5:29 PM ET PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said Wednesday that extra testing and stricter monitoring of protocols that could result in “serious repercussions” for offenders will go into effect in the wake of three positive COVID-19 tests this week at the Travelers Championship. Monahan said across both the PGA Tour and the developmental Korn

8:42 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders PGA Tour golf is back and is coming off of another tight tournament at the RBC Heritage that saw Webb Simpson emerge as the champion. ESPN.com sports betting deputy editor David Bearman’s faith in Simpson paid off last week at Harbour Town. After picking him at Colonial the week

6:00 PM ET Cameron Champ became the second golfer on the PGA Tour to test positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from this week’s Travelers Championship. Champ, a two-time PGA Tour winner, took a COVID-19 test on Tuesday as part of the tour’s pre-tournament screening and will now be required to undergo 10 days

3:59 PM ET The common refrain from PGA Tour players is that it has been an adjustment not having fans on site at events during the first two stops since golf’s return after a three-month shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. “It doesn’t feel normal at all,” Brooks Koepka said. Jordan Spieth, though, thinks there

11:01 AM ET The first major championship to be contested in 2020, the PGA Championship, will be played at San Francisco’s Harding Park but without spectators. The PGA of America announced the decision on Monday after spending months considering other scenarios, including moving the tournament to another venue such as Valhalla in Kentucky or Quail

9:10 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson celebrated another victory on Father’s Day, this time with a tartan jacket instead of a U.S. Open trophy. In a wild sprint to the finish after a three-hour storm delay, Simpson ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine

9:23 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The distortion of time is a reality of the coronavirus pandemic. And when you narrow that down to a singular view of golf, it is important to remind yourself of where we are on the calendar. Brooks Koepka wasn’t paying too much mind to the fact that

5:41 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — As illnesses go, Nick Watney likely proceeded like someone who simply was not at his best. He certainly was not violently ill Friday when he showed up at Harbour Town Golf Club. And despite warm, humid temperatures, he felt well enough to attempt to play the second

12:10 PM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Two-time major champion So Yeon Ryu closed with an even-par 72 to win the Korea Women’s Open on Sunday in her first tournament in four months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ryu won for the first time since the Japan Women’s Open in 2018, and it

8:28 AM ET Editor’s note: This story was originally published June 16, 2019. PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Everyone has that magical place, the spot their eyes need to see or their foot needs to step just once before they take in their last breath. I need to peer over the rim of the Grand Canyon.