Golf

12:58 PM ET As Tiger Woods decides whether to play in next week’s Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, one of his competitors said it would be phenomenal to have the 15-time major champion in the field. “I think for golf and for the Masters tournament and for everyone, to have Tiger there would be

7:16 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN It has been three years since Jennifer Kupcho hit the first tee shot of the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Three days after her historic tee shot, Kupcho made history again. Rolling in a 20-foot birdie putt on Augusta National’s 18th hole, Kupcho won the inaugural event, edging out Maria

6:02 PM ET Five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods, who is trying to come back from serious leg and foot injuries he suffered in a car wreck about 14 months ago, played 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club on Tuesday, sources told ESPN. Woods, 46, played all 18 holes with his son, Charlie, and PGA

7:40 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Already in the World Golf Hall of Fame, Lorena Ochoa now gets a spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame along with eight of the LPGA’s founders. The LPGA announced modifications to its Hall of Fame criteria on Tuesday, which includes lifting the requirement that players

8:10 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com HOBBS, N.M. — On the first Sunday after the crash, Christian Center Church welcomed its worshipers. In the atrium, a large screen with a countdown clock signaled the beginning of the service. Inside the sanctuary, a nine-member band broke out into song. Three screens behind the band showed the young

7:43 AM ET One of the most competitive rounds in women’s golf might not take place at LPGA events. Each Tuesday and Thursday, the Stanford women’s golf team plays qualifiers to determine the top five players to compete in upcoming tournaments. The competitors include five of the top 66 players in the world, according to

9:54 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Atthaya Thitikul won the JTBC Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour title, three-putting for bogey on the second hole of a playoff to outlast Nanna Koerstz Madsen. After Koerstz Madsen’s 15-foot bogey putt hit the edge of the cup and stayed out away, the 19-year-old

7:00 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Scottie Scheffler is the hottest player in golf and now has the ranking to prove it. Six weeks after his first PGA Tour victory, Scheffler won the Dell Technologies Match Play for his third title in his past five starts, this one enough to move him to

6:03 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Chad Ramey won the windswept Corales Puntacana Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Ben Martin and Alex Smalley by a stroke. Ramey closed with a 5-under 67, completing a two-putt par on the par-4 18th after Martin missed a 6-foot birdie

10:45 AM ET Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson shot a composed final-round 70 in windy conditions to finish at seven-under overall and claim his maiden European Tour title at the Qatar Masters on Sunday. Ferguson recovered from an early double bogey, chipping in for an eagle at the par-four 16th and sinking birdies on the sixth and

3:21 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Florida Atlantic softball coach Joan Joyce, the only coach in the program’s 28-year history and whose numerous claims to fame included once striking out Ted Williams, has died, the school announced Sunday. Joyce died Saturday, the school said without disclosing the cause. She was 81. “Joan

9:46 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nanna Koerstz Madsen was tied for the lead in the JTBC Classic when she teed off Saturday on the par-4 18th. She two-putted for par and a 3-under 69 — and walked off with an unexpected 3-stroke lead over Na Rin An. Coming off a breakthrough victory

6:12 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Ben Martin shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to hold onto a 2-shot lead in the PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Championship. Martin had five birdies and three bogeys as the wind dropped a bit at Corales Golf Course to take a 14-under 202 total into

6:51 PM ET Associated Press Matthew Jordan and Adrian Meronk share the lead heading into the final round at the Qatar Masters, with Kalle Samooja one stroke back after shooting 6-under 66 on Saturday. Jordan (70) and Meronk (72) have 54-hole totals of 8-under 208 at Doha Golf Club as both search for their first

10:20 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Nanna Koerstz Madsen shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead in the JTBC Classic in a bid to win in consecutive starts. Two weeks after breaking though in Thailand to become the LPGA Tour’s first Danish champion, Koerstz Madsen was back on top

8:57 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Jon Rahm lost his match and still made it to the weekend. Scottie Scheffler needed only 14 holes to win his match against Matt Fitzpatrick, and then six more to beat him in a playoff. The third full day of endless action in the Dell Technologies Match

6:16 PM ET Associated Press Pablo Larrazábal had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine to erase a bad start Friday at the Qatar Masters, allowing the Spaniard to take a one-shot lead into the weekend. The 122nd-ranked Larrazábal, seeking his seventh DP World Tour title, shot 1-under 71 at Doha Golf Club

10:13 PM ET Associated Press CARLSBAD, Calif. — Jin Young Ko picked up where she left off three weeks ago in Singapore on Thursday in the first round of the JTBC Classic. The top-ranked Ko shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 at Aviara Golf Club to take a one-stroke leader over Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the