7:25 PM ET Three players have tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew from the Honda Classic on Monday, the PGA Tour announced. The three — former U.S Open champion Gary Woodland, Scott Piercy and Doc Redman — all played in the Players Championship last week, with only Piercy making the cut and competing over the
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7:10 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Justin Thomas found the right time for a near-perfect performance to put a rough start to the year behind him, rallying from three shots behind with bold play to close with a 4-under 68 and win The Players Championship on Sunday. He won for
8:55 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The ball seemed destined for the water. All the body language in the world didn’t seem like it was going to change that. Justin Thomas tried anyway. And then, a shot aimed too far left somehow found land, rolling along the railroad ties that frame the pond
At 47, a happy Lee Westwood has a chance for his biggest win at the Players He is one of the more accomplished players in golf. But he doesn’t have a major. Nor does he have a win the size of the Players. With his fiancée at his side, Westwood heads into Sunday with his
10:30 AM ET France’s Antoine Rozner sealed victory at the Qatar Masters with a 60 foot putt on the last to win his second European Tour title. High winds disrupted play on day three and Rozner went into the final day three shots off the lead having carded a 68 the day before. 1 Related
7:28 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Lee Westwood gets another shot at winning the Players Championship — and another crack at Bryson DeChambeau. Westwood made a 25-foot birdie putt on the island-green 17th hole, and he closed out a 4-under 68 with a 5-footer for par to extend his bogey-free streak
7:52 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — With apologies to a couple of pretty nice events in the United Arab Emirates, Lee Westwood is on the verge of the biggest victory of a long career that has seen him win all over the world. There are still 18 holes to go. Plus, he’s got
3:59 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – No. 1-ranked Dustin Johnson said Saturday that he will not participate in the men’s Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo this summer. Citing the hectic schedule that surrounds this year’s Summer Games, postponed from 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, Johnson — the reigning FedEx Cup champion —
2:15 PM ET It might just be one of the most famous putts in golf history. And this year, it turns 20 years old. In 2001, on Saturday at TPC Sawgrass, eventual champion Tiger Woods stood on the very back edge of the famous island green, staring at a 60-footer to the front-left hole at
7:02 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy missed the cut by 10 shots on Friday at the Players Championship, and that wasn’t even the most surprising aspect to his day. After shooting 79-75 at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy lamented issues with his swing that he traced to chasing speed — and Bryson DeChambeau‘s