Golf

Feb 2, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Joaquin Niemann carded a 12-under 59 at LIV Golf’s season-opening event at Mayakoba on Friday. It’s the second sub-60 round in LIV history. Bryson DeChambeau shot a final-round 58 last year to win at Greenbrier. Editor’s Picks There have been 12 rounds below 60 in PGA

ESPN News Services Feb 2, 2024, 02:54 PM ET Carl Weathers, a former NFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star, playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore,” has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said

Associated Press Feb 2, 2024, 12:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Bernhard Langer tore his Achilles tendon while exercising and had surgery Friday, putting the 66-year-old German player out of golf during a year when he planned to play the Masters one last time. Langer last year broke Hale Irwin’s

Feb 1, 2024, 10:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LIV Golf announced a series of “enhancements” to its format Thursday ahead of this week’s season-opening event in Mexico with the circuit featuring expanded fields and changes to how points and prize money are earned. Financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the breakaway circuit failed

Associated Press Feb 1, 2024, 09:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment. It didn’t seem to affect his

Associated Press Feb 1, 2024, 05:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The U.S. Women’s Open, already the largest purse in women’s golf, is getting a boost to $12 million under a new corporate partnership with Ally Financial. The deal makes Ally the presenting sponsor of the U.S. Women’s Open and the official

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 1, 2024, 07:15 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The third LIV Golf League season tees off in Mexico on Friday, and there figures to be much attention on this opener after Spain’s

Ryan HockensmithFeb 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the

Paolo Uggetti, ESPNJan 31, 2024, 07:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PEBBLE BEACH — Jordan Spieth said he doesn’t believe a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund is necessary now that a new partnership with Strategic Sports Group could infuse $3 billion into the newly formed PGA Tour Enterprises going forward. Spieth, who joined

Open Extended Reactions The 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am gets underway Thursday, marking the second of eight signature events on the PGA Tour schedule. Last year, Justin Rose won the event at the Monterey Peninsula, which features a $20 million purse (with a $3.6 million first-place prize). This year, 48 of the top 50 players