7:11 AM ET Dustin Johnson is the hottest player in the world. He’s already picked up the U.S. Open trophy once. Sure, he’s the favorite this week at Winged Foot, but there are plenty of other strong choices to claim the year’s second major title. Our experts landed on a wide variety of options. Here’s
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7:25 PM ET Dustin Johnson, on the heels of his first FedEx Cup victory last week, was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year on Monday. Johnson was voted the recipient of the tour’s Jack Nicklaus Award, while Scottie Scheffler received the Arnold Palmer Award as the PGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year. The
5:57 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — A Georgia man was sentenced Monday to more than two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a scheme that used stolen identities to obtain tickets to the Masters golf tournament. Federal prosecutors say Stephen Michael Freeman, 42, of Athens, and three family members in Texas
2:49 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com “Caddyshack” turned 40 years old this summer. It is an all-time great sports movie. It’s abundantly quotable and features a cast of 1980s comedy titans including Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and Ted Knight. But Academy Award nominee Michael O’Keefe played the main character, Danny Noonan, a caddy at
1:55 PM ET Sam Horsfield became the second player to withdraw from the U.S. Open due to a positive COVID-19 test and will miss the major championship this week at Winged Foot. Horsfield, 23, is an Englishman who played college golf at Florida. He won two events recently on the European Tour — the Hero
7:15 AM ET KENNETH FERRIE WAS already cooked when he stood near Phil Mickelson on the 72nd tee of the United States Open. The Englishman could have slipped under the ropes inside Winged Foot, the Yankee Stadium of golf, and joined the thousands of New Yorkers cheering for their left-hander to close it out. Ferrie,
9:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Stewart Cink‘s long wait is finally over. He doesn’t have to worry about being cast as a villain, either, as was the case when Cink outlasted fan favorite Tom Watson to win the 2009 British Open. Sparked by a strong short game, Cink won the season-opening Safeway
8:00 PM ET Scottie Scheffler withdrew from the U.S. Open on Sunday because he had a positive COVID-19 test. Scheffler becomes the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive after six consecutive weeks of no positive cases. The United States Golf Association said Scheffler was asymptomatic and is at home in Dallas. South
7:03 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Miguel Angel Jimenez completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Sanford International, the PGA Tour Champions’ first event with fans since returning from a break for the coronavirus pandemic. Jimenez closed with a 5-under 65 at Minehaha Country Club to beat Steve Flesch by a stroke.
6:51 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Mirim Lee chipped in three times Sunday, the last one for eagle on the final hole that got her into a three-way playoff at the ANA Inspiration that she won on the first extra hole with a birdie. It was another wild finish in the LPGA