Golf

7:23 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gile Bite Starkute holed a 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the first extra hole and Arizona, which grabbed the last qualifying spot, stunned top-seeded Stanford in the quarterfinals of the NCAA women’s golf championship. Stanford earned the No. 1 seed with a 13-shot victory over
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6:36 PM ET Associated Press KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Along with the coastal views at Kiawah Island for the PGA Championship, it was the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that a major championship actually sounded like one. A larger gathering could happen on the other side of the Atlantic. The R&A on Tuesday said
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1:56 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird. Mark McGwire vs. Sammy Sosa. Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier. Brooks Koepka
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11:52 AM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour chose Princeton athletic director Mollie Marcoux Samaan as its commissioner Tuesday, the second woman to lead the tour since its formation in 1950. Marcoux Samaan succeeds Mike Whan, who announced in January he was resigning and then took over as CEO of the U.S. Golf Association. She
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8:25 AM ET The feud between Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau may be heating up again just in time for summer. A leaked video shows Koepka rolling his eyes at DeChambeau and cursing in frustration during a post-round interview this past weekend at the PGA Championship. The viral video, posted Monday night to social media
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11:48 PM ET The CEO of the PGA of America apologized Monday for the poor crowd control on the 18th hole of the Ocean Course as eventual winner Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka tried to complete the final round of the PGA Championship. Both players were swarmed by boisterous spectators Sunday at the Kiawah Island
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11:09 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Rachel Heck became the ninth freshman to win the women’s NCAA individual title on Monday with a one-shot victory at Grayhawk Golf Club. Heck finished the four-round tournament at 8 under, becoming Stanford’s first individual champion in program history. She also joined Annie Park and Marisa Baena
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10:06 PM ET Phil Mickelson faced some of the longest odds of his career at the PGA Championship, where he was an underdog to even make the cut. But the 50-year-old long-shot lefty defied the odds, captured his sixth major title and delivered a blow to some sportsbooks that they hadn’t felt since Tiger Woods
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