Golf

Aug 4, 2024, 12:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Scottie Scheffler has become one of the most prominent figures in golf since his breakthrough year in 2022, where he achieved a No. 1 world ranking. Over the past few years, he’s claimed a number of PGA Tour titles, including two wins at the Masters tournament.

Associated Press Dec 8, 2024, 05:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler returned from a two-month break and nothing changed. He won the Hero World Challenge on Sunday with a 9-under 63 to tie the tournament record at Albany Golf Club and win by six shots. Scheffler, the first player since

Associated Press Dec 8, 2024, 09:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — American golfer Johannes Veerman claimed his second European tour title by winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa by one shot following a bogey on the 72nd hole by home favorite Aldrich Potgieter on Sunday. Veerman had finished

Associated Press Dec 7, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Justin Thomas was long off the tee and made a few long putts on the back nine to overtake Scottie Scheffler with a 6-under 66 and build a one-shot lead Saturday over golf’s best player going into the final round of

Dec 7, 2024, 02:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Chile’s Joaquín Niemann won his maiden Saudi International title in sunny conditions at the Riyadh Golf Club on Saturday, beating Australian Cameron Smith and American Caleb Surratt in a three-way playoff. The trio had been locked on 21 under-par after the final

Associated Press Dec 7, 2024, 12:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — Aldrich Potgieter will enter the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge with a three-shot lead as the 20-year-old South African chases a home victory. Potgieter’s blemish-free 66 on Saturday included four birdies before an eagle on the par-5

Associated Press Dec 6, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler birdied every hole but the par 3s on the front nine at Albany Golf Club on Friday and finished his bogey-free round with an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the Hero World Challenge. Two months

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NASSAU, Bahamas — Scottie Scheffler brought a new putting grip to the Hero World Challenge and felt enough improvement to be satisfied with the result, a 5-under 67 that left him three shots behind Cameron Young on Thursday. Young was playing for the first

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 10:19 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SUN CITY, South Africa — Defending champion Max Homa birdied his last two holes to shoot a 6-under 66 and take a one-shot lead over South African Ockie Strydom in the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Thursday. Homa started his round

ESPN News Services Dec 4, 2024, 04:37 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Tony Finau cleared the air Wednesday amid rumors that he was leaving the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf. Finau withdrew from this week’s Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and was not yet registered to play at The Sentry, the 2025 season-opening