8:25 PM ET ESPN News Services NORTON, Mass. — For the longest time Friday, it looked as if Scottie Scheffler‘s 59 might not even be the best score of the day at The Northern Trust. As Scheffler was signing his card, Dustin Johnson had already set off on an explosive start that put some buzz
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8:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch eagled the first hole of a four-man playoff Friday to win the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second PGA Tour Champions start. Bertsch hit an approach from the rough near the back edge of a bunker that took
1:58 PM ET Associated Press NORTON, Mass. — Scottie Scheffler is making quite an impression in his PGA Tour postseason debut, posting a 12-under 59 on Friday at The Northern Trust for the 12th sub-60 round in tour history. 11 different players have shot a sub-60 round, with Jim Furyk accomplishing the feat twice. Scheffler,
12:47 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic will be played as scheduled Sept. 17-20 without fans at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The Kia Classic has been postponed until March. Unable to reschedule the Kia Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the
2:43 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods didn’t have a scientific reason for going back to the shorter Scotty Cameron putter he has largely relied on for more than two decades after a brief break from it during the PGA Championship earlier this month. “Just stubbornness,” Woods said Thursday after his opening-round 3-under 68
8:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It’s playoff time on the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed will defend his title at The Northern Trust in the first event of the FedExCup playoffs. Ultra long shot Jim Herman (500-1) punched his ticket to the playoffs last week with his win at Wyndham. Tiger Woods will also be
3:56 AM ET Associated Press TROON, Scotland — Jessica Korda, one of the top U.S. hopes at the Women’s British Open, withdrew from the first major of the year because of medical reasons before the first round started Thursday. Organizers said Korda’s issues were “unrelated to COVID-19.” Katja Pogacar of Slovenia replaced Korda in the
6:59 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Tom Lehman had four birdies in a late five-hole stretch for a 7-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead with Shane Bertsch on Wednesday in the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge. Coming off a 43rd-place tie at 13 over last
12:07 PM ET The knee issue that has bothered Brooks Koepka for the better part of a year has caused him to withdraw from the Northern Trust at TPC-Boston, ending his 2019-20 season and putting his status in doubt for next month’s U.S. Open. Koepka is 97th in the FedEx Cup standings and would have
2:45 PM ET The finish line is not where it normally is on the PGA Tour as the FedEx Cup playoffs begin Thursday at TPC-Boston, site of the Northern Trust. The three-tournament playoff run continues next week at the BMW Championship and then the following week at the Tour Championship, where the top 30 in