1:15 PM ET Associated Press Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are welcome to play the U.S. Open next week under a USGA decision announced Tuesday that puts the open nature of the championship over a player’s decision to play in a Saudi-funded rival league. Mickelson and Johnson are among a dozen players in the LIV
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12:08 PM ET Tiger Woods has pulled out of next week’s U.S. Open, giving his body more time to heal and get stronger, as he still plans to play in the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland in July. Woods, 46, announced that he wouldn’t play in the U.S. Open, scheduled for June
11:09 AM ET Associated Press ST. ALBANS, England — Graeme McDowell accepts it is “incredibly polarizing” to join the Saudi-funded rebel golf tour. He even offered a reason why. “Take the Khashoggi situation,” he said. “We all agree that’s reprehensible. Nobody is going to argue that fact.” The Northern Irish golfer was referencing the 2018
7:03 AM ET Associated Press ST. ALBANS, England — Two-time major winner Dustin Johnson has resigned his PGA Tour membership to participate in the new golf series backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The first LIV Golf Invitational, which offers $25 million in prize money, is taking place outside London from Thursday. Johnson said
10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services POWELL, Ohio — Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. He thought they might have a moment even more special on Monday as both of them tried to get through the final stage of qualifying. Only one of them
3:13 PM ET After a four-month hiatus, Phil Mickelson is returning to competitive golf on the new LIV Golf Invitational Series. Mickelson, a six-time major champion winner, was added to the field on Monday for LIV Golf’s first event, which is scheduled to start Thursday at Centurion Club outside London. “Phil Mickelson is unequivocally one
11:05 AM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Jack Nicklaus is returning to St. Andrews to become an honorary citizen. Nicklaus won two of his three British Open titles at St. Andrews, and he chose the Old Course in 2005 to play his final major championship. He already has received an honorary doctorate degree from
7:26 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — Australian Minjee Lee won the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club on Sunday by five strokes after shooting an even-par 71 in the final round to finish 13-under on the tournament and secure the second major victory of her career. Lee’s
8:24 PM ET Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa — Jerry Kelly birdied the first hole of a playoff with Kirk Triplett on Sunday to win the PGA Tour Champions’ Principal Charity Classic. Kelly hit his approach to 4 feet on the par-4 18th to set up the winning putt. The 55-year-old from Wisconsin has nine
6:19 PM ET Associated Press DUBLIN, Ohio — Billy Horschel ended any doubt about his victory at Muirfield Village with an eagle putt from one end of the green to the other on the 15th hole, sending him to a four-shot victory Sunday at the Memorial. Horschel was staked to a five-shot lead at the