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ATLANTA — We’ve all been there. Ball in the rough, water to carry to reach the green. No problem. Then, splash. Of course. Take solace. It turns out even Rory McIlroy isn’t immune. During Saturday’s second round of the Tour Championship, the Northern Irishman found himself 209 yards from the flag on East Lake’s 18th

7:15 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Dustin Johnson went the last three hours over 13 holes without hitting from the fairway and still manged to hang on to the lead Saturday after two rounds at the Tour Championship. Johnson could at least see his entire golf ball from the first cut on the par-5

ATLANTA — Who will be Player of the Year on the PGA Tour? There’s a lot to consider with as many as a half-dozen players vying for the honor in a race that will likely be decided by how each fares at this week’s season ending Tour Championship. Arguments can be made for each of

ATLANTA — Sungjae Im plays more golf than just about anyone on the planet. So much so that over the last three years he’s made 89 starts and counting, a number made even more impressive by the fact that the PGA Tour was shut down for three months this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

7:30 PM ET ATLANTA — There is hope. Perhaps it is as slight as the azaleas blooming in November at Augusta National, but the possibility exists. Daniel Berger has yet to be told “no” from tournament officials, so he is clinging to the idea that maybe, just maybe, he will be able to tee it

The first day of the last week of the season is finished. Sure, this may not exactly feel like a grand finale, with no fans at East Lake and a U.S. Open looming less than two weeks away. But it’s the Tour Championship all the same, and with the FedEx Cup in the balance it’s

8:00 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Five days later, Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm are still going at it. They dressed about the same Friday for the Tour Championship, matched birdies on five holes and wound up tied for the lead at East Lake. That required Rahm getting the better of Johnson again. Rahm,

ATLANTA — Despite having won last year’s Tour Championship and consequently the FedEx Cup, Rory McIlroy arrived at East Lake this week with low expectations. The distraction of becoming a father for the first time can do that, and McIlroy didn’t arrive on site until Thursday afternoon after his wife Erica gave birth to a

7:44 PM ET ATLANTA — Rory McIlroy can keep a secret. Same for his caddie, Harry Diamond. They sat on the exciting news that McIlroy’s wife, Erica, was expecting a baby for a good bit of the PGA Tour’s restart of tournaments. Keeping that bottled up could not have been easy. It certainly didn’t help

ATLANTA — Dustin Johnson and Jon Rahm tied for the lead. Here we go again. A week ago, the two slugged it out in an epic showdown at the BMW Championship, where Johnson holed a 45-footer on the final hole of regulation to force a playoff before Rahm answered with a 66-footer of his own

Jin Young Ko ascended to World No. 1 with her win at last year’s ANA Inspiration. She will lose one of those titles next week. Ko is not among the 105 players listed for the LPGA major at Mission Hills Country Club. Ko has not played since the LPGA’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship last

7:20 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Players can ride in carts during practice rounds and caddies can use them during the tournament to cope with the extreme heat expected for the ANA Inspiration next week in the California desert. The LPGA announced the decision on its website Thursday. Traditionally the first major

ATLANTA — Justin Thomas’ choice for PGA Tour Player of the Year is clear. The response might seem brash, but the 27-year-old has a point. He briefly reached No. 1 in the world again this year after winning the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational and, more importantly, has more victories than anyone else—three—during the 2019-’20 tour

8:34 AM ET ATLANTA — Here’s one unconventional way to look at Jon Rahm‘s dramatic 66-foot birdie putt on Sunday during the BMW Championship sudden-death playoff: It pulled him within 2 strokes of Dustin Johnson heading into this week’s Tour Championship. Forget that it was his fifth PGA Tour victory and second in 2020 and

ATLANTA — It was the day before the opening round of the Travelers Championship—June 24, to be precise—and PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was on a jet from Ponte Vedra Beach to Cromwell, Conn. The trip was already on his itinerary but suddenly took on heightened significance after one player (Cameron Champ) and two caddies

Bryson DeChambeau’s physical transformation has been well-documented over the past year—including by Bryson himself. And while DeChambeau seems pleased with the body he’s built through hitting the gym and pounding protein shakes at a record rate, he’s also happy with the results on the course. Obviously, the biggest change has been seen in his driving,

3:36 PM ET ATLANTA — The 30 players who are competing in the Tour Championship at East Lake this week are playing for $45 million in FedEx Cup bonus money, with $15 million going to the winner. And PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that he anticipates no reduction in purses going forward as

ATLANTA — The PGA Tour has gone from a 2019-’20 season crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic, to what it is calling a “super season,” made up of 50 tournaments, including six majors, for its 2020-’21 campaign. Its slate for next season, announced on Wednesday at the Tour Championship by Commissioner Jay Monahan, includes 14 tournaments

8:08 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Jon Rahm won in stunning fashion last week, holing a 66-foot putt in a playoff with Dustin Johnson, who drained a 45-footer to force extra holes. Fantasy analyst Anita Marks hit on her Rahm pick at 9-1 odds. The FedExCup playoffs now shift to Atlanta, where 30 golfers will

ATLANTA — On Wednesday, the PGA Tour unveiled its schedule for the 2020-‘21 season, which will feature a whopping 50 events, including six majors. When fans will be allowed to attend any of those tournaments again, however, remains unclear. This week’s Tour Championship is the 14th straight event held without spectators since the tour paused

After multiple back surgeries and speculation about the end of his career, Woods had become a relevant contender again. But it was the season finale at Atlanta’s East Lake Golf Club that summoned Woods’ strength as a closer, not to mention his status as the most magnetic figure in the game. Now in this four-part

9:25 PM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI, China — The International Federation of PGA Tours confirmed the inevitable on Wednesday when it canceled the HSBC Champions World Golf Championships event in China. The tournament was scheduled for Oct. 29-Nov. 1 at Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai. The Chinese government announced in July that because of

The good news for golf fans: The fun doesn’t stop this week. Eleven more weeks of golf, running into a November Masters, follow this one. And if you’re trying to predict the action, you’re in the right place. Golf Digest’s expert panel has predicted 14 of the winners on the PGA Tour this season, including

6:36 PM ET Francesco Molinari is the only player among the top 50 in the world who has yet to return to competitive golf since the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, and he has withdrawn from the U.S. Open in two weeks. But the Italian star, who won The Open in 2018 and was the 54-hole leader

Let’s give the PGA Tour credit: Ever since then-commissioner Tim Finchem convinced FedEx to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to help him launch a playoff system, it has been trying to get that system right. Finchem’s idea was to find a way to keep the stars on his tour playing in real events—as opposed

If you’re a woman who’s interested in playing golf or who already plays the game and wants to learn more or meet more women in your area who play, today’s your day. Women’s Golf Day, the annual worldwide celebration of women’s golf, was originally scheduled for June 2 but was put on hold due to

7:50 PM ET Butch Dill-USA TODAY Sports Tiger Woods is done. His season is over. But 30 players are still chasing the $15 million prize that comes with winning the FedEx Cup. Here is the full list of those advancing to the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake and where they will start the week

Tiger Woods will be on familiar and successful ground when he defends his Zozo Championship in October. As was anticipated, the PGA Tour and Zozo Inc. announced on Monday that the tournament is being moved from Japan to Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., because of the coronavirus pandemic. Sherwood was the site of

9:44 AM ET For the record, Tiger Woods finished 63rd in the FedEx Cup standings, his 2019-20 season coming to an end Sunday at the BMW Championship, where he failed to qualify for this week’s Tour Championship. That means he won’t be able to play for the $45 million in FedEx bonus money that is

Last weekend’s BMW Championship was lucky number 13 for tournaments played since the PGA Tour’s restart, counting the PGA Championship. To cap off a wild final round at Olympia Fields, Jon Rahm buried a 66-foot putt for birdie on the first extra hole, ending the hopes of back-to-back FedEx Cup Playoff wins for Dustin Johnson,