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It would be, for many, the biggest nightmare that can happen on a golf course. No, not a four-jack or a snowman quadruple-bogey. For Chez Reavie, Francesco Molinari and Erik Van Rooyen, the 10th hole at Vidanta presented something far more terrifying than those possibilities: a swarm of bees barreling down the fairway coming right

It wasn’t the easiest of days for Jon Rahm, the prohibitive favorite at the Mexico Open at Vidanta, but Rahm rebounded from some early scratchy play and finished with four birdies in his last 10 holes that had him in a better mood by the end—and a little forgetful as witnessed by this exchange with

2:56 PM ET Fresh off a $4 million payday and his first LIV Golf title, Talor Gooch should be on cloud nine. Instead, the 31-year-old American is irked about a rule change that will keep him out of the 2023 U.S. Open. Appearing on the “73rd Hole” podcast, Gooch said he thought he had locked

Talor Gooch is coming off a $4 million win in the most recent LIV Golf event in Australia, but he’s not quite as happy as you would think. Actually, he still a bit irked that he’s not in one of this year’s four men’s majors. Gooch noted on this week’s 73rd Hole Podcast that he

6:29 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Antoine Rozner shot a 9-under 63 to lead the Korea Championship by four strokes after the first round of the European tour event Thursday. The bogey-free round tied the lowest in the Frenchman’s professional career and contained nine birdies at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club, including six

Stanford, Wake Forest, LSU, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Texas A&M each earned No. 1 seeds as the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee announced its selection of 72 teams and 36 individuals to participate in the 2023 NCAA Women’s D-I Regionals, May 8-10. Thirteen SEC schools earned spots into the regional fields (including four

Set to be played on the rugged Los Angeles Country Club North Course amid the skyscapers of America’s second-largest city, the 123rd U.S. Open in June already figures to be one of the most unique major championships in recent memory. It also likely will be more impactful to the local community than any USGA events

6:14 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, La. — Nick Hardy and Davis Riley birdied four of their final six holes — highlighted by Riley’s 33-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 17th — to give both players their first PGA Tour victory at the Zurich Classic on Sunday. They began the final round

Earlier this month, Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley announced the Masters would continue to use the Official World Golf Ranking as a qualifying category in 2024. “It’s a really good way to invite players.It’s an objective criteria based on data-driven analytics, and it’s consistently applied. I think most would agree it’s a good system,” Ridley

11:12 AM ET Associated Press PGA Tour Canada and the PGA Tour Latinoamerica are merging to form one circuit that will be called “PGA Tour Americas.” It will have a season divided by two swings — South America and the Great White North — that offer at least 10 spots on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Carrie Forsyth announced her retirement on Monday, saying that this season, her 24th as the women’s head coach at UCLA, will be her last with the Bruins. A new role was created specifically for Forsyth, and she’ll become a special assistant to Martin Jarmond, UCLA’s athletic director. Forsyth became head coach in 1999 and guided

Last year on May 1, Jon Rahm halted a “drought” to win the Mexico Open. It’s a little bit insane to call it a drought unless you’re operating by some very high standards. In June of the previous year, he won the U.S. Open, so it hadn’t even been a year since his last American

5:31 PM ET The first women’s major championship of the season is in the books. The second men’s major, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, is three weeks away. There’s plenty of professional golf to watch this week, with the PGA Tour in Mexico, the LIV Golf League in

I had not planned to cover LIV London; my kids’ summer vacation had just begun, and I would be away the ensuing week for the U.S. Open. But once Phil announced his return to public life, I felt compelled to be there. I scrambled to get an overnight flight and landed in London on the

8:34 PM ET Nick Hardy and Davis Riley withdrew from this week’s PGA Tour stop, the Mexico Open at Vidanta, on Monday after winning the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Sunday. No reason was given for the withdrawals. It marks the first time since last November that a PGA Tour winner withdrew from an

It’s only five months until the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy gets underway and we still don’t know if Team USA captain Zach Johnson will choose any LIV Golfers among his six captain’s picks. We know Johnson can do so, because the PGA of America recently clarified that LIV players are technically eligible for consideration

Since turning professional in 1971, Tom Watson has been an ardent supporter of junior golf programs but always felt a nagging sense that more could be done at the introductory level to help grow the game and, as he says, “create lifetime golfers.” That feeling only grew stronger as he sensed a “hole” forming at

8:01 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lilia Vu birdied the first playoff hole to win her first major at the Chevron Championship after fellow American Angel Yin hit her approach shot into the water on Sunday. Yin’s second shot came up short and left and splashed into the pond guarding the par-5