10:34 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print After months of speculation and controversy, the first day of competition for the brand-new LIV Golf league is in the books, with the LIV Golf Invitational Series teeing off on Thursday in London. Charl Schwartzel and Hennie du Plessis, both from South Africa, lead

9:40 AM ET The PGA Tour has suspended the 17 members who are competing in the inaugural LIV Golf International Series event, it announced Thursday. Players who resigned their membership before starting the LIV Golf event being held outside London that began Thursday are also no longer eligible to compete in tour events or the

5:57 PM ET Associated Press BROOKLINE, Mass. — Paul Casey has withdrawn from the U.S. Open, it was announced Wednesday, the third straight major he has missed this year because of a back injury. Casey last competed at the WGC-Match Play in March, playing two holes of his opening match when he conceded because of

4:30 PM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, ENGLAND — Several years ago, Phil Mickelson began wearing aviator sunglasses so frequently they started to feel like a part of his personality. He wore them initially, he said, for medical reasons during a two-week skin treatment on his face meant to kill hidden cancer cells, a preventative therapy he

9:55 AM ET Bryson DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open Champion, is joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Patrick Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, is also joining the LIV series, according to multiple reports. DeChambeau and Reed are expected to compete in LIV Golf’s first United States-based event, scheduled

6:28 AM ET HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England — Phil Mickelson, making his first public appearance since February, would neither confirm nor deny that he has been suspended or banned by the PGA Tour for joining the rival LIV Golf tour. “I choose not to speak publicly on PGA Tour issues at this time,” Mickelson said Wednesday

6:51 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The Club at Carlton Woods is the new site for the Chevron Championship, the first LPGA Tour major of the year that is moving after 51 years at Mission Hills in the California desert. Carlton Woods is a Jack Nicklaus signature design and will host the Chevron Championship

1:15 PM ET Associated Press Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson are welcome to play the U.S. Open next week under a USGA decision announced Tuesday that puts the open nature of the championship over a player’s decision to play in a Saudi-funded rival league. Mickelson and Johnson are among a dozen players in the LIV

10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services POWELL, Ohio — Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. He thought they might have a moment even more special on Monday as both of them tried to get through the final stage of qualifying. Only one of them

3:13 PM ET After a four-month hiatus, Phil Mickelson is ready to return to competitive golf, albeit on a “new path” and with a “fresh start” on the LIV Golf Invitational Series. Mickelson, a six-time major championship winner, was added to the field on Monday for LIV Golf’s first event, which is scheduled to start