DUBLIN, Ohio – Cameron Smith says he believes he is playing the best golf of his life, and it shows. He is in the lead at the Memorial, a tournament where the Australian golfer doesn’t have a great history. Smith elicited one of the loudest cheers of a glorious afternoon Friday at Muirfield Village – … Read more
DUBLIN, Ohio – Just being at the Memorial was a reminder of how far Cameron Young has come in the last year. Being part of a six-way tie for the lead Thursday was another reminder of how well he is playing. In his first start since challenging at the PGA Championship, Young finished with two … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hideki Matsuyama was disqualified from the first round of the Memorial on Thursday for having an illegal substance on the face of his 3-wood. PGA Tour chief referee Steve Rintoul said the tour became aware of the issue after someone emailed a photograph of the 3-wood that had been posted to Instagram. … Read more
He’d been trying so hard. He really had, whether you believe it or not. The anger, the temper tantrums, yeah, you could count on Billy Horschel to go viral once or twice a year for a slammed club or an outburst on the green, but it was nothing like it used to be. He’d been … Read more
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Texas won the national title that eluded its current seniors three years ago. No tornadoes, no letdowns, just one clutch shot after another. Travis Vick two-putted from 30 feet on the 18th hole to beat Cameron Sisk and Texas won its fourth national championship by holding off Arizona State’s late charge for … Read more
COLUMBUS, Ohio – More than a dozen PGA Tour players, including two-time major champion Dustin Johnson, are included in the field for the first LIV Golf Invitational Series event, which will be played next month outside of London. The list of 42 players in the field was released by LIV Golf on Tuesday night. It … Read more
In a surprising turn, Dustin Johnson headlines the field for LIV Golf’s inaugural event outside of London. The Saudi-backed league announced 42 players for the first tournament of the LIV Golf Invitational series, starting June 9 at the Centurion Club, with the two-time major winner highlighting the list of competitors. Though he was previously linked … Read more
10:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Michelle Wie West will lead a new women’s partnership initiative with golf equipment company LA Golf, aiming for equitable and fair support on and off the course for LPGA players. Pledging to treat women golfers in the same respect as their male counterparts, LA Golf will provide its LPGA partners … Read more
Over the past 30 years, the three women golfers who left the most lasting impression on me were Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie West and Nelly Korda. All three will be back in the news this week at an epochal edition of the US Open, staged at Pine Needles in North Carolina. Sorenstam, now 51, is … Read more
When Coe Murdock graduated from Mountain Brook High School in Birmingham, Alabama, recently, he never hesitated in choosing a tie to wear to his ceremony. He dug into his closet and pulled out the one gifted to him by Jim Nantz of CBS Sports when Murdock attended the Masters in 2013. “I was so honored … Read more
