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Bernhard Langer’s PGA Tour Champions reign is teetering, though not necessarily crumbling, and will require more than a strong performance in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship that begins on Thursday if it’s to be extended. Langer, 62, has won the Jack Nicklaus Trophy as the tour’s player of the year eight times, including the last

2:40 PM ET For the first time in 26 years, Phil Mickelson is not among the top 50 golfers in the world. The five-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Famer will drop to 51st in the Official World Golf Ranking after his tie for 28th at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China coupled with

Ernie Els is set to make his Presidents Cup captain’s pick on Wednesday night, with Tiger Woods to follow on Thursday, and I’ve already done my prognosticating/advice-giving for both the Internationals and the Americans (Of course, Murphy’s Law dictated that Tiger had to go out and win an event after I predicted he wouldn’t pick

It is common for 50-somethings to battle knee injuries. Rarely, though, do those ailments become national discussion points. Conversely, nothing about John Daly, 53, or his career has been routine. So it was apropos the two-time major winner’s knee problems and appeal for the use of a golf cart led to a spectacle at the

9:24 AM ET There is understandably considerable conjecture surrounding whom the captains will pick to round out their teams, whether it be a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. That is no different now as the United States and International teams will finally be determined this week when Tiger Woods makes his four selections for the

I started playing golf when I was at the University of Alabama. Coach [Bear] Bryant might actually have introduced me to it. He loved the game and didn’t mind us playing. He was a blast to play with because the game kind of got the better of him. When he hit a bad shot, he’d

5:26 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Brendon Todd ran away with the Bermuda Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, shooting a 9-under 62 after flirting with a sub-60 round at calm Port Royal Golf Club. Needing to birdie the final two holes to shoot 59, Todd missed a 20-foot birdie

Long before millions of Americans heard Fox Sports’ Charles Davis break down NFL games on a weekly basis during the fall, he learned to analyze what was happening on turf in a much different way. As an assistant athletic director at Stanford overseeing the school’s golf facilities, Davis quickly became an expert in. . .

It’s Monday morning in Orlando, and Christina Kim is chilling at home after driving through the night from Pinehurst, N.C., where she spent the day before pegging it up on the No. 2 course and The Cradle, the nine-hole short-course gem that opened a couple of years ago, followed by dinner with friends. “I’m a

6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services TAIPEI, Taiwan — Defending champion Nelly Korda birdied the first hole of a three-way playoff on Sunday to win the LPGA Swinging Skirts, and she did so with help from an unlikely ally — the fiance of one of her playoff opponents. Korda’s caddie, Jason McDede, is engaged to

The inaugural Bermuda Championship, played the same week as the WGC-HSBC Champions, didn’t have the gaudy prize money payout compared to the tournament in Shanghai. Still, no one was turning down the pay checks that were earned on Sunday at Port Royal Golf Club. The overall purse for the first-year event was $3 million, with

7:44 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Bernhard Langer took four strokes to get out of a greenside bunker. With Langer finally on the par-4 18th green in six shots, Montgomerie two-putted for

Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship and Bernhard Langer lost it, and each did so in an extraordinary fashion on Sunday. Montgomerie shot a tournament course record 63 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that allowed him reach a playoff with Langer in the second of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events.

11:23 AM ET He is not going to make it to No. 1 in the world by the end of the year, but Rory McIlroy is doing his best on a promise to do all he can to get there — Brooks Koepka‘s “no rivalry” comments be damned. And in winning the WGC-HSBC Champions on

Rory McIlroy won the WGC-HSBC Champions by birdieing the first extra hole of a playoff with Xander Schauffele. The victory was McIlroy’s fourth in his last 15 starts. As is often the case with McIlroy, he used his driver as an effective weapon. Not only was he able to find more than 60 percent of

To say it’s been a rough two years for Smylie Kaufman would be like saying it’s been a rough season for the Miami Dolphins. Since a T-4 at the 2017 Sanderson Farms Championship, Kaufman has played in a total of 26 PGA Tour events and made the cut in two of them. Even when he

9:04 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Retief Goosen shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over fellow Hall of Famers Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer into the final round of the Invesco QQQ Championship, the second event in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. Goosen birdied

No doubt Rory McIlroy, the 54-hole leader at the WGC-HSBC Champions, will be more focused on the adding to his PGA Tour victory mark on Sunday than his career prize money total. But he’ll be hitting a career milestone on the later front regardless of whether his wins or not at Sheshan International Golf Club

11:45 AM ET Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Defending champion Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after Saturday’s third round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts. Korda, who started the round one stroke back of overnight leader Mi Jung Hur, carded seven birdies at the par-72 Miramar Golf Country Club to

Haotong Li sits tied for 15th after 54 holes of the WGC-HSBC Champions, nine strokes back of Rory McIlroy. It’s a position few could hardly have imagined the 24-year-old Chinese native would be in after 42 holes. Li, the leader of the tournament after the first round, made five birdies over his first six holes

PGA Tour pros are often asked about “sleeping on the lead,” especially those for which the situation is unfamiliar. Harry Higgs, however, appears like he’ll have no problem getting some rest after charging to the top of the leader board at the Bermuda Championship. In fact, he couldn’t wait to get some shuteye. RELATED: Bermuda

8:53 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied the final two holes Friday for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead in the Invesco QQQ Championship, the second of three events in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. Coming off a victory two weeks ago

Brooks Koepka’s recent withdrawal from the CJ Cup due to a knee issue has suddenly made him a question mark for the upcoming Presidents Cup. In the meantime, his younger brother, Chase Koepka, found a way to take advantage of his absence. On Friday, Chase took a big step toward earning status on the Korn

7:21 AM ET Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mi Jung Hur shot a second consecutive 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts. Hur, who is looking for her third victory this season, is at 12-under 132 overall. Defending champion Nelly Korda (67) was one shot back

The PGA Tour wraps up its Asian swing this week with the WGC-HSBC Champions, the first of four World Golf Championships on the schedule. It’s played in Shanghai, China at Sheshan International Golf Club, which has hosted the event 14 of the 15 times it’s been played. While Tiger Woods won’t be in the field,

No one has made more hole-in-ones at big golf tournaments in recent years than Louis Oosthuizen, who added to his total during Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-HSBC Champions. You may remember Oosthuizen recorded 1s at both the 2016 Masters and 2016 Open Championship. Yet, even the South African known for having a textbook golf

5:35 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Scottie Scheffler closed with a bogey for a 9-under 62 and a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship. Scheffler played his opening nine at Port Royal Golf Club in 6-under 29, making an eagle on the par-5 17th. He

Rory McIlroy may not be racking up tournament wins at the rate Tiger Woods has during his career, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a PGA Tour star who climbed the unofficial sound bite rankings faster. So not surprisingly, when McIlroy was asked about Tiger’s record-tying 82 PGA Tour titles, the 30-year-old Northern Irishman gave

9:45 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Li Haotong has come a long way in the HSBC Champions, which he realized before hitting any of his 64 shots Thursday that carried him to a one-shot lead. Standing next to him on the tee was Phil Mickelson, a longtime golf idol. Li was part of the

Henrik Stenson understandably felt “sad” after dumping his famed 3-wood in September after a successful eight-year run. But unlike most people after going through a breakup—especially such a public one— the Swedish major champ has needed little time to move on and find another compatible match. RELATED: Young Henrik Stenson used to spend summers hustling