9:00 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth headed home after the first two rounds of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Tiger Woods might need a miracle to contend for his third title here. But the leaderboard for the PGA Tour’s “fifth major” is still chock full of big-name
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8:41 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Phil Mickelson described it as an “interesting week,” one that ended earlier than he had hoped Friday evening with a missed cut at the Players Championship and included him answering questions about a college admissions bribery scandal. Mickelson said Thursday that neither he nor has family made
8:26 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Former World No. 1 Jordan Spieth missed the cut for the third time in his past eight PGA Tour events Friday, but he still says he’s close to competing for championships on a regular basis again. Spieth fired a 3-under 69 in the second round of the
8:53 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy was nearly as good at the end as Tommy Fleetwood was at the start Friday in the Players Championship. McIlroy hit a 4-iron to 10 feet for eagle, ran in a 20-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th and then made a bold
11:54 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in his career at the Players Championship, Tiger Woods put two balls in the water at the par-3 17th hole, ruining an excellent start to his second round. Woods pulled his first shot on the hole surrounded by water with a short iron,
10:42 AM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Calif. — Major champion. FedEx Cup champion. And now Justin Thomas has another title. Matchmaker for Michelle Wie and Jonnie West. Wie, the golf prodigy from Hawaii and former U.S. Women’s Open champion, revealed on Instagram this week that she is engaged to West, the Golden State
8:31 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A new spot on the calendar changed the look of The Players, but not the drama. There was Tiger reeling off birdies and bogeys, Phil Mickelson struggling in an event he wasn’t sure he’d play in the first place and strong starts from names like Rory McIlroy
9:05 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Whether it’s March or May, there is no shortage of excitement at The Players Championship. Tiger Woods made only one par on the back nine Thursday, revving up the crowd with five birdies, only to slow his charge with three mistakes. Emiliano Grillo hit
9:07 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods is following a similar path that has been part of his history at TPC Sawgrass and also in limited starts this year on the PGA Tour: an inability to get off to a fast start. Woods battled back from some early-round struggles to shoot a
5:40 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — New rules have caused all kinds of consternation in golf this year, but it was an old rule that cost Harold Varner two strokes on Thursday during the opening round of the Players Championship. Varner began his round on the 10th hole with less than the maximum