10:49 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Russell Knox shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Safeway Open, the first event of the new PGA Tour season. After missing the FedExCup playoffs by two spots to close last season, Knox had seven birdies and eagled the 550-yard, par-5
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10:45 PM ET Two-time major champion John Daly revealed during a Golf Channel instructional show that he has bladder cancer. Daly said he underwent a procedure to have the cancer removed but was told there is a good chance of recurrence. “[My urologist] said there’s an 85% chance it comes back,” said Daly, 54, in
5:58 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Danielle Kang beat the desert heat Thursday morning with birdies on all the par 5s and a 5-iron that was inches away from an ace, giving her a 4-under 68 and a share of the early lead in the ANA Inspiration. Kang, who won two straight
5:56 PM ET Associated Press VILAMOURA, Portugal — Liam Johnston shot a 10-under 61 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Portugal Masters on Thursday. It was the lowest round of Johnston’s European Tour career, leaving the Scot ahead of Frenchman Julien Guerrier. Englishman Laurie Canter was three shots off the
8:11 AM ET Tim Herron turned 50 in February, his new lease on golf life set to commence. The PGA Tour Champions beckoned, and he was slowly getting acclimated to senior golf and its 54-hole events and golf carts when it all came crashing to a halt. Like the rest of the sports world, golf
Sep 5, 2020 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On the morning of Feb. 7, 2017, as master sommelier Randall Bertao scanned the list of 79 students who were set to spend the next two days taking the Court of Master Sommeliers introductory exam, one name jumped off the page. He wasn’t expecting to see Cristie Kerr, seeking
2:58 PM ET Brooks Koepka, who has been hampered by a knee problem for the better part of a year, withdrew from next week’s U.S. Open at Winged Foot, tweeting, “I’m looking forward to getting healthy and competing at 100% again very soon.” Koepka has won two of the past three U.S. Opens and finished
1:05 PM ET Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — The United States Golf Association announced Wednesday that it will move its equipment testing center and other offices to North Carolina as part of a $36 million investment within the iconic golfing village of Pinehurst. The USGA Research & Testing Center, along with the association’s foundation and
11:13 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Dustin Johnson has won the FedEx Cup, but we aren’t finished with golf — far from it, in fact. Next weekend is the rescheduled U.S. Open, but before that is the Safeway Open in Napa, Calif. this week. Where does the smart money lie? What bets and props are
5:22 PM ET Associated Press Golfer Charley Hull of England has withdrawn from the ANA Inspiration after testing positive for the coronavirus. Hull has one LPGA Tour title among her four professional wins. She said she wasn’t feeling her best when she arrived in the California desert but chalked that up to jet lag, extreme