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Nick Watney didn’t feel sick, and that was the problem. He’d risen early and played the first round of the PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage on June 18 and was a bit worn out. But he went to bed that night feeling OK, and it wasn’t until he got up on Friday that he sensed something

5:05 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Brendon Todd and Dustin Johnson each shot career-low 61s at the Travelers Championship on Saturday, leaving Todd with a two-stroke lead over the 2016 U.S. Open champion. The 34-year-old Georgian, playing a couple holes behind Johnson, had a chance at the tournament’s second 60 of the week

On what is called moving day for an entirely different reason, the PGA Tour moved up third-round tee times several hours in an effort to beat afternoon thunderstorms in the forecast. Good move, though not as impressive as the moves made by Brendon Todd and Dustin Johnson, who each had career-best rounds of 61, nine-under

We know what you’re thinking: Another post about Bryson DeChambeau’s driving?!? And yes, we’ll cop to the fact we’ve writing a lot about Brawny Bryson in recent weeks. In the middle of his second round at the Travelers Championship on Friday, DeChambeau added to his list of jaw-dropping feats. (Truth be told, we just leave

8:29 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Phil Mickelson figures age might be an asset. Playing his first tournament since turning 50 this month, the five-time major champion shot a 7-under 63 on Friday in the Travelers Championship to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend. Lefty said said it was perhaps the wisdom

CROMWELL, Conn.—Matt Wallace was on the first tee and he didn’t know what to do. The starter had announced Wallace’s name, which has been standard these past three weeks despite no fans to announce the name to, and he had struck a beauty of a baby fade to the right-center of the fairway. He put

12:24 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — Denny McCarthy on Friday told the Golf Channel that he tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the Travelers Championship, becoming the sixth player to pull out of this week’s field. McCarthy, who shot 3-under 67 in the first round of the event, withdrew before Friday’s second

Collin Morikawa was bound to have a bad week—due for one, really—considering the incredible start to his PGA Tour career. He just wishes it had happened about a month later. Morikawa missed the cut at the Travelers Championship on Friday, meaning he won’t have a weekend tee time for the first time since turning pro

Another week, another PGA Tour event featuring a loaded field that includes the top five golfers in the world. This time the tour is in Connecticut at TPC River Highlands for the Travelers Championship. Unlike the preceding two events in the tour’s return to golf, this will be the first tournament on the revised schedule

7:41 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Mackenzie Hughes shot a career-low 60 Thursday to take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship as the PGA Tour tried to switch its focus back to golf amid growing concerns about the coronavirus. Hughes, a 29-year-old Canadian, had a chance to shoot the 12th sub-60 round

Following the two worst seasons of an otherwise solid career, Daniel Summerhays has decided he won’t be going back to Q School ever again. Instead, he’s going back to a different school at the end of this season. High school. The 36-year-old tour pro is walking away from the game to return to his alma

3:08 PM ET The Memorial Tournament, founded by Jack Nicklaus at a course he designed, is forging ahead with plans to be the first PGA Tour event to have spectators amid the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was given the green light a few weeks ago by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who approved a proposal to

This was supposed to an off week for Tyler McCumber. Fresh off missing the cut in last week’s Korn Ferry Tour event, he wanted to get away, so he did what any other bearded 29-year-old might do: he went to the woods. McCumber packed his car up and drove from the Jacksonville area to the

CROMWELL, Conn. — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan addressed safety concerns at tour events during an impromptu press conference Wednesday following five players withdrawing from the Travelers Championship in the last two days due to coronavirus-related issues. “While we’ve been thorough in building and implementing a program that mitigates as much risk as possible, we

2:40 AM ET ESPN staff Welcome to ESPN’s fan vote, where you, the reader and sports fan, will decide which individual or team has been the most dominant in the 21st century. For our fourth match-up, we pit Usain Bolt, unquestionably the fastest man on the planet, against golf legend Tiger Woods. (Please vote in

The most obvious reminder of their absence is the silence. Stuff an approach to kick-in range or miss a three-footer, and you’re getting the same reaction. Or, more precisely, the same lack of one. The PGA Tour has now conducted two tournaments without fans, a common-sense precaution aimed at mitigating the risk of spreading COVID-19.

7:46 AM ET Graeme McDowell will withdraw from the Travelers Championship on Wednesday morning after being informed that his caddie has tested positive for the coronavirus. McDowell discussed his plan Tuesday night with Golfweek, saying he will undergo another test Wednesday morning before leaving Connecticut to return home to Florida. “For the protection of the

CROMWELL, Conn. — Brooks Koepka is planning to withdraw from the Travelers Championship, according to a Golfweek report, after his caddie Ricky Elliott tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, multiple sources tell Golf Digest that an announcement of other positives tests will come this afternoon. The PGA Tour has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference with

There’s an old saying, particularly appropriate in these times, that proclaims “be the change you want to see.” Mike McCartin and Will Smith, golf course shapers and designers turned public golf advocates, have done exactly that by taking the fate of three of their hometown’s historic old courses into their own hands—with some significant help

6:00 PM ET Cameron Champ became the second golfer on the PGA Tour to test positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from this week’s Travelers Championship. Champ, a two-time PGA Tour winner, took a COVID-19 test on Tuesday as part of the tour’s pre-tournament screening and will now be required to undergo 10 days

Not to brag, but that puts us up 254.96 units collectively on the year. If you’re a casual fan thinking about placing a golf bet, well gosh, hop on the train! Now’s the time to do it, and you’re in the right place. We know the hot streak will end at some point, but our

3:59 PM ET The common refrain from PGA Tour players is that it has been an adjustment not having fans on site at events during the first two stops since golf’s return after a three-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It doesn’t feel normal at all,” Brooks Koepka said. Jordan Spieth, though, thinks there

Last month, Rory McIlroy was a guest on the McKellar Golf Journal podcast. During what turned out to be a fascinating 90-minute conversation with the world’s top-ranked golfer, one of the hosts—OK, it was me—was banging on about/bemoaning the rise of science and the relative demise of artistry in the game at the highest level.

Nick Faldo’s golf career as a both a player and broadcaster has taken him all over the world. For now, though, he’s remained a key cog in the sport’s television coverage despite staying put in Orlando. Not that fans have been able to notice. The 14-year-plus chemistry developed between the CBS lead golf analyst and

9:23 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The distortion of time is a reality of the coronavirus pandemic. And when you narrow that down to a singular view of golf, it is important to remind yourself of where we are on the calendar. Brooks Koepka wasn’t paying too much mind to the fact that

Prevailing in a PGA Tour Monday qualifier is tougher than ever. To do it in a playoff is impressive. To have your four-time major winner brother cheering you on is stuff that will be talked about for a lifetime. Chase Koepka notched that hat trick on Monday when he shot five-under-par 67, emerged from a

11:01 AM ET The first major championship to be contested in 2020, the PGA Championship, will be played at San Francisco’s Harding Park but without spectators. The PGA of America announced the decision on Monday after spending months considering other scenarios, including moving the tournament to another venue such as Valhalla in Kentucky or Quail

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — From a distance, you could just make out the muted yellow of Webb Simpson’s shirt as he prepared to tee off on the 18th hole Sunday. Beyond that faded bit of color, he was little more than a silhouette against Calibogue Sound. He’d looked even smaller a moment before, when he

The worry came to fruition in Hilton Head Friday, a PGA Tour player testing positive for COVID-19 during tournament play, forcing his withdrawal from the event. In itself, the news was not a shock; the tour planned for this. It had to: With 300-odd players and caddies competing in a given week, it was bound

9:10 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson celebrated another victory on Father’s Day, this time with a tartan jacket instead of a U.S. Open trophy. In a wild sprint to the finish after a three-hour storm delay, Simpson ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine