12:03 PM ET Veteran PGA Tour player Chris Kirk announced Tuesday via Twitter that he would be taking time away from the game to deal with alcohol and depression issues. Kirk, who turns 34 on Wednesday, said that he has been dealing with “alcohol abuse and depression for some time. I thought I could control
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11:26 AM ET Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Phil Mickelson has committed to play in the Travelers Championship, returning to Connecticut’s PGA Tour stop for the first time in 16 years. The 48-year-old Mickelson, who is currently ranked No. 23, won what was then named the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and 2002. The three-time
7:30 AM ET PLANO, Texas — Tucked behind the tennis courts at Gleneagles Country Club on a beautiful spring day, Tony Romo practices his short game by hitting wedge after wedge after wedge. Almost every shot has a different trajectory. Some are high, as he tries to land the ball softly on a designated area
9:00 PM ET Tony Romo has PGA Tour experience, ample familiarity with the course and a chance to win this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson in Dallas, Texas – a 10,000-to-1 chance. The SuperBook at Westgate Las Vegas installed Romo at 10,000-1 to win this week at Trinity Forest Golf Club, where the former Dallas Cowboys
11:03 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump awarded golfer Tiger Woods the nation’s highest civilian honor on Monday, describing the 43-year-old as a “true legend” who transformed golf and then fought through years of injury to return to the sport’s summit. Trump awarded Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Woods
7:53 PM ET ESPN News Services President Donald Trump has awarded golfer Tiger Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Trump described Woods on Monday as a “true legend, an extraordinary athlete who has transformed golf and achieved new levels of dominance.” Trump described the litany of victories that Woods has
10:34 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Sei Young Kim overcame a rough start to win the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship on Sunday at cold and windy Lake Merced, outlasting Bronte Law and Jeongeun Lee6 with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Three strokes ahead entering the day, Kim opened with
8:18 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — They are just numbers, usually separated by a bunch of commas and with zeros at the end. In this case, they signify prize money in golf, figures that have grown so large as to make us numb. No longer used as the benchmark to determine standings on the PGA
7:36 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two years after Max Homa played only one Sunday in an entire PGA Tour season, he showed his mettle at Quail Hollow by closing with a 4-under 67 to pull away from the field and win the Wells Fargo Championship. Homa began the back nine with two
4:43 AM ET Experienced Finn Mikko Korhonen sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to edge Frenchman Benjamin Hebert and win the China Open after a thrilling final round in Shenzhen on Sunday. The 38-year-old became the oldest winner of China’s oldest professional tournament to claim his second European Tour title after