6:51 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bryson DeChambeau hits tee shots farther than anyone else on the PGA Tour, thanks to his suddenly beefed-up physique and protein-heavy diet. The six-time Tour winner is apparently no match for a few fire ants. In Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind, DeChambeau
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9:33 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Ryan Moore curled in a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th for a share of the lead with Adam Schenk on Thursday in the PGA Tour’s Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club. Moore and Schenk had 14-point rounds under the modified Stableford scoring system. They each
9:07 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Francesco Molinari and Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington have withdrawn from the PGA Championship next week at TPC Harding Park, costing the first major of the year a pair of past major champions. Neither gave a reason, and both major champions have not played since the coronavirus
7:50 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour’s return to golf yielded two positive tests for the coronavirus out of the 466 given to players and caddies before they traveled and when they arrived in Ohio for the LPGA Drive On Championship. The LPGA said Marina Alex had no symptoms when she tested positive before
7:20 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Defending champion Brooks Koepka matched his career best with an 8-under 62 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead over Rickie Fowler in the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Koepka had nine birdies and a bogey on a windy day at TPC Southwind in the World Golf Championship
4:14 PM ET Associated Press Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez led a Spanish charge in the European Tour’s latest stop in England, shooting a course-record 10-under 62 in the opening round of the Hero Open on Thursday. Garcia Rodriguez set the pace at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel and Country Club course with a round that
3:32 PM ET Ally wasn’t interested in Rubik’s Cubes until she made her way home to New Jersey after a seven-month stay at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She was diagnosed with brain cancer at 11 years old, underwent radiation, then seven grueling months of chemotherapy. Upon her return home, she picked up a Rubik’s
7:45 AM ET Rory McIlroy has said he may not return to Europe from the United States this year due to the risks associated with travelling amid the coronavirus pandemic. McIlroy, who is in the field for the PGA Tour’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week, will play in the U.S. Open in September but
6:26 PM ET Associated Press Gaby Lopez of Mexico is the first LPGA Tour player to test positive for the coronavirus as the tour returns this week in Ohio for the first time in more than five months. Lopez, who won the first LPGA event of the year in January, withdrew from LPGA Drive On
7:45 PM ET Justin Thomas‘ regular caddie, Jimmy Johnson, is not feeling well enough to work at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week, so Phil Mickelson‘s former caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, will take over this week, and likely next week for the PGA Championship, as well. Mackay, who worked for Mickelson for 25 years