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12:32 PM ET When asked Wednesday what his issues are with Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka came back with another question. “How would I characterize it? I don’t know where you want to start, like I guess — where do you want to start?” Koepka said during a news conference from the Palmetto Championship at Congree.

A man seeking shelter on a golf course from a pop-up thunderstorm in southern New Jersey died on Wednesday, authorities say, when lightning struck a tree near him. The man was in his 70s, according to a CBS Philly report, and was pronounced dead on the scene at Burlington Country Club in Westampton, N.J., a

One of my first events 30 years ago was the PGA Tour’s old Tucson Open. I remember seeing caddies who looked beat up. They were not so much standing next to their bags as they were angled over them, their bodies overloaded by this invisible weight. I recall being sad and almost embarrassed for them.

1:05 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Mikko Korhonen of Finland withdrew from the U.S. Open on Wednesday because of travel concerns getting to Torrey Pines. He was replaced in the field by Cole Hammer, the first alternate from the Columbus, Ohio, qualifier that featured the strongest field. Korhonen has never played in the

SAN FRANCISCO — With four holes to play in the late afternoon last Friday at the U.S. Women’s Open, Lucy Li was five over par and flirting with the cut line. To her credit, the 18-year-old understood the situation, how she was in danger of squandering the opportunity she’d earned by qualifying for the major

4:40 PM ET The head of the proposed Premier Golf League is hoping to have a conversation with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and has reached out to him this week with hopes of explaining his concept. Andy Gardiner, the CEO of the Premier Golf League, told ESPN an interview Wednesday that he’s been seeking

It was a valid request for NBC. Really, for all golf fans. The U.S. Open returns to Torrey Pines next week, and inescapably there will be the chatter about the 2008 championship there and Tiger Woods’ incredible performance in beating Rocco Mediate in a Monday playoff. What’s the over-under on how many times we see

If the public’s feelings about the USGA could be distilled into a building, the result would look something like the clubhouse at The Olympic Club: formal and old-fashioned. It seems fitting then that the debut of Mike Whan as the new face of the USGA came at Olympic in late April during a media day

6:31 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES — Argentine golfer Angel Cabrera was extradited from Brazil to his homeland on Tuesday to face trial on charges he assaulted three former partners. Cabrera, who has won both the Masters and the U.S. Open, has been in jail since January when Brazil’s federal police arrested him on

There are two types of avid golf gamblers. This week, if you’re Gambler A you’re saying: I’m saving my money until next week. This is an unknown course and a new event—I’ll save my bankroll for Torrey Pines. We don’t blame you. This field, well, leaves a lot to be desired (though we assure you

11:13 AM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rickie Fowler came up just short — one roll of the ball — in his last shot at avoiding sitting out another major when he failed to get through U.S. Open qualifying on Tuesday. Fowler had five holes to play Tuesday morning in the rain-delayed qualifier at

The Charley Hoffman Revival Tour is heading home. The San Diego product was one of 13 players to earn their way into next week’s U.S. Open at Torrey Pines via Official World Golf Ranking and European Tour Qualifying Series exemptions. Ten of those spots went to the top aggregate point earners, who were otherwise not

It wasn’t the most high-profile cancellation—that goes to the Open Championship—but the nixing of last year’s U.S. Open qualifying process proved a bitterly disappointing casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The opportunity to play your way into “golf’s toughest test” is part of the fabric of the national championship, but the logistics of staging umpteen local

9:00 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Already facing a long day, Rickie Fowler found the road even tougher Monday in 36-hole qualifying as he tried to avoid missing the U.S. Open for the first time in 11 years. Fowler was among 685 players seeking 54 spots in nine qualifiers across eight states to

It’s rare that a two-foot putt is highlight-reel worthy, let alone at a junior golf tournament. But add in a fluke injury and the fact it was made by the son of one of the world’s best players, and, well, here we are. On Monday night, Ian Poulter shared a video of his son, Luke,

1:16 PM ET Associated Press Marcus Armitage shot a 7-under 65 on Monday to win the three-day European Open by two shots. The Englishman, who was at par after the opening round and 1-under after the second, made six birdies and an eagle to get 8-under 216 for his first European Tour title in his

It’s very rare the PGA Tour goes to a new venue, but Congaree Golf Club—the new Tom Fazio design in Ridgeland, S.C., about 45 minutes from Hilton Head—will host the displaced RBC Canadian Open as the 2021 Palmetto Championship. Congaree—ranked 39th on Golf Digest’s 2021-2022 America’s 100 Greatest ranking—will test the world’s best players unlike

SAN FRANCISCO — Mid-way through the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open, it was likely hard for Yuka Saso to imagine she would be the one holding the Harton S. Semple Trophy at day’s end. Saso, a 19-year-old who plays on the Japan LPGA, had made two double bogeys on the front nine at

8:26 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — As golf attempts to get back to normal, you would have been hard-pressed to think things were not as they always were Sunday at Muirfield Village Golf Club for the final round of the Memorial Tournament. Jack Nicklaus, tournament founder, host and 18-time major champion, took up his usual

SAN FRANCISCO — Lexi Thompson managed to tell herself to smile. After all, that’s what all the work she’d done with herself was about. Be positive. Be grateful. Do not beat yourself up. So, when she walked off the 18th hole at The Olympic Club on Sunday afternoon, every fiber of her body no doubt

5:52 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Stephen Ames won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions title, taking advantage of Tim Herron‘s final-round collapse. Seven strokes behind Herron entering the round, Ames shot a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over fellow Canadian Mike Weir. A four-time

“Everybody here is devastated. It’s a terrible thing to have happen,” Nicklaus said at Muirfield Village Golf Club. “Jon handled it very well. He’s a big boy. He understands that we have rules. And unfortunately, those are not something that you really may like, but those are the rules that we have right now. …

SAN FRANCISCO — After the 2019 Mediheal Championship at Lake Merced Golf Club, Jeongeun Lee6 walked off after losing a three-way playoff with Bronte Law and champion Sei Young Kim yet maintaining a positive mindset. “She [Lee6] just wanted to play, just have fun with the playoff, and she’s pretty satisfied with it,” Lee6’s manager

10:52 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Lexi Thompson needed to get her mind right before she could her golf game back and now is in position to win her first second career major. Thompson shot a bogey-free 5-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the U.S. Women’s

SAN FRANCISCO—it is one of the most famous and infamous holes in major championship golf. The short par-4 18th on The Olympic Club’s Lake Course is as diabolical as it is beautiful. The fairway looks as narrow from the tee as an aisle in the supermarket. The landing area is somewhat blind and approaches from

5:54 PM ET DUBLIN, Ohio — Bryson DeChambeau said he believes the PGA Tour will need to step in if the well-chronicled feud between him and Brooks Koepka escalates toward encouraging poor fan behavior. The comment came after Koepka offered to supply beer for the fans evicted from the Memorial Tournament on Friday because they

SAN FRANCISCO—It could be said that U.S. Women’s Open leader Yuka Saso is, well, a little obsessed with the golf swing of Rory McIlroy. How much? Does making it part of her bedtime routine count as having a competitor-to-competitor crush? After shooting four-under-par 67 at Olympic Club on Friday to take a one-shot lead over

DUBLIN, Ohio – A few cheers went up for Brooks Koepka during the first two rounds of the Memorial Tournament. And he isn’t even in the field. The shouts were directed at Koepka’s rival, Bryson DeChambeau, who got peppered by the gallery with shouts of “Hey Brooksy” as he made his way around Muirfield Village

11:24 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The calculus homework awaiting Megha Ganne might have to wait a couple more days to get done. The 17-year-old amateur has more pressing business this weekend at the U.S. Women’s Open. Ganne followed up a strong opening round by shooting an even-par 71 in the second round

Since making his return to the PGA Tour in 2017, Patrick Cantlay has been Mr. Consistency, a top-10 machine. A three-time winner, too. Missing the cut? Never heard of it. OK, so maybe there was an occasional MC here or there, but rarely, if ever, would he miss back to back, or three out of