5:18 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Mi Jung Hur wanted to go wire-to-wire on the LPGA Tour for the first time, and she had the perfect formula Sunday at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. She didn’t make any mistakes at Brickyard Crossing. No one came close. Hur closed with a 4-under 68 for
News
Cameron Champ takes a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Safeway Open on Sunday. It’s a nice cushion to have when you’re a 24-year-old trying to live up to a reputation forged by winning your first PGA Tour title in just your ninth career PGA Tour start. After winning the 2018 Sanderson Farms
2:12 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Lin Yuxin of China made birdie from the bunker on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat defending champion Takumi Kanaya and win the Asia-Pacific Amateur for the second time. Lin won the first playoff in the 11-year-history of the Asia-Pacific Amateur and joined Hideki Matsuyama as the
Much like his career on the course, Phil Mickelson’s physical appearance has seen its share of ups and downs over the years. No, we’re not saying Lefty’s body ever, at the extreme, resembled that of John Daly’s. But let’s acknowledge that he has had many of the same awkward-looking phases that every middle-aged dad goes
5:25 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Mi Jung Hur kept her two-stroke lead in the Indy Women in Tech Championship on Saturday, birdieing five of the final eight holes for a 6-under 66. Hur rebounded from an opening bogey with a birdie on the par-5 second. She added birdies on Nos. 9, 11, 13,
CBS’ NFL analyst Tony Romo took Boomer Esiason off the hook early in his round on Friday, by playing the front nine so poorly that it was apparent he would not make the cut in the Safeway Open. Esiason was standing by to work the Bears-Vikings game with Jim Nantz in Chicago in the event
9:35 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rod Pampling eagled the par-5 18th at Pebble Beach on Friday for a 5-under 67 and a share of the Pure Insurance Championship lead in his PGA Tour Champions debut. Pampling, the Australian who turned 50 on Monday, had three birdies in a six-hole stretch on
Golf fans found out that Tony Romo has some serious game at this week’s Safeway Open as the former Dallas Cowboys star shot an impressive two-under-par 70 on Thursday. On Friday, it appears Romo learned something about his own skills as well. And one PGA Tour rookie didn’t seem too pleased. Romo came back to
The casual fan might not pay as close attention to these fall events. But especially for DFS and betting purposes, you should be. Maybe you know, and you followed four of our experts in correctly picking Joaquin Niemann at The Greenbrier. Or FanDuel’s Brandon Gdula predicting Sebastian Muñoz’s win last week. Our entire panel of
1:04 PM ET England’s Matthew Jordan carded a superb second-round 64 to claim a one-shot lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews on Friday. Jordan made five birdies and an eagle on the first eight holes in a bogey-free round and finished the day at 14 under after 36 holes. The tournament
The first time I sat down to talk to Danny Willett was on the Tuesday of U.S. Open week in 2016 at Oakmont. Willett was two months removed from winning the Masters, and two months and a week removed from becoming a father for the first time. He was five minutes late. Athletes being a
10:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Former NFL quarterback and current CBS analyst Tony Romo opened with a 2-under 70 on Thursday at the PGA Tour’s Safeway Open in Napa, California. He is tied for 28th after the first round, five shots back of leaders Adam Scott and Andrew Landry, who shot 7-under 65. Romo,
The inaugural NEXUS Cup hosted by Tiger Woods and benefitting TGR Foundation featured great golf, fine food and generous giving. It also took place in an especially fitting and meaningful place. Liberty National Golf Club boasts spectacular views of the New York City skyline, which, of course, was permanently altered by 9/11. It was in
It’s a good thing CBS came up with a backup plan for Sunday’s Bears-Vikings game. Tony Romo might actually be busy playing golf instead. The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback turned TV analyst is making his fourth PGA Tour start at this week’s Safeway Open. But unlike the previous three, Romo has put himself in position
12:48 PM ET South Africa’s Justin Walters enjoyed a strong start to the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Thursday, finishing nine-under par at The Old Course. Despite suffering a calf injury over the summer, the 38-year-old put on a great performance to wrap up opening day shooting nine birdies. Walters claimed a one-shot lead ahead
When Bo Van Pelt first walked onto the driving range at Silverado Country Club this week, he got some curious looks. “About 10 guys looked at me like, I never thought I’d see you again,” the 44-year-old said from Napa, Calif. “They were like What are you doing here? Are you playing?” For the first
1:21 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Four players shared the early first-round lead after 4-under 68s, with more than half of the 120 starters having completed their rounds at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship at the Sheshan International Golf Club on Thursday. Jun Min Lee of South Korea, Ren Yonezawa of Japan, Hong Kong’s Shuai
Maybe halfway through the chat with a journalist at his home in Walton-on Thames, just outside London, the phone rang. His granddaughter was on the line. After her grandad explained what he was doing, Sophie asked a cheeky question. “What do you mean?” responded Neil Coles, displaying a nice line in mock incredulity. “Of course
The 2020 Ryder Cup in Whistling Straits begins one year from today, and it’s a given truth that in the modern era, it’s never too early to jump aboard the runaway hype train. We’re too far away to know anything definitive beyond obvious truths such as “the three American major winners from 2019 have a
5:55 AM ET Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell has said that the reason he pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth last week was due to the devastating Hurricane Dorian that hit the Bahamas earlier this month. McDowell, who owns a house in the affected region, withdrew from the tournament last week
Golf’s redeeming value, to those keeping score, depends ostensibly on how those numbers add up on a given day, though that can be a misrepresentation. What the game offers can’t be quantified numerically. Humanity is the better measure. Meet Evan Koutsopetras, 15, from Brooklyn. He was diagnosed with autism at age 3, did not start
7:43 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Kirk Triplett birdied the final hole Saturday for a 2-under 68 and a share of the lead with Ken Duke going into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Sanford International. Duke shot 65. This is the first time Duke has started the final round
It has been more than three weeks since the Bahamas were ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the Category 5 storm with wind gusts as high as 220 mph that leveled Great Abaco, Grand Bahama and elsewhere in the archipelago. The road to recovery has been an arduous one, laden with bureaucratic red tape and the inherent
The Fall Series will head out west this week to Napa, Calif., for the Safeway Open on the North Course at the Silverado Resort. With certainly the strongest field thus far in the 2019-’20 PGA Tour season, make sure to keep a lookout for Justin Thomas, Phil Mickelson and Tony Romo (?). Along with the
6:08 PM ET Danny Willett‘s final-round 67 is something he will long cherish. It is a scorecard to be framed, and obviously admired. No bogeys. Five birdies, including three over the stressful back nine. No slips under duress. But this was not the 67 Willett shot on Sunday to win the BMW PGA Championship, the
We didn’t have much when I was a kid. I was the youngest of six, and we had cousins living with us, too. There was so little room that I shared a bed with my parents and other siblings until I was a teenager. The only way I could play golf was by sneaking on
8:33 PM ET Associated Press BEIJING — The PGA Tour Series-China is canceling its tournament next month in Hong Kong because of civil unrest and safety concerns. The season was supposed to end with the event Oct. 17-20 at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club in Hong Kong. Instead, the 13th and final tournament will
The partnership between Tiger Woods and Stevie Williams is perhaps golf’s most famous player/caddie team. Tiger won 13 of his majors with Stevie on the bag, giving him the tally for the most majors looped for by one caddie. And golf fans are familiar with some of Tiger’s most iconic images, such as his chip-in
The 2019-2020 PGA Tour season is officially underway, with two strong winners from Latin America (Joaquin Niemann and Sebastian Munoz) thus far. Previously serving as the tour’s season-opener since the PGA Tour went to the wraparound fall schedule in 2013-2014, the Safeway Open moves back on the schedule but up in the calendar, falling in
5:34 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rocco Mediate birdied his last two holes for a 6-under 64 and won the Sanford International on Sunday when Ken Duke took double-bogey on the final hole. Mediate won by two shots for his first PGA Tour Champions title in three years. Duke was tied for