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One of the best weeks on the golf calendar is upon us, with the 2021 Players Championship upon us at Pete Dye’s masterpiece, TPC Sawgrass. Though we never quite know what to expect and who will play well at this nuanced, ultra-difficult design on the site of a former swamp, the finishing holes always seem

8:32 PM ET Phil Mickelson has fallen out of the top 100 in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time since 1993, when he won the International tournament for his second PGA Tour victory. He stayed in the top 100 for a record 1,425 weeks. Mickelson, 50, who did not play this week’s

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It was at this tournament last year when “normal” went out the window. On Tuesday of the Players Championship in 2020, thousands of maskless fans packed the 17th hole to watch the Chainsmokers perform. By Friday morning, players were clearing out their lockers, and golf—and the rest of the world—was on hold. The world’s best

7:20 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — One year ago, on Thursday afternoon at the Players Championship, Rory McIlroy wasn’t worried about a virus. He was annoyed. The defending champion at the PGA Tour’s signature event, he had just opened with even-par 72, sat 9 shots behind leader Hideki Matsuyama and was staring at

ORLANDO — In golf, the long-drive scene has always been a sideshow. The guys who swing out of their shoes and grunt after impact and raise their arms like they hit a grand slam—they’re a fun diversion. Something you flip on ESPN2 late-night, after a few beers, but a totally separate entity from the touring

7:08 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The long ball helped Bryson DeChambeau outlast Lee Westwood on Sunday to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational, only the key shots were as much with his putter as his driver. DeChambeau holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the front nine and a 50-foot par putt early on

Bryson DeChambeau didn’t have to go for it again. After a week’s worth of talking about trying to drive the green on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill, he gave the fans at the Arnold Palmer Invitational their money’s worth on Saturday. Now it was time to get serious. Final group, with Lee Westwood,

During Arnold Palmer’s 50 years playing professionally on the PGA Tour, he made 726 tournament starts and played a total of 2,553 rounds. He won 62 titles, fifth most in tour history, while finishing second or third 38 and 27 times, respectively. For those celebrated efforts, the seven-time major champion’s career earnings totaled a mere

7:41 PM ET ESPN News Services ORLANDO, Fla. — Lee Westwood made a pair of 30-foot putts over the final three holes Saturday, one for eagle and the other a closing birdie, posting his lowest score ever at Bay Hill with a 7-under 65 that gave him a one-shot lead over Bryson DeChambeau and Corey

We’re used to the Jordan Spieth experience by now. Saturday, it was in peak form at Bay Hill. And for the third time in his last four starts, the 27-year-old will have a chance to end a nearly four-year winless drought after a three-under 69 that leaves him two back of leader Lee Westwood through

7:00 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — Bryson DeChambeau has relished the opportunity to try to drive the green at the Bay Hill Club’s par-5 sixth hole and celebrated as if he had done so Saturday during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. DeChambeau’s drive, which cut across a huge lake, ended up 50

ORLANDO — Well, he finally did it. Sort of. Bryson DeChambeau has been toying with the idea of trying to drive the green on the par-5 sixth hole at Bay Hill all week. He attempted the straight-line carry—to the front edge from the tee box, it’s about 340 yards in the air—in the practice round

3:08 PM ET Associated Press ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. — A man found Tiger Woods unconscious in a mangled SUV after the golf star crashed the vehicle in Southern California, authorities said in court documents obtained Friday. The man, who lives near the site in Rolling Hills Estates, heard the crash and walked to the

The first televised professional golf tournament was the 1947 U.S. Open at St. Louis Country Club. Lew Worsham beat Sam Snead in a playoff, but it was only shown locally, on station KSD-TV. The first national broadcast came a few years later, at the 1952 Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St. Anne’s, where the

Give this to Phil Mickelson. The 50-year-old has been, at times, a carnival barker throughout his career, but at least Phil attempts whatever outlandish thing he said he could do. Bringing us to Bryson DeChambeau, who spoke of his desire to drive Bay Hill’s winding par-5 sixth hole this week. As crazy as that may

7:11 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Corey Conners spent more time grinding out pars than chasing birdies, and that proved to be the right recipe Friday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational as Bay Hill began to bake under a warm sun. Conners surged into the lead with a 25-foot eagle putt on the

The Arnold Palmer stories flow like Arnold Palmers in the Bay Hill clubhouse each year when the PGA Tour comes to Orlando, and this year was no different with players from Rickie Fowler to Jordan Spieth regaling the media with tales of their brushes with The King. Sadly, Will Zalatoris, despite playing on the Arnold

6:47 PM ET Associated Press OCALA, Fla. — Nelly Korda didn’t miss a beat four days after her first LPGA Tour title on U.S. soil, outplaying her sister and the world’s No. 1 player for a 5-under 67 to share the lead at the Drive On Championship. Former NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho managed a 67