 7-under 64 and a one-stroke lead Wednesday after the first round of the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open. Korda had eight birdies and a bogey at Wilshire Country Club. She won the season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament
AVONDALE, La.—Cameron Smith has three top-10s, including a runner-up, in five appearances at the Masters, a success rate that he attributes in large part to that week’s departure from the monotony of regular PGA Tour golf and the creativity required around the golfing brilliance that is Augusta National. Perhaps, too, that same logic explains his
2:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Seamus Power of Ireland has withdrawn from the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after testing positive for the coronavirus. Power was replaced in the PGA Tour’s only official team event by Zack Sucher, who will partner with David Hearn of Canada. Power is the 30th player to test positive,
Google is your friend, as the saying goes. Marc Leishman must have heard that one before, because the well-known search engine came up clutch for the Big Aussie this week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Leishman, who will be playing with fellow countryman Cameron Smith at TPC Louisiana, is seemingly just as intoxicated
It’s time to shake things up. Forced to cancel the event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PGA Tour returns to Avondale, La., for the Zurich Classic and its unique two-man team format. The concept began in 2017, with each duo competing in a round of fourballs (Thursday) and a round of alternate
3:15 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Inspired by the WNBA’s #OrangeHoodie campaign and the attention that it brought the league, Michelle Wie West has worked with the LPGA to design the #HoodieForGolf campaign to spread more awareness for women’s golf and amplify women’s sports. “We wanted to create this hoodie to help elevate the visibility of
The unpredictable format is why most of our experts are fading one of the favorites in lieu of some better value elsewhere. Our anonymous tour caddie and data scientist Rick Gehman of RickRunGood.com are fading Collin Morikawa and Matthew Wolff and three of our experts are fading Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay, who have the
6:46 PM ET The PGA Tour put in place this year a $40 million bonus plan that will pay the top 10 players based on how much they “move the needle” rather than their performance on the course. In theory, players such as Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth could
Seamus Power was forced to withdraw from this week’s Zurich Classic on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19. Zack Sucher will replace Power in the field at TPC Louisiana and as the teammate of David Hearn, who was originally scheduled to play with the 34-year-old Irishman. Power is the first player on the PGA Tour
Billy Horschel last competed on European soil in September 2019 as one of the few Americans to tee it up at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in England. He spoke glowingly of the event and tied for fourth that week. It was also the first and only time in his career that the 34-year-old
12:41 PM ET The PGA Tour is strongly encouraging its players and caddies to get the COVID-19 vaccines, sending a memo on Monday that outlined how it will eventually stop on-site testing while also attempting to debunk some of the myths associated with the shots. In the memo obtained by ESPN, the Tour said while
This is one of the most interesting weeks of the year for golf DFS. Many of the tour players look forward to the Zurich Classic, and we do, too—as the rare team event offers an opportunity to find an edge over the casual player if you know how to build teams optimally. DraftKings scoring will
5:20 PM ET A limited number of spectators will be permitted to attend both the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines (South) in San Diego and the U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this June. To do so under California guidelines, residents of the state must provide a negative COVID-19 test or
The PGA Tour informed players Monday that it is changing its testing policy, as well as updating its health and safety protocols, for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. With all people age 18 and over now eligible for vaccination, the tour announced a new framework in a memo for policing against the virus.
HILTON HEAD, S.C. — “He’s old and he’s kicking everyone’s a**.” Those words, from Harold Varner III, came right after he called Stewart Cink “old as—” and stopped himself in the nick of time, and may be all the summary we need for what went down this weekend in Hilton Head. The truth is, we’re