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3:09 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers won’t face Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes in this year’s version of Capital One’s The Match until June 1. However, the smack talk has already begun. The 12-hole exhibition will take place (6:30 p.m. ET on TNT) at Wynn Las Vegas. Brady and Rodgers are

7:15 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Thinking he might have a chance for a playoff, Jordan Spieth rolled in a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole in regulation. He made an even bigger shot at Harbour Town’s signature hole in a playoff to win the RBC Heritage. Spieth’s 56-foot shot from

1:47 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim staved off a late charge from Hinako Shibuno to win the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship on Saturday. Kim closed with a 1-under 71 — following a bogey on the par-4 17th with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th — to finish at

7:35 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Harold Varner III shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-shot lead in the RBC Heritage on Saturday in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory. Varner had eight birdies in a bogey-free round to match Cameron Young‘s opening score as the lowest at Harbour

8:27 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title, rallying to win the Veritex Bank Championship on Sunday. Alexander closed with a 6-under 65 to finish at 22-under 262 at Texas Rangers Golf Club, two strokes ahead of Pontus Nyholm

12:19 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim rallied with two late birdies for an even-par 72 to maintain a three-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. After dropping strokes on the par-4 seventh and par-3 12th with her only bogeys of the week at breezy Hoakalei Country Club,

7:21 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay birdied the final four holes Friday for a 4-under 67 and take a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb halfway through the RBC Heritage. After dropping back with bogeys on the 11th and 14th holes, Cantlay turned it around on the

2:22 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Morgan Hoffmann left the RBC Heritage feeling like a winner, even if he didn’t make the cut. Hoffmann played his first PGA Tour event since 2019 because of his muscular dystrophy. He had not teed off on tour since the Shriners Hospital for Children Open

1:28 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim birdied three of the final six holes for her second 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Thursday after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship. Kim closed with birdies on the par-4 13th and 16th holes and the par-5 18th to

7:26 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau had surgery on his left wrist Thursday, writing on Instagram that he hopes to return to the PGA Tour within the next two months. DeChambeau said Dr. Thomas Graham, an orthopedic surgeon at Kettering Health in Ohio, performed the surgery to repair a fractured hook of the hamate bone in

7:51 PM ET Australian golfing great Jack Newton, who has died aged 72, is being hailed as a trailblazer and fearless competitor who leaves a lasting legacy on his sport. Newton, the 1979 Australian Open champion, died overnight due to “health complications”, his family says. Newton’s Australian Open victory was one of three triumphs on

9:24 AM ET A week after competing in the Masters, Tiger Woods has committed to play in the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland, on July 4-5. The pro-am, which benefits charities in Ireland, will be played 10 days before the start of the 150th Open at St. Andrews in Scotland. Woods

2:52 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup golf tournament will return to Australia for the fourth and fifth times in 2028 and 2040. The PGA Tour announced Thursday that the match-play tournament held every two years involving teams from the United States against an International side representing the rest of the

2:03 PM ET Mark Schlabach Bryson DeChambeau, who has battled injuries for much of this season, has pulled out of a long-driving competition in Florida and will have surgery on his left hand on Thursday. Bobby Peterson, an owner of the Professional Long Drivers Association, said DeChambeau called him Monday night and informed him of

9:20 AM ET Scottie Scheffler walked out of Augusta National Golf Club after the 86th Masters on Sunday with a green jacket, perhaps the most-prized possession in golf. But his caddie, Ted Scott, did not leave empty-handed. It is tradition, not just at the Masters, but at every major championship, that the caddie for the

6:59 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Shirley Spork, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour who learned two weeks ago she would be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, the LPGA said. She was 94. The LPGA said she died in Palm Springs, California, where she had

6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Before the television shot of Rory McIlroy holing out from the bunker on the 18th at the Masters on Sunday, every viewer knew how it would turn out unless the audio was on mute. CBS analyst and three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo ruined it for them. “I don’t want

11:59 AM ET Scottie Scheffler won the Masters going away and is the No. 1-ranked player in the world, but he’s not the favorite at sportsbooks to win golf’s next major. Jon Rahm opened as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at 11-1 at Caesars Sportsbook. Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are next at 12-1,