Golf

Nov 21, 2024, 09:33 PM ET BRISBANE, Australia — The second round of the Australian PGA championship was washed out Friday due to rain and an unplayable course and the tournament has been shortened to 54 holes. Officials for the Australasian PGA Tour and European Tour event made the announcement…

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 20, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LPGA golfers will compete for a record $131 million in purse money in 2025, the circuit’s 75th anniversary season, the tour announced…

Nov 17, 2024, 08:03 PM ET LPGA star Nelly Korda has athletic ability running through her veins. With pro tennis players for parents, an older sister (Jessica Korda) on the LPGA Tour, and a younger brother (Sebastian Korda) rising through the ranks as a tennis player, Korda has good genes…

Nov 16, 2024, 07:49 AM ET Tyrrell Hatton snapped a club in two and cursed loudly after shots at the World Tour Championship in Dubai on Saturday, with his conduct earning the hot-headed English golfer a fine from the European tour and a rebuke by a broadcaster for setting a…

Nov 14, 2024, 08:31 AM ET DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy was already an overwhelming favorite to win the European tour’s season-long Race to Dubai title. He made his chances even better on Thursday. McIlroy shot 5-under 67 and was tied for the lead with Tyrrell Hatton after…

Nov 12, 2024, 08:29 AM ET VIRGINIA WATER, England — The European tour will return to Turkey and Austria next year while the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa is also back on the 42-event schedule for the 2025 season that begins next week. The schedule was announced Tuesday, with…

Nov 10, 2024, 08:34 AM ET ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Paul Waring carded a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship for the biggest victory of his career on Sunday. The 229th-ranked Englishman was one stroke ahead overnight and finished on 24 under. He even surprised himself…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Paul Waring hit the shot of his life to complete a career-low 11-under 61 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday and establish a five-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the European tour’s first playoff event. The No. 229-ranked…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Rory McIlroy can finish the season as the European tour’s top player for the sixth time with a win at the Abu Dhabi Championship this week. He will attempt to do so with a new swing. The No. 3-ranked McIlroy said he has been…

SHIGA, Japan — Nelly Korda clinched her first award for LPGA player of the year on Sunday when it became mathematically impossible for anyone to catch her in the points-based competition. Korda had to skip two tournaments during the Asia swing because of a minor neck injury that limited her…