7:54 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Harris English made the difficult look easy Thursday in The Northern Trust, just like he has done all year to even reach this position in the PGA Tour’s postseason. Facing the tough stretch at TPC Boston in the middle of his round, English hit 5-iron on the
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7:29 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch shot his second straight 7-under 64 on Thursday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge, his second event on the PGA Tour Champions. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a four-stroke
6:17 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Following his best round in nearly two months, Bubba Watson revealed Thursday that he has needed to work more on his mind than his game the past year. “I’d have to say it’s a lot more mental than people think. You know, life is hard — on course, off
2:43 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods didn’t have a scientific reason for going back to the shorter Scotty Cameron putter he has largely relied on for more than two decades after a brief break from it during the PGA Championship earlier this month. “Just stubbornness,” Woods said Thursday after his opening-round 3-under 68
5:42 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT, Wales — Sam Horsfield began his bid for a third title in four starts on the European Tour by shooting 2-over 73 in the first round of the Wales Open on Thursday, leaving him seven strokes off the lead held by Jordan Smith and Connor Syme. Horsfield won the
5:11 PM ET American Amy Olson carded a four-under-par 67 to take a three-shot lead in the women’s British Open on Thursday as several players struggled to come to grips with the unforgiving conditions at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Scotland. The year’s first women’s golf major since the pandemic shut down the tour
5:21 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN Many parts of Southern California have been hit with a historic heat wave, which has led to power shortages and rolling blackouts. But the blazing temperatures haven’t stopped golfers from breaking out their clubs to play at Furnace Creek Golf Course in Death Valley, California. According to John Kukreja, who
3:56 AM ET Associated Press TROON, Scotland — Jessica Korda, one of the top U.S. hopes at the Women’s British Open, withdrew from the first major of the year because of medical reasons before the first round started Thursday. Organizers said Korda’s issues were “unrelated to COVID-19.” Katja Pogacar of Slovenia replaced Korda in the
6:36 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN There have been only seven official tournaments since the start of the 2020 LPGA season in January, but after a 166-day hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. With back-to-back tournaments in Ohio, LPGA players eased into competition before
6:59 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Tom Lehman had four birdies in a late five-hole stretch for a 7-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead with Shane Bertsch on Wednesday in the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge. Coming off a 43rd-place tie at 13 over last