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Thomas Bjorn was a surprising name at the top of the leaderboard early on Day 1 at the 2023 Irish Open. But no one was more surprised than Thomas Bjorn himself. It’s been nearly a decade since the Danish golfer won his 15th and most recent European Tour title. And the 2018 Ryder Cup captain

Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 07:54 PM ET CINCINNATI — Ruixin Liu of China was still suffering from allergies that forced her to withdraw from the LPGA Tour event last week. It didn’t stop her from posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday for her best round of the year and a one-shot lead in the

Whatever growing pains the new Tiger Woods/Rory McIlroy conceived TGL indoor golf league has during its startup phase, they won’t come from lack of resources. New York Mets owner Steve Cohen has made a deal to buy the New York franchise, joining Serena Williams and Alex Ohanian (Los Angeles), Fenway Sports Group (Boston) and Atlanta

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 7, 2023, 08:23 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia There will be a Boston-New York rivalry in TGL, the tech-infused golf league being fronted by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy that is scheduled to begin play

Start at Gare du Nord, the bustling train station just north of the center of Paris. Take the “H” train three stops—about 15 minutes—and hang a quick right. Strutting down Rue Charles de Gaulle, give yourself 10 more minutes. Once you reach the Casino supermarket, in the center of Deuil-la-Barre, you know you’ve made it.

The golf world hasn’t seen much from Tiger Woods as he works his way back from his ankle surgery in April, but Rory McIlroy has still heard plenty from the 15-time major champ during that time. The friends and business partners have grown closer in recent years, but Rory revealed some interesting details in an

Sep 6, 2023, 01:13 PM ET Rory McIlroy is still recovering from a back injury but said he will be “totally fine” in time for the Ryder Cup. The 34-year-old from Northern Ireland hurt his lower back ahead of last month’s PGA Tour Championship. McIlroy, the world’s No. 2-ranked player, is competing in the Irish

The United States Senate will host another public hearing regarding the PGA Tour’s proposed deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The meeting, announced Wednesday and scheduled for Sept. 13, comes after PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s repeated evasions to testify before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The hearing is expected to focus on PIF’s

Associated Press Sep 6, 2023, 06:23 AM ET ROME — Novak Djokovic will replace his tennis racket with a golf club when he competes in an All-Star match preceding the upcoming Ryder Cup outside Rome. Djokovic, Formula One driver Carlos Sainz and soccer players Gareth Bale and Andriy Shevchenko were among those named to compete

STRAFFAN, Ireland — It should have been a special train ride. Adrian Meronk and his girlfriend were sitting in a carriage on the way from Crans-Montana in Switzerland to Geneva, hours after Meronk had finished T-12 at the Omega European Masters, when the call from Luke Donald came in. The European captain delivered to them

STRAFFAN, Ireland — Shane Lowry is realistic about his results this year. They’ve not been terrible by any means, but they have been disappointing when compared to his win at the DP World Tour’s prestigious BMW PGA at Wentworth one year ago. Since then, Lowry has registered just one top 10 worldwide. “My form probably

Golf certainly has had its share of rules issues over the years, but it’s rare when there’s one in which the person who originally brought an infraction to the forefront regarding a playing partner ultimately is disqualified because of a separate broken rule. We introduce you to this story from the first stage of LPGA

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 12:04 PM ET CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg surged to a 2-shot win at the European Masters on Sunday and right into the Ryder Cup picture for Europe when the six captain’s picks are announced Monday. Aberg stunned longtime leader Matt Fitzpatrick by reeling off four straight birdies

The team lost its captain and a number of its (former) stalwarts. Yet anyone thinking the 2023 European Ryder Cup roster will be short on star-power is mistaken. It was a little more than a year ago that the Old World club’s leader Henrik Stenson vacated his captaincy by departing to LIV Golf, and a

Europe’s newest Ryder Cup player, Ludvig Aberg, turned professional just three months ago. But the former Texas Tech business marketing graduate has been acting and playing like a pro for a lot longer. Eight months ago, as a reward for topping the PGA Tour Velocity Global ranking, the 23-year-old Swede teed it up in the

Associated Press Sep 3, 2023, 02:40 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Gordon Sargent lived up to his billing as the No. 1 amateur in the world by winning all four of his matches at St. Andrews as the United States rallied to win the Walker Cup on Sunday for the fourth straight time. Great

European Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald made his six captain’s picks on Monday to solidify his squad that will join U.S. captain Zach Johnson’s American team in Rome later this month. The 44th playing of the matches will be Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Donald added Ludvig Aberg, Tommy Fleetwood,

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 4, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Former Texas Tech star Ludvig Aberg will play for Europe in the upcoming Ryder Cup, less than four months after he turned pro. Aberg, from Sweden, was