10:00 PM ET Associated Press EDMOND, Okla. — Mark Hayes, the former Oklahoma State star who won the PGA Tour’s 1977 Players Championship, has died. He was 69. Hayes died Monday in Edmond, brother Larry Hayes said. Hayes had early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. In the 1977 Players in tough weather conditions at Sawgrass Country Club,
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1:28 PM ET ESPN will carry The Open in Latin America, including Brazil and the Caribbean, for the next three years thanks to a deal announced Wednesday by the network and the R&A. The deal, which runs through 2020, gives ESPN rights to show The Open on linear and digital platforms in Latin America, starting
9:24 AM ET CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Appearances are much different these days as far as Rory McIlroy is concerned at Carnoustie. It is where he made his Open debut in 2007 as an amateur, an 18-year-old who was wide-eyed and a bit on the pudgy side compared to the way he looks today as a
1:39 PM ET Associated Press Dustin Johnson won another trophy on Tuesday without even hitting a shot. Johnson was presented the Mark H. McCormack Award for being No. 1 in the world ranking for the most weeks last year. Johnson reached No. 1 with his victory in the Genesis Open at Riviera on Feb. 19
11:08 AM ET CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Brooks Koepka has won back-to-back U.S. Opens and collected more than $4 million in prize money for those two victories alone. In just more than five years on the PGA Tour, he has made more than $17 million in prize money. The conversation starts, as it should, with St.
8:00 AM ET CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — The golf course is fast and fiery, the golf ball is rolling forever and ever, and Carnoustie promises to see some unique strategy decisions this week during The Open. That is true for Tiger Woods, who returns to the tournament for the first time since 2015 and for his
8:11 PM ET Jack Newton has challenged Australia’s golf aces to honour the late and great Peter Thomson with a drought-breaking Open Championship triumph. The season’s third major gets under way at Carnoustie on Thursday, almost one month after Thomson died aged 89. As a show of respect, R&A officials have marked a tribute to
10:33 AM ET CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Jordan Spieth knew he would be returning the Claret Jug to R&A officials on Monday at Carnoustie. What he didn’t realize was he was to be part of a ceremony to do so. “The traditions of The Open are very special, even if you’re on the wrong end of
Jordan Spieth, perhaps more than any current athlete, is a what behavioral scientists would classify as an external processor. When he wants to analyze a situation and determine precisely how he feels about something — for example, a poor shot he just hit on the golf course — it has to occur out loud. And
8:44 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nev. — Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo rallied from four points back to win his first American Century Championship on Sunday at Lake Tahoe. Romo, who retired after the 2016 NFL season and is now an NFL analyst, had 27 points on the day to beat