2:46 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Thomas Detry thought the rainy, windy and generally awful conditions were so bad at Metropolitan Golf Club on Friday that they wouldn’t be able to finish the round. When they did, he and Belgium teammate Thomas Pieters were tied for the lead with South Korea at the
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12:51 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton birdied six holes on the back nine to give England a share of the lead with South Korea and Australia after the opening fourballs at the World Cup of Golf. Cameron Smith made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th Thursday to
10:45 AM ET If everyone is debating whether to pay to watch Tiger vs. Phil, I think setting up next year’s match with the golfers we’d shell out $20 to see will be easy. ESPN Illustration I know Reed would do most of the smack-talking — until Spieth got to a boiling point. That’s what
2:23 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH, Florida — President Donald Trump is spending the first day of his Thanksgiving break taking advantage of the good golfing weather. White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham says the president was playing “a quick round” on Wednesday with golf legend Jack Nicklaus, Nicklaus’s professional golfer son Gary, and his
11:36 AM ET On Friday, as many Americans struggle through turkey hangovers and fight their way through crowds to shop for the best deals, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods will battle in “The Match”, a pay-per-view showdown between two long-time rivals with a $9 million purse on the line. A head-to-head showdown between Tiger Woods
2:02 AM ET Associated Press Organizers of the 28-team event at Metropolitan Golf Club have moved up tee times by an hour for Thursday’s first round of the 72-hole stroke-play tournament that features fourballs (best ball) and foursomes (alternate shot) over two rounds each. Heavy rain is in the forecast beginning in the early afternoon
7:05 PM ET Associated Press Vijay Singh has settled his lawsuit against the PGA Tour over how it investigated his use of deer antler spray, ending more than five years of litigation less than a week before the case was to go to trial in New York. Terms of the settled announced Tuesday were not
6:07 PM ET Phil Mickelson has already “baited” Tiger Woods into a $200,000 side bet as part of their winner-take-all $9-million match on Friday in Las Vegas. During a news conference on Tuesday at Shadow Creek to promote “The Match” between the longtime golf rivals, Mickelson noted he’s been thinking about the side challenges that
9:21 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — British golfer Laura Davies will be one of Europe’s three vice captains next year at the Solheim Cup. Europe captain Catriona Matthew chose Davies to join vice captains Suzann Pettersen and Kathryn Imrie for the competition at the Gleneagles course in Scotland in September. Davies played for Europe
8:38 AM ET Two players, each easily defined by one name: Tiger. Phil. When: Friday, 3 p.m. ETWhere: Shadow Creek Golf Course (Las Vegas)Format: Match playStakes: $9 million winner-take-all As they finally get set to play in a made-for-TV, $9 million, winner-take-all match Friday at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas, our experts gathered to answer