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11:46 AM ET FORT WORTH, Texas – PGA Tour member Tony Finau took to Instagram Wednesday to put his support behind social-justice reform and Black Lives Matter in response to the death of George Floyd. “It hit me today that the worst thing I could say pertaining to Black Lives Matter, police brutality and systemic

7:46 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour is still six weeks away before resuming its schedule, but two of its members had that winning feeling last week in state opens against solid competition. Jennifer Kupcho, the former NCAA champion at Wake Forest and inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion, shot 68 in the final

8:51 AM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour lost its first major because of the COVID-19 pandemic when it announced Tuesday the Evian Championship in France has been canceled this year. The LPGA Tour cited ongoing travel and border restrictions, along with government quarantine requirements for not holding the tournament on Aug. 6-9. It will

6:07 PM ET With no spectators, golf promises to be quite different when the PGA Tour returns this week at the Charles Schwab Challenge. Long-time CBS lead announcer Jim Nantz, for example, will be alone in the 18th hole tower — with lead analyst Nick Faldo working from a studio in Orlando, Florida, and other

7:44 AM ET For the first time in 90 days, PGA Tour players are gathering at a golf course to prepare for a tournament that begins Thursday and will be the first played since the coronavirus pandemic halted sports across the country. On March 12, the first round of the Players Championship was played in

4:40 PM ET After getting state approval to allow a limited number of spectators, the Memorial Tournament has already reached out to fans who have purchased badges to assess their interest in attending and to notify them of options, which include a lottery system to determine who will be allowed to attend. The longtime tournament

8:16 AM ET Associated Press The chief executive of the European Tour says the fate of this year’s Ryder Cup will be decided by the end of the month. Keith Pelley says in an extensive interview with the McKellar Journal podcast that the European Tour and the PGA will have “conversations” about the Ryder Cup

3:38 PM ET The Memorial Tournament will be the first PGA Tour event to allow spectators since the coronavirus shutdown when it is played at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village Golf Club next month in Ohio. The tournament announced via Twitter that “thanks to state approval & support from the PGA Tour, patrons will be permitted

5:48 PM ET The PGA Tour will return in a big way next week with a blockbuster field at the Charles Schwab Challenge, where 16 of the top 20-ranked players in the world have entered the event. Tiger Woods is not among them, but each of the top five players, including No. 1-ranked Rory McIlroy,

Just over a year ago, Matthew Wolff was finishing up his sophomore season at Oklahoma State by becoming the ninth Cowboy to win an individual national title with a five-shot victory at the 2019 NCAA championships. A week later, California-Berkeley senior Collin Morikawa qualified for the U.S. Open at a sectional qualifier in Columbus, Ohio.

7:34 AM ET As nearly 5.8 million people tuned in to watch The Match between Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady against Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning, Mickelson confidently strolled up to the first tee and gave everyone at home a glimpse of what they were hoping to see — his calves. The man who has

8:51 AM ET A decision on whether to go ahead with the Ryder Cup looms, and Steve Stricker is not in favor of playing the event without spectators. The U.S. captain — who is a native of Wisconsin, where the matches are scheduled for Sept. 25-27 — said playing without a crowd at Whistling Straits

9:21 AM ET The Official World Golf Ranking will resume next week as the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tours restart their schedules in the United States. The OWGR was frozen in March following week 11 of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic and its shutdown of all of the major golf tournaments. The rankings

11:49 AM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour has announced a deal with Sanford Health to conduct COVID-19 testing of players, caddies and essential personnel five days before the season resumes. That applies to every stop on the PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions and the developmental Korn Ferry Tour. Sanford Health is based in South

2:37 PM ET The PGA Tour has sent a memo to players saying that a second event in the Columbus, Ohio, area will take the place of the John Deere Classic, which decided last week that it would cancel its tournament this year. The July 9-12 event will be played at Jack Nicklaus’ Muirfield Village

7:30 AM ET Only a few years ago, Derrick Mains and his staff were fighting an uphill battle trying to pitch golf courses on the idea of a single-rider golf cart. The president at Phat Scooter, which produces a golf-specific scooter meant for one rider, Mains remembers going to the PGA Merchandise Show three years

11:13 PM ET Associated Press Tiger Woods is speaking out for the first time since George Floyd’s death, saying his heart goes out to Floyd, his family and everyone who is hurting right now. The 44-year-old golfer broke his silence with a statement on his Twitter account Monday night. “I have always had the utmost

7:47 AM ET At 9:04 a.m. Pacific Time, on Thursday, March 19, an email arrived in the inboxes of Seamus Golf’s 40,000 subscribers with the subject: “We are still here.” The message began with an update on the steps that the small company from Oregon that specializes in making high-end, handcrafted, hand-forged and hand-sewn golf

2:50 PM ET After a lot of hype and some trash talking — hey, Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson know how to promote — the time for the golf showdown has arrived. It’s Woods/Manning vs. Mickelson/Brady, with the proceeds going to benefit coronavirus relief. Read more: Predictions, odds and more |

10:32 PM ET The weather did not cooperate, but that was about the only thing that went wrong Sunday during The Match: Champions for Charity. As Phil Mickelson, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Tiger Woods held an oversized cardboard check with a total of $20 million written in, they were soaking wet but smiling. It

8:00 AM ET At first, Matthew Fitzpatrick said, the break from golf was welcome. He had no choice, really. The weather in England after the coronavirus pandemic shut down the PGA Tour was lousy. And golf courses were not open anyway. Eventually, Fitzpatrick decided he needed to do something. So he constructed a small net

1:35 PM ET The John Deere Classic, scheduled to be the fifth tournament as part of the PGA Tour’s revised schedule, will be canceled this year, sources confirmed to ESPN. The tour hopes to replace it with another event, but the long-time tournament, scheduled for July 9-12, will not be played this year due to

4:42 PM ET The chances of playing the U.S. Open in New York in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic seemed remote in April, when the tournament was rescheduled from June to September. But the United States Golf Association is now optimistic about keeping the championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York

7:36 AM ET Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have always made it clear this new partnership in made-for-TV matches would not be a one-time thing. On Sunday, they gave us the second installment, adding Tom Brady and Peyton Manning to the mix for The Match: Champions for Charity, which raised $20 million for coronavirus relief.

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Texas will soon allow outdoor pro sports events to have spectators, but their numbers will be strictly limited. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has revised a decision to let pro sports leagues host events without fans starting in June as part of the states’ move to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

10:04 AM ET A six-event “UK Swing” will kick off the European Tour’s restart to the golf season in late July after the circuit was shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. European Tour CEO Keith Pelley announced parts of the revised schedule on Thursday and that the Betfred British Masters, July 22-25,

11:33 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady took to Instagram Wednesday to reflect on the lessons he learned participating in “The Match” charity golf tournament with Peyton Manning, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods this past weekend. “Amazing what happens when groups of people come together for the common good,” Brady

9:25 PM ET Prior to The Match: Champions for Charity, which raised $20 million for coronavirus relief, and pit Peyton Manning against Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady and Phil Mickelson, the former Denver Broncos and Indianapolis Colts QB came prepared with the jokes and trash talk, before teeing off with his partner, Tiger Woods.

1:33 PM ET Associated Press The runner-up at the U.S. Amateur last summer, John Augenstein‘s plan was to play in the Masters, finish out his senior season at Vanderbilt, play the U.S. Open at Winged Foot and then turn pro. That’s still the plan, with some notable changes. Instead of turning pro, Augenstein is heading

7:00 AM ET World No. 1 Rory McIlroy has said he believes the majority of players would like to see the Ryder Cup postponed until 2021, saying that it would be the “right call” to do so. The golf calendar has been ravaged by the coronavirus outbreak, with three of the sport’s four majors —