A bachelor weekend in Vegas usually leads one to take stock of things, in a “I need to go back to school and get my life together” way. Joel Dahmen’s desert excursion provided a slightly different epiphany. Dahmen captured his first career tour win at last week’s Puntacana Resort & Club Championship, a win that
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7:17 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — The PGA Tour is returning to South Carolina for a third time this year, adding an event in the Palmetto State for June to take the spot of the canceled RBC Canadian Open. The tour announced the addition Tuesday. It means the PGA Tour will play three
Our promise to you: We are taking The Citadel very, very seriously. We’re watching the tape, we’re sticking around after practice for extra work, and we’re treating the Valero like it’s the biggest game of the year. There’s still money to be made, and we want to help you do just that. Citadel jokes aside,
4:00 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN In early January, Kate Smith, 21, was relaxing in her apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska, quarantining before the start of her final golf season with the University of Nebraska. She started reflecting on her collegiate career and what’s next for her as a golfer. And then, Smith received an email notification
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Yealimi Noh is only 19, yet already she has made news for the right reasons and now has done so for a wrong reason. Noh, here to make her debut in the ANA Inspiration, received a $10,000 fine for slow play at the Kia Classic last week, the LPGA confirmed. Noh,
Augusta National and the Masters is long on lore. That’s to be expected for a tournament that’s been held, save for World War II, since 1934 at the same venue. Such familiarity, along with the mystical appeal of the club itself, has lent to a long list of tales—you know, the type where you tell
4:59 PM ET Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from this week’s Valero Texas Open, saying in a statement that he instead will use the week before the Masters to work on his game at home ahead of his defense at Augusta National. Johnson had committed to the Texas Open on Friday, the same day he was
It’s tough to believe it: The Masters is almost here! First, we have one more PGA Tour event with an invite to Augusta National on the line. The 2021 Valero Texas Open has a strong-ish field, highlighted by 2020 Masters champion Dustin Johnson (7-1), who decided to play the week before the Masters, which paid
5:03 PM ET The U.S. Open has made no decisions about the number of spectators that will be allowed at Torrey Pines in June but there will be far fewer volunteers, according to an email sent to registered marshals and volunteers that was obtained by ESPN. The U.S. Open is scheduled for June 17-20. “After
J.J. Killeen had his first press conference in a decade late Monday afternoon. It was conducted from inside his car somewhere in Kerrville, Texas, selfie-style, of course. “Well, that was nails,” the sunbaked, stubbled 39-year-old former Nationwide Tour Player of the Year-turned-Twitter personality said after Monday qualifying for this week’s PGA Tour stop, the Valero
Pebble Beach Company announced Monday that CEO Bill Perocchi will retire effective July 1. In the position since 1999, Perocchi guided Pebble Beach through three U.S. Opens and two U.S. Amateurs. He was charged with ushering much-needed modern enhancements—such as a state-of-the-art practice facility, a visitors center and extensive upgrades at the Lodge and nearby
8:25 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Billy Horschel had just enough left in the tank to win the Dell Technologies Match Play on Sunday with plenty of help from Scottie Scheffler in a sloppy end to the longest week in golf. Horschel made only one birdie in the championship match, chipping in from
CARLSBAD, Calif.—With 21 wins on the LPGA Tour, the latest coming on Sunday in the Kia Classic, Inbee Park can play in just about any women’s golf tournament in the world if she wants to. Except for one. Even as the reigning gold medalist from the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, Park couldn’t count on being
9:35 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Inbee Park opened her LPGA Tour season with a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Kia Classic on the eve of the first major championship of the season. The Hall of Famer finally put it all together at Aviara Golf Club, winning her 21st LPGA Tour title after
Joel Dahmen’s victory in the Domincan Republic will be a popular one among his fellow tour pros. But it came at the cruel expense of Rafeal Campos. You’re forgiven if Campos’ name doesn’t ring a bell. The 32-year-old has played on the fringes of the sport for most of his career. He’s made just 37
If you want to claim the title at the WGC-Dell Match Play Championship, you’re going to have to endure your fair share of golf. The eventual winner of the Walter Hagen Cup will have battled through seven individual matches over five days, including back-to-back double sessions of single-elimination play on Saturday and Sunday at Austin
9:54 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Inbee Park opened a five-stroke lead Saturday in a bid to finally win the Kia Classic. Second in the event in 2010, 2016 and 2019, the Hall of Famer shot a 3-under 69 to reach 12-under 204 at Aviara Golf Club, the scenic course that was set
The U.S. Women’s Open doesn’t face the drastic changes it did in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced it be moved from June to December, whille players bundled up in frigid temperatures and competed on two courses intead of one. But the coronavirus is still stirring up problems. The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Saturday