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ESPN News Services May 22, 2023, 06:26 PM ET The USGA announced the 84 players currently in the field for next month’s major championship at Los Angeles Country Club, and Tiger Woods is not among them as he recovers from leg surgery. Woods had April surgery to address post-traumatic arthritis in his right ankle that

Twenty years ago Annika Sorenstam teed off in the PGA Tour’s Bank of America Colonial, marking the first appearance by a woman in a PGA Tour event in more than a half century. Other women followed not long after, with varying degrees of success. But Sorenstam’s appearance in Fort Worth felt historic in its magnitude

The past is not necessarily prologue in golf, a game generally too capricious to accommodate prognostication. Yet Stanford’s sophomore star Rose Zhang has arrived at the brink of disproving that supposition. Zhang, still only 19, won her second consecutive NCAA Division I individual championship on Monday at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. It was

Associated Press May 22, 2023, 09:30 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Stanford’s Rose Zhang shot a bogey-free, 4-under 68 on Monday to become the first women’s golfer to win consecutive national titles and tie the NCAA record for wins in a season. It’s the latest triumph for Zhang, who had already swept the most important

In a move made official, but one that is not a surprise, Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the U.S. Open. The USGA released the news Monday, along with the names of more players who are exempt into the U.S. Open next month at Los Angeles Country Club. Woods made the cut in the Masters last

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 09:02 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka wasn’t wearing his LIV Golf League team’s logo while winning his fifth major title at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In a Ryder Cup year, it’s never too early to ask the big questions about what’s coming in the fall. And this year, after Brooks Koepka’s win at the PGA Championship, we have a really big question: Should he make the U.S. Ryder Cup team? Before we begin in earnest, let’s acknowledge

Chances are, Scottie Scheffler will be carrying a lot of “what might have been” thoughts with him the next few days after his finish at the 2023 PGA Championship. It’s hard to complain about grabbing a share of second in a major championship, Scheffler shooting a final-round 65 at Oak Hill Country Club. Unless, that

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In the final round of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Sunday, Brooks Koepka seemed determined to step on the

After a rain-soaked Saturday at Oak Hill, the skies have cleared on Sunday in Rochester, paving the way for what should be an epic final round of the 2023 PGA Championship. Yes, the difficulty of the golf course, plus some major championship Sunday pressure, will still make it extremely tough on the final groups. But

Associated Press May 20, 2023, 08:21 PM ET PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Brooks Koepka says he thrives in majors because they’re the toughest tests. The PGA Championship was every bit of that on a rainy Saturday at Oak Hill, and so was Koepka. Koepka was at his best even during occasional downpours, and he surged into

The PGA Championship still needs to be decided Sunday. But not long after the Wanamaker Trophy is handed out at Oak Hill, the attention turns to the year’s next men’s major: the U.S. Open, set for June 15-18 at Los Angeles Country Club. On Monday, one of the USGA’s 13 36-hole Final Qualifiers is held

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Saturday’s first notable victim at the PGA Championship was the biggest of all: Scottie Scheffler. The World No. 2 seemed to be poised for a serious run at his second major, and for all we know he still might be, but the East Course at Oak Hill ensured if he’s going to

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 20, 2023, 08:24 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The last time Brooks Koepka had a lead entering the final round of a major championship, he shot a 3-over 75 on Sunday at

Year: Winner’s Pay, Total Purse1916: $500, $2,580 (first year of the event)1931: $1,000, $7,200 (first year winner’s pay increased)1953: $5,000, $20,700 (first year winner’s pay was $5K)1958: $5,500, $39,388 (first year of stroke play, also the winner’s amount actually decreased that year)1965: $25,000, $149,7001978: $50,000, $300,2401983: $100,000, $608,0991988: $160,000, $1,000,000 (first year with a $1M

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 19, 2023, 09:30 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — At last year’s PGA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Michael Block finally figured out he belonged in the field. Playing a couple of holes behind

It’s a cold, wet and windy day in Rochester New York for the third round at the 2023 PGA Championship. A good day for the rain gloves and for players hoping to make a run up the leaderboard, and a bad one for those looking to flip on cruise control. That’s why they call it

It wasn’t too long ago when a Brooks Koepka/Bryson DeChambeau pairing in a major would’ve fired up the golf world. But it’s 2023 and a lot has happened in golf since the peak of their rivalry/feud. It seems like yesterday when Koepka and DeChambeau were at the height of their games, rattling off majors, and