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CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. — It is as if Paul Chang, the unexpected sensation of this week’s 123rd U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills, has been living in an alternate golf universe. For three years, he pestered longtime University of Virginia head men’s golf coach Bowen Sargent to give him a spot on the team. Never

In many respects, it was unfortuante for the players, fans and championship that Gordon Sargent and Nick Dunlap ended up facing off on Wednesday in the first round of match play in the 123rd U.S. Amateur. Two of the best amateurs in world—Gordon Ranked at No. 1 and Dunlap at No. 9—ended up meeting so

It doesn’t quite match the lore of Arnold Palmer coming from seven shots down to beat Jack Nicklaus in the 1960 U.S. Open, but Steven Fox and Cherry Hills are linked in the most fascinating way. In 2012, Fox was the 127th-ranked amateur in the world and the longest of long shots to seize the

Following a flurry of four majors over seven weeks, the next biggest deadline on the LPGA’s calendar is finalizing the Solheim Cup rosters ahead of the trip to Finca Cortesín, Andalucía, Spain, on Sept. 22-24. Europe will post its squad after this week’s ISPS Handa World Invitational and the United States will select its team

LOS ANGELES — When Auburn women’s golf coach Melissa Luellen has a team issue to mull over or an opinion she needs from one of her players, she says she’s got a go-to person in Megan Schofill. The 22-year-old, Luellen says, she is smart, driven, thoughtful and walks the careful line between being confident and

MEMPHIS — Lucas Glover had to catch himself several times on Saturday and refrain from complaining after a four-under 66 at TPC Southland enabled him to retain his lead in the FedEx St. Jude Championship. But such is the state of his game that he couldn’t help himself. “It was scrappy, would be how I

MEMPHIS — This Lucas Glover fellow is hot. Riding the wave hot. Hitting on all cylinders hot. Maybe U.S. Ryder Cup captain Zach Johnson should take a look at him hot. On a steamy day in the city known as the “Home of the Blues,” Glover was red-hot, a carryover from his impressive victory last

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterAug 9, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia One last major championship. One last shot at glory for women’s professional golfers this season. The final major championship of the 2023 season, the AIG Women’s Open,

MEMPHIS — The restaurant in Lahaina, Hawaii, has long been out of business, but now the building that housed the Morikawa Restaurant is gone, too. Wednesday’s deadly wildfires that decimated Front Street at the popular tourist destination on Maui and killed at least 36 people hit Collin Morikawa harder than many people looking on from

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — In Phil Mickelson’s words, he’s “thrown himself into the fire” plenty over the past two years while LIV Golf emerged as a breakaway to the PGA Tour. With the Ryder Cup just over a month away, Lefty doesn’t want to cop more heat for telling U.S. captain Zach Johnson who to select

MEMPHIS — Jay Monahan presided over his first player meeting on Tuesday at the FedEx St. Jude Championship since returning from a voluntary absence, and while the 90-minute gathering was poorly attended and little new information was delivered, several players agreed that it was simply good to see the PGA Tour commissioner back at work.

While some details about the PGA Tour’s 2024 schedule were leaked last week, there remained plenty of juicy tidbits to chew on when the tour made its official announcement Monday about next season. Among them: • Of the 36 events in the FedEx Cup regular season, there will be eight designated tournaments—now called “signature” events—with

GREENSBORO, NC — “It’s been a long road, fighting something for 10 years.” Those were the words of 43-year-old Lucas Glover, following his fifth career win on Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, where he emerged from a two-hour rain delay to out-duel a desperately unlucky Russell Henley to stamp his trip to the FedExCup playoffs.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As Billy Horschel made his way to the interview area after a third-round 63 that left him tied for the lead at the Wyndham Championship, a nearby television monitor showed the CBS coverage, where a different interview with Horschel was playing—the infamous near-confessional after his opening 84 at the Memorial. With tears

In the last regular-season event of the PGA Tour season, Lucas Glover was a guy who was primed to go off with his frustrations. On Friday, the four-time tour winner and 2009 U.S. Open champ shot a 64 in the Wyndham Championship that moved him into a tie for third, two shots behind leader Russell

Donald Ross stans, avert your eyes. An Englishman has taken aim at one of the legendary course architect’s North Carolina gems—Sedgefield Country Club, host of this week’s Wyndham Championship. In a stunning turn of events, that Englishman’s name is not Tyrrell Hatton, a man who seems to have nothing nice to say about any venue

Senior official Ron Cross has been removed from his position at LIV Golf. Cross was one of LIV Golf’s first hires in the fall of 2021, serving as the chief events officer for the Saudi-backed circuit. Sources told Golf Digest Cross was integral in securing tournament sites and piecing together a schedule for LIV. Cross’

The connection between golf and the Olympics is growing as the sport prepares to be part of a third straight Summer Games next year in Paris. One year from today, the first round of the 72-hole men’s competition gets underway at the Albatros course at Le Golf National (Aug. 1-4), site of the 2018 Ryder

The PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund continue to discuss a possible alliance unifying professional golf, and last week commissioner Jay Monahan informed the PGA Tour membership that a task force will dictate discipline for LIV Golf players interested in returning. However, according to LIV Golf’s frontman, Phil Mickelson, those with the rival

Lee Hodges played so impeccably for four days at the 3M Open that he seemed destined to win easily, and, sure enough, in closing out his wire-to-wire victory Sunday, his margin of victory was seven strokes. That’s the most of any winner on the PGA Tour in nearly three years. Impressive stuff. Especially in notching

If you’re vying for your first PGA Tour title, a five-stroke lead has to afford you a relative feeling of comfort. Perhaps that’s one reason why Lee Hodges doesn’t expect to be overly nervous heading into Sunday’s final round of the 3M Open. It probably doesn’t hurt that he’s playing the best golf of his

It was their fantasy since playing college golf together at the University of Minnesota. Erik van Rooyen and Alex Gaugert dreamed of the days they’d room together, practice together and competing against each other on the PGA Tour. When it finally happened over a whirlwind five days at the 3M Open, only 16 miles from

Sometimes all it takes is returning to a familiar place for a golfer to find something in their game. Such was the case Thursday at the 3M Open for Brandt Snedeker. The 42-year-old’s first professional victory came in the Land of 10,000 Lakes in 2006 and a decade later, returned for his first Ryder Cup

After a rough couple days on the golf course—heck, after a rough year on the golf course—many tour pros would like to get as far away from the sport as possible. But not Justin Thomas. The two-time major champ missed the cut at the final major of 2023 last week, but apparently spent his weekend

We are two months from the Rome Ryder Cup, the last major championship is behind us, the teams are shaping up, and we have officially entered the speculation zone. There are so many lingering questions, so let’s get right to it and start breaking down the most important questions in the aftermath of the Open.

The question that we’re about to pose here is a tricky one, but first we want to make it clear what questions it’s not: It’s not a question of whether Brooks Koepka should be on the Ryder Cup team, and it’s not a question of whether Zach Johnson should use a captain’s pick on him

The Barracuda Championship on Sunday came down to a tale of two prodigies, one a decade stuck in neutral, the other sprinting toward stardom—Patrick Rodgers, 31, vs. Akshay Bhatia, 21, in a playoff at the Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee, Calif. Bhatia, at 6-1 and 130 pounds a walking 2-iron, prevailed with a par on

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — On a renowned site dedicated to flight, Kiara Romero committed the worst kind of faux pas, overshooting the runway on her approach. It is never a good time to do so, but it was especially egregious on the 36th hole of a national championship, the outcome hanging in the balance. Romero

HOYLAKE, England — In football terms, and we’ll put it in football terms because that was the language spoken by the Royal Liverpool galleries on Friday, Tommy Fleetwood’s five-shot deficit through 36 holes to Brian Harman at the Open Championship is not unlike his beloved Everton F.C. being a few goals down at halftime in

Royal Liverpool’s new, edge-of-disaster 17th hole has been getting a beating for its difficulty at the start of the Open, and it lived up to the hype early on when Lucas Herbert, tied for the lead at the time, made a nifty triple in the morning wave among other hiccups. While a 130-yard hole seems