9:22 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — Defending champion Katherine Kirk shot a 10-under 62 to take the first-round lead at the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic on Thursday. Kirk wasted no time in picking up from where she left off last year. Starting on the back nine, Kirk opened with three consecutive birdies and
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8:34 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Webb Simpson ran out of sensational shots in the end to keep him from joining an elite group. Simpson shot a 9-under-par 61 for a one-stroke lead over Whee Kim after the first round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier in West Virginia on
12:11 PM ET ESPN staff Three-time major champion and home favourite Padraig Harrington is one shot behind leader Ryan Fox after day one of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Harrington shot a four-under-par 68 at Ballyliffin Golf Club, Donegal to join a group of four other players behind Australian Fox, who is -5. The
9:40 AM ET Tiger Woods wasted no time with his indoctrination to links golf. It was hardly subtle, showing up in 1995 as a 19-year-old amateur to Carnoustie, one of the hardest courses in the world. The occasion was the Scottish Open, where Woods tied for 47th, shooting a final-round 78, the battering worth the
6:02 PM ET ESPN staff Graeme McDowell will miss a crucial qualifier for The Open after his clubs went missing following a flight from France to the UK. The Northern Irishman, who won the U.S. Open in 2010, had been due to compete in a qualifier for The Open at St Anne’s on Tuesday but
2:18 PM ET Joel Dahmen, who gained a brief bit of fame when he was paired with Tiger Woods on Saturday during the Quicken Loans National, was in the spotlight for a different reason following the final round of the tournament because he publicly called out another player for cheating. Asked via Twitter why he
9:40 AM ET POTOMAC, Md. — Tiger Woods did a good job of covering up any angst. His game face was on from the moment he arrived at TPC Potomac, where he was not only playing in another golf tournament, but here to serve as its host. Deep down, however, there had to be a
10:09 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Sooner or later, somebody was bound to make a long putt at the Broadmoor. David Toms made not just one, but two, on Sunday — first to take the lead on the 16th hole, then to protect it on No. 17 and set himself for the
8:35 PM ET POTOMAC, Md. — You cannot play defense in golf, so in the end, there is nothing Tiger Woods could do about Francesco Molinari on Sunday at the Quicken Loans National. The Italian (who has twice gone up against Woods in Ryder Cup singles) cruised to his first PGA Tour victory and eighth
Jul 1, 2018 Associated Press POTOMAC, Md. — Francesco Molinari was torn between Paris and Washington until the last minute. There was no doubting the decision Sunday afternoon, not with his name on a silver trophy in the shape of the U.S. Capitol, the lowest 72-hole score of his career and a stretch of golf