Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 3, 2023, 12:12 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia CHARLOTTE, N.C. — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed Wednesday that Rory McIlroy will lose $3 million of his Player Impact Program bonus from 2022 for missing
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9:33 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Another week, another designated event on the PGA Tour. The Wells Fargo Championship returns to Quail Hollow Club this week, after a one-year hiatus while the club prepares to host the 2023 Presidents Cup. As a designated event on the revamped PGA Tour schedule, the tournament will have a
9:53 PM ET Associated Press SYDNEY — Two-time Australian Open golf champion Frank Phillips, who also won tournaments in Singapore and Kong Kong, has died, PGA Australia said in a statement Wednesday. He was 90. PGA Australia said Phillips died Tuesday at a nursing home in Bowral, south of Sydney, where he had lived the
9:00 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Asked to describe his disappointment about missing the cut at the Masters, after he entered the first major championship of the season as a favorite in early April, Rory McIlroy offered a blunt two-word answer: “It sucked.” “It sucked. It sucked,” McIlroy said Tuesday, during his first meeting with
5:11 PM ET The Houston Open is officially returning to the spring portion of the PGA Tour schedule and will be played March 28-31 in 2024, tournament organizers announced Tuesday. The PGA Tour had previously announced that the longtime tour stop would be moved back to the spring next year after it wasn’t included in
2:26 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe LaCava, who helped Tiger Woods win his last major championship at the 2019 Masters, is moving to Patrick Cantlay‘s bag for the foreseeable future. Mark Steinberg, Woods’ longtime agent, told ESPN at Quail Hollow Club on Tuesday that LaCava called Woods to get his blessing before making the
10:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jim Furyk, a 17-time winner on the PGA Tour, has been named captain of the U.S. team for the 2024 Presidents Cup, according to an announcement by the PGA Tour on Tuesday. Furyk will make his debut as a Presidents Cup captain after playing in the event seven times
10:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green of Australia made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to join a three-way playoff and then made par on the second extra hole to win the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club. In a wild finish that featured a
6:53 PM ET Associated Press VALLARTA, Mexico — Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. Finau earned a small measure of redemption at Vallarta Vidanta, where last year
7:37 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steven Alker won the Insperity Invitational for the second straight year Sunday, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory over Steve Stricker and his first title of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker pulled away from Stricker on the back nine with