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Outside of the four majors there might not be a more important tournament to Jordan Spieth on the PGA Tour schedule than the AT&T Byron Nelson. But an injury to his left wrist is going to keep the 29-year-old Dallas resident from playing in his hometown event this week. On Monday, Spieth sent out the

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 8, 2023, 07:14 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Texas native Jordan Spieth will miss this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson because of a wrist injury and his status for next week’s PGA Championship is in question.

The USGA announced on Monday that another past champion has been given a special exemption into this year’s U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach. So Yeon Ryu, the 2011 winner at The Broadmoor, will tee it up when the governing body holds the women’s championship for the first time at the famed Monterey Peninsula course,

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 10:40 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Ariya Jutanugarn helped launch Thailand as an emerging power in women’s golf when she won the British Women’s Open in 2016. The victory inspired younger golfers in Thailand, and the results were evident during a dominating performance at the International Crown team match play

Tis the season of Open qualifying where the R&A is handing out exemptions into the Open Championship for top finishers in various events over the next two months. The Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow was one of the events where the top-three finishers not already exempt earned a spot in the field July 20-23

SAN FRANCISCO — Dominant doesn’t do justice in describing the performance of Team Thailand at this week’s Hanwha LifePlus International Crown, capped fittingly by a 3-0 sweep of Australia in Sunday afternoon’s finals at TPC Harding Park. Over four days, the foursome of Atthaya Thitikul, Patty Tavatanakit and sisters Moriya and Ariya Jutanugarn made a

Associated Press May 7, 2023, 06:26 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark shot 68 on Sunday for a four-shot victory over Xander Schauffele at the Wells Fargo Championship to earn his first career win on the PGA Tour. The 29-year-old Clark struggled to hold back tears as he sank a bogey putt on the

The collection continues. Already Irish Open and Australian Open champion, Adrian Meronk added the Italian Open to his growing cluster of national titles with victory Sunday at the Marco Simone Country Club just outside Rome. The big-hitting Pole’s 13-under-par 275 aggregate over the course that will host the 44th Ryder Cup matches in September was

Associated Press May 6, 2023, 10:48 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Lexi Thompson made back-to-back birdies on the back nine Saturday and the United States earned the final spot in the semifinals of the LPGA’s International Crown team match-play event. The U.S. clinched the semifinal berth late in the round when China lost its second

SAN FRANCISCO — Pool play is now over at the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown. Those who swam moved on to the semifinals, while multiple favorites surprisingly sank and are heading home. The United States, Sweden, Thailand and Australia advanced for an opportunity to win the first International Crown in five years. “Another day to represent

Paul Goydos, how do you really feel? The 58-year-old journeyman pro dropped a Twitter bomb late Saturday when he sent out a comment saying that he’s at a “competitive disadvantage” by walking in PGA Tour Champions events. The tweet had a photo attached that showed several golf carts being driven on a fairway. He also

Associated Press May 6, 2023, 06:29 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wyndham Clark shot an 8-under 63 in the Wells Fargo Championship on Saturday, putting him in position for his first PGA Tour win. The 29-year-old Clark has a 2-shot lead going into the final round. The Denver, Colorado, native is at 16-under 197 for

Sahith Theegala doesn’t have to look for work any time soon, but should professional golf not work out, the 25-year-old could have a fine second career in Instagram/TikTok trick-shot artistry. We already know Theegala knows how to shank the ball on command, and we heard plenty of legendary tales from his days at Pepperdine. But

ESPN News Services May 6, 2023, 06:25 AM ET The International Golf Federation has said Russian and Belarusian athletes can return to competing in international competitions as neutrals, while a second fencing event in Germany has been canceled since the ban on athletes from the two countries was reversed. The IGF noted that no decision

SAN FRANCISCO — With Hanwha LifePlus trying to generate fan excitement for the return of the International Crown, fans can ask for as many foam fingers as they’d like to cheer on their favorite team. However, with six sweeps in eight head-to-head matchups, Hanwha should’ve handed out brooms instead. Thailand and Sweden swept both days,

Tyrrell Hatton doesn’t know why he plays well at hard golf courses. Yet after a second-round 65 to post eight under and grab a share of the 36-hole lead at the Wells Fargo Championship, Hatton is once again in contention at Quail Hollow, one of the toughest courses on the PGA Tour. The fiery Englishman’s

Associated Press May 5, 2023, 07:48 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tyrrell Hatton shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to move into a share of the second-round lead at the Wells Fargo Championship, while Rory McIlroy‘s bid for a record fourth tournament title hit a major snag. Hatton, who has one PGA Tour victory and

It was a rough two days overall for Thriston Lawrence at the Italian Open, but at least his appearance contained one glorious—albeit, meandering—20-second highlight. That’s our unofficial time of what has to be one of the slowest-developing holes-in-one in golf history. Lawrence aced Marco Simone Golf Club’s par-3 seventh hole on Friday and it took