4:00 PM ET Newly-crowned Open champion Shane Lowry has withdrawn from this week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational as he is continuing to enjoy his major victory at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland on Sunday. Lowry, 32, attended a victory gathering in his hometown of Clara, County Offaly, Ireland on Tuesday and has been seen in
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1:29 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — A University of Texas at Arlington report says former golf coach Stuart Deane was found responsible for sexual harassment through inappropriate comments to some of his female athletes. Deane resigned as the university’s golf director before the investigation was completed in October, according to documents obtained by
8:16 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Jim Herman rode President Donald Trump’s putting advice to victory Sunday in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Taking advantage of playing partner Kelly Kraft‘s two late bogeys, Herman finished with a 2-under 70 for a one-stroke victory at Keene Trace. A shot ahead with three to play,
3:45 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — A return of a skins game format that will feature Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Hideki Matsuyama will take place on Oct. 21 at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan, a source tells ESPN. The one-day competition that will offer lucrative prize money will take
7:17 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Just like that, the major season in golf is over. That’s what happens in this new, condensed schedule. There is still plenty left this season — a World Golf Championship event this week in Memphis, Tennessee, the FedEx Cup playoffs and the Presidents Cup. But another major? Not
8:55 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The rain was coming sideways at Royal Portrush, and the wind was screaming like a banshee. It did not take much of an Irish fatalist to forecast the demise of Shane Lowry, who had taught himself three years ago how to blow a big major-championship lead. He had
3:31 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The golf gods finally found a way to slow down Brooks Koepka in a major championship — heavy rain, 35-mph wind gusts and a final-round pairing with J.B. Holmes, one of the most notoriously slow players on the PGA Tour. Despite that trifecta — and Koepka’s inability to
9:19 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Preston Summerhays won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Saturday, beating Bo Jin of China 2 and 1 in the 36-hole final at Inverness Club. “I don’t even know how to explain how it felt,” Summerhays said. “It’s just one of my goals being accomplished.” Summerhays, the
6:36 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — Helped by President Donald Trump’s putting advice once again, Jim Herman had two eagles in a 10-under 62 to maintain a one-stroke lead Saturday in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Trump’s regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey,
3:56 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Shane Lowry is way out in front after three impressive days at Royal Portrush. But there are some big names — Brooks Koepka the biggest among them — lurking on the leaderboard. Oh, and there’s bad weather expected to roll in — rain and wind and who knows