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Billy Horschel last competed on European soil in September 2019 as one of the few Americans to tee it up at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth in England. He spoke glowingly of the event and tied for fourth that week. It was also the first and only time in his career that the 34-year-old

5:20 PM ET A limited number of spectators will be permitted to attend both the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines (South) in San Diego and the U.S. Women’s Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this June. To do so under California guidelines, residents of the state must provide a negative COVID-19 test or

This is one of the most interesting weeks of the year for golf DFS. Many of the tour players look forward to the Zurich Classic, and we do, too—as the rare team event offers an opportunity to find an edge over the casual player if you know how to build teams optimally. DraftKings scoring will

The PGA Tour informed players Monday that it is changing its testing policy, as well as updating its health and safety protocols, for those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19. With all people age 18 and over now eligible for vaccination, the tour announced a new framework in a memo for policing against the virus.

12:41 PM ET The PGA Tour is strongly encouraging its players and caddies to get the COVID-19 vaccines, sending a memo on Monday that outlined how it will eventually stop on-site testing while also attempting to debunk some of the myths associated with the shots. In the memo obtained by ESPN, the Tour said while

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — “He’s old and he’s kicking everyone’s a**.” Those words, from Harold Varner III, came right after he called Stewart Cink “old as—” and stopped himself in the nick of time, and may be all the summary we need for what went down this weekend in Hilton Head. The truth is, we’re

6:57 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Stewart Cink shot a steady, stress-free 70 to cap off a dominant, record-breaking week that resulted in his third RBC Heritage title on Sunday. The 47-year-old Cink finished at 19-under 265 at Harbour Town, 4 shots better than Emiliano Grillo and Harold Varner III. Grillo

The upcoming Ryder Cup in his home state of Wisconsin clearly isn’t weighing on Steve Stricker. Nope. On Sunday, after capturing the Chubb Classic in Naples, Fla., for his sixth win on the PGA Tour Champions, the U.S. captain had his mind on—now get this—the FedEx Cup playoffs. And, well, why not? At 54, he’s

Martin Kaymer has achieved much in his professional career. World No. 1 in 2011. Winner of the 2010 PGA Championship and the 2014 U.S. Open. Players champion in 2014. Eleven European Tour victories. And four Ryder Cup appearances, including making the trophy-clinching putt for Europe in his second start at Medinah in 2012. All good,

6:45 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Stewart Cink maintained his five-stroke lead and set another scoring mark at the RBC Heritage with a 2-under 69 on Saturday, moving closer to his third victory at Harbour Town Golf Links. Cink, 47, cooled off from his pace in the first two rounds, when

Players who achieve early success receive great expectations for their careers. At 23, Lydia Ko is no stranger to those with the lengthy resume from her teenage years. She was the youngest, at 15, to win an LPGA Tour title and became the youngest World No. 1 ever at 17 years old. She won 14

1:01 AM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Lydia Ko is golfing like she is a kid again. In other words, she’s tough to beat. No one came close at this week’s Lotte Championship. Ko torched Kapolei Golf Club and tournament records in the process. A final-round 65 Saturday left her at 28-under 260 and

HILTON HEAD, S.C.—This coming week, after the RBC Heritage is over, Stewart Cink will undergo one of the least fun processes in life: moving from one place to another. Saturday night, following a third-round 69 that represented a comedown from his ridiculous 63-63 opening rounds, but kept him five shots ahead of his nearest competitor,

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — If you squint your eyes just a little, the most interesting man on the PGA Tour is 23-year-old Reagan Cink. At the very least, he seems to be the most valuable; as his father’s caddie, he seems to have played a major role in rejuvenating a career that looked to be

7:49 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Fred Couples put in more work than usual to get ready for the Masters, only to have his worst performance in 36 appearances. Back on the PGA Tour Champions, he was more at ease and close to flawless. Couples didn’t miss a fairway, setting up wedges or

For all its allure, fame can be cruel and cold, gone well before you realize it left. Wesley Bryan had it as a trick-shot artist and reality-show contestant, a celebrity that grew when he turned those talents into success on the Web.com Tour and a popularity that was solidified with a win at the RBC

12:33 AM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Lydia Ko again put herself in position for her first win in three years, shooting a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Lotte Championship. Nelly Korda, who went back and forth with Ko for the lead throughout the

After serving as the second event in last summer’s return from the COVID-19 hiatus, the RBC Heritage will be played this week in its traditional post-Masters spot. World No. 1 and South Carolina native Dustin Johnson is scheduled to tee off at Harbour Town Golf Links, a Pete Dye/Jack Nicklaus collaboration. DJ is looking to

It’s been more than five years since golf’s anchor ban went into effect, but now one of the PGA Tour’s best players is calling for another putting method to be outlawed. Following Thursday’s first round at the RBC Heritage, Billy Horschel brought up the arm-lock putting style that’s become popular in recent years. And his

7:28 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under 62, his career low on the PGA Tour, and take a one-shot lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage on Thursday. Cink finished his 63 around lunchtime and

The “Open” part of the U.S. Women’s Open was missing in 2020, the USGA salvaging the championship in December at Champions Golf Club in Houston while sacrificing the qualifying process due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the dream of anybody entering the event and having the chance to win has been rekindled for 2021, with

8:48 PM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Lydia Ko went low again, shooting a 9-under 63 at Kapolei Golf Club on Thursday to take a 3-stroke lead midway through the second round at the Lotte Championship. Ko, a two-time major champion who’s seeking her first win since 2018, is 24 under par her last

Brace yourselves, folks. Scorching hot take incoming. Cameron Smith is a better golfer than he is a fisherman. Now that you’ve recovered from that five-alarm fire, we will provide the proof to back it up. Prior to settling Harbour Town ablaze with a nine-under 62 on Thursday in the first round of the RBC Heritage,

It’s a moment that only happens once in a player’s career, if it happens at all—that transitional day, or week, or month, when he steps out of the shadow of relative anonymity and becomes Somebody You Know. If you’re a serious golf fan, 24-year-old Will Zalatoris has been on your radar for a while now.

A fascinating detail emerged from Hilton Head earlier this week when an operations worker at the RBC Heritage tweeted out a photo of the back side of the driving range at Harbour Town, where a secondary net supported by two boom lifts rose above the regular net at the back of the range, jutting out

1:07 AM ET Associated Press KAPOLEI, Hawaii — Fast finishes put Yuka Saso and Brittany Altomare at the top of the Lotte Championship leaderboard Wednesday morning with rounds of 8-under 64. No one caught them in ideal afternoon conditions at Kapolei Golf Club. Fourth-ranked Nelly Korda came closest, shooting a 65 that left her tied

The putts weren’t falling on Brittany Altomare’s front nine on Wednesday in the opening round of the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship in Hawaii. She decided it was time for a mid-round analysis and had her caddie, Charlie Ryan, read the first couple of putts after the turn as she played the front nine at Kapolei

There’s always been something strange about the fact that after a year, the Masters winner can no longer keep his green jacket anywhere but at Augusta National itself. At other championships, you at least get a replica of the trophy (and there is one for the Masters, too), but we can count this as one

11:04 AM ET The PGA Tour is putting a retail sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale, one of golf’s most raucous environments. The PGA Tour announced Tuesday that DraftKings will operate the first-of-its-kind sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale and become the exclusive sports betting partner of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Three locations at TPC Scottsdale are being

Brooke Henderson was flying higher than a flock of Canadian geese at the end of 2019. She had just set the record for the most LPGA wins (nine) by a Canadian in only five years on tour and polished off her fourth straight season with multiple victories. At 22, her career trajectory was as high