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The PGA Tour season came to an end this past season with one of golf’s biggest boppers, Rory McIlroy, taking home the game’s biggest check. But when it comes to possessing pop off the tee, Rory has nothing on Kyle Berkshire. And Kyle isn’t afraid to say so. The 22-year-old is the new dominant force

1:17 PM ET Tiger Woods underwent arthroscopic knee surgery last week but still expects to play in Japan in October. Woods announced Tuesday that the surgery was to repair minor cartilage damage in his left knee. “I’m walking now and hope to resume practice in the next few weeks,” Woods said in a statement posted

ATLANTA — The PGA Tour season is over. The next one starts in two weeks. So much for the offseason. “I am tired, but we have the opportunity to play for $15 million [for the FedEx Cup], which is a ridiculous amount of money,” Bryson DeChambeau said ahead of last week’s Tour Championship. “It’s a

On Tuesday afternoon Tiger Woods announced that he underwent surgery on his knee. Woods said he had arthroscopic procedure last week during the Tour Championship on his left knee to repair minor cartilage damage. “I’m walking now and hope to resume practice in the new few weeks,” Woods said. “I look forward to traveling and

1:36 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN After a two-year qualification period and one last qualifying weekend, 2019 Solheim Cup U.S. captain Juli Inkster decided the two players who would receive her captain’s picks would be players that brought leadership and experience to the team: Solheim Cup veterans Morgan Pressel and Stacy Lewis. On Sunday, after the

I just received the Bob Jones Award. It’s the biggest honor there is in golf. When you’re given an award by the USGA that goes out only once a year, you know it’s special. The presentation was during the week of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Accepting the award and speaking after Gary Player

4:15 PM ET Brooks Koepka has captured the PGA of America’s Player of the Year award, edging Rory McIlroy for an honor that is determined with a points system. Koepka also won the award last year. The two-time PGA champion defended his title earlier this year at Bethpage Black and won two other tournaments. McIlroy,

Rory McIlroy got the best of Brooks Koepka on Sunday. A day later, Koepka returned the favor. The PGA of America announced Koepka as its Player of the Year Monday afternoon, edging McIlroy for the honors. The PGA uses a year-long points formula to determine its winner, with tournament victories, official money standings, and scoring

It is a personal testament, really, that this argument is being had at all. We thought we grasped the magnetism Rory McIlroy holds over the sport, cultivating a rapport with fans and media unique among his peers. But perhaps we even underestimated that scope, because here we are. “Here” being the idea that McIlroy, fresh

9:08 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers slugger Christian Yelich, world No. 1 golfer Brooks Koepka and the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive line are among the athletes featured in the final print edition of ESPN The Magazine’s Body Issue. The magazine hits newsstands on Sept. 6, its final appearance in print after 21 years. ESPN announced in April

After securing his first Korn Ferry Tour victory and earning a ticket to the PGA Tour, Matthew NeSmith struggled to maintain his composure as he thanked his family and his fiancée, Abigail, for their support. “It’s been a long road,” said the 25-year-old from North Augusta, S.C., his voice quivering after he shot a final-round

9:29 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Brandt Jobe rallied from seven strokes down, shooting a final-round 9-under 63 Sunday to win the Boeing Classic for his second PGA Tour Champions title. Jobe finished at 18 under, three shots ahead of Tom Pernice Jr., who shot a final-round 65. Jobe’s come-from-behind victory spoiled a

ATLANTA – A year ago at East Lake, Rory McIlroy was swallowed up by Tiger Woods and a sea of humanity. A month ago in Memphis, he was bludgeoned by the baddest man in golf, Brooks Koepka. Sunday at East Lake, he was simply magnificent, particularly given what was at stake, as much as the

He made hard work of it in the end, but there was no doubt that overnight leader Erik Van Rooyen was a deserving winner of the Scandinavian Invitation. Of course he was. There was a lot of pressure on the 15-foot downhill, right-to-left putt the 29-year-old South African made for a closing birdie, a one-shot

11:34 AM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Brooks Koepka got up-and-down for birdie from behind the 18th green to complete a bogey-free Sunday morning at the Tour Championship and set up a wild finish for $15 million in the FedEx Cup. Koepka had two bogeys in five holes of the third round when it was

ATLANTA—You’re forgiven for thinking the hand on the “Don’t give a damn” meter was low Saturday morning. Even in the heat of Sunday afternoons, Dustin Johnson’s complexion exudes disinterest, so starting his Saturday 15 shots back of the lead—coupled with the last-day-of-school ambience that permeates this tournament—well, there was a question if Johnson would show

10:12 PM ET Associated Press SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — Fred Couples made a hole-in-one in a round of 9-under 63 on Saturday and built a five-shot lead after two rounds of the Boeing Classic, his hometown tournament that he is trying to win for the first time. Couples made the ace on No. 9, using a

ATLANTA — Lightning strikes during Saturday’s Tour Championship have left multiple fans injured. Two lightning strikes happened at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta at 4:45 p.m. ET, one hitting a maintenance area and another striking a fan zone near the 16th tee box. Debris from that strike injured at least four people. NBC Sports