Golf

9:46 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson loves the banter, loves the competition, loves golf. That would seemingly be a pre-requisite for greatness, but is hardly a common trait among the elite. It’s why careers fade away, why glory is fleeting. Lefty never lost that passion, which is why he on Sunday at

7:10 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Perhaps Phil Mickelson‘s ability on a golf course, the body of work he has established over more than three decades in the public eye, have gotten lost or diminished the past few years. That is why this PGA Championship, so unlikely because it made him the oldest major

9:12 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — It’s not quite the same storyline that enveloped another major championship. The backdrop there was whether or not a beeper in his golf bag would go off at any moment, summoning him home. But Phil Mickelson requesting that a drone be removed from his line of flight when

8:27 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – For a few hours Saturday afternoon, it appeared this PGA Championship might be an unlikely coronation. Phil Mickelson was on cruise control, hitting fairways, rolling in birdie putts, thumbs-upping everyone in sight. He walked to the 11th tee with a five-shot lead. Could this really be happening? Could

6:47 PM ET Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Wei-Ling Hsu birdied the final hole Saturday for a 6-under 65 and a share of the third-round lead with Moriya Jutanugarn in the LPGA Tour’s Pure Silk Championship. Jutanugarn eagled the par-5 seventh in a 65 to match Hsu at 10-under 203 on Kingsmill Resort’s firm and

7:50 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson is serious about getting on top of his focus issues. After jumping out front at the PGA Championship on Friday, he agreed to take just three questions from reporters waiting to grill him about his standing atop the leaderboard and his quest for a sixth major

10:15 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson enters the third round of the PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island tied for the lead. He will play in the final group, alongside Louis Oosthuizen. Here are the tee times for the third round: ESPN+ Featured Groups All times ET 8:40 a.m.

2:22 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Phil Mickelson is the clubhouse leader at the PGA Championship — a surprise given his recent form and struggles with numerous aspects of his game. Jason Day had an easy explanation. “There were no foul balls,” said Day, who played with the 50-year-old Mickelson during the first two

9:30 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — Even before a tee was officially put in the ground Thursday morning at the PGA Championship, there was a certainty curiosity. How would the golf course play? Would the wind blow so much the best players in the world would spend the entire week just trying to

8:18 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The scorecard yardage of 7,876 makes the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island the longest in major championship history. As daunting as it sounds, that is not the reason players in this week’s PGA Championship look so battered and bruised as they exit the premises. Sunburned and sullen, the

4:32 PM ET Associated Press Sam Burns has withdrawn from the PGA Championship with a back injury. The 24-year-old Burns came in as one of the hottest players in golf. He won the Valspar Championship three weeks ago, then finished second at the AT&T Byron Nelson last week ahead of the year’s second major. Burns

12:34 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The PGA Tour will relax mask mandates for players starting next week at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Texas, no longer requiring those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear masks indoors. Players received a memo from the PGA Tour this week outlining the plan that will

May 18, 2021 KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The fee was in the neighborhood of $80 per hour. That is what Rick Sessinghaus charged all the junior golfers at the executive course he worked at in Glendale, California. And yes, that included a very young Collin Morikawa. The reigning PGA Championship winner was just 8 years

6:48 AM ET The contenders who hope to win this week’s 103rd PGA Championship at Kiawah Island had better hope their big sticks are ready. The Ocean Course will measure a whopping 7,876 yards, making it the longest course to ever host one of professional golf’s four majors. Rory McIlroy won the previous PGA Championship

6:50 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — A look at the field for this week’s PGA Championship makes one thing perfectly clear: There are a lot of good options when picking who will lift the Wanamaker Trophy come Sunday night. (And hopefully whoever it is has better luck with it than Collin Morikawa, who

1:48 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The PGA of America has seen two of its greatest properties impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but is ready to get back to normal in September at the Ryder Cup. PGA CEO Seth Waugh on Tuesday said he expected a “full fan experience” when the event is played

1:00 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — Here are the tee times for the opening two rounds of the 2021 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island: All times ET Round 1 First tee 7 a.m. — Patrick Rada, Adam Long, Cameron Tringale 7:11 a.m. — Dylan Frittelli, Larkin Gross, Matt Jones

7:19 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The pudgy face is gone. So too is the curly hair sticking out from beneath an odd-looking cap. Now, the look is more mature, one of a husband and father, someone whose priorities have evolved. After all these years, Rory McIlroy returns to the same place, but he