9:13 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods arrived early for the PGA Championship on Sunday but had to wait awhile to get on the course at TPC Harding Park. He wasn’t permitted on site until he had passed his COVID-19 test, along with caddie Joe LaCava and his eyes and ears Rob McNamara. Woods
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8:27 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — When Justin Thomas needed an emergency fill-in caddie on Tuesday, he called Jim “Bones” Mackay, one of the best to ever carry a bag on the PGA Tour. Thomas could have never imagined the circumstances in Sunday’s final round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, when he was paired
7:35 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Danielle Kang played the brand of steady golf that wins on tough golf courses, closing with a 2-under 70 on Sunday at Inverness Club and winning the LPGA Drive On Championship in the first LPGA Tour event in more than five months. Kang and Celine Boutier of
6:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — At long last, golf will see a major championship played in 2020. It’s been awhile. When Shane Lowry clutched the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush last summer, it seemed as if it would be a long wait until the Masters. Well, how about adding another four months to that?
12:03 PM ET ESPN and ESPN+ will provide comprehensive coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Coverage will start Tuesday, with the reveal of featured groups and tee times, player interviews and news conferences, and continue on through Sunday’s final round of golf’s first major championship of 2020. Here’s the
5:49 PM ET Sam Horsfield sealed his maiden European Tour crown on home soil on Sunday, winning the English Open in Birmingham after a final round of 68 to finish ahead of Belgian Thomas Detry. Overnight leader Horsfield was on course for a comfortable victory but the 23-year-old had to endure a nervy finish after
8:44 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Danielle Kang returned from a 45-minute rain delay with two consecutive birdies. By the end of the round Saturday, she was happy to have a share of the lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. Kang followed her back-to-back birdies with three straight bogeys, another birdie and
6:11 PM ET Associated Press Sam Horsfield will take a one-shot lead into the final day of the Hero Open despite leading by six strokes at one stage in the third round of the European Tour’s latest stop in England. After holding a share of the overnight lead, the Englishman made five birdies on the
7:27 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Winning a World Golf Championship event easily would be the biggest victory of Brendon Todd‘s career. He has a recent reminder of how to best protect a lead in the final round — even if that memory is a bit painful. Todd had a 2-stroke lead going
6:39 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Brett Quigley was so excited to be competing again he could barely break par. He settled down Saturday for an 8-under 64 and a one-shot lead in the Ally Challenge, the first PGA Tour Champions event in five months. Quigley played bogey-free at Warwick Hills. Monday