7:40 AM ET The golfer most likely to throw a club on Sunday is the one who is still throwing passes in the NFL. That’s Tom Brady, of course. “One hundred percent,” Wes Welker confirmed with a smile. “If he starts hitting bad shots and it gets bad, they’re going to get thrown or broken,
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4:25 PM ET Associated Press The European Tour hopes to resume its season the first weekend in August in England as part of a four-tournament “bubble” in England and Wales, Golf Digest reported Thursday. The magazine cited sources with knowledge of the plans in saying the British Masters, scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 2,
10:13 AM ET Adam Scott returned to his home in Australia after the PGA Tour canceled the Players Championship because of the coronavirus pandemic. And despite the tour’s planned restart next month, he expects to stay away a bit longer. Scott, who won the Genesis Invitational earlier this year, told the Australian Associated Press that
8:53 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders Following the return of live golf to television with the TaylorMade Driving Relief on Sunday that featured Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson against Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff in a skins event, we have a much more hyped event on the horizon. Two of golf’s greats and two football
6:15 PM ET The PGA Tour is set to return to action next month in Texas, but the plight of international players residing overseas at the moment makes their involvement in the scheduled tournaments problematic. Veteran Lee Westwood highlighted those obstacles in an interview with Golf Channel on Tuesday in which he said he is
4:50 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour will not have its qualifying events at the end of the year, deciding Wednesday to keep the same roster of players it has on all of its tours. The LPGA already has canceled seven events, plus the UL International Crown team event, because of the COVID-19 pandemic
12:24 PM ET The leaders of four Ohio golf tournaments, including Jack Nicklaus’ Memorial, sent a letter to Gov. Mike DeWine requesting that he lift the ban on large gatherings so that their tournaments could go on this summer with spectators. DeWine put an order in place on March 12 limiting gatherings in the state
6:24 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The return of live golf to television brought 2.35 million viewers across all platforms, which NBC Sports says was 16% higher than the final of the Dell Match Play last year. The TaylorMade Driving Relief on Sunday from Seminole Golf Club was shown from 2 p.m. to
3:47 PM ET One of the distinctive charms of the U.S. Open will be missing from this year’s postponed championship, as local and sectional qualifying for the event has been canceled. The United States Golf Association announced the decision Monday and said that staging the numerous events around the country — with three sectionals held
7:06 PM ET The idea of Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson playing together on a Sunday in May, with Rickie Fowler and Matthew Wolff also part of discussion, would have been a pretty intriguing thought in a pre-COVID-19 world. Make it May 17, and you are talking about a major championship Sunday, what was supposed