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DUBLIN, Ohio — The USGA and R&A have a lot more work to do to convince PGA Tour players that a rollback of the golf ball is in their best interest or the best interest of the game overall, judging by the players’ reaction to a presentation by the governing bodies and several manufacturers Tuesday

Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 08:14 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Justin Suh signed for a 6-under 66 at the Memorial and then made a few stops to speak with the media. His putter stayed with him the entire time, which probably was wise. The way it behaved Friday, when he holed eight putts from

It’s golf’s chicken-or-the-egg question: Do golfers play well at certain courses because they like them, or do they enjoy certain courses simply because they play well on them? Whatever the answer, this much is true: Patrick Cantlay likes Muirfield Village, and Cantlay plays very well around the Jack Nicklaus design just outside Columbus. The 2019

Associated Press Jun 2, 2023, 10:05 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Minjee Lee matched the tournament best with an 8-under 64 for a share of the lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s weather-delayed Mizuho Americas Open. Cheyenne Knight had a 68 in the inaugural event to join Lee at 7-under 137 atop the tightly

The LPGA Tour’s best are taking over the top of the leaderboard in the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open at Liberty National in Jersey City. Five of the top 10 players in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings are in the top eight through the second round, which finished after sunset Friday following a one-hour, 45-minute weather

Associated Press Jun 1, 2023, 05:28 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Two-time NCAA individual champion Rose Zhang made her professional debut and gave the LPGA what was expected and needed Thursday, a solid opening round in the Mizuho Americas Open that put her in position to wow women’s golf on one of its biggest

Ludvig Aberg is the Bryce Young of the PGA Tour: After earning the first-ever automatic PGA Tour membership for his college play, the 23-year-old Texas Tech star and two-time Ben Hogan Award winner will debut as a professional next week at the RBC Canadian Open, but one place Aberg doesn’t compare to the No. 1

Thursday afternoon’s marquee group lived up to the hype. Jordan Spieth (69), Tyrrell Hatton (71) and Rory McIlroy (72), all among the most entertaining players on tour, albeit for different reasons, put on quite the show at Muirfield Village. McIlroy got the trio of Ryder Cuppers started with a pin-seeker on the third. However, they’re

Associated Press Jun 1, 2023, 07:51 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Davis Riley opened with a 67 at the Memorial to finish atop the leaderboard after the opening round for the second straight year. And that’s where the similarities end. Riley birdied three of his last four holes Thursday afternoon when the turf was firm

DUBLIN, Ohio — Billy Horschel hit two greens in regulation Thursday at the Memorial Tournament—or as many times as he hit his ball in a single stroke during a miserable round that had the defending champion fighting back tears in the aftermath. One year after registering one of the more satisfying wins of his career,

A painful—and flukish—sternum injury caused Brandt Snedeker to make an extreme “quality-of-life decision” late last year. And now that his pain has subsided, he’s hoping his quality of golf comes back as well. Snedeker will make his 2023 PGA Tour debut at this week’s Memorial Tournament after undergoing what he described as an “experimental” procedure

It was not a photo finish, though it came as close as possible to one, drama to the end, when the best player on the best team, Florida’s Fred Biondi, stepped up on the 18th hole and delivered the point that gave the Gators a 3-1 victory over Georgia Tech and the NCAA team championship

Associated Press May 31, 2023, 10:31 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Individual NCAA champion Fred Biondi beat Hiroshi Tai 1 up with a par on the 18th hole and Florida won its fifth men’s national golf title with a 3-1 victory over Georgia Tech on Wednesday. Florida’s Yuxin Lin won the opener 4 and 3

DUBLIN, Ohio – The PGA Tour is perhaps only a month away from announcing its revamped and reimagined 2024 schedule of tournaments, according to PGA Tour officials who met with the media Wednesday at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club. PGA Tour executives Andy Pazder and Tyler Dennis provided an update on the

Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:45 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas — Emiliano Grillo made a 5-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole at Colonial to get his first PGA Tour victory in more than 7½ years, after blowing a two-stroke lead with a double bogey on the 72nd hole Sunday. Grillo curled in

The PGA Tour and the Astros Golf Foundation announced Wednesday that Texas Children’s will be the new title sponsor of the Houston Open. The event, which has been played in the fall the past four years, is also returning to its historical spot on the spring calendar. Because of the move, the tournament will not

DUBLIN, Ohio—Ludvig Aberg of Texas Tech, fresh off clinching the No. 1 spot in the final PGA Tour University rankings to earn a tour card, led a group of five players Tuesday chosen to receive the 2023 Jack Nicklaus Award. The senior from Eslov, Sweden, was the winner in NCAA Division I after becoming the

Associated Press May 30, 2023, 10:22 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Ricky Castillo birdied the third extra hole to beat Brett Roberts and give Florida a 3-2 victory over Florida State in the NCAA semifinals Tuesday at Grayhawk. National co-runner-up Ross Steelman two-putted for par to beat Peter Fountain 1 up, giving Georgia Tech a