5:28 PM ET Reigning PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson, who hasn’t played competitively in more than three months, won’t defend his title next week at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The PGA of America announced Friday that Mickelson has withdrawn from the PGA Championship. “We have just been informed that Phil Mickelson has

9:11 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sebastian Munoz was standing in the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole thinking about his shot at a 59 in the first round of the Byron Nelson. After missing the green, he became the first player in PGA Tour history with two rounds of 60

8:05 PM ET Associated Press CLIFTON, N.J. — Madelene Sagstrom shot a flawless 9-under 63 during a round she felt holes kept getting larger to take one-stroke lead over Megan Khang after the first round of the Cognizant Founders Cup on Thursday. Nasa Hataoka, who won in Los Angeles in April before taking time off,

6:13 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Stricker shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead over Miguel Angel Jimenez and Wes Short Jr. after the opening round of the Regions Tradition, the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. Stricker, the 2019 champion, closed his bogey-free round with a

11:54 AM ET The LIV Golf Invitational Series has attempted to clarify CEO Greg Norman’s comments that referred to the Saudi Arabian monarchy’s alleged involvement in the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a “mistake,” a remark that drew widespread criticism, including from Khashoggi’s fiancée. On Wednesday, during a news conference in London

6:00 PM ET Associated Press CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — The PGA Tour is returning to Colorado for the first time in a decade with the redesigned course at Castle Pines Golf Club serving as host to the 2024 BMW Championship. It’s the first big-time professional golf tournament at the Jack Nicklaus-designed course 30 miles south

3:46 PM ET McKINNEY, Texas — With players facing potential suspensions and/or lifetime bans, Justin Thomas said he hopes the PGA Tour’s decision to deny conflicting-events releases for the first event of the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series will prevent players from going to London next month. “I would hope it would deter them

1:23 PM ET MCKINNEY, Texas — A week before the PGA Championship, the second major of the season, former world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka withdrew from the AT&T Byron Nelson on Wednesday. The PGA Tour didn’t disclose the reason for Koepka’s withdrawal. The four-time major champion has had knee and hip injuries the past

6:42 PM ET The PGA Tour has denied releases to the players looking to play in the first event of the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series, according to a memo obtained by ESPN. The debut tournament, set to take place in London from June 9 to 11, coincides with the PGA Tour’s RBC Canadian

2:46 PM ET As injuries started piling up for John Eckert’s fantasy football team last fall, he knew what finishing last would mean for him: The owner of the last-place team in the SHIVA league would have to play in a local qualifier for the U.S. Open. On Monday, Eckert paid off his debt at