9:25 AM ET A sleepy September it is not. Golf sprung alive over the weekend at a time of year when fans are typically preoccupied and the transition from one golf season to the next is blurred. Give credit to a stunning Solheim Cup — which, in truth, should not have had to share the

6:28 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Joaquin Niemann became the first player from Chile to win on the PGA Tour, shooting a 6-under 64 on Sunday for a six-stroke victory in A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. The 20-year-old Niemann entered the final round of the season opener with a two-stroke

5:20 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Jerry Kelly played bogey-free Sunday at Warwick Hills and closed with a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory in the Ally Challenge, his second victory this year on the PGA Tour Champions. Kelly also won two months ago in his native Wisconsin at the American Insurance

5:15 PM ET GLENEAGLES, Scotland — Redemption. Validation. Closure. The 2019 Solheim Cup was all of these things and more for Suzann Pettersen, who holed the decisive putt for Europe, securing the narrowest of wins (14 1/2-13 1/2) amid scenes of delirium on the 18th green. Pettersen was a left-field captain’s pick when Catriona Matthew

VOLATILE!! 9 guys moved from outside to inside the Finals 25, earning their PGA Tour cards after Monday’s final round of Korn Ferry Tour Finals (formerly Web.com Tour). 50 players; top 25 from the season-long Korn Ferry Tour money list, and 25 from the 3 Korn Ferry Tour Finals events’ money list earned their full

12:01 PM ET Spain’s Sergio Garcia kept his composure despite a roller coaster final-round 69 to win the KLM Open in Amsterdam on Sunday. The 2017 Masters champion edged past Denmark’s Micolai Hojgaard to secure his 40th professional win, and his 16th on the European Tour. Garcia, 39, didn’t make a par until the eighth

8:05 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Joaquin Niemann was an 18-year-old amateur when he arrived in West Virginia two years ago and tied for 29th in the only PGA Tour event he played outside of the U.S. Open. In 2018, he improved to a tie for fifth at the tournament. Now

6:24 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Jerry Kelly birdied the first five holes on the back nine and finished with a 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge. Kelly had a 12-under 132 total at rain-softened Warwick Hills, the

1:33 PM ET Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Sergio Garcia and Callum Shinkwin shot 6-under 66s and shared the lead at 15 under after the third round of the KLM Open Saturday. Playing together in the second-to-last pairing at The International on the outskirts of Amsterdam, Garcia and Shinkwin traded birdies all day. Garcia drew level

6:05 PM ET ESPN News Services WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Kevin Chappell shot an 11-under 59 on Friday in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier for the 11th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. Chappell missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth to fall a stroke short of

6:01 PM ET Associated Press GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Scott McCarron, Retief Goosen and Tom Gillis shot 6-under 66 on Friday to share the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Ally Challenge. McCarron, the Charles Schwab Cup points leader and a three-time winner this year, birdied the par-5 16th and par-3 17th in a

10:28 AM ET Following a recent health scare, PGA Tour player Justin Thomas is urging people to get screened for skin cancer. In an Instagram post, Thomas revealed that he’d recently had a small mole on his left leg removed. He said the mole was in the early stages of melanoma. The social media post

2:21 AM ET Associated Press AMSTERDAM — Unheralded Callum Shinkwin shot five birdies and an eagle Thursday on his way to a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead after the first round of the 100th edition of the KLM Open. The 26-year-old British golfer is ranked No. 446 and hasn’t made the cut in his

7:24 PM ET Associated Press WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Scott Harrington enjoyed his long-awaited debut as a PGA Tour member. In his 17th year as a professional, the 38-year-old rookie shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday, leaving him two strokes behind first-round leader Robby Shelton in the A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier. With

6:00 PM ET Inspiration comes in many shapes and forms, and in the case of Brooks Koepka, from some unusual places, the chip on his shoulder growing ever larger as slights both real and perceived fueled his rise to the top of golf. Four major championships in a two-year span, a top-four showing in each

12:48 PM ET Rory McIlroy beat Brooks Koepka in the final round of the 2018-19 PGA Tour season, shooting 66 over the final 18 holes to win a $15 million bonus at the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta in August. After a somewhat surprising vote by PGA Tour members, McIlroy also

1:16 PM ET Former Europe Ryder Cup golfer Brian Barnes has died at the age of 74. Barnes played in six Ryder Cups between 1969 and 1979, famously beating 18-time major champion Jack Nicklaus twice in one day — first in the final day morning singles, and then again in the afternoon — at the

9:26 AM ET The offseason is finally finished. PGA Tour golf is back. A grand total of 18 days will have passed since Rory McIlroy earned his $15-million payday for capturing the FedEx Cup and the start of the new season on Thursday at the Greenbrier in West Virginia. The offseason is but a fleeting