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The PGA of America will no longer be holding the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. The association announced its decision to move the championship on Sunday night. “The PGA of America Board of Directors voted tonight to exercise the right to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA

11:19 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Ryan Palmer went through a range of emotions over the final 15 minutes Saturday that ended with him posting a 9-under 64 for the best round of the week and a share of the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Palmer thought he

KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas used a homophobic slur during the third round of the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Saturday, and he apologized afterward. “I screwed up,” Thomas told Golf Digest. “I have to be better. I will be better. I deeply apologize to everybody and anybody who was offended.” The incident occurred after

Here’s the thing about the Plantation Course at Kapalua: It’s designed for wind. It’s a resort course, and its fairways are runway-wide to make them playable for Joe Average even when the wind starts whipping. Only problem: There’s been virtually none of it to speak of at this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions. And when

11:57 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawaii — Justin Thomas apologized Saturday afternoon for uttering an anti-gay slur under his breath when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the fourth hole of the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “It’s inexcusable,” Thomas said. “First off, I just apologize. I’m an adult. I’m a grown man, there’s

KAPALUA, Hawaii—Collin Morikawa has endured a roller-coaster ride worthy of a Six Flags amusement park since his thrilling victory at the PGA Championship any TPC Harding Park last August. There’s been the good: a chance to capture the European Tour’s Race to Dubai (without ever actually playing in Europe last year) before a T-10 the

11:09 AM ET Mike Whan, who took over the LPGA Tour during a tumultuous time in its his history more than 10 years ago, announced Wednesday that he will step down as commissioner sometime in 2021. Whan, 55, notified the LPGA board of directors that he will transition out of the role this year, with

KAPALUA, Hawaii—Scottie Scheffler is playing in this week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions for the first time. But he arrived on Maui with a heavy heart. Or at least without a close companion by his side. “Yeah, my trusty 3-wood cracked on Saturday on the range at Royal Oaks [in Dallas],” Scheffler said, adding that it

Through 36 holes at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, golf fans could not have asked for a better leader board to kick off 2021. The top three players in the world—Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas—are all in striking distance, as are the likes of Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. Need

1:21 AM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — A new year, and Harris English keeps right on rolling. English finished with a 10-foot birdie to cap off an ideal Friday of low scores and whale watching at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. His 6-under 67 gave him a two-shot lead over a quartet of players

Well … we made it through 2020. As a treat, let’s watch some prime time golf at the rejuvenated Plantation Course at the Kapalua Resort. The Sentry Tournament of Champions kicks off the new year for the PGA Tour with a unique field this week at Kapalua’s Plantation Course. Ordinarily the event features only tournament

7:29 AM ET Let’s get one thing straight, now that we have said goodbye to 2020, this is not a challenge to 2021. Like saying, “Welp, it can’t be any worse, right?” (forced uncomfortable laughter) ESPN + Subscribe to ESPN+ to get access to all premium articles, Fantasy tools, plus thousands of your favorite sporting

When his contract with the LPGA expired in 2019, commissioner Mike Whan didn’t commit to staying on for a fixed amount of time. Instead, it was noted that he had agreed to a “long-term extension.” Those who know Whan and what he’s done for the LPGA Tour and women’s golf hoped that would be several

10:38 PM ET Associated Press KAPALUA, Hawai’i — Justin Thomas kept bogeys off his card, thanks in part to Dustin Johnson‘s caddie, and birdied three of his last five holes Thursday for an 8-under 65 to share the lead with Harris English in the Sentry Tournament of Champions. Thomas couldn’t have asked for a better

For golf fans, the wait lasted 32 days and four hours. The Mayakoba Classic, the last official PGA Tour event of 2020, wrapped up with Viktor Hovland’s 72nd-hole birdie on Dec. 6. A month and a day later, the tour resumed on a picturesque Thursday at Kapalua’s Plantation Course, which seems to specialize in those.

KAPALUA, Hawaii — The last time Sergio Garcia played in the Sentry Tournament of Champions was 15 years ago. A lot’s changed since—marriage, two kids, a major on his résumé—but not everything. “The course is definitely playing a lot slower than it used to last time I played here,” Garcia said of the Plantation Course,

3:47 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hall of Fame golfers Annika Sorenstam and Gary Player, along with the late Olympian Babe Didrikson Zaharias, have been presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Thursday. The award is one of the nation’s highest civilian honors. President Donald Trump has generally held public

KAPALUA, Hawaii — Tropical vistas, swaying palms, soaring drives. This week’s Sentry Tournament of Champions on Maui serves as a welcome paradisiacal backdrop as the PGA Tour resumes its 2020-21 season after a month-long intermission. It’s a new year, yes, but a dozen events have already been played on the wraparound schedule. Lucky No. 13

9:00 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The weather might not be an indication, but golf season is here. At least for the PGA Tour. A loaded 42-player field will get things going at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawai’i. Justin Thomas will defend his title at the Plantation Course against a field of

Adam Svensson played a full season on the PGA Tour in 2018-2019, but the 27-year-old Canadian kicked off 2021 by making more in a mini-tour event than in any of his starts on golf’s highest level. On Wednesday, Svensson captured the inaugural Big Money Golf Classic, and as the name indicates, this isn’t your typical

KAPALUA, Hawaii—The green jacket is hanging in a closet at home. No need for a coat in Maui. “I’ve worn it a couple of times, not a whole lot,” Dustin Johnson said Wednesday at the Sentry Tournament of Champions. “I’ll put it on every once in a while at the house.” This week marks Johnson’s

1:12 PM ET British golfers Lee Westwood and Graeme McDowell have backed calls for the resumption of recreational golf in England after courses were temporarily closed. Under the new lockdown restrictions announced by Boris Johnson earlier this week, recreational golf courses have been forced to close. Westwood and McDowell have both promoted an online petition

Picking winners in golf is tough—perhaps the toughest sport to cash outright wagers. Usually tournaments have 156 players, and there are so many variables each week. That’s why it’s imperative to trust the right information—and in addition to our anonymous tour caddie making picks from the range each week, we have three of the best

A trio of Hall of Fame golfers—Annika Sorenstam, Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Gary Player—will receive the United States’ highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Thursday from President Donald Trump. W.L. Pate Jr., president of the Babe Zaharias Foundation, is expected to accept the medal in honor of Zaharias, who died in 1956.

KAPALUA, Hawaii—Xander Schauffele, like everyone else at this week’s sun-splashed Sentry Tournament of Champions, is happy to be teeing it up in paradise. But not for the reasons one might think. First, he’s one of 16 players in the field who failed to win an official event last season (though he did have the lowest

7:44 AM ET The year has changed, but golf on the PGA Tour will be largely as we saw it when 2020 came to a close: virtually no spectators, weekly COVID-19 testing and possible withdrawals, Dustin Johnson as a solid No. 1 in the world, Bryson DeChambeau bombing tee shots, and never-ending speculation about where

The best documentaries tell a story, or a side of a story, that hasn’t been told. Either that or they lean hard into spectacle. It helps to explain why those who have followed Tiger Woods’ career can expect to find an upcoming special on the 15-time major winner entertaining, but also somewhat familiar. “Tiger,” a

It’s a good time to be a fan of the PGA Tour—or someone who bets on it. The 2020-’21 season resumes this week with the 2021 Sentry Tournament of Champions, the first of 29 consecutive weeks of PGA Tour events through the Olympics in July. This stretch follows 24 straight weeks of golf—from the tour’s

You can forgive Sarah Ingram if she feels like she’s experiencing some déjà vu in the coming weeks. In December 2019, the U.S. Curtis Cup captain hosted a group of top female American amateurs for a practice session in preparation for the scheduled June 2020 matches versus Great Britain & Ireland in Wales. But, like

The PGA Tour’s “super season” resumes this week in Maui, a celebration that calls for a super list. Over the holidays the Golf Digest staff batted around the question, “Who are the top 100 players on the PGA Tour?” It is a question judged by what we expect from players in 2021 while acknowledging their