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Cullan Brown, a golfer at the University of Kentucky, died on Tuesday, less than a year after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Brown was an All-SEC performer in his freshman season in Lexington, posting a 72.42 scoring average in eight events. He was given a sponsor exemption and made the cut at

1:29 PM ET The tee times and featured groups for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park: Featured groups on ESPN+ All times ET ThursdayGroup 111:33 a.m.Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas4:58 p.m.Jon Rahm, Phil Mickelson, Sergio Garcia Group 211:22 a.m.Jordan Spieth, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose4:47 p.m.Rickie Fowler, Bryson DeChambeau,

SAN FRANCISCO — The great ones have a knack for persuasion. When an athlete as accomplished as Tiger Woods says something, your first instinct is to believe him. Even if all the evidence points in the other direction. On paper, Tiger Woods is up against it this week at the PGA Championship. Yes, he has

7:25 AM ET It’s been an odd year — for golf, for everybody. Before the coronavirus shut down sports and forced golf into a three-month break, Rory McIlroy was on fire. He hasn’t been himself since the restart. Brooks Koepka, who comes in having won back-to-back PGA Championships, looked hurt and a bit lost —

Perhaps more than any other golfer in history, Tiger Woods has done a large portion of his winning at specific tournaments, on specific golf courses. Woods has never played as much as the average PGA Tour pro, instead crafting his schedule around courses that suit his eye. A remarkable 40 of his record-tying 82 career

Known for many years as “Glory’s Last Shot,” the PGA Championship is in the unusual position of being the first men’s major played during this COVID-plagued golf season. The Wanamaker Trophy will be contested at TPC Harding Park in front of no fans, but the tournament will probably draw as much attention as it ever

12:03 PM ET ESPN and ESPN+ will provide comprehensive coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Coverage will start Tuesday, with the reveal of featured groups and tee times, player interviews and news conferences, and continue on through Sunday’s final round of golf’s first major championship of 2020. Here’s the

Ryan Moore has opted out of this week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. In itself, not surprising: Due to myriad concerns, COVID-19 safety chief among them, Moore was the 12th player to withdraw from the proceedings as of Monday afternoon. Moore’s stated reasoning for pulling out, however, is something you don’t see at such

7:38 AM ET Finally, after waiting more than a year, we will get to see the first golf major of 2020. And if watching PGA Tour players try their luck at a city-owned municipal course wasn’t enough, we’ll get a rare glimpse of Tiger Woods, who has played only four competitive rounds since February. Woods,

As far as preparation for next week’s PGA Championship goes, Justin Bertsch’s is tough to beat. You might even call it drool-worthy. The 38-year-old club professional from Florida pegged it at Cypress Point Club and Spyglass Hill on Friday, Pebble Beach on Saturday (with a night at The Lodge in between) and the Bay Area’s

The Barracuda Championship on Sunday came down to a single putt, make or miss, win or lose, a scenario that set it apart from the monotony of typical PGA Tour events and allowing it—for one year, at least—to quell criticism of its modified Stableford scoring system. The winner was Richy Werenski, who scored seven points

6:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — At long last, golf will see a major championship played in 2020. It’s been awhile. When Shane Lowry clutched the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush last summer, it seemed as if it would be a long wait until the Masters. Well, how about adding another four months to that?

You have to go back to last year’s Oman Open and Kurt Kitayama’s victory to find the most recent American to win a regular European Tour event (non-major or World Golf Championship). The Californian still holds that mildly esoteric claim to Old World fame, but this week’s champion comes close to pushing Kitayama aside. The

8:44 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Danielle Kang returned from a 45-minute rain delay with two consecutive birdies. By the end of the round Saturday, she was happy to have a share of the lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. Kang followed her back-to-back birdies with three straight bogeys, another birdie and

With a victory on Sunday at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis, Brendon Todd will pocket the $1.82 million first-place prize money payout. That’s quite the winner’s check for a journeyman pro who was considering giving up the game to open up a pizza franchise not all that long ago. To get a better

Sun. is the 30th anniv. of the Americans with Disabilities Act – the ADA led to Casey Martin winning the right to use a golf cart. The PGA turned down his 1997 request & he prevailed in three courts, including the Supreme in 2001. Martin, 48, is the head coach at Oregon. He has a

It might be light and airy. It might be awkward. It might be strictly business. We know this: When Phil Mickelson and his former caddie of 25 years, Jim (Bones) Mackay, come face to face on the first tee on Sunday at TPC Southwind in Memphis, it will be fascinating theater. Mickelson and Mackay, who

Nick Faldo was perusing Twitter while relaxing on the beach in Florida earlier this week when he noticed that someone tagged him in a video that showed a teenage girl hitting a golf ball one-handed as her left arm dangled helplessly, if not obstructively by her side. The thought was that perhaps the six-time major