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11:10 AM ET ESPN’s College GameDay Built By the Home Depot show has originated from dozens of college campuses across the country since 1993. On Saturday, Nov. 14, the show will combine two of sport’s greatest traditions — college football and the Masters. ESPN announced on Tuesday that College GameDay will originate from Augusta National

10:46 AM ET Kamaiu Johnson, 27, is going from 8th grade dropout to playing on the PGA Tour. Farmers Insurance and the Farmers Insurance Open are announcing that Johnson, winner of the 2020 APGA Tour Championship, is being awarded an exemption into the 2021 Farmers Insurance Open in January. This will be his first start

It’s summer 2007. “Ticks” by Brad Paisley has just come out and, yes—it’s a jam. Every prepubescent Dallas boy has these lyrics on LOCK … including me. Little Willy Zalatoris, all 11 years of age, daydreaming about singing it to his fifth-grade crush. Anyway, I’m sitting in the car with my friends, Cade Storey and

For a second straight week, golf DFS players have a tournament and a course without much to go on. Port Royal Golf Course is the former host of the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, but we have just one year of data from it hosting the Bermuda Championship last year. The Southampton, Bermuda layout will

ST. ANDREWS — In the 160 years that have passed since Willie Park beat seven other men at Prestwick to win the first Open Championship, only the two World Wars have halted the event. Even two years of Spanish flu almost exactly a century ago—a pandemic that claimed as many as 50 million lives—failed to

While Bryson DeChambeau was boasting about his first 400-plus-yard drive, there were some big gains on the LPGA Tour, too. Bianca Pagdanganan, a rookie who turns 23 on Wednesday, has enjoyed notoriety of late by appearing near the top of the LPGA Tour’s distance rankings. She’s averaging 288.8 yards for the season, besting fellow bombers

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to caddie for the best golfers in the world? The new episode of Local Knowledge takes you deep inside the ropes of the PGA Tour, examining the ever-evolving job of the tour caddie. It’s come a long way. Since the days of Jack Nicklaus, who famously says he

It feels like the golf world is holding its collective breath in anticipation of the upcoming fall Masters, but in the meantime, the PGA Tour continues its miraculous, Cal Ripken-esque stretch of golf post-coronavirus layoff with its 21st straight week. The PGA Tour’s 2020 Bermuda Championship will be contested at Port Royal Golf Club in

Winning any golf tournament involves battling nerves down the stretch, but one Korn Ferry Tour pro had to overcome a different type of nerves while flying over that final stretch. Such was the case at Saturday’s inaugural Orange County Fall Classic at Osiris Country Club in Walden, N.Y. After earning a spot in a playoff,

9:32 AM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A trip to Augusta National is possible this week for Tiger Woods, and perhaps that memorable trip down Magnolia Lane and the accompanying good-vibes jolt from being on the property will spark something we have yet to see in 2000. Whenever it is that Woods heads to Augusta

Millions of words have been written about Tiger Woods and the iconic memories that define his career. It is much rarer, however, to hear about them from the man himself. In The Tiger Vault presented by Elijah Craig, an exclusive series from Golf Digest, Woods takes you behind the curtain and talks in detail about

It wasn’t relief in Rory McIlroy’s voice, but something akin to it. After a frustrating start to the Zozo Championship on Thursday—as evidence by a very visible club snap en route to a one-over 73—the final three days at Sherwood Country Club had been more to the Northern Irishman’s liking. Matching 67s on Friday and

8:59 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Patrick Cantlay rallied from four shots behind and got far enough ahead that Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas couldn’t quite catch him Sunday in the Zozo Championship at Sherwood. Cantlay closed with a 7-under 65 for a one-shot victory, the third of his career, and first

9:54 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Somewhat lost in the madness that was last year’s Masters was Patrick Cantlay, the soft-spoken, stoic former amateur phenom who has one of the smoothest swings in the game if not the pro resume to match. Cantlay made an eagle at Augusta National’s par-5 15th during the final

5:52 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, Ga. — Ally McDonald gave herself a big 28th birthday present Sunday, winning the LPGA Drive On Championship-Lake Reynolds Oconee for her first tour title. The 28-year-old from Mississippi held off Danielle Kang by a stroke on the Great Waters Course, closing with a 3-under 69 for a 16-under

2:33 PM ET England’s Ross McGowan kept his cool to win the Italian Open by a single stroke on Sunday to clinch his second European Tour title — 11 years after his maiden win in Madrid. McGowan started the day tied for the lead along with compatriot Laurie Canter, three shots clear and despite a

10:07 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Justin Thomas wasn’t playing poorly. It only felt that way Saturday at the Zozo Championship at Sherwood, where being a few shots under par means losing ground. He was 3 under and already had lost the lead he had at the start. The final hour changed

10:07 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Next month’s Masters will undoubtedly be unusual in so many ways. No spectators. No azaleas. No Par 3 Contest. But Tiger Woods is happy that one tradition — for now — will go on, albeit in a bit different format: the Champions Dinner. The annual get-together that includes

Before the COVID-19 pandemic impacted competitive golf at every level around the world, the International Golf Federation was already reviewing what to do with the World Amateur Team Championship. The biennial competition dates back more than 60 years and remains a signature event on amateur golf calendars. But the administration of the separate women’s and

Two months out from the start of the U.S. Women’s Open, the USGA announced that fans will not be allowed onsite at the Champions Golf Club in Houston for the championship. The decision falls in line with the USGA holding the U.S. Open at Winged Foot in September with no spectators. Additionally, the LPGA has

Anyone who has ventured to a golf course this summer can attest that business is booming, the game’s relatively safe confines during the pandemic welcoming a resurgence for the sport. And according to Golf Datatech, it’s not just courses that are enjoying the revival. Golf Datatech, an industry research firm, announced Wednesday that United States

3:21 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Adam Scott tested positive for COVID-19 at the Zozo Championship and withdrew from the tournament Wednesday, as required by PGA Tour protocols. Scott, the 2013 Masters champion who won the Genesis Invitational earlier this year, was replaced in the field by Jim Herman. “While it’s difficult news to

2:30 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — While praising the PGA Tour for the way it has handled the return to competition during the coronavirus pandemic, Phil Mickelson also expressed doubt about having a limited number of spectators return at the Vivint Houston Open, especially given the tournament is only a week prior to the

A golf industry staple has become the latest COVID-19 casualty. The PGA of America announced Wednesday that its PGA Merchandise Show is moving to an all-virtual format for 2021. The show, touted as the largest annual gathering in the golf industry, hosts a crowd of 40,000 in Orlando, including some 1,000 companies and brands. It

9:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA Tour heads to Thousand Oaks, California, for the Zozo Championship at Sherwood Country Club. Defending champion Tiger Woods returns to action for the first time since missing the cut at the U.S. Open. Phil Mickelson, fresh off his second senior tour win in two tries, is also

8:11 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods is defending his Zozo Championship title this week with an eye on the Masters in three weeks. And the run-up to what usually is the first major championship of the year is strange to say the least, he said. So odd, in fact, that Woods said

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods’ U.S. Open ended with a missed cut on Friday afternoon, but it was the events of that weekend that triggered vehement debate in the golf world. And, for once, it had nothing to do with Tiger. It was exactly one month ago that Bryson DeChambeau put the finishing touches

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Tiger Woods is the defending champion this week, and a win would break an all-time record, but all anyone wanted to talk about on Tuesday was a tournament three weeks away. The Masters begins in 23 days, and Augusta National has a knack for overshadowing everything else in golf. Nine of

Collin Morikawa doesn’t recall the exact year, but the 23-year-old does remember going to Sherwood Country Club as a young boy. The Los Angeles native attended as a fan for Tiger Woods’ Hero World Challenge, held at the suburban L.A. course from 2000 through 2013. What stood out? Not exactly what you might think. “I