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May 13, 2021 John Daly‘s story has always been the stuff of fiction. You just don’t win one of golf’s four major championships having never seen the course, let alone getting into the field as an obscure alternate. Yet, 30 years ago, in 1991, John Daly emerged as the long-hitting “grip-it-and-rip-it” folk hero when he

6:35 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Monday qualifier Dicky Pride won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a 3-stroke victory. Making his 11th senior start, the 51-year-old Pride had six birdies in an 11-hole stretch before dropping a stroke on

6:32 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — K.H. Lee was more than happy to play through a steady downpour in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson, and didn’t mind waiting out a weather delay of more than two hours Sunday. The reward was the final spot next week in the PGA Championship.

6:43 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sam Burns still has the lead going into the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson despite more magic on the 18th green from local favorite Jordan Spieth. Now it’s a race to beat the weather in Texas in the final round with a good number of

6:32 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Paul Goydos shot a bogey-free 3-under 69 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Billy Andrade into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Goydos, 56, had an 8-under 136 total at TPC Sugarloaf. He has five senior victories after winning twice

2:53 PM ET Richard Bland won his first European Tour title at the 478th attempt after beating Guido Migliozzi in a playoff at the British Masters on Saturday. Bland, 48, and Migliozzi finished on 13 under par after 72 holes at The Belfry to force the playoff in which the Englishman parred the first extra

8:39 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Now that Sam Burns has figured out how to turn an early lead into a victory, it’s already time to try again. Burns birdied six of his last eight holes Friday for a 10-under 62 and a two-stroke lead over Alex Noren at 17 under after the

5:52 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Stephen Ames shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic. The 57-year-old Ames had an opening bogey and seven birdies for a one-stroke lead over Paul Goydos. “I don’t think I had one highlight, I think

12:02 PM ET Phil Mickelson will not need to qualify for the U.S. Open after all. The five-time major champion, who grew up in the San Diego area near the venue for this year’s championship, Torrey Pines, accepted a special exemption from the United States Golf Association on Friday to play in the 121st U.S.

6:41 AM ET Omar Uresti has gone from an obscure, little-known PGA Tour player to a full controversial PGA Professional in a very short amount of time. But through everything that’s happened to him, Uresti’s just a guy who wants to play golf for a living. Full disclosure: My journey into the professional golf world

9:41 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Jordan Spieth had his longest stretch all day of mere pars — a whopping four holes — on the besieged new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson when the local favorite stepped over a 55-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Nothing but the bottom of

3:55 PM ET Amy Bockerstette’s historic appearance at the NJCAA women’s golf national championships came to an unexpected and early end Thursday when the final round was reduced to the top 15 teams and other golfers in the top 24 because of weather conditions. Bockerstette, who’s in her third season at Paradise Valley Community College

4:12 PM ET Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre has made plans for another late-night gaming session after carding a six-under-par 66 to take a share of the halfway lead at the British Masters on Thursday. World No.45 MacIntyre, the highest-ranked player in the tournament, opened with five birdies in a row in testing conditions at The Belfry

8:58 PM ET The women’s golf NCAA regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was abruptly canceled Wednesday before the tournament even started. NCAA committee representative Brad Hurlbut walked down the stairs at LSU’s University Club and announced to players and coaches that the golf course was playable, but was not championship-level playable due to rain and

8:13 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. It’s been 13 years since three-time U.S. Women’s Open winner Annika Sorenstam played a United States Golf Association event. But that

8:00 AM ET Coming off last week’s Wells Fargo Championship (won by Rory McIlroy, who was picked by betting deputy editor David Bearman to win at 18-1), the PGA Tour heads to McKinney, Texas, for the AT&T Byron Nelson for a tuneup before the PGA Championship. This year’s event is moving to TPC at Craig

5:19 PM ET Hideki Matsuyama is making his first start since winning the Masters last month, looking to regain the form that saw him become the first male Japanese golfer to win a major championship. There was little time for Matsuyama to work on his game as he went home to Japan immediately after his

4:37 PM ET Jordan Spieth, who is making his first start since the Masters at his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson tournament this week, disclosed Tuesday that he tested positive for COVID-19 three weeks ago. Spieth, who won the Valero Texas Open on April 2 for his first PGA Tour victory in three-plus years, said he