Thomas Pieters ended his last Twitter post on Friday night with a funny signoff: #Luckyidiot The idiot part might be a bit harsh. But the lucky seems appropriate. Or fortunate if nothing else. During Friday’s second round of the Open de France at Le Golf National, Pieters was facing a long birdie putt on the
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Max Homa never felt more energized over a big putt on a Friday, perhaps because he never had so many people who shared in the celebration. This is why making the Presidents Cup was the top of his wish list this year, and his latest afternoon heroics
CHARLOTTE — The scoreboard at the 14th Presidents Cup would hardly surprise many. The Americans lead 8-2 after a session each of foursomes and fourballs, and a ninth straight loss for the International team seems a fait accompli. The only real shocker from the first two days at Quail Hollow is that World No. 1
5:16 PM ET Associated Press Rasmus Hojgaard followed up Thursday’s course record-equalling 62 with a 65 to hold a commanding six-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Cazoo Open de France. Morning starter Hojgaard carded seven birdies and a single bogey on day two at Le Golf National to head into the clubhouse on
Teaming up with Michelle Wie West, Liberty National Golf Club and the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), the LPGA Tour announced on Friday a new event added to the 2023 schedule with a unique field. The Mizuho Americas Open will be held at Liberty National in June and feature top professionals playing alongside junior golfers.
As expected, the Internationals look in big trouble after Day 1 at this week’s Presidents Cup. On the bright side, they could have a major talent heading their way in a couple years. And he’ll even be able to legally drive a car by then. Introducing Hsieh Cheng-wei, a 14-year-old who made history on Friday
7:35 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The idea was for two of the most reliable American teams to set the tone Thursday in the Presidents Cup, and the result was predictable. Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay made short work of Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama in the opening match. They didn’t make a
CHARLOTTE — Well, one lesson we learned on the first day of the 14th Presidents Cup is that Si Woo Kim plays quite well when he’s angry. Trailing 3 down through seven holes in his match against World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns, who together have won seven times on the PGA Tour
5:00 PM ET After a three-year hiatus, the Presidents Cup has returned. The U.S. team faces off against the International team in a matchup between golf’s best. Right now, the U.S. is a big favorite, boasting world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, No. 4 Patrick Cantlay, No. 5 Xander Schauffele, No. 7 Justin Thomas and No.
CHARLOTTE — Xander Schauffele said Wednesday that he and Patrick Cantlay needed to make a statement on Day 1 at the Presidents Cup. International team captain Trevor Immelman had chosen his highest-profile pairing—Adam Scott and Hideki Matsuyama—for the first match of Thursday’s foursomes session. That message was delivered in the form of a 6-and-5 thrashing
CHARLOTTE — If you ask Paul McGinley, the biggest mistake Ernie Els made in an otherwise stellar captaincy at the 2019 Presidents Cup in Melbourne came on Saturday night as he prepared to set his next day’s singles lineup. Holding a 10-8 lead that could have been even bigger, the International team captain opted to
6:50 PM ET LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman met with federal lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to lobby on behalf of the new circuit being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and his message was met with mixed reviews from politicians. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee told ESPN that he walked
CHARLOTTE — It’s been well known for decades that Fred Couples, easily one of the most gifted athletes in the annals of golf, has a lot more going on in his head than he is capable of articulating succinctly. But while the former Masters champion might not always be successful in connecting the dots in
The International team has none, after Australia’s Cameron Smith, the third-ranked player in the world and The Open winner, jumped to the new LIV Golf circuit in late August. History is on the Americans’ side, too. They have won 11 of the past 13 Presidents Cup competitions, losing just once and tying one other time.
The Presidents Cup is a conundrum, an event that is an exhibition in nature but something more in reality. That is the aspiration, at least, with the standard set by the Ryder Cup. And after a thrilling 2019 Presidents Cup in Melbourne, it appeared that ambition had manifested. And while that remains the North Star,
CHARLOTTE — If the rumor mill had been accurate, Adam Scott would have joined LIV Golf months ago. On social media and in various reports, the popular Australian was mentioned alongside Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter as veteran PGA Tour players who were going across to the rival circuit. It was fueled by the fact
6:13 PM ET LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman said Tuesday that he has been asked not to attend the QBE Shootout, an event he founded and has hosted since 1989. The 54-hole competition between two-man teams will be held at the Norman-designed Gold Course at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida, on Dec.
CHARLOTTE — Despite creating the event more than 30 years ago, LIV Golf chief executive Greg Norman says he has been asked not to attend this year’s QBE Shootout in Naples, Fla. The two-time major winner and head of the Saudi Arabia-funded rival to the PGA Tour took to social media Tuesday with a lengthy
7:30 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Much has changed since the last Presidents Cup was played, when captain Tiger Woods led the 2019 U.S. team to a 16-14 victory at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia. 2 Related In just the past week, it was announced Greg Norman is going to Congress to advocate for
CHARLOTTE — In the midst of the first International players’ press conferences Tuesday at the Presidents Cup, Colombian Sebastian Munoz tossed out a fascinating detail when asked how he prepared mentally for a match-play event like this one. “I’ve been training my mind a little bit,” he said, “trying to take some ice plunges and
CHICAGO — The most polarizing golfer in the world is a god-fearing country boy who is intelligent enough to have been his high school valedictorian. He is a jock who grew up playing the pretty-boy positions of quarterback and shortstop but was tough enough to wrestle competitively and line up as a free safety. His
Sep 18, 2022 Associated Press SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — British Open champion Cameron Smith made his decision to leave the PGA Tour for LIV Golf pay off Sunday when he closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-shot victory in the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago. Smith was only briefly threatened in the third and final round.
You’ve probably heard by now that the United States team is a big favorite to beat the International side at this week’s Presidents Cup. And maybe you’re debating whether or not to set aside the time to watch the match at Quail Hollow. Well here’s some friendly advice: How often did we hear this same
9:10 AM ET LIV Golf CEO and commissioner Greg Norman is visiting Capitol Hill later this week to discuss the new circuit’s plans and business model with lawmakers, a LIV Golf spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Monday. Norman, a two-time Open Championship winner, hopes to educate lawmakers about what the new circuit is doing to
In early July, as he perched himself at the edge of a wooden bench in front of his locker at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, Davis Love III wore an expression somewhere north of agitated that had nothing to do with his closing two-over-par 72 in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship. Love had things
There has never been a golf year filled with so much drama, thanks in large part to the ongoing battle—both on the course and in the courtroom—between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf. But arguably the craziest controversial story of 2022 happened far away from the bright lights of the game’s highest level. We’re talking
8:24 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Steve Stricker won his second straight PGA Tour Champions event on Sunday, closing with a 6-under 64 and beating Robert Karlsson with a birdie on the first playoff hole in the Sanford International. Stricker had a one-shot lead when he looked behind and saw Karlsson with
Danny Willett could only laugh. Probably to keep from crying. No, check that. It almost certainly was to keep from crying. Max Homa successfully defended his title at the Fortinet Championship on Sunday and now heads to his first Presidents Cup in Charlotte, where he likely will be relied on heavily by U.S. captain Davis
2:17 PM ET Associated Press Robert MacIntyre put himself in the frame to make next year Ryder Cup as he beat U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick on the first hole of a playoff to win the Italian Open on the Marco Simone course outside Rome. “This is what I want. This is my only goal
At first glance, the leaderboard after three rounds of the 79th Italian Open made predicting the identity of the new champion pretty straightforward. At 10 under par, U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick was at the top after 54 holes at Marco Simone Country Club. One shot back was Rory McIlroy, the newly minted FedEx Cup