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7:02 AM ET SAITAMA, Japan — Around 6 p.m. Wednesday evening Patrick Reed was riding in a cart around a golf course he’d never seen before, trying to take notes before it got dark so he could start play for an Olympic medal the following morning. These entire Tokyo Games are unique and uncomfortable, but

For most golfers, the Tokyo Olympics present a delightful change of pace. For one week every four years, they play not just for prize money and World Ranking points but national pride. They rub shoulders with the best track stars and basketball players and swimmers in the world. It’s the experience of a lifetime. All

6:29 AM ET Rory McIlroy made clear his feelings before embarking on his first Olympic men’s golf tournament, which begins this week at the Tokyo Games. An event without spectators and lacking buzz will also be without a highly motivated McIlroy. “I am not a very patriotic guy,” McIlroy said after the final round of

The PGA Tour says it will not give its players permission to compete in the Saudi International beginning next year, according to a report by Golfweek. Tour players are required to get a waiver to compete on other tours, and now that the Saudi event is no longer part of the European Tour, the PGA

Solheim Cup captains Catriona Matthew and Pat Hurst are paired together at this week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open for the first two rounds. They won’t be lacking for topics to discuss as the European and American team pictures sharpen into focus. Only three events — the ISPS Handa World Invitational, the Trust Scottish Open and

6:20 AM ET Seven of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking may not be competing in the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Olympics this week, but that doesn’t mean England’s Tommy Fleetwood and others aren’t having the time of their lives. Australia’s Cameron Smith is showing his national pride in an

Down on golf in the Olympics? No interest in the Olympics in general? Don’t feel like staying up until 3 a.m. to watch golf this week? These are very normal feelings to have for these 2020 Tokyo Games. Though our experts are mostly split on who is taking home the gold, a few of us

1:05 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — Australian golfer Minjee Lee won a sudden death playoff against overnight leader Jeongeun Lee6 to clinch the Evian Championship on Sunday for her first major title. Lee6 had to take a drop shot when her second shot on the first extra playoff hole flew into a pond,

Last Friday, Hank Lebioda withdrew from the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, citing no reason as to why. At the time, without context, it was a head-scratcher, as Lebioda was safely inside the cut line and in position to challenge for a fourth consecutive top-10 finish. On Tuesday, Lebioda provided an update on his

Thirteen years since retiring from the LPGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam is still one of the most recognizable names in the game of golf. The decision to spend time with her family and chase other pursuits in the sport hasn’t prohibited the 72-time LPGA winner from maintaining her upper echelon status from outside the ropes. The

6:19 AM ET Golf is back in the Olympics for the second time after a 112-year absence, following a successful return in Brazil in 2016, when England’s Justin Rose captured the gold medal. Rose held off Sweden’s — and then-reigning Open champion — Henrik Stenson. American Matt Kuchar finished third to win the bronze. None

A Japanese golfer will hit the opening tee shot of the 2021 Olympic men’s golf tournament. Just not the Japanese golfer you might have expected. The International Golf Federation has given the honor to Rikuya Hoshino when the men’s event begins on Thursday at Kasumigaseki Country Club at 7:30 a.m. local time (6:30 p.m. Wednesday

3:11 PM ET SUNNINGDALE, England — Stephen Dodd birdied the final hole to win the Senior British Open by one stroke on Sunday, holding off challenges from Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke to secure his first major title. The 55-year-old Welshman closed with a 2-under 68 at Sunningdale for a four-day total of 13-under

Standout amateurs Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Allisen Corpuz became the first official members of the 2021 U.S. Curtis Cup team on Monday. The trio earned their spots via automatic qualifying thanks to being the top three Americans in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking as of last week. The U.S. faces its rivals from

Golfing pressure comes in two forms. The first is opportunity pressure. This occurs when a player is at the doorstep of an accomplishment, perhaps a life-changing one. A chance to beat Pop for the first time. A 15-footer to win a PGA Tour event. These are good nerves. Any competitive golfer worth a damn relishes

7:28 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities.

There are unlikely winners in pro golf, and then there’s Stephen Dodd at the Senior British Open. The 55-year-old Welshman has had some career success, but had played just one competitive tournament in the last 18 months prior to teeing it up last week at Sunningdale outside of London. Yet with a final-round 66, Dodd

5:45 PM ET Nacho Elvira squandered a six-shot overnight lead in the Wales Open and bogeyed the 18th hole before rallying to beat Justin Harding in a playoff to win his first European Tour title on Sunday. Elvira dedicated his victory to Spanish golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, who was murdered in 2018. Harding three-putted the

The 3M Open is very much not a major championship. However, you may mistake it for one when you see who might finish second this week at TPC Twin Cities. OK, that may have been a bit harsh, but Louis Oosthuizen really is making a habit of coming up just a shot or two short

Here’s a number for you: $14,053,649. That’s the career PGA Tour earnings for Cameron Tringale. It’s a sum the envy of most golf fans and, likely, many of Tringale’s peers considering it has been claimed without the benefit of ever having won a tour event. In May, Tringale, 33, passed Brian Davis to hold the

4:28 AM ET Associated Press Spain’s Nacho Elvira continued his fine form to take a six-shot lead into Sunday’s final round at Celtic Manor, Wales on Saturday. The 34-year-old is chasing his maiden European Tour win and carded a 5-under-par 66 to finish Round 3 at 16 under. “I struggled a bit this year. To

Bryson DeChambeau’s bid for an Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games has come to a premature end. On Saturday, the International Golf Federation revealed that the former U.S. Open champion had tested positive for COVID-19 in his final screening before leaving the United States for Japan. As a result, he will be unable to participate

12:35 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The day after making golfing history, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the third round on Saturday. She’s at 18 under overall and the nearest challenger is teenage American Yealimi Noh at 13 under after carding a 4-under

Jeongeun Lee6 continued her march toward major history Saturday at the Amundi Evian Championship in France with a three-under 68 to sit at 18 under par. The 2019 U.S. Women’s Open champion holds a five-shot lead and is three strokes off the all-time major scoring record of 21 under set by In Gee Chun at

This 3M Open last year was the final blemish for Dustin Johnson before everything flipped in a major way to finish out 2020. After withdrawing from last year’s event in Minnesota, he finished in the top six in seven of his next eight starts to close out the year. That run included a runner-up at

9:17 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Adam Hadwin missed the weekend cuts in his last three tournaments, continuing a disappointing stretch as he dropped to 120th in the FedEx Cup standings. The 33-year-old Canadian has put himself in position to get back in contention for the playoffs with a strong run at the

Bubba Watson is like that kid in “The Sixth Sense.” He sees things that we don’t. He sees openings through trees that aren’t much wider than a sparrow to fly through. He sees lines off the tee that no one else (maybe other than that other wacky lefty, Phil Mickelson, or Bryson DeChambeau) would attempt.

4:12 PM ET Spain’s Nacho Elvira ended Day 2 with a two-shot lead over joint overnight leader Vincent Norrman as he carded 67 at the Cazoo Open on Friday. Elvira built upon a superb opening-round 64 to take a solo lead at Celtic Manor. The 34-year-old made six birdies as he set the halfway target

Gaby Lopez, one of just two Mexican golfers ever to win on the LPGA Tour, has been thinking about the Tokyo Olympics for some time now. “That’s my ultimate goal, being able to peak at that week,” Lopez told Golf Channel earlier this year. “That’s what my schedule is going to be played around, being