6:17 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Ted Purdy withdrew from the Barbarsol Championship on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19, the third PGA Tour player in 12 days to get a positive test. The Barbasol Championship is held opposite The Open. Purdy, a one-time winner on the PGA Tour, started out as the
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5:30 PM ET Tony Romo and Johnny Manziel have accepted sponsor exemptions to play in the Higginbotham Texas State Open, a golf tournament put on by the Northern Texas PGA. The tournament is open to professionals and amateurs and will be played July 27-30 at The Cascades Club in Tyler, Texas, which is where Manziel’s
9:09 AM ET SANDWICH, England — If Brooks Koepka is asked, he seems willing to answer any continued questions about Bryson DeChambeau. Koepka was asked again Tuesday at The Open about their ongoing feud, and the four-time major winner said he’s fine keeping it going because DeChambeau went back on his word about an agreement
7:59 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Jon Rahm is coming off a victory in the U.S. Open and is playing some of the best golf of anyone in the world. So it seems odd that the newly crowned major champion from Spain who has been a top-10 player in the world for several years would
8:13 AM ET Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SANDWICH, England — Shane Lowry has had to wait two years for the honor, but he will finally begin defense of
6:06 AM ET SANDWICH, England — The Bryson DeChambeau experience has been far from boring this year. He has had quite the past few months. From a spat with Brooks Koepka that will not die, to shooting a back-nine 44 at the U.S. Open after leading through 63 holes, to a caddie change and a
7:59 AM ET Here are the tee times for the opening two rounds of The Open at Royal St. George’s in Sandwich, England: All times ET (a) denotes amateur Round 1 1:35 a.m. — Richard Bland, Andy Sullivan, Marcus Armitage 1:46 a.m. — Chan Kim, Justin Harding, Haotong Li 1:57 a.m. — Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Gonzalo
6:09 AM ET SANDWICH, England — Jack Nicklaus never got to play an Open at Royal St. George’s during his prime. That, perhaps, is one of the reasons a quote attributed to him — he is coy about whether he actually really said it — make some sense. And why when an Open comes around
1:45 PM ET SANDWICH, England — After spending more time on Twitter and talking about his media feud than his actual golf game, Phil Mickelson is ready to get back to work this week at The Open. Mickelson said Monday during a practice round at Royal St. George’s that he wanted to move on from
12:16 PM ET SANDWICH, England — Bryson DeChambeau apologized several times for not addressing his caddie situation two weeks ago at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, saying there were extenuating circumstances that caused him to skip media queries following the first and second rounds of the tournament in Detroit, where he missed the cut. But DeChambeau