2:16 PM ET PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Dustin Johnson and his brother, Austin, need to avoid rental homes with stairs. Two years ago, Dustin Johnson slipped on stairs in his Augusta, Georgia, rental home on the eve of the Masters, eventually withdrawing from the tournament. Now it’s his brother who suffered a similar fate, although

6:43 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — International team captain Ernie Els has named K.J. Choi, Trevor Immelman and Mike Weir as his final three assistants for this year’s Presidents Cup. Els had already named Geoff Ogilvy as one of his assistant captains for the event at Royal Melbourne from Dec. 9-15. Choi will

10:30 AM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Last summer Ho Sung Choi’s unorthodox — but wildly successful — Happy Gilmore-ish golf swing took over the internet. The pro golfer, a winner on the Japanese Tour in the past, managed to captivate millions with his

8:58 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Matthew Fitzpatrick had hoped to ask questions, learn from the greatest golfer in his lifetime and soak up those precious moments inside the ropes surrounded by the mayhem that always envelopes Tiger Woods. He got a real taste of it Sunday during the final round of the

12:31 AM ET ESPN News Services Webb Simpson, defending champion at The Players Championship, was assessed a one-shot penalty at No. 14 for inadvertently causing his ball to move. Simpson was trying to decide where to stand before putting from the fringe when his putter handle got caught in his shirt and caused the other

7:58 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The island green that never looks smaller than on Sunday at The Players proved to be no problem for Rory McIlroy. Same with the daunting tee shot at the 18th hole, the slew of players in contention and the windy conditions. Perhaps most important, the recent history

6:11 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Rory McIlroy made two late birdies amid the wild theatrics of Sunday at The Players Championship and closed with a 2-under 70 to win the next best thing to a major. McIlroy could not afford to make a mistake over the final hour because of

3:43 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods didn’t have the results he wanted at the Players Championship, but he nonetheless left the TPC Sawgrass Stadium course feeling good about where his game is headed, specifically as it relates to the Masters next month. “It’s right on track,” Woods said after shooting his

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — See if this sounds familiar: Rory McIlroy enters the final round of a PGA Tour event with a chance to win. Now, can he get it done? If so, he’ll have to pass Jon Rahm — a kinder, gentler Jon Rahm. There’s some other big names in the hunt, with

7:32 PM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Jon Rahm felt like every shot would be good and most of them were as he posted an 8-under 64 on Saturday and built a one-shot lead over Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood in the Players Championship. Five shots behind going into the third round,

5:12 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — For a good part of his round Saturday, Tiger Woods flirted with the secondary cut at the Players Championship, bogeying three of his first eight holes while seemingly being lost on the greens. He managed to turn things around over his closing seven holes, making three birdies

11:33 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods apparently never considered an option that would have allowed him to drop on the walkway that leads to the 17th green Friday after hitting his tee shot in the water. Woods made a quadruple-bogey 7 on the hole but could have potentially saved himself two

9:00 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth headed home after the first two rounds of The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass. Tiger Woods might need a miracle to contend for his third title here. But the leaderboard for the PGA Tour’s “fifth major” is still chock full of big-name

8:41 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Phil Mickelson described it as an “interesting week,” one that ended earlier than he had hoped Friday evening with a missed cut at the Players Championship and included him answering questions about a college admissions bribery scandal. Mickelson said Thursday that neither he nor has family made

11:54 AM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — For the first time in his career at the Players Championship, Tiger Woods put two balls in the water at the par-3 17th hole, ruining an excellent start to his second round. Woods pulled his first shot on the hole surrounded by water with a short iron,

8:31 PM ET PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — A new spot on the calendar changed the look of The Players, but not the drama. There was Tiger reeling off birdies and bogeys, Phil Mickelson struggling in an event he wasn’t sure he’d play in the first place and strong starts from names like Rory McIlroy

9:05 PM ET ESPN News Services PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Whether it’s March or May, there is no shortage of excitement at The Players Championship. Tiger Woods made only one par on the back nine Thursday, revving up the crowd with five birdies, only to slow his charge with three mistakes. Emiliano Grillo hit

6:06 PM ET Pratima Sherpa, a 19-year-old amateur golfer from Nepal, will make her first appearance in a professional event on the Symetra Tour later this month. Sherpa, the subject of an Emmy-winning SC Featured installment last April, will play in the IOA Championship presented by Morongo Casino Resort & Spa on a sponsor exemption