9:37 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Emiliano Grillo had an early eagle in a 17-point round in smoky conditions Friday to take the second-round lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive eight points for an albatross, five for eagle, two for
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6:16 PM ET Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — NCAA champion Rachel Heck of Stanford advanced to the U.S. Women’s Amateur semifinals Friday, beating Kan Bunnabodee of Thailand 3 and 2 at Westchester Country Club. Heck took a 2-up lead with a par win on the par-4 15th and finished off Bunnabodee with a birdie win
6:02 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Harris English shot a 5-under 65 on Friday at TPC Southwind to hold onto the lead in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. English withstood strong challenges from Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer to hold the top spot at 13-under 127. Smith had a 62 that required only
10:19 AM ET Anirudh Menon Saturday, August 7 could see a blockbuster ending to India’s action at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. There are three events on, and all three present medal chances – India have won five medals already, and are staring down the record from London 2012, when the contingent returned with six
5:00 AM ET ESPN staff Aditi Ashok, ranked 200th in the world, is just three shots behind top-ranked Nelly Korda of the U.S. after three rounds of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics women’s golf, but the 23-year-old Indian isn’t too bothered with looking at the leaderboard going into what could be the most important day of
1:38 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Nelly Korda had to work for pars instead of making birdies look routine, and the 23-year-old American did well enough to keep her distance in pursuit of an Olympic golf medal. Korda saved par with a 5-foot putt on the 17th hole and then got up-and-down from
9:59 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Joel Dahmen scored 16 points with eight birdies in a bogey-free round Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Barracuda Championship, the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. Players receive 8 points for an albatross, 5 for eagle, 2 for birdie
8:29 PM ET Associated Press HARRISON, N.Y. — NCAA champion Rachel Heck of Stanford rallied to beat Arkansas’ Brooke Matthews in 19 holes Thursday to advance to the U.S. Women’s Amateur quarterfinals. Heck, from Memphis, Tennessee, overcame a two-hole deficit with two to play at Westchester Country Club. She won the par-4 17th with a
6:09 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Harris English shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday to match his lowest PGA Tour score and take the first-round lead in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. The 2013 winner at TPC Southwind, English had a two-stroke lead over Jim Herman, Carlos Ortiz, Ian Poulter and Matthew Wolff,
5:26 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Jocelyne Bourassa, a star Canadian golfer and the LPGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 1972, has died. She was 74. Her death was announced Thursday by Golf Canada, which did not give details. After her star rookie season on the LPGA Tour she was honored as the