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1:34 PM ET Associated Press Jon Rahm made a strong start on his return to Spain, shooting an 8-under 63 in the first round of the Spanish Open on Thursday. Rahm was 6-under-par through his first eight holes before making his only bogey before the turn and finishing with three more birdies on his back

There is no doubting the grit of Tony Finau. This is a man, after all, who dislocated his ankle the day before the start of the 2018 Masters and turned in a 68 in his opening round. But this tale about Finau’s lead-up to the recent Ryder Cup underlines how tough he truly is. Chalk

Louis Oosthuizen turned in a remarkable campaign last season. But it’s also a campaign prefaced with “what if.” Oosthuizen, you may remember, had a whopping four top-three finishes in the 2020-21 superseason’s six majors. The final three starts were particularly impressive, finishing runner-up at the 2021 PGA Championship and 2021 U.S. Open and holding the

11:05 AM ET World No. 1 Jon Rahm is hopeful that he can emulate compatriot Seve Ballesteros by becoming only the second three-time winner of the Spanish Open when he tees off on home soil on Thursday. Rahm, 26, is aiming for a hat trick of titles at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid, having

Scottie Scheffler has done a lot in little time. The 25-year-old won Rookie of the Year in his freshman campaign in 2020 and put any worries of a sophomore slump to bed by making the Ryder Cup team in 2021. He is also something of a big game hunter, finishing T-8 or better in four

2:42 PM ET A day after the announcement that he would be taking on Bryson DeChambeau in a made-for-TV match, Brooks Koepka didn’t have much to say about it. Koepka said he is looking forward to the Nov 26 match in Las Vegas but stopped short of going into much detail. Asked at the Shriners

Turns out, there was some Ryder Cup drama on Sunday at Whistling Straits. Just not the kind anyone saw coming—especially Harris English. Apparently, it was in such bad shape that someone called a rules official about it possibly being non-conforming. And as English arrived at the Whistling Straits clubhouse on Sunday ahead of his singles

The Shriners Children’s Open is one of the marquee events of the fall season. Aside from the CJ Cup and the Zozo, this will be the best field before 2022, with 11 of the top 25 in the world rankings teeing it up at TPC Summerlin. Accordingly, our Golf Digest betting panel is pumped to

8:04 PM ET Associated Press Next year will be the final leap into “Poppie’s Pond,” ending 40 years of the only LPGA major held on the same course and still known in some corners simply as the Dinah Shore. The LPGA Tour announced Tuesday that Chevron is taking over as title sponsor of the year’s

It is the matchup golf fans have desperately wanted, but it is not the match they were hoping to get. For two years the sport waited for a battle between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. Two years of animosity and eye-rolls and trolling, of speculation and dissection and discourse. All of it drama in its

4:52 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau hinted at it during the Ryder Cup, and now it is going to happen: a golf match between DeChambeau and year-long adversary Brooks Koepka. The 12-hole match (not 18) between the two golfers who feuded for much of 2021 will take place on Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving, at

The first leg of the “Vegas Swing” kicks off this week at TPC Summerlin for the Shriners Children’s Open. This event always draws a decent field, and this year is no exception, headlined by Brooks Koepka, Viktor Hovland, Webb Simpson … this will create plenty of marquee players to roster. TPC Summerlin has been known

Twenty-five years ago, audiences fell in love with a fresh face on the golf scene. He had power, he had swagger, and he loved going for par 5s in two. No, we’re not talking about Tiger Woods, but rather Roy “Tin Cup” McAvoy. It turns out one of the most famous golf movie characters hit

9:31 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Toto Japan Classic is no longer part of the LPGA Tour schedule because of the pandemic, leaving only one tournament as part of the tour’s Asian swing in the fall. The Toto Japan Classic is scheduled for Nov. 4-7. The LPGA Tour now has only

Though Scheffler has yet to earn a PGA Tour win, most expect that to change very quickly. Oddsmakers think it might happen this weekend—as most sportsbooks tabbed him as one of the favorites at this week’s Shriners Children’s Open. Scheffler has teed it up in the past two editions of the event, missing the cut

2:00 PM ET Associated Press Danny Willett celebrated his birthday by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by two strokes on Sunday. The Englishman took a three-shot lead into the European Tour event’s final round, which was played over the Old Course at St. Andrews. Willett shot a 4-under 68 and finished on 18 under

When he hung up the phone after Steve Stricker called last month breaking the news that he wasn’t going to be a captain’s pick for the 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup team, Sam Burns felt a twin set of emotions. “Definitely kind of gut wrenching,” was how the 25-year-old Louisiana native characterized being one of the

The race for the 2022 FedEx Cup title is under way as the 2021-22 PGA Tour season begins with the fall series. The season-long FedEx Cup points standings will help determine who keeps their PGA Tour cards and who’ll be eligible for the FedEx Cup Playoffs come August. The 2021-22 season includes 45 regular season

7:36 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sam Burns ran off four birdies in a six-hole stretch to start the back nine and pulled away for a 5-under 67 to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour victory this year. Against a list of contenders looking for their first

The Yosemite Sam mustache is no more, the whiskers falling like leaves at the turn of the calendar. The outlaw disposition? Very, very much alive. While all eyes were elsewhere on welcoming the latest young gun to the sport, Sam Burns quietly and confidently captured the Sanderson Farms Championship. “Yeah, I think it’s, it hasn’t

4:47 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Celine Boutier birdied two of her last three holes for an 8-under 63 and won the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday when South Korea’s two best players faltered down the stretch. Starting the final round five shots behind, Boutier ran off six birdies on the front nine

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Despite what you may have heard elsewhere, timing isn’t quite everything. Not in life; not in golf. But it is a good attribute to have in each, as Danny Willett can surely attest More than seven years separate the former Masters champion’s maiden victory on the European Tour (the 2012 BMW

10:55 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — In his first weekend contention on the PGA Tour, California rookie Sahith Theegala is handling the pressure and his golf just fine in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Theegala began the back nine Saturday at Country Club of Jackson with three straight birdies, had an eagle chip spin

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland—It was a day for patience out on the links. With a brisk autumnal breeze sweeping towards the ever-chilly North Sea, tough questions were being asked of the players in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. There were answers to be found though. And so far no one has come up with more correct

If you follow college golf, you already know Sahith Theegala, the 2019 Fred Haskins and Ben Hogan player of the year who had his senior season at Pepperdine cut short by COVID-19. The Waves were ranked no. 1 that spring, but Theegala and his teammates never got to play for a national title, which left

2:07 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett produced an impressive bogey-free round of 6-under 66 to claim a three-shot lead at the end of the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. The Englishman finished the day at 14 under for the tournament, ahead of overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton, who started

Collin Morikawa already knew his Ryder Cup teammates coming into the week, but he didn’t know them like that. Team competitions provide the world’s best players an opportunity to form deeper bonds than is possible from the cordial hellos they share on a PGA Tour driving range. At team dinners, hanging out between matches, away

9:42 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau‘s first foray into the world of long driving has come to an end. DeChambeau made it to the final eight of the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship but was eliminated in the next round Friday night in Mesquite, Nevada. DeChambeau squeaked into the top eight, in the final spot,

MESQUITE, Nev. — Bryson DeChambeau’s run in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship has come to an end, but not without fireworks. DeChambeau was eliminated in the Round of 8 after battling through the Round of 16. DeChambeau drew a gauntlet group in his first set of the day, battling Martin Borgmeier, Nick Vorbeck

While Will Zalatoris was lighting it up on the PGA Tour a season ago, one of his former Wake Forest roommates, Cameron Young, was watching in awe like the rest of us. Young, who earned his PGA Tour card at the end of the summer, used to beat Zalatoris at school regularly, which had to