Golf was an official sport in the Summer Olympics in Paris in 1900 and then again in St. Louis in 1904 Games. Then the sport took a 112-year Olympic hiatus, finally returning to Rio in 2016 when Brazil was the host nation. Justin Rose, who won gold in 2016, also recorded the first-ever Olympics hole-in-one.
By Steve DiMeglio | July 25, 2021 4:23 pm ET Follow @Steve_DiMeglio BLAINE, Minn. – Patrick Reed was in scoring after Saturday’s third round of the 3M Open when he got a message to call USA Golf executive Andy Levinson. “It’s about the Olympics,” it read. Reed made the call and learned from the other
By Eamon Lynch | July 25, 2021 2:10 pm ET Follow @eamonlynch It’s unsurprising that some golf fans with long memories would find it difficult to muster sympathy for Grayson Murray. He’s an abrasive and ignorant social media presence who once told Black people they wouldn’t be shot by police if they just obeyed the
By Beth Ann Nichols | July 25, 2021 1:00 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols Minjee Lee started the day seven shots back at the Amundi Evian Championship and ended it with a record-tying victory, joining idol Karrie Webb and Patty Sheehan with the largest come-from-behind triumphs in LPGA major championship history. Lee, 25, becomes the ninth
By Adam Schupak | July 25, 2021 1:48 pm ET Follow @AdamSchupak Stephen Dodd achieved his career highlight in dramatic fashion, holing a 10-foot birdie putt at the 72nd hole to win the Senior British Open at Sunningdale Golf Club (Old) in Berkshire, England. “He’s got to have ice in his veins,” said Golf Channel
When her Sunday tee time at the Amundi Evian Championship was pushed back 40 minutes due to a weather delay, Leona Maguire was nervous it might be an ominous sign for the day ahead. The LPGA rookie from Ireland was out of contention for the title, sitting at three under, 15 shots back of the
A second major champion in men’s golf has tested positive for COVID-19 and won’t be able to compete in this week’s Olympic men’s tournament. The International Golf Federation announced on Sunday that Jon Rahm was in the midst of the final testing protocol before leaving for Tokyo when he tested positive. According to the Spanish
By Adam Schupak | July 25, 2021 8:30 am ET Follow @AdamSchupak It’s deja vu all over again for Jon Rahm. The Spanish golfer, World No. 1 and 2021 U.S. Open champion will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19. Rahm, who finished tied for third in the British Open last week,
Since they first met 17 years ago, Mackenzie Hughes and Corey Conners have conquered the golf world together. They dominated the Canadian Junior Golf circuit together. They starred at Kent State together. They’re currently tearing up the PGA Tour together. From July 29-August 1 they’ll represent Canada at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games — together.
Bryson DeChambeau’s bid for an Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games has come to a premature end. On Saturday, the International Golf Federation revealed that the former U.S. Open champion had tested positive for COVID-19 in his final screening before leaving the United States for Japan. As a result, he will be unable to participate
By Adam Schupak | July 24, 2021 10:45 pm ET Follow @AdamSchupak As part of the final testing protocol before he left the United States for the Olympics 2020 in Japan, Bryson DeChambeau tested positive for COVID-19 and will be unable to compete for Team USA. “I am deeply disappointed not to be able to
“The hours and hours that nobody sees … it’s finally paid off.” Those were the words of 17-year-old Nick Dunlap, the 3-and-2 winner against Cohen Troglio in this year’s U.S. Junior Amateur at the Country Club of North Carolina, after being subjected to the most intense pressure of his very young career and emerging from
By Julie Williams | July 24, 2021 9:03 pm ET Follow @Golfweek_Jules As Nicholas Dunlap correctly noted on Saturday night, the U.S. Junior “is the big one” in junior golf. Dunlap now gets his name etched into the trophy after a long week at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, North Carolina. “My
LEWISTON, N.Y. — Western New Yorkers are rightfully touchy — and territorial — about their sports heroes. Until recently, the NFL’s Bills had largely been synonymous with Super Bowl losses. The local NHL hockey team, the Sabres, have been the league’s doormat for a decade. So when someone breaks through and captures glory, the outpouring
7:39 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Tringale made a short par putt on the treacherous par-5 18th hole at the 3M Open for a 5-under 66 and a one-stroke lead Saturday over Gary Woodland and Maverick McNealy. Tringale, who tied for third last year at the TPC Twin Cities, eagled the par-5
8:08 PM ET Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — Nicholas Dunlap won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Saturday at The Country Club of North Carolina, beating Cohen Trolio 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final. Dunlap, from Huntsville, Alabama, won three straight holes to take control and finished off Trolio, from West Point, Mississippi, with
It was like an L.A. freeway police chase: The helicopter overhead follows the suspect’s every move as he makes his way through alleys and buildings. On Saturday, the man on the run was Gary Woodland. His crime? One of the worst tee shots you’ll ever see a professional strike. At the TPC Twin Cities’ ornerous
By Julie Williams | July 24, 2021 8:43 pm ET Follow @Golfweek_Jules Marissa Wenzler wasn’t quite sure exactly what would happen when she arrived at her family reunion carting a giant Women’s Western Amateur trophy from a victory that was only a few hours old. After a final match against Oklahoma State’s Maddison Hinson-Tolchard that
By Steve DiMeglio | July 24, 2021 7:07 pm ET Follow @Steve_DiMeglio BLAINE, Minn. – Cameron Tringale is 18 holes from ridding himself of two unwanted asterisks attached to his record. Since 2009, Tringale has made 305 starts as a professional on the PGA Tour, the most of any player during the span who has
By Julie Williams | July 24, 2021 7:08 pm ET Follow @Golfweek_Jules The third round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, had a little bit of everything on Saturday. With a two-tee start forced by weather, it was a quick day but also one with a head-turning start. Keith Mitchell
By Julie Williams | July 24, 2021 6:05 pm ET Follow @Golfweek_Jules Back in 2018, when then-Campbell-freshman Pontus Nyholm qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championship at Karsten Creek in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Camels head coach John Crooks orchestrated a detour. There was a scroll in Oklahoma City that Crooks wanted to see. The player scroll is
By Steve DiMeglio | July 24, 2021 5:15 pm ET Follow @Steve_DiMeglio BLAINE, Minn. – How was the start of your Saturday round of golf? Keith Mitchell’s was pretty good. At the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities, Mitchell tied a PGA Tour record with seven consecutive birdies to begin his round. With the heat
Jeongeun Lee6 continued her march toward major history Saturday at the Amundi Evian Championship in France with a three-under 68 to sit at 18 under par. The 2019 U.S. Women’s Open champion holds a five-shot lead and is three strokes off the all-time major scoring record of 21 under set by In Gee Chun at
12:10 PM ET Golfer Grayson Murray posted an unfiltered account of his issues with alcoholism on social media Friday night, saying he has not received help from the PGA Tour and “hates everything that has to do with the PGA Tour life.” “The PGA Tour didn’t force me to drink,” Murray wrote on Twitter, “but
12:35 PM ET Associated Press EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — The day after making golfing history, Jeongeun Lee6 extended her Evian Championship lead to five strokes after a 3-under-par 68 in the third round on Saturday. She’s at 18 under overall and the nearest challenger is teenage American Yealimi Noh at 13 under after carding a 4-under
If you’ve got your phone, tablet or TV handy and need a break from the Olympics, Saturday’s back nine of the 3M Open is probably worth taking a look at. Yes, because Rickie Fowler is among a tight pack at the top of the leader board, looking to build on a chance to win his
By Beth Ann Nichols | July 24, 2021 1:43 pm ET Follow @golfweeknichols One day after Jeongeun Lee6 matched the lowest round in major championship history with a 10-under 61, she was back making magic happen with a wedge that spun back into the hole for eagle on the par-4 11th. The Saturday highlight bumped
When Collin Morikawa tapped in the winning putt at the British Open, it brought to an end the wildest and most condensed 12-month period in the history of men’s major championship golf. With the British open canceled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the three others majors rescheduled for later in the year,
By Beth Ann Nichols | July 24, 2021 11:51 am ET Follow @golfweeknichols Charley Hull’s hotel air conditioner has wrecked her sleep and kept her from feeling well in France, but her game sure didn’t show it. The 25-year-old Englishwoman put together a third-round 66 to jump into a share of eighth at the Amundi
By Beth Ann Nichols | July 24, 2021 10:34 am ET Follow @golfweeknichols It didn’t take long for Stacy Lewis’ influence to pay off for Maria Fassi. It was Fassi who asked the former No. 1 and fellow Razorback to partner with her at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. Fassi soaked up every second
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