Golf

6:24 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Phil Mickelson knows his chances of making the American Ryder Cup team are, at best, a long shot. Despite his unlikely victory at the PGA Championship this spring, his streak of being a player on every Ryder Cup team since 1995 will most likely come to an end

Golfer, new papa Rory McIlroy says he’s mentally and physically exhausted After playing in 34 tournaments in 15 months, golfer Rory McIlroy says he’s physically and mentally exhausted. McIlroy says he has been struggling to find balance between playing golf and being a new father. He plans a two-week break before the Ryder Cup. 4h

2:59 PM ET Rory McIlroy threw his three-wood into the trees, near the New Jersey turnpike, on the ninth tee at Liberty National Golf Course on Monday. He was frustrated with his shot and his play off the tee, but McIlroy admitted on Wednesday at the BMW Championship that he is feeling fatigued mentally and

1:12 PM ET The FedEx Cup playoffs continue this week with the BMW Championship at Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worth considering? Betting analysts Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Anita Marks offer their best bets. Odds

10:14 PM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI, China — The LPGA Tour said in a statement Wednesday that the Buick LPGA Shanghai tournament scheduled for mid-October has been canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions. The tournament was scheduled for the Qizhong Garden Golf Club from Oct. 14-17. There are two tournaments scheduled for the following

7:47 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Tony Finau was developing a label as the player who did everything right but win. What he never lost was his belief he could beat the best. That moment finally arrived late Monday afternoon at the Northern Trust against the sunlit backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.

8:23 PM ET Tony Finau first held up a trophy, victorious on the PGA Tour, in 2016 at the Puerto Rico Open at Coco Beach. Since that win, Finau has had 40 top-10 finishes, eight second-place finishes and five years without holding another trophy. Only Louis Oosthuizen has had more runners-up finishes (11) than Finau

7:48 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The FedEx Cup playoffs started with 125 players. When the weather-delayed Northern Trust finally came to an end Monday evening, only 70 advance on to this week’s BMW Championship. After that, the top 30 will qualify for the season-ending Tour Championship with a shot

Aug 23, 2021 Bryson DeChambeau has accepted an invitation to compete in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship in Mesquite, Nev., on Sept. 27. DeChambeau posted on Instagram that he believes that long-drive competitions are an opportunity to help grow the game of golf. “I want to show the world how incredibly talented and

4:54 PM ET Associated Press J.R. Smith is finally getting the college-athlete experience he missed out on nearly two decades ago. The 16-year NBA veteran who skipped college basketball, won two world championships and made millions is now a freshman walk-on for the North Carolina A&T men’s golf team. Now, instead of first-class cross-country travel

Aug 23, 2021 Patrick Reed is recovering in a Houston hospital after being diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, according to the Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis. Reed released a statement to Lewis, saying he is on the road to recovery, and that he looks forward to returning to the golf course once he is cleared by the

7:11 AM ET Captain Catriona Matthew selected a trio of Solheim Cup rookies for Team Europe’s title defence as the biennial tournament kicks off next week at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio. Europe take on favourites United States with newcomers Nanna Madsen of Denmark, who finished fifth on Sunday at the women’s British Open,

8:09 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Rod Pampling won the Boeing Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions victory when Jim Furyk and Woody Austin failed to get up-and-down for birdie from greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th. Pampling, playing five groups ahead of Furyk and Austin at Snoqualmie Ridge, shot

4:07 PM ET Associated Press VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic — Johannes Veerman closed with a 4-under 68 to win the Czech Masters on Sunday for his maiden European Tour title. The American finished two strokes ahead of Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen and another American Sean Crocker for a 15-under total of 273 at Albatross Golf Resort

9:25 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Woody Austin birdied the par-5 18th on Saturday for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead over Jim Furyk and Colin Montgomerie in the PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic. The 57-year-old Austin had three straight birdies on Nos. 13-15. He has four senior victories after also winning

7:12 PM ET Associated Press JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm and Cameron Smith were tied for the lead Saturday in The Northern Trust, and neither could have imagined how they got there. Smith had never shot better than 62 _ twice this year on the PGA Tour, once at his home club in Brisbane,

1:59 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — The final round of The Northern Trust tournament is being postponed until Monday due to the threat of Hurricane Henri. The PGA Tour announced Saturday afternoon that there would be no golf Sunday at Liberty National, site of the first FedEx Cup playoff event. Any damage to the

5:47 PM ET JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Jon Rahm has competed in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup playoffs enough times to know how the system works. And he doesn’t like it. “I don’t think it’s fair,” Rahm said Friday after a 4-under-par 67 gave him a 1-shot lead through 36 holes at The Northern Trust,