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8:24 PM ET The LIV Golf League announced its final four team rosters Monday, and Phil Mickelson‘s HyFlyers GC is undergoing a makeover with the circuit set to begin its second season this week. Mickelson’s squad has two new members joining holdover Cameron Tringale: three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele and James Piot, who won

LIV Golf is rolling out its teams and rosters this week on the eve of the circuit’s second season. Rather than announce its members at once for the 2023 campaign, the Saudi-backed league sent out a press release stating its players and squads will be trickled out just days before the 14-event season begins in

7:18 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Jon Rahm returned to No. 1 in the world Sunday by winning the Genesis Invitational with a performance that left no doubt who’s playing the best golf. Caught in a battle with hometown favorite Max Homa at Riviera, Rahm delivered two big moments with a 45-foot

As we speak, the traveling circus that is the PGA Tour is packing its bags and setting a course for points eastward, bound for Florida, the second swing of the calendar year as men’s pro golf marches on toward April and Augusta. For now, while we have a second to reflect on 2023 so far,

Many golf fans would see Will Zalatoris shooting the best round of the day (64) at Riviera Country Club to backdoor an impressive fourth-place finish at the Genesis Invitational and think, he’s back. Apparently, he’s not quite back though. Almost, but not quite. “It was fun,” Zalatoris said Sunday at Riviera. “[But] it was kind

Woods’ presence in the game remains insurmountable and all-consuming. The crowds this week and the attention he still garners proved as much. Yet as his career has entered a new stage, where his attendance in tournaments will be few and far between, the constant search for his heir apparent seems to have shifted into an

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen says that only two athletes have ever made him nervous. The late Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant was one. On Sunday at the Genesis Invitational, Allen was able to meet the other—Tiger Woods. After Woods put the final touches on a Sunday 73 at Riviera Country Club, he and

4:27 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Playing in his first official PGA Tour event in more than seven months, Tiger Woods seemed to run out of gas in the final round of the Genesis Invitational on Sunday. After electrifying fans at the Riviera Country Club with a 4-under 67 in the third round, Woods looked

World No. 1 Lydia Ko​’s hot streak continues after capturing a win in her first start of 2023. The newlywed took home her second Aramco Saudi Ladies International title with a final-round 68 and a one-shot victory over Ladies European Tour stalwart Aditi Ashok​ ​at Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. It’s the 26th victory

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — There is Rory McIlroy in Europe, and then there is Tiger Woods in Los Angeles. And then there is Woods shooting in the 60s on a sunny Saturday at Riviera Country Club in his native Southern California after making his first cut in 274 days. Woods’ playing partner on Day 3

9:11 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LOS ANGELES — When the idea of a PGA Tour-designated event first originated, it might have been difficult to dream up a better reality than the one that has played out through three days at the Genesis Invitational. With 23 of the top 25 players in the world in attendance,

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — There are two things guaranteed to send Golf Twitter into a tizzy every week: 1. Too many commercials/not enough golf shots being shown during a broadcast window, and 2. An iffy rules situation that involves a player “taking advantage” of the rules and escaping with minimal, and sometimes zero, damage. Given

3:39 PM ET Associated Press Thorbjorn Olesen moved a step closer to his seventh European Tour after he shot an 8-under 64 to take a two-stroke lead at Thailand Classic on Saturday. Denmark’s Olesen made eight birdies in a bogey-free third round at Amata Spring Country Club to reach 18-under 198 overall, two shots in

Thomas Pieters is expected to sign with LIV Golf, according to a report from Sports Illustrated. A source close to LIV Golf confirmed to Golf Digest the Belgium star has signed with LIV. Pieters, 31, is a six-time winner on the DP World Tour, and captured the 2012 NCAA individual championship at the University of

A young fan in the crowd at Riviera tried to warn media and officials that Tiger Woods was soon to start walking through a busy crowd after finishing his second round Friday at the Genesis Invitational. Good point, kid. But the question is, at one over par and right on the projected 36-hole cut line,

9:30 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close Mark Schlabach ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Paolo Uggetti LOS ANGELES — After dazzling the crowd at Riviera Country Club on Thursday with three straight birdies in his final three holes to shoot 2-under

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — If it wasn’t abundantly clear, Max Homa is comfortable playing golf in California. Specifically, in Southern California. More specifically, at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club. The 2021 champion, Homa, who has recorded three straight top-10s at the Tiger Woods-hosted event, took the outright lead at 10-under par after round

4:12 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods apologized Friday and said he didn’t mean to offend anyone by what he called a prank during the first round of the Genesis Invitational on Thursday. After Woods’ tee shot went 20 yards past Justin Thomas‘ ball on the ninth hole at the Riviera Country Club, Woods