MUNICH — The European tour banned golfers who competed in the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV series from three upcoming tournaments, including the Scottish Open, on Friday and fined them $120,000. The tour said any players who took part in the inaugural LIV event in England this month would be suspended from the Scottish Open, Barbasol Championship … Read more
Four-time major champion Brooks Koepka is the latest golfer to defect from the PGA Tour to the LIV Golf Invitational Series, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Koepka, 32, is one of the highest-profile players to join the breakaway circuit, which is being funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and is fronted by two-time Open … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Before Sunday, England’s Matt Fitzpatrick had never won a professional golf tournament in the United States. Now, he has won two of the biggest golf events in the world on the same course. Nine years after winning the US Amateur at The Country Club outside Boston, Fitzpatrick captured his first PGA Tour … Read more
8:41 PM ET Paolo UggettiESPN BROOKLINE, Mass. — Will Zalatoris came up short again, and this time, he thought he had it. After missing a 14-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have put him in a playoff with winner Matt Fitzpatrick, Zalatoris couldn’t help but sigh as he was given the silver … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Matt Fitzpatrick of England is a champion again at The Country Club, this time with the grandest of trophies in golf. A US Amateur champion in 2013. The US Open champion Sunday. In a three-way battle at Brookline that came down to the wire, Fitzpatrick seized control with a great break and … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Eight players spent time atop the leaderboard, all of them getting kicked around — some worse than others — on a US Open course that felt every bit like the toughest test in golf on a cool, windy afternoon at The Country Club. Saturday was a classic US Open, all about survival. … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — For every Collin Morikawa and his back-to-back years winning a major is a Joel Dahmen, who only four years ago would have been thrilled to even play in one. Jon Rahm is the defending US Open champion, one shot out of the lead. He will be playing on the weekend at The … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson said one of the reasons he prefers the new LIV Golf Invitational Series is because of its 54-hole events. Mickelson will probably only have to play 36 holes in the US Open this week. Mickelson’s return to competitive golf in the United States, and his 52nd birthday, … Read more
BROOKLINE, Mass. — The Country Club’s thick rough might make it easier for the world’s best players to lose a golf ball in the 122nd US Open this week. Especially when a couple of young spectators run off with it. That’s exactly what happened to defending US Open champion Jon Rahm on the 18th hole … Read more