Analysis: Bryson DeChambeau had his chances to make the Olympics

Bryson DeChambeau is a U.S. Open champion, and for now that will have to do. He is among the great entertainers in golf, with a YouTube channel approaching 800,000 subscribers. He certainly is among the best players over the last three months. Just look at his record in the majors...

LIV Golf's Lee Westwood is at U.S. Senior Open for over-50 tour debut

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Lee Westwood wants golf's powers to stop fighting so players like him can get back on the course, where the fans want them. The two-time Masters runner-up and former No. 1 golfer in the world is at the Newport Country Club this week for the U.S. Senior Open,...

Dutch Olympic officials will deny golfers from men's competition in Paris

Dutch Olympic officials are keeping home two male and one female players from the golf competition in Paris because they believe their world ranking is too low for them to have a realistic chance against 60-player fields. The Netherlands Golf Federation said Tuesday it presented...

Jordan Spieth is now an expert on what a 59 looks like in golf. He's watched it happen twice

When Cameron Young made a 10-foot par putt for 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship, Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player to twice be in the same group as someone who broke 60. Spieth also played alongside Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open...

PGA Tour goes to Detroit and US Senior Open returns to roots at Newport

PGA TOUR ROCKET MORTGAGE CLASSIC Site: Detroit. Course: Detroit GC. Yardage: 7,370. Par: 72. Prize money: $9.2 million. Winner's share: $1.656 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday,...

Tyrrell Hatton holds off Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau to win LIV Golf Nashville

COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyrrell Hatton won the inaugural LIV Golf Nashville event Sunday, easily holding off Jon Rahm and two-time U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau for the Englishman's first victory since January 2021 at Abu Dhabi. Hatton took a three-stroke lead into the...

Amy Yang wins the Women's PGA Championship for her first major title

SAMAMMISH, Wash. (AP) — Standing in the 18th fairway, Amy Yang leaned over to caddie Jan Meierling and acknowledged the anxiety and nerves she carried for the previous 17 holes. “This has been the longest 18 holes I’ve ever played in my career,” Yang told Meierling. ...

Scottie Scheffler outlasts protest on 18th green, Tom Kim to win Travelers for 6th victory of year

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had to wait out a climate protest on the 18th green and Tom Kim's tying birdie on the last hole of regulation. Those events only delayed what seems to be inevitable on the PGA Tour this season: the best golfer in the world walking off with...

Amy Yang wins the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, the first major title for the 34-year-old from South Korea

Six climate protesters run onto 18th green and spray powder, delaying finish of PGA Tour event

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Six climate protesters stormed the 18th green while the leaders were lining up their putts for the final hole of regulation at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship on Sunday, spraying smoke and powder and delaying the finish for about five minutes. The...