4:56 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Peruvian Julián Périco shot a second-round 66 on Friday to set a new Latin America Amateur Championship 36-hole record and take the tournament lead by three strokes. The 22-year-old Perico sits at 9-under at Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog course, which broke the

12:07 AM ET Associated Press Bob Goalby, who won the 1968 Masters without having to go to a playoff when Roberto De Vicenzo infamously signed for the wrong score, has died. He was 92. Goalby’s death Wednesday in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois, was confirmed by the PGA Tour and by Bill Haas, his great-nephew.

12:35 AM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii. — Ernie Els birdied the final hole Thursday, set up by a difficult wedge from a fairway bunker, giving him an 8-under 64 and a one-shot lead over Vijay Singh as the PGA Tour Champions season began at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai. Bernhard Langer, coming off

5:39 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Segundo Oliva Pinto shot a 66 and is one three Argentinians inside the top 10 after Thursday’s opening round of the Latin American Amateur Championship at Casa de Campo resort’s Teeth of the Dog course. Pinto is tied for the lead with Puerto Rico’s Roberto

11:08 AM ET Scott Jamieson took a one-shot lead in the opening round of the HSBC Championship in Abu Dhabi after carding an error-free 63 to finish at 9 under on Thursday while world No. 2 Collin Morikawa and four-time major winner Rory McIlroy struggled. Jamieson sank nine birdies, and his score of 63 set

7:32 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — Before he boarded a plane from his home country of Bolivia to the 2022 Latin American Amateur Championship, Camilo Avila was making the rounds in his delivery car, dropping off empanadas and other Colombian snacks, while letting his customers know that he wasn’t going to

7:07 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The PGA Tour heads to the Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, Calif. for The American Express, an event that Si Woo Kim won last season. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile? Betting analysts Chris Fallica, Anita

7:00 AM ET After two weeks in Hawaii to start the year, the PGA Tour returns to the mainland with The American Express this week at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, California, beginning Thursday. Additionally, it marks the four-feed debut of PGA TOUR LIVE on ESPN+. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app

8:46 AM ET The Masters is not far off. The tournament begins April 7 at Augusta National Golf Club. But a chance to get a coveted invitation happens this week in the Latin America Amateur Championship. The event, played at the Casa de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog course and beginning Thursday, Jan. 20, in

8:49 AM ET Paolo UggettiESPN LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic — For Arkansas assistant golf coach Barrett Lais, the initial recruiting pitch to try to get players from outside the United States to come to Fayetteville often begins with having to deal with a familiar remark. “A lot of people from Latin America said, ‘We’ve never