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PARAMUS, N.J. — If not for an untimely double bogey at the end of his second stroke-play round, Michael Thorbjornsen would have easily earned solo medalist honors at the U.S. Amateur. The rising Stanford star was still one of the four co-medalists, a confirmation of what we already knew heading into this week—that he was

4:09 PM ET In a letter sent to LIV golfers on Wednesday, CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said the new circuit “by any fair, objective and impartial review” should be awarded Official World Golf Ranking points for its events in the very near future. In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by ESPN,

PARAMUS, N.J. — Just by being in the 2022 U.S. Amateur field, New Jersey native Mark Costanza had already had a successful week. All it takes is a couple of good rounds, though, for expectations to change quickly. For Costanza, who was born in Ridgewood, N.J., all it took was one putt. Late in Tuesday’s

The BMW Championship, the penultimate event on the PGA Tour, takes place this weekend at the Wilmington Country Club in Delaware. The field of 68 players will compete for 30 spots in next week’s Tour Championship, as well as a share of the $15 million dollar purse. One of golf’s elite players won’t be in

The PGA Tour heads to Delaware for the first time—big news if you’re a Delawarean—for the second stop in the 2022 FedEx Cup Playoffs … the BMW Championship. The top 70 players off the FedEx Cup eligibility list qualify to compete at Wilmington Country Club, with Will Zalatoris holding the top spot after his first

Patrick Reed, the former Masters champion who left the PGA Tour for LIV Golf this year, on Tuesday brought a lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee and is seeking damages for defamation. The civil lawsuit, which was first brought to light by a reporter for Courthouse News Service, was filed by Florida-based attorney

10:20 PM ET Patrick Reed is the latest member of LIV Golf to turn from the course to the courts, as the former Masters champion filed a defamation lawsuit against Golf Channel and commentator Brandel Chamblee on Tuesday. The claim central to Reed’s complaint is that Chamblee and Golf Channel conspired with the PGA Tour

The FedEx Cup Playoffs make their way to Wilmington Country Club in Delaware for the second event of this year’s three-stop postseason journey. Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler lead the charge, siting first and second in the FedEx Cup eligibility standings (despite Scheffler missing the cut at last week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship). Can this

8:00 AM ET There are only two events left in the PGA Tour regular season, with $15 million up for grabs at this week’s BMW Championship in Wilmington, Delaware, and another $18 million for the winner of the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta on Aug. 25-28. There’s also plenty of hardware at stake, besides the

When the finalists at the 122nd U.S. Amateur Championship square off in the 36-hole championship match on Sunday at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J., they will have each endured the same grueling week. Each will have advanced through 36 holes of stroke-play qualifying, where the 312-man field is whittled down to 64. They will

The man who has been ranked No. 1 in the world longer than anyone not named Tiger Woods or Greg Norman has dropped to a spot in the Official World Golf Ranking that he hasn’t seen in more than seven years. When the new ranking was released late Sunday it showed Dustin Johnson dipping from

10:08 PM ET Tiger Woods is scheduled to meet with several of the top golfers in the world Tuesday in an effort to rally support around the PGA Tour in its ongoing battle with the rival LIV Golf series, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The meeting between Woods, a 15-time major champion, and the

Cameron Smith will spend the week at home in Florida rehabbing an ongoing hip ailment after the Australian withdrew from the second event of the FedEx Cup playoffs. The World No. 2 announced his withdrawal from this week’s BMW Championship on Monday through his agent, Wasserman’s Bud Martin. “[Smith] has been dealing with some on

9:00 AM ET Remember when it seemed like Scottie Scheffler would never win on the PGA Tour? In each of his first two seasons on tour, Scheffler looked like one of the most talented players in the world, grinding out top 25 after top 25, with 29 of those finishes all in his first 52

In 2021, Tsubasa Kajitani won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, and a few days later, Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters. Keita Nakajima has been the No. 1 men’s amateur for 104 weeks straight. And six of the top 30 female professionals in the world are Japanese. Now, Saki Baba, the 17-year-old Tokyo-born sensation has clinched

MEMPHIS — Controversy began Cameron Smith’s week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, when reports that he was headed to LIV Golf after the PGA Tour Playoffs. And controversy ended his week, when rules officials assessed the 28-year-old Aussie a two-stroke penalty before his final round began, pushing him from two strokes off the lead

7:30 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The 10-foot par putt in regulation was so crucial and the moment so important that Will Zalatoris doesn’t remember screaming out when he made it, “What are they gonna say now?” It took three playoff holes to get the answer on Sunday in the FedEx St. Jude

Coincidence? Karma? Just bad luck? However, you want to characterize what happened to Cameron Smith, who has been the center of a lot of attention this week at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, it doesn’t change the fact that he’ll start the final round on Sunday four shots off the lead rather than two after

8:34 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday for a share of the Boeing Classic lead with Billy Andrade. Jimenez had a bogey-free round to match Andrade at 10-under 134 at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge. “Moving day like people say, no?” Jimenez said. “We are

If you’re looking for signs of the beefed up rewards that come in the PGA Tour’s 2022 postseason, the FedEx St. Jude Championship is a good place to start. The tournament replaced The Northern Trust as the first event of the FedEx Cup Playoffs and with it comes not just a new name and venue

For the third time in seven years, the U.S. Women’s Amateur final will be a battle between international talent: Saki Baba of Japan will face off against Monet Chun of Canada on Sunday at Chambers Bay. The matchup is one more clear sign that the women’s amateur game is thriving in all corners of the

7:15 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — British Open champion Cameron Smith has spent all week ignoring queries about reports he will be the latest to leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf. His only concern was trying to win the FedEx Cup playoffs. Now there’s another perk at stake: No. 1 in

MEMPHIS — After missing the cut last Friday at the Wyndham Championship, Rickie Fowler knew his hopes of making the FedEx Cup Playoffs sat on a knife’s edge. He also knew there was no longer anything he could do about it—after missing the playoffs for the first time in his career last season, finishing 134th

11:50 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — K.J. Choi closed with a birdie, eagle and birdie for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead in PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic on Friday. Choi, the 52-year-old South Korean player who won last year at Pebble Beach for his lone senior title, was

MEMPHIS — A memo sent Friday afternoon to PGA Tour players from Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined the updated policy for the playoffs as decided by the tour’s policy board. The headline, at least for those who have followed the saga of the four players who would make the Korn Ferry Tour Finals should Bubba Watson

9:14 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — J.J. Spaun hopes he’s only getting started on the road to the FedEx Cup finale. Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will have to wait another week. As for Jason Day, his season is over. Spaun made a late birdie for a 3-under 67 to take

The playoffs, whatever the sport, are about opportunities, getting a chance to improve on your season. So here comes J.J. Spaun, who won his first PGA Tour event earlier this year at the Valero Texas Open, and then kind of sputtered. He qualified easily for the FedEx Cup Playoffs, coming in at No. 25 in

MEMPHIS — Bubba Watson publicly announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he had resigned his membership from the PGA Tour ahead of playing on the LIV Golf circuit in 2023. The seemingly innocuous decision, however, could be a significant break for four aspiring tour pros. Watson, a two-time Masters champions and 12-time tour winner, revealed

5:23 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Rickie Fowler was the last man in the field for the FedEx Cup playoffs, but he’s making the most of it with a new caddie and new putter in his bag. Fowler carded a 5-under 65 in the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind

MEMPHIS — If you’re handicapping the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year race, there are five players who have a realistic shot, barring a miracle playoff run from someone unheralded. A week ago, Cameron Young was the comfortable frontrunner—with two second-place finishes (including a solo second at the Open Championship) and a ninth-place finish in