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9:05 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — J.B. Holmes roared through the fan-packed closing stretch at TPC Scottsdale on his opening nine Friday, then grabbed the lead on the mellower side of golf’s biggest party. Six months after a final-round collapse and slow-play controversy at the British Open, Holmes took a one-stroke lead into

Shortly after missing the cut at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Colt Knost announced he is retiring from professional golf. At least, from playing the game. The former U.S. Amateur champ has accepted a broadcasting opportunity with CBS, according to GolfChannel.com. Knost, 34, also has a radio show discussing golf on SiriusXM. Here was Knost’s

Harold Varner III delivered fans the greatest show on turf at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. And it had nothing to do with TPC Scottsdale’s 16th hole. Varner, 29, opened up the event on Thursday with a par … and over the next two days, followed with 31 straight similar scores. For those of you

3:37 PM ET Graeme McDowell faces a possible one-stroke penalty over the weekend at the Saudi International due to a slow play violation during Friday’s second round – a violation that was caused in part because he agreed to do an on-course television interview. McDowell, who tied for the first-round lead at the European Tour

Graeme McDowell became the latest golfer affected by the European Tour’s more stringent pace-of-play policy. But unlike others including Bryson DeChambeau and Viktor Hovland, the 2010 U.S. Open champ had a good excuse. As McDowell had done the previous day at the Saudi International, he gave a short on-course interview with Sky Sports’ Tim Barter.

9:18 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Wyndham Clark beat darkness — and everyone else Thursday at TPC Scottsdale. Playing in the second-to-last group off the 10th tee, Clark shot a career-best 10-under 61 to take the first-round lead in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He had eight birdies in a 10-hole stretch from

The return of the Blue Bay LPGA to the tour’s schedule will have to wait another year. According to a report from Golfweek, the tournament has been canceled for 2020 due to concerns over the coronavirus. The Blue Bay LPGA, which debuted in 2014, wasn’t played in 2019 due to the tour’s decision to move

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — All week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, players have been carrying out various tributes to basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, who was killed, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and seven others, in a helicopter crash outside Los Angeles on Sunday. On Thursday, Jon Rahm, who is playing with a number “24”

3:58 PM ET Nick PietruszkiewiczESPN.com Close Senior editor for college basketball Joined ESPN in 2008 Graduate of the University of Maryland Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The tributes to Kobe Bryant have come from all over the world. On Thursday, PGA Tour players showed their respect for Bryant and his

After making the turn at two over on Thursday, Phil Mickelson seemed in danger of another short week. After a brilliant back nine, the five-time major champ now finds himself in contention. Coming off consecutive missed cuts on the PGA Tour, Mickelson is trying his luck on the European Tour in this week’s Saudi International.

9:13 AM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chez Reavie and his parents had a deal. At the end of elementary school, throughout middle school and into his early years of high school, Reavie had to get good grades and then keep them up throughout the first half of the school year so he could miss school

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gary Woodland was practicing at TPC Scottsdale on Sunday when the news of Kobe Bryant’s death broke. At first he tried to figure out if it was real, then a wave of emotion swept over him. Part of the reason: Woodland is himself a father of young children, and Bryant’s impact was

It’s a yearly tradition: Convincing whomever is controlling the remote at your Super Bowl party to keep the Waste Management Phoenix Open on the go-back. This is perhaps golf’s most fun event of the year, and leading right into the Super Bowl, golf gamblers dream about sweating out a potential winner right into the biggest

4:43 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Amy Bockerstette returned to the 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale Wednesday, about a year after she made a par on the famous hole that catapulted her to instant celebrity, and walked off the green with a donation that’ll help kick-start her foundation. Bockerstette, a disabilities advocate with Down syndrome,

There really isn’t anyone who doesn’t have some kind of story about playing golf for the first time with Jim Furyk. After all, how could you not remember that swing, the one David Feherty once described as looking like “an octopus falling out of a tree.” “I remember thinking, Boy, they teach the golf swing

6:42 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Madelene Sagstrom won the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, birdieing the par-3 17th to tie for the lead and winning with a par when Nasa Hataoka missed a 3-footer on the last. Sagstrom finished with a 2-under 70

SCOTTSDALE — When news of a potential new tour aiming to lure the game’s biggest stars emerged last week, the PGA Tour did not initially comment. Its commissioner Jay Monahan, however, did send an email to players on Monday expressing the organization’s thoughts, Golf Digest has confirmed. The gist of Monahan’s message: The PGA Tour

Current FedEx Cup point leader Justin Thomas will be returning to the Waste Management Phoenix Open to take on a solid field, including two-time winner Hideki Matsuyama and defending champion Rickie Fowler. Thomas will be looking for his third win of the 2019-’20 season after emerging victorious at the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges last

4:31 PM ET Ernie Els has a unique perspective on the proposed Premier Golf League that hopes to lure the top players in the game to a big-money, team-oriented concept. Els strongly considered playing in a league under a similar concept more than two decades ago. The South African, who won four major championships during

Jordan Spieth’s comeback showed signs of early promise at Torrey Pines, only for the weekend (73, 74) to bring much of what has plagued him for the past two years. And with it, an unwanted distinction. For the first time since 2013, the former No. 1 is outside the Official World Golf Ranking top 50.

7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Marc Leishman realized he had at two-shot lead as he stood over a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole at Torrey Pines. He also knew Jon Rahm was the only one who could catch him. That made his final birdie all the more important. It

It would be overstating matters to label them the “forgotten men” of European golf. But for half of the visiting team in the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National in Minnesota, the still on-going contrast between winning and losing has been stark indeed. Where the likes of Tommy Fleetwood, Francesco Molinari and Jon Rahm are

8:55 AM ET The men’s Olympic golf tournament is still six months away, but Americans, including Tiger Woods, trying to grab one of the four spots available in the 60-player field are already in an intense battle to get to Tokyo, where the competition begins on July 30 at Kasumigaseki Country Club. Here are some

Turns out, Tiger Woods didn’t need to win a record 83rd PGA Tour title to reclaim his status as one of the favorites to win the year’s first major. Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released updated Masters odds on Monday and Tiger is back at the top of the board along with Brooks Koepka and Rory

Golf, compared to other professional sports, is mostly a controversy-free game. There are rules disputes, and slow play can really get on people’s nerves, but it’s nothing to get that worked up over. But this Saudi Arabia tournament the past two years sure has gotten people going, hasn’t it? I don’t usually follow player commitments—I

7:55 PM ET SAN DIEGO — While competing in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Sunday, a shaken and subdued Tiger Woods was unaware that Kobe Bryant had died. The news of Bryant’s reported death broke while Woods played the front nine, and his caddie, Joe LaCava, learned of the accident but decided

Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of Jan. 27. Leishman triumphs at Torrey Marc Leishman celebrated Australia Day in

1:42 PM ET Tiger Woods had a bit of misfortune early in his round Sunday at the Farmers Insurance Open. His approach shot on the par-4 second hole took two hops on the green and flew into the cup — only to come back out. How? 😵 pic.twitter.com/vXNUk1muHK — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 26, 2020

Tiger Woods has seemingly defied physics many times to produce amazing results throughout his legendary career. His latest bit of sorcery, though, wound up hurting him. In Sunday’s final round of the Farmers Insurance Open, Woods holed his approach shot on the par-4 second hole at Torrey Pines’ South Course. At least, he appeared to

When you’ve won a tournament seven times, as Tiger Woods has the Farmers Insurance Open, it’s no surprise that you’re going to be the all-time money winner in the event. Entering the week at Torrey Pines, Woods had made $6.995 million in prize money in 18 Farmers starts. Trailing Woods in the No. 2 spot