6:09 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas shot a 6-under 64 in alternate-shot play Friday to take a 4-stroke lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Kupcho and Salas had a 17-under 193 total with a better-ball round left at Midland Country Club in the LPGA Tour’s lone
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5:38 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — While Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure Friday at St. Andrews, Cameron Smith can only wonder if the 150th Open will be his arrival as an undisputed elite player. Smith already won the Players Championship this year and has risen to as high
9:20 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The criticism leveled at the LIV Golf players by their peers and the sport’s stakeholders has galvanized them at the 150th Open, according to Talor Gooch. Gooch carded a 3-under 69 on Friday to sit 7 under after the first two rounds at St. Andrews. With Dustin Johnson
10:22 AM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods walked across the Swilcan Bridge on the 18th fairway of the Old Course on Friday, possibly wondering whether he had played the final round of his storied career in The Open at St. Andrews. Woods, a three-time winner of The Open, including twice at St. Andrews
4:36 AM ET It took a lot of work to get Tiger Woods to the first tee at The Open. Months of rehab after his car crash to get him back to competitive golf. Hours of effort from him and his team after rounds. Time off after he had to withdraw from the PGA Championship
10:34 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Charley Hoffman and Mark Hubbard each had 13 points in the modified Stableford scoring system to share the first-round lead in the Barracuda Championship. Hoffman and Hubbard each had seven birdies and a bogey at Tahoe Mountain Club in the second of two straight U.S. events co-sanctioned
6:51 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Pauline Roussin made a hole-in-one and teamed with fellow rookie Dewi Weber to take a three-stroke lead Thursday in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, leaving Annika Sorenstam and Madelene Sagstrom five shots behind. Tied with Sorenstam and Sagstrom after an opening 5-under 65 in alternate-shot play
6:43 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The R&A wanted to keep attention on the 150th anniversary of The Open this week and off the ongoing dispute between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for the best players in the world. The R&A wasn’t exactly subtle in trying to make sure that happened. It didn’t
5:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The Old Course was never faster. The pace of play was never slower. The celebrated start Thursday of the 150th Open Championship gave way to Cameron Young making his debut with an 8-under 64 for a two-shot lead over Rory McIlroy. Young and McIlroy didn’t have
4:11 PM ET ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Tiger Woods was on the wrong side of the draw — and often the wrong side of the holes — during the first round of the 150th Open Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews on Thursday. Playing in the afternoon wave, which had more windy and