Rickie Fowler has good news for Tiger Woods fans. “I know he’s been getting after it as far as rehab goes—that takes up most of his day,” Fowler said Wednesday ahead of the 3M Open. “I know as kind of stubborn as he is, being as big of a kind of golf nerd as all
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11:12 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Rickie Fowler‘s improved driving helped him shoot a 5-under 65 on Sunday in the final round of the British Open. Looking for a late push in the FedEx Cup standings, Fowler carried over the strong play Thursday with a 7-under 64 in the first round of the
Don’t adjust your glasses or rub your eyes out, folks. It’s not 2017. It’s 2021, and Rickie Fowler—yes, THE Rickie Fowler—is tied for the lead in a PGA Tour event. Fresh off a final-round 65 at the Open Championship, Fowler brought some positive momentum back home to the U.S., shooting an opening-round seven-under 64 Thursday
4:28 PM ET Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke and South Africa’s James Kingston carded an opening-round 65 to share the lead at The Senior Open on Thursday. Clarke failed to make the cut at last week’s 149th Open at Royal St. George’s, but he got off to a quick start at the Sunningdale Old Course in
On the eve of the Amundi Evian Championship, Nelly Korda, the top-ranked female golfer in the world, was asked how she planned to manage her time in the coming weeks with a schedule that included a trip to France for the year’s fourth major, then on to Tokyo for the Olympics. “I bought a gaming
Foreign substances are outlawed by the Rules of Golf but they are also outlaws, their criminality so prodigious and versed and begrudgingly respected it has become folklore. No matter what form the weapon takes—cooking spray, lip balm, moisturizer—legend has it a little lubricant on a club face makes a ball go a long, long way.
1:40 PM ET Associated Press Collin Morikawa is the champion golfer of the year. Morikawa captured The Open on Sunday for his second major title in two years. It was his first time playing The Open, just like it was his first time playing the PGA Championship when he won at Harding Park last year.
You can’t blame Louis Oosthuizen for not being in the mood to talk following a third consecutive close call in a major championship. But three days after his third-place finish at Royal St. George’s, the South African finally opened up about what happened at the Open Championship. Oosthuizen spoke to reporters at a press conference
5:17 PM ET The PGA Tour heads to Minnesota this week for the 3M Open. Matthew Wolff and Michael Thompson are the previous winners of this event, respectively, but will they be a factor this week? Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Sports
PALO ALTO, CA – OCTOBER 1994: Tiger Woods and teammates of the 1994 Stanford University Men’s Golf Team pose for a group photo in October 1994 on the Stanford University Golf Course at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Kneeling in front row are Matt Thompson (far left), Eri Crum (second from left), Jerry Chang
With just four events left until the start of the 2021 FedEx Cup playoffs, PGA Tour pros are in a sprint to secure their spots inside the top 125. That adds to the urgency of this week’s 3M Open in Minnesota. Along with defending victor Michael Thompson, a strong field will be competing at TPC
3:27 PM ET Jordan Spieth knows he couldn’t have won The Open at Royal St. George’s on Saturday, but he might have very well lost it on the final two holes of the third round. Spieth, who was attempting to join Tom Watson and Bobby Jones as the only American-born golfers to win The Open
If you’re not betting the 3M Open, you’re either broke from your Open losses or not big enough of a golf degenerate (there’s no shame either way). Though most of the experts in this column were on Jordan Spieth last week, we did have Lee Alldrick of FanShare Sports on Collin Morikawa (40-1). So we’re
3:32 PM ET SANDWICH, England — Louis Oosthuizen produced an amazing two months of golf, contending in three consecutive major championships and joining a short list of players to finish top-3 in three of them in a single year. He simply has no hardware to show for it. Oosthuizen, 38, the 2010 Open winning at
The course was Starfire Golf Club in Scottsdale. The player was Bubba Watson, and he was staring down a 30-yard pitch on the final hole for eagle. Bubba was out here to do one thing, and that was to go as low as possible. We suppose that’s the objective for any round of golf, yes?
After a glorious stretch of seven men’s major championships in 11 months, golf fans have to wait 263 days until the next one. Just typing that makes us sad, but that doesn’t mean it’s not too early to think about April at Augusta National. Sportsbooks certainly are already with 2022 Masters odds in place. And
8:09 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Like it did with everything else, COVID-19 turned golf upside down. In 2020, there was no Open. The Masters was in August. The PGA Championship was back in August, where it normally fell before being moved to May the year before. The U.S. Open was in September. Instead of
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is pursuing the creation of a sixth 18-hole course, multiple sources have confirmed to Golf Digest. The course would be on a piece of land the resort had originally planned for the Bandon Muni course, south of town along the New River. The land is covered in dramatic sand dunes and
8:11 AM ET In your head, this should sound like a bad, over-the-top game show host … Hey everybody, it’s the waaaay-too-early major championship predictions for 2022! I’ll give you all the picks that have zero chance of coming true but are great for starting arguments! And what’s the first big one I’m gonna give
As the iconic yellow leader boards reminded everyone on Sunday at Royal St. George’s, the Open Championship will celebrate its 150th playing next year at St. Andrews. From there, the R&A has announced that Royal Liverpool and Royal Troon will host golf’s oldest tournament in 2023 and 2024. As for 2025, while nothing is official,
Paula Creamer announced on Instagram Sunday that her family will soon become a party of three. The former U.S. Women’s Open champ revealed that she was pregnant by posting a photo of her and fiancé Shane Kennedy holding a “Guess What?” baby shirt. The announcement comes as Creamer, a 10-time LPGA Tour winner, is in
9:22 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Seamus Power won the Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, beating J.T. Poston with a tap-in par on the sixth hole of a playoff. Poston drove into the water that lines the right side of the par-4 18th at Keene Trace and made
Some victories are masterpieces, others are eyesores, and several hours after Collin Morikawa delivered one suitable for framing in England on Sunday, Seamus Power was gifted an ugly one in Kentucky. The Barbasol Championship was J.T. Poston’s tournament to lose and lose it he did, spectacularly. He squandered a three-stroke lead on the back nine
4:23 PM ET SANDWICH, England — He waved to the crowd, clapped his show of appreciation and then stepped to the microphone like he’s been giving speeches for years. Collin Morikawa might have called it the “British Open,” but he nonetheless handled the ceremony as coolly as he did Royal St. George’s. Morikawa is just
As is the case after every major, the #stats and #numbers are pouring in at a fast-and-furious pace. Even more so after this 149th Open Championship won by Collin Morikawa, who continues to rewrite the record books with this remarkable start to his career. So, where do we even begin? First, we should mention that
SANDWICH, England — Strictly speaking, each of the 260-odd shots the Open champion hits this week count the same. A three-footer for par on Thursday holds just as much importance as a 350-yard drive on Sunday. There are, however, certain holes in each major championship that seem to take on added importance. Perhaps they produce
5:21 PM ET The Open at Royal St. George’s is not hurting for interesting storylines as it heads to the final round. There is Louis Oosthuizen, seemingly forever the runner-up holding another major championship lead. There is Jordan Spieth, hoping to end his four-year drought in majors. There is Collin Morikawa, who won the PGA
The final round of the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational was looming and Ariya Jutanugarn was frustrated. Her game wasn’t where she thought it should be, leaving her sister Moriya in difficult places during a one-over 71 Friday in foursomes and two off the lead. Ariya further stressed over whether they needed to change their
3:06 PM ET ESPN News Services Louis Oosthuizen is the 54-hole leader of The Open after hanging on over the back nine at Royal St. George’s. Oosthuizen made an 8-foot birdie on the 16th hole and a long two-putt par on the closing hole for a 69. That gives him a one-shot lead over Collin
After 36 holes at the Open Championship, there’s a familiar name at the top of the leader board – Louis Oosthuizen. This marks the third straight major he’s placed himself in serious contention heading into the weekend. The question now is, will it be the third straight runner-up (and what would be the seventh major