4:57 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — After dropping his final putt of the second round of the 148th Open Championship on Friday, Rory McIlroy took off his hat and waved it in the air, as the enormous gallery surrounding the 18th green at Royal Portrush Golf Club gave him a standing ovation. It was
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2:26 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — After missing the cut at the 148th Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club on Friday, Phil Mickelson couldn’t get off the golf course fast enough. Once Mickelson signed his scorecard, he walked briskly down the gravel road to the players’ clubhouse. After Mickelson finished 8 over with
8:27 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — For longtime Tiger Woods observers, the troubling signs were apparent almost immediately, from the time he set foot on the grounds at Royal Portrush after arriving from Florida. There was a slow, steady cadence to his speech, a halting walk and word from Tiger himself that he had
2:38 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — For longtime Tiger Woods observers, the troubling signs were apparent almost immediately, from the time he set foot on the grounds at Royal Portrush after arriving from Florida. There was a slow, steady cadence to his speech, a halting walk and word from Tiger himself that he had
11:36 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Jordan Spieth was finishing up a call and heading for the cart that would whisk him away from the course when a young worker stepped in and asked him to pose for a picture. Spieth put his arm around the boy’s waist and gently moved him out of
1:58 PM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — After playing just two rounds in the past month, Tiger Woods said he needs a break and will head back to Florida to rest up for the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs. An admirable 1-under-par 70 that included bogeys on the final two holes at Royal Portrush on
11:01 AM ET Associated Press PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tom Lehman took a final walk up the 18th hole in the British Open, his son on the bag and a few tears in his eyes. The 1996 Open winner, who mostly plays now on the Champions Tour, missed the cut after adding a second-round 76
7:30 PM ET Associated Press NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. — J.T. Poston shot a 10-under 62 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Barbasol Championship. Poston birdied six of the first eight holes at rain-softened Keene Trace, bogeyed the par-3 ninth and added five more birdies on the back nine for his lowest
7:11 PM ET Associated Press MIDLAND, Mich. — Morgan Pressel and Paula Creamer shot a best-ball 6-under 64 on Thursday for a share of the second-round lead in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour’s first-year team event. Stephanie Meadow and Giulia Molinaro had a 61, and Frenchwomen Celine Boutier and Karine Icher
5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — The Open returned to Royal Portrush after a 68-year absence and made up for lost time with an unusual amount of theater on Thursday. When more than 15 hours of golf before a robust, sellout crowd finally ended, J.B. Holmes was atop the leaderboard at