This NFL linebacker says he wants a piece of Steph Curry — on the golf course

This NFL linebacker says he wants a piece of Steph Curry — on the golf course

Los Angeles Rams linebacker Ernest Jones said this offseason that he’s become obsessed with golf, spending a lot of time on the course during the summer when the Rams were off. He’s not going to quit his day job of patrolling the middle of the defense any time soon, but his golf game is coming along.

Eventually, he wants to put himself to the test against one of the best pro athletes to tee it up: Warrior guard Steph Curry.

Curry just won the American Century Championship this summer in dramatic fashion and has played in Korn Ferry Tour events in the past, but Jones is confident he can take down the smooth-swinging Steph at some point.

Jones said he’s not quite as good as Andrew Whitworth yet, but give him a year and he’s gonna be in a spot to take down Steph.

“Not yet. Whitworth, he has a stick on him. Not yet I’m not there, but give me a year. It’s gonna be a problem. Steph Curry’s gonna have to see about me,” Jones said while mic’d up on NFL Network. “I want him to know right now, when I get it, I got it. And it’s gonna be over for him. I’m calling him out. I want it. I want all the smoke. I want it.”

Jones seems legitimately excited about the idea of potentially having a match against Curry set up, which sure would be fun to watch. We don’t know what Jones’ handicap is but knowing the player Curry is, he’s probably got a ways to go.

It’s fun to see Jones’ competitive juices flowing just thinking about this potential match someday.

For more on Jones’ golf game, check out the video below.

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Top 70 bubble watch: PGA Tour players currently in (and out) of the FedEx Cup Playoffs

Top 70 bubble watch: PGA Tour players currently in (and out) of the FedEx Cup Playoffs

It’s last call for the FedEx Cup Playoffs and a handful of big names on the PGA Tour are lining up for one last shot.

After the conclusion of this week’s Wyndham Championship, the top 70 players in the FedEx Cup standings will qualify for the first event of the playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship (Aug. 10-13). The top 50 will then advance to the BMW Championship (Aug. 17-20), and the top 30 will ultimately punch their tickets to the season-ending Tour Championship (Aug. 24-27). This year, the total bonus pool for the FedEx Cup Playoffs is a whopping $75 million.

With the regular season coming to a close on Sunday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, players ranked No. 60 (670) to No. 80  (538) are separated by just 132 points. Each of the last 10 players in and first 10 players out are in the field this week, too.

Cam Davis (No. 69) played his way just inside the top 70 with a T-10 at the 3M Open, same with Lee Hodges, who rose from No. 74 to No. 33 thanks to his win at TPC Twin Cities. Meanwhile, Justin Thomas dropped after his 3M Open missed cut (but more on him to come).

Here are some notable PGA Tour names who are on the outside looking in for the 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

MORE: FedEx Cup Standings

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'He’s our Jackie Robinson of golf': This Michigan golf legend posthumously gets his day in the limelight

'He’s our Jackie Robinson of golf': This Michigan golf legend posthumously gets his day in the limelight

Detroit and Oakland County leaders gathered to unveil a $5,000 outdoor bronze plaque, placed at the entrance to a golf course, which names a Michigander who broke the state’s color barrier in golf.

In 1966, Ben Davis became the first African American member of Michigan’s Professional Golfers’ Association, a membership long barred to Black people but mandatory for entering tournaments. Two years later, Davis was appointed head pro at Rackham Golf Course, a public course in Huntington Woods operated by the city of Detroit, making Davis the nation’s first African American to hold that position at a municipal golf course.

“He’s our Jackie Robinson of golf, frankly,” Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter told the audience at the unveiling.

Moments later, Coulter along with Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist stood by as Huntington Woods Planning, Zoning and Preservation Administrator Hank Berry tugged canvas from the plaque near the entrance to Rackham Golf Course. That revealed wording that honored Davis as well as the course itself. It was a century ago, in 1923, that philanthropist Horace Rackham gave land for the course, after Rackham bought 150 acres at the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and what was then 10 Mile Road, now the I-696 freeway.

Rackham, phenomenally wealthy from his early investment in the Ford Motor Co., gave the land to the city of Detroit with the request that some should be added to the Detroit Zoo while most of it should become a public golf course. But not just any public course, such as those opening around the country in the 1920s that only welcomed whites. As the new plaque reads, in bronze letters that no book burner can incinerate: Rackham “was for many years one of the few integrated golf courses in the nation.” The plaque continues: “In 1936 the course hired Erellon Ben Davis (1912-2013) to instruct African American patrons. Among his students were Motown artists and Joe Louis. . .”

Those who play Rackham and glimpse it, front and back, will see that one side honors Davis while the other is about the golf course itself. The entire facility is a state historic site, including its Arts and Crafts-style clubhouse.

One person at the unveiling with a strong personal tie was Shaun Thomas, 64, of Detroit, a great-nephew of Ben Davis. Thomas proudly stepped forward to receive a proclamation signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, handed to him by Gilchrist, who said his own father learned to swing a club at Rackham. Thomas, as a teen in the 1970s, had a summer job at the nearby Detroit Zoo, he said. By then, Davis was in his 60s but still teaching golf at Rackham, “so we rode together each morning,” Thomas said. He remembered his great uncle as an upbeat role model, someone who “never expressed anything about the tensions and the struggle he went through.”

The crowd is all smiles on July 28, 2023, after a historic marker is unveiled in Huntington Woods honoring pioneer Black pro golfer Ben Davis. Standing under the marker’s word “Golf” is Davis’ great nephew Shaun Thomas, flanked to the right by his wife Donna Thomas, and to the left by U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens. At top beside the marker is Oakland County Commissioner Charlie Cavell.

Another at the event who remembered Davis first-hand was Karen Peek, director of golf operations for Golf Detroit, which operates Rackham through a management contract held by Pinehurst, North Carolina-based Signet Golf with the Detroit Recreation Department. Peek was the first Black member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, Michigan chapter, according to her online resume. She told the crowd that she recalled watching, as a child, her mother and aunt take golf lessons from Davis. Although her mom and auntie were “two of the least athletic people you could meet,” the golf pro was so patient and friendly that “they couldn’t wait to have their next golf lesson,” Peek recalled with a broad smile. Davis’ attitude was “infinitely positive,” she added.

The meticulously worded history of Ben Davis and Rackham Golf Course as described on the new plaque, according to Huntington Woods city officials,  required painstaking documentation by volunteer history buffs as well as city staff. That was followed by a lengthy application submitted to the Michigan History Center and a long wait for a decision, said Louise Wibbelman of Huntington Woods, vice chair of the city’s Historic District Study Committee.

Although Davis died a decade ago, at age 101, it took much of the time since then to gain state approval for what’s officially called a Michigan Historic Marker, then decide on a site and raise about $5,000 to have the marker engraved and installed, Wibbelman said.

This year, “the stars finally aligned,” she said.

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Team USA announces second automatic qualifier for 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy

Team USA announces second automatic qualifier for 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy

Wyndham Clark’s breakout year on the PGA Tour has now officially earned him a spot on the 2023 Ryder Cup team.

The 2023 U.S. Open champion will represent the red, white and blue when the Americans take on the Europeans in the biennial bash at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club near Rome, Italy, Oct. 29-Sept. 1, and joins world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler as the first two players to qualify for Team USA.

The 29-year-old has seven top-10 and 12 top-25 finishes this season on Tour with wins at the U.S. Open and Wells Fargo Championship. He previously represented the U.S. at the 2014 Palmer Cup where he earned one point out of four and lost to Jon Rahm, 4 and 3, in Saturday singles.

Those still vying for a spot on the U.S. team can earn points through the 2022 BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup Playoff tournaments. The top six eligible players on the points list at that time will make the U.S. team. The final six spots will be captain’s picks by Zach Johnson and will be announced after the Tour Championship.

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'We're not coming here to finish second': Late triple bogey costs J.T. Poston $260K

'We're not coming here to finish second': Late triple bogey costs J.T. Poston $260K

Standing on the 18th tee on Sunday afternoon, J.T. Poston was three shots down and knew he needed to do something special to catch, or at the very least put the pressure on, Lee Hodges.

His drive found the right rough, leaving a difficult approach to the green guarded by water to the front. Instead of laying up and simply playing for birdie to solidify a solo second-place finish, Poston hit the gas and went for the green.

“I mean, at the end of the day it’s not the way I wanted to end, but I had to try and give it a shot and see if there was some way I could make 3 there at the end and put some pressure on Lee,” said Poston after the round. “It was a shot that was going to be hard to pull off, but we weren’t playing for second place. I had to give it a shot.”

Poston had 220 yards to the pin and needed 215 yards to cover the water. He wasn’t worried about the club not covering, it was getting the ball in the air that was going to be the issue. He liked the lie and went for it.

“It came out great. It had plenty of distance, it just came out low and didn’t cover. We couldn’t see it hit,” said Poston of his approach, which hit a rock and then ricocheted off a floating 3M sign before dropping in the drink.

“We’re not coming here to finish second. At the end of the day we were trying to do something special and try and win,” said Poston, who never considered the players tied for third when making his decision to go for the green. “I wouldn’t want to be sleeping tonight wondering ‘what if I had just laid it up instead of trying to go for it.’ No regrets on the decision. Tried to do what we could to win.”

“Unfortunately, made 8 there at the last, but overall it was a good week,” said Poston. “Game’s in a great spot, I’m playing good, so excited about where it’s at going into the rest of the season.”

The 30-year-old currently sits No. 49 on the FedEx Cup standings and is in prime position to make a run to the Tour Championship at East Lake. Over the last month, Poston has finished T-6, T-6, T-41, T-2 and has some wind in his sails as he heads to this week’s Wyndham Championship, where he won for the first time on Tour back in 2019.

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North Carolina condo highlights list of golf properties available now (July 2023)

North Carolina condo highlights list of golf properties available now (July 2023)

Here at Golfweek, we bring you monthly rollouts of incredible golf properties available now from around the country, and sometimes the world, thanks to our partners at Golf Life Navigators. Just in this list, there are homes for sale in Virginia, California, North Carolina, Florida and Panama.

No matter where you want to live, no matter where you want to play golf, you just might find something here.

If you want to check out previous versions of our real estate lists, click here.

Now, let’s jump into part two of our July 2023 edition of golf properties available now in the United States. Find part one here.

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2023 3M Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

2023 3M Open prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player

It pays to play well on the PGA Tour. Just ask this week’s winner, Lee Hodges.

The 28-year-old won the 2023 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota for his first ever PGA Tour victory on Sunday. Hodges shot a 4-under 67 in the final round to finish at 24 under, seven shots clear of Martin Laird, Kevin Streelman and J.T. Poston, who all finished T-2 at 17 under.

For his efforts, Hodges will take home the top prize of $1.4 million, while Laird, Streelman and Poston each earned $590,200,

Check out how much money each PGA Tour player earned this week at the 2023 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities.

2023 3M Open prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Lee Hodges -24 $1,404,000
T2  J.T. Poston -17 $590,200
T2  Kevin Streelman -17 $590,200
T2  Martin Laird -17 $590,200
T5  Dylan Wu -16 $301,275
T5  Keith Mitchell -16 $301,275
T7  Aaron Baddeley -15 $245,050
T7  Tony Finau -15 $245,050
T7  Sam Ryder -15 $245,050
T10  Cam Davis -14 $196,950
T10  Sam Stevens -14 $196,950
T10  Emiliano Grillo -14 $196,950
T13  Nick Hardy -13 $135,664.28
T13  Callum Tarren -13 $135,664.28
T13  Garrick Higgo -13 $135,664.28
T13  Billy Horschel -13 $135,664.28
T13  Alex Noren -13 $135,664.28
T13  Beau Hossler -13 $135,664.28
T13  Zac Blair -13 $135,664.28
T20  Aaron Rai -12 $82,178.57
T20  Jason Dufner -12 $82,178.57
T20  Ben Griffin -12 $82,178.57
T20  Matti Schmid -12 $82,178.57
T20  Tyson Alexander -12 $82,178.57
T20  Tom Hoge -12 $82,178.57
T20  Tyler Duncan -12 $82,178.57
T27  Doug Ghim -11 $58,110
T27  Seonghyeon Kim -11 $58,110
T27  Chesson Hadley -11 $58,110
T30  Kramer Hickok -10 $46,744.29
T30  Eric Cole -10 $46,744.29
T30  Max McGreevy -10 $46,744.29
T30  Doc Redman -10 $46,744.29
T30  Hideki Matsuyama -10 $46,744.29
T30  Mackenzie Hughes -10 $46,744.29
T30  Stephan Jaeger -10 $46,744.29
T37  J.J. Spaun -9 $34,710
T37  Kevin Yu -9 $34,710
T37  Adam Long -9 $34,710
T37  Patrick Rodgers -9 $34,710
T37  Stewart Cink -9 $34,710
T37  Adam Svensson -9 $34,710
T43  Matt Wallace -8 $24,726
T43  Justin Suh -8 $24,726
T43  Matt Kuchar -8 $24,726
T43  Paul Haley II -8 $24,726
T43  David Lipsky -8 $24,726
T43  MJ Daffue -8 $24,726
T43  Justin Lower -8 $24,726
T50  Peter Kuest -7 $19,578
T50  Vincent Norrman -7 $19,578
T50  Trey Mullinax -7 $19,578
T53  Chad Ramey -6 $18,447
T53  Brandt Snedeker -6 $18,447
T53  Brice Garnett -6 $18,447
T53  Russell Knox -6 $18,447
T57  Nate Lashley -5 $17,706
T57  Brandon Wu -5 $17,706
T57  Ryan Gerard -5 $17,706
T57  Grayson Murray -5 $17,706
T57  Henrik Norlander -5 $17,706
T62  Frankie Capan III -4 $17,160
T62  James Hahn -4 $17,160
T64  Trevor Cone -3 $16,614
T64  Kevin Chappell -3 $16,614
T64  Ludvig Aberg -3 $16,614
T64  Kaito Onishi -3 $16,614
T64  Matthias Schwab -3 $16,614
69  Seung-Yul Noh -2 $16,146
70  C.T. Pan E $15,990
71  Ben Taylor 1 $15,834
T72  Augusto Núñez 7 $15,600
T72  Jim Herman 7 $15,600
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ICYMI: Plenty of changes will make the PGA Tour's fall season look very different

ICYMI: Plenty of changes will make the PGA Tour's fall season look very different

With an abundance of off-the-course storylines over the past 18 months, many golf fans missed or forgot about some of the changes the PGA Tour instituted last year, some of which will dramatically impact the upcoming fall golf season.

Esteemed golf writer Larry Bohannan of the Palm Springs Desert Sun (part of the USA Today Network) recently wrote about the changes that will take effect after the 2022-23 season closes at the FedEx Cup playoffs.

Here are a few of them:

Fewer players

As Bohannan mentioned

The first of the FedEx Cup playoff events, the FedEx St. Jude Championship, will feature just 70 players this year. In the past there were 125 players in that field after taking the playoffs down from four events to three. Now, it is just 70 players to start, making the next two regular-season tournaments far more important for players than in the past.

And even fewer players at other events

The BMW Championship, the season’s penultimate event, will be down from a field of 70 to a field of just 50.

The result will still be a 30-player field in the Tour Championship, but golfers will have to play better in the first two playoff events to have a shot at the Tour Championship.

No wraparound season

Although fans never took to the wraparound season, there really wasn’t much of an answer for how to handle the issue.

Again, from Bohannan.

There will still be tournaments in September, October and November, and they will still count as official PGA Tour victories for the winners. But the fall events will no longer be part of the chase for the FedEx Cup. Instead, golfers trying to improve their status for the 2024 season will use the fall to chase status.

Some stars, but not many

Although the fields will be weaker than the regular season, occasionally some big names find their way into the field.

From time to time in the past several years some of the Tour’s biggest names have not only shown up in the fall but won some events as well, like Rory McIlroy at the CJ Cup last October. So we should still get a sprinkling of big names in the coming months after the playoffs and the Ryder Cup.

Houston moves to spring

With the WGC-Dell Match Play in Austin off the schedule, Houston has slid back into the spring portion of the PGA Tour schedule. And with the movement, Bohannan wonders if others will try to follow suit.

You wonder how many other events that are now in the fall will be angling to get back into the FedEx Cup points chase.

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Celine Boutier captures 2023 Amundi Evian Championship on home soil for first major title

Celine Boutier captures 2023 Amundi Evian Championship on home soil for first major title

After her third round on Saturday, Celine Boutier admitted she was playing “mind games” with herself, trying hard to pretend that the 2023 Amundi Evian was just another tournament, similar to the countless events she’s played since becoming an LPGA rookie in 2017.

“I was kind of half-joking, but I feel like the fact that my family is here and we’re staying in a house 15, 20 minutes away kind of really helps me take my mind off golf and the tournament,” Boutier said on Saturday. “I feel like that’s been helpful for me to really kind of relax and not think about golf.”

But alas, this was no ordinary event. And Boutier delivered an extraordinary performance — one that her countrymen will remember for a long time.

Capping off a dream week, the native of Clamart, France, stormed to her first major championship on home soil, taking the crown at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship by a comfortable margin. With fans cheering wildly at Evian Resort Golf Club, Boutier finished the tournament at 14 under, marking a six-stroke victory over runner-up Brooke Henderson.

Even with a three-stroke edge heading into the final round, Boutier came storming out of the gates on Sunday, posting birdies on three of the first five holes to run away from the field. Boutier, who insisted all week that a victory at the Evian would be a dream scenario, brought three LPGA titles into the week and three Ladies European Tour wins as well, including the French Open in 2021.

But this was clearly the crowning achievement of an already impressive career. Fans, organizers and even local media seemed moved by the magnitude of the victory, one that put the spotlight on French golf.

“Honestly, it has been my biggest dream ever since I started watching golf,” Boutier said after holing out a par putt on the 18th hole. “This tournament has always been very special to me, just even watching as a teenager and just to be able to hold this trophy, it’s pretty unbelievable.”

When asked if this title could be a springboard to bigger things this season, Boutier explained that this was the thing she coveted dearly.

“I think nothing else matters now that I have this trophy,” she said. “So I’m really good for the rest of the year.”

Celine Boutier of France looks on during the Final Round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 30, 2023, in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

Henderson, meanwhile, appeared to making a run on the front nine, as she used birdies on the fourth and ninth holes to get to 9 under, but a bogey on No. 12 seemed to take any steam out of her charge. She finished at 8 under for the tournament and 1 under for the day.

The Canadian has enjoyed plenty of success at this event, posting six top-25 finishes, but has yet to capture the crown.

“I love coming here to France. The atmosphere, the people are amazing. This course is so beautiful and a lot of fun to play,” Henderson said. “I feel like we have a good strategy for it now which is exciting. To finish I think T2 this year is amazing after coming off the win last year. I’m really proud of that. Celine played amazing, so really happy for her too.”

Nelly Korda, who fired a 64 on Saturday, didn’t enjoy as much success in the final round, shooting a 72 to finish 5 under, pushing her into a crowded tie for ninth with Rose Zhang, Atthaya Thitikul, Megan Khang and Su Ji Kim.

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Photos: Nasa Hataoka through the years

Photos: Nasa Hataoka through the years

Already with double-digit wins before the age of 25, Nasa Hataoka is a force to be reckoned with in professional golf.

With six wins on the LPGA Tour since joining in 2018, Hataoka is still looking for her first major title. In fewer than 30 major starts, Hataoka has racked up eight top-10 finishes with five finishes inside the top five.

Her closest call with a major title came at the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open. In a playoff against Yuka Saso, she finished runner up at the Olympic Club. Hataoka suffered a similar fate at the 2018 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Bound to etch her name into the history books eventually, it’s not a question of if Nasa Hataoka will ever win a major, but when.

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PGA Tour players react to Jay Monahan's memo, updates on framework agreement

PGA Tour players react to Jay Monahan's memo, updates on framework agreement

BLAINE, Minn. — Commissioner Jay Monahan dropped a bombshell Wednesday night when he sent a memo to PGA Tour members giving numerous updates on the state of the Tour.

Monahan talked about the framework agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, golf ball rollback, the Tour’s 2024 schedule and much more. It was his first major move since returning from an undisclosed health scare earlier this month.

Players at TPC Twin Cities for the 3M Open had numerous things to say about the memo, including one golfer who was on the Player Advisory Council phone call with Monahan earlier that Wednesday.

Here’s a look at what golfers think about Monahan’s memo.

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2023 3M Open Start Time Sunday, Tee Times, Pairings & ESPN+ Live Streaming Coverage

2023 3M Open Start Time Sunday, Tee Times, Pairings & ESPN+ Live Streaming Coverage

Entering round four in the 2023 3M Open, Lee Hodges leads the field at -20.

With a five-under 66 on Saturday in the third round, Hodges will look to hold his five-stroke lead over JT Poston in the final round.

Including tee times for the fourth round of the 2023 3M Open, plus TV and streaming info, we’ve got everything you need to know.

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Tee times and pairings

Hole 1

Time Players
7:35 AM ET
Augusto Nunez
7:40 AM ET
Jim Herman, Ben Taylor
7:49 AM ET
Seung-Yul Noh, Cheng Tsung Pan
7:58 AM ET
Kevin Chappell, Nate Lashley
8:07 AM ET
Trey Mullinax, Matthias Schwab
8:16 AM ET
Kaito Onishi, Justin Lower
8:25 AM ET
James Hahn, Russell Knox
8:34 AM ET
Ludvig Aberg, Doc Redman
8:43 AM ET
Vincent Norrman, Beau Hossler
8:52 AM ET
Frankie Capan, Brandon Wu
9:01 AM ET
Brice Garnett, Paul Haley
9:15 AM ET
Kramer Hickok, Adam Svensson
9:25 AM ET
Stephan Jaeger, Trevor Cone
9:35 AM ET
Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Norlander
9:45 AM ET
Adam Long, Zac Blair
9:55 AM ET
Chad Ramey, Matt Wallace
10:05 AM ET
Justin Suh, Ryan Gerard
10:15 AM ET
Peter Kuest, MJ Daffue
10:25 AM ET
Grayson Murray, Max McGreevy
10:35 AM ET
Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar
10:50 AM ET
Jason Dufner, J.J. Spaun
11:00 AM ET
Cameron Davis, Seonghyeon Kim
11:10 AM ET
Alexander Noren, Patrick Rodgers
11:20 AM ET
Garrick Higgo, Tom Hoge
11:30 AM ET
Sam Stevens, Brandt Snedeker
11:40 AM ET
Emiliano Grillo, Matthias Schmid
11:50 AM ET
Callum Tarren, Eric Cole
12:00 PM ET
Tyson Alexander, Stewart Cink
12:10 PM ET
Doug Ghim, Ben Griffin
12:25 PM ET
Dylan Wu, Aaron Rai
12:35 PM ET
Chesson Hadley, David Lipsky
12:45 PM ET
Martin Laird, Chun An Yu
12:55 PM ET
Tyler Duncan, Nick Hardy
1:05 PM ET
Kevin Streelman, Billy Horschel
1:15 PM ET
Keith Mitchell, Sam Ryder
1:25 PM ET
Aaron Baddeley, Tony Finau
1:35 PM ET
Lee Hodges, JT Poston

Round 4 TV & Streaming Information

You can watch Golf Channel and more for free on Fubo. ESPN+ is the exclusive home for PGA Tour Live streaming.

  • Thursday Coverage: Golf Channel
  • Friday Coverage: Golf Channel
  • Saturday Coverage: Golf Channel
  • Sunday Coverage: Golf Channel
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2023 3M Open Sunday tee times, how to watch at TPC Twin Cities

2023 3M Open Sunday tee times, how to watch at TPC Twin Cities

The first 54 holes of the 2023 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, are in the books, and one man is standing tall among the rest.

Lee Hodges, thanks to rounds of 63-64-66, holds a five-stroke lead over J.T. Poston (15 under). Entering the week, Hodges had missed the weekend in three of his four previous starts, the one outlier being a T-12 performance at the Genesis Scottish Open. He’s searching for his first PGA Tour win.

Poston, who claimed solo second with a birdie at the last Saturday, has been playing great golf. Before a T-41 outing at the Open, he tied for sixth at the John Deere Classic and Genesis Scottish Open.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for Sunday’s final round of the 2023 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities. All times Eastern.

Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
7:35 a.m. Augusto Nunez
7:40 a.m.
Ben Taylor, Jim Herman
7:49 a.m.
S.Y. Noh, C.T. Pan
7:58 a.m.
Nate Lashley, Kevin Chappell
8:07 a.m.
Trey Mullinax, Matthias Schwab
8:16 a.m.
Kaito Onishi, Justin Lower
8:25 a.m.
James Hahn, Russell Knox
8:34 a.m.
Ludvig Aberg, Doc Redman
8:43 a.m.
Beau Hossler, Vincent Norrman
8:52 a.m.
Brandon Wu, Frankie Capan III
9:01 a.m.
Brice Garnett, Paul Haley II
9:15 a.m.
Kramer Hickok, Adam Svensson
9:25 a.m.
Stephan Jaeger, Trevor Cone
9:35 a.m.
Hideki Matsuyama, Henrik Norlander
9:45 a.m.
Adam Long, Zac Blair
9:55 a.m.
Matt Wallace, Chad Ramey
10:05 a.m.
Ryan Gerard, Justin Suh
10:15 am.
MJ Daffue, Peter Kuest
10:25 a.m.
Max McGreevy, Grayson Murray
10:35 a.m.
Matt Kuchar, Mackenzie Hughes
10:50 a.m.
J.J Spaun, Jason Dufner
11 a.m.
Cam Davis, S.H. Kim
11:10 a.m.
Patrick Rodgers, Alex Noren
11:20 a.m.
Garrick Higgo, Tom Hoge
11:30 a.m.
Sam Stevens, Brandt Snedeker
11:40 a.m.
Matti Schmid, Emiliano Grillo
11:50 a.m.
Eric Cole, Callum Tarren
12 p.m.
Stewart Cink, Tyson Alexander
12:10 p.m.
Doug Ghim, Ben Griffin
12:25 p.m.
Aaron Rai, Dyaln Wu
12:35 p.m.
Chesson Hadley, David Lipsky
12:45 p.m.
Martin Laird, Kevin Yu
12:55 p.m.
Nick Hardy, Tyler Duncan
1:05 p.m.
Billy Horschel, Kevin Streelman
1:15 p.m.
Sam Ryder, Keith Mitchell
1:25 p.m.
Tony Finau, Aaron Baddeley
1:35 p.m.
Lee Hodges, J.T. Poston

How to watch

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Sunday, July 30

TV

Golf Channel: 1-3 p.m.
CBS: 3-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

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Pair of 29s, Lee Hodges' record-setting pace among 3M Open third-round takeaways

Pair of 29s, Lee Hodges' record-setting pace among 3M Open third-round takeaways

BLAINE, Minn. — Lee Hodges is pulling a Brian Harman.

Last week, Harman led by five shots after 54 holes in his triumph at the British Open. This week, it’s a completely different set of circumstances, but Hodges’ lead is five with 18 holes to play.

The second-year Tour pro has played flawless golf and led after every round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities. Coming into the week on the outside of the FedEx Cup Playoffs bubble, Hodges needed a big week to punch his ticket in the field at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis. He’s doing just that.

Although it may be a big lead, a reminder: last year in Minnesota, Scott Piercy led by four after three rounds and was up by that many on the back nine and lost.

3M Open: Photos | Merchandise

Here’s everything you need to know from the third round of the 3M Open.

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Golf instruction: Turn the club over to stop slicing your long irons

Golf instruction: Turn the club over to stop slicing your long irons

Hitting more greens in regulation is one of the main contributors to shooting lower scores. There’s no better feeling than striping a long iron into the green and setting yourself up for an easy birdie putt.

This week, Golfweek‘s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates a tip to help you hit those longer irons a little straighter.

Timing in the swing can become off as you start to hit longer irons compared to something like an 8-iron. If you have been dealing with that slight slice, this is the tip to try.

If you’re interested in any of Averee’s fitness content, click here.

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Photos: Famous female caddies through the years in pro golf

Photos: Famous female caddies through the years in pro golf

There have been numerous female caddies in men’s professional golf through the years. None are more famous than Fanny Sunesson.

She made her name on the bag with Nick Faldo. The duo won four major titles together in the 1990s. She also had stints with Sergio Garcia, Fred Funk and Notah Begay III before retiring in 2012.

She came back and caddied for Adam Scott at the 2018 Open Championship as well as fellow Swede Henrik Stenson at the 2019 Masters.

Sunesson set the bar high for female caddies in the men’s professional game, but she also paved the way for women to have more opportunities as caddies. Many others have followed, and it’s not a surprise to see a female caddie, often times wives or girlfriends, at a PGA Tour event.

At the 3M Open outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota native Frankie Capan III has his mom on the bag and does full-time on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Here’s a look at female caddies through the years.

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Watch: British Open champ Brian Harman guzzles beer from Claret Jug at surprise airport celebration

Watch: British Open champ Brian Harman guzzles beer from Claret Jug at surprise airport celebration

Brian Harman received a hero’s welcome when he arrived home to McKinnon St. Simons Island Airport in Georgia on Friday.

Fellow major winner Davis Love III, PGA Tour pro and fellow Georgia alum Harris English and Harmon’s swing coach, Justin Parsons, were among more than 50 friends and fans that surprised The Champion Golfer of the Year upon his arrival.

“It’s so cool. It warms my heart seeing everyone here,” Harman told PGA Tour.com. “My wife played it off pretty good. I was thinking we would just scoot home and not see anybody, so I’m thrilled everyone came out. It’s really touching.”

Harman, who won for the first time in more than six years on Sunday and collected his first major championship, stepped off the plane holding his youngest of three children in his left arm and the Claret Jug, the famed trophy that the winner of the British Open is awarded custody for one year, in his right.

Harman hung around and posed for pictures, signed autographs and drank a Coors Light from the Claret Jug.

“There’s booze in there, sorry,” Harman said with a grin in a video posted to social media by the PGA Tour.

Young fans settled to touch the trophy.

Harman flew back to the U.S. early Monday morning following a celebration the night before at Hickory’s Smokehouse, not far from where he won the British Open at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake, England. Harman met up with his wife and three kids, who watched his victory from her family’s home in the Syracuse, New York area.

“The last three or four days have been really nice,” he said. “We’ve been secluded up there by the lake. But it’s nice to get back and see a bunch of familiar faces and get to celebrate with them.”

Harman has called St. Simons Island, part of a chain of barrier islands nicknamed the Golden Isles, for most of his career. Based on his arrival home, the party is just beginning for Harman’s career-defining moment in this picturesque corner of southern Georgia—halfway between Savannah and Jacksonville, Fla.

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Tyson Shelley ties course record, captures 56th Pacific Coast Amateur in playoff

Tyson Shelley ties course record, captures 56th Pacific Coast Amateur in playoff

It was a round Tyson Shelley will never forget.

He shot 8-under 62, tying a competitive course record at Capilano Golf and Country Club in Canada. Even better, he got into a playoff and came away victorious to win the 56th Pacific Coast Amateur on Friday.

In the playoff, Shelley and Jack Buchanan each made par on the first hole, and then on the par-5 second hole, Buchanan missed the green and scrambled for par while Shelley found the putting surface in two shots and got it in for birdie to win.

“Everything just clicked when I was out on the course,” Shelley told Amateur Golf. “Off the tee, I was really confident in hitting the fairways, and I was able to execute that. Once I got the ball in play, my putter was really dialed this week, and I was able to hit some good putts, and I was fortunate enough to get a couple of long (putts) to drop.”

The duo tied at 13 under after four rounds of stroke play.

“It means a lot to me and my confidence,” Shelley told Amateur Golf. “Especially this last round. It made me realize that a tournament is never over until it is over. I think this win has my confidence high, and I am able to compete at high levels in any tournament.”

Chuan-Tai Lin, Neal Shipley and Jeffrey Guan all finished T-3 at 11 under.

The Pacific Coast Amateur is the sixth event of seven in the 2023 Elite Amateur Series. The player who has the most points after seven events will earn a PGA Tour exemption to be announced, an exemption into the 2023 U.S. Amateur, one 2024 Korn Ferry Tour start and an exemption into final qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Open. Alabama’s Nick Dunlap led by seven points over Vanderbilt’s Jackson Van Paris through five events.

The final event of the Elite Amateur Series is the 121st Western Amateur, set for July 31-Aug. 5 at North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois.

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22 of our favorite women's apparel tops and bottoms for summer golf

22 of our favorite women's apparel tops and bottoms for summer golf

With women’s golf taking center stage this week at the Evian, we thought it would be the perfect time to showcase some of the best summer apparel drops you may have missed.

As temperatures reach their annual peaks stay cool and look cool with some of the best new shirts, skorts, shorts and more! We’ve combed through brands both big and small to help find you your new favorite piece of apparel to wear the next time you tee it up.

How to Watch The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship's Third & Fourth Rounds Now: 

 

 

Be sure to check out our list of top women’s golf shoes for the summer to help you complete your perfect summer golf look before the calendar turns to autumn in a few months!

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How to Watch The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship's Third & Fourth Rounds Now:

 No Frenchwoman has won the Amundi Evian Championship since it began 29 years ago. The competition has produced nine different winners since it was promoted to major status in 2013. Céline Boutier, though, fired a second-round 69 on Friday, which propelled her to the top of the leaderboard and gave her a one-shot advantage going into the weekend at seven-under par. Only six players, including Boutier, broke 70 on Friday at the Evian Resort Golf Club, when the wind caused scores to soar. With Nasa Hataoka, Gaby Lopez, and Alison Lee tied for fourth at five under par, Patty Tavatanakit and Yuka Saso are one shot behind them.

Amundi Evian Championship - Round Three

The 2023 Amundi Evian Championship - Round Three:

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - JULY 29: Nelly Korda of the United States looks on after teeing off on the 15th hole during the Third Round of the Amundi Evian Championship at Evian Resort Golf Club on July 29, 2023 in Evian-les-Bains, France. (Photo by Stuart Franklin/Getty Images)

 

UPDATE - Due to imminent weather the TV/Stream times for the Third Round have changed.
Saturday, July 29

2:30-8 a.m. – Golf Channel/NBC Digital/Peacock

 
TV/STREAMING TIMES
(all times ET)

Thursday, July 27

5-7 a.m. – Golf Channel/Peacock

7-8 a.m. – NBC Digital/Peacock

9:30-11:30 a.m. – Golf Channel/Peacock

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – NBC Digital/Peacock

Friday, July 28

5-7 a.m. – Golf Channel/Peacock

7-8 a.m. – NBC Digital/Peacock

9:30-11:30 a.m. – Golf Channel/Peacock

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – NBC Digital/Peacock

Saturday, July 29

5:30-11 a.m. – Golf Channel/NBC Digital/Peacock

Sunday, July 30

5:30-11 a.m. – Golf Channel/NBC Digital/Peacock

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Amundi Evian Championship Friday 5 things: Celine Boutier eyes win on home soil

Amundi Evian Championship Friday 5 things: Celine Boutier eyes win on home soil

Celine Boutier has three LPGA wins. A victory this week, though, would be her biggest by far.

After 36 holes at the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship in Evian-Les-Bains, France, the fourth of five LPGA majors in 2023, Boutier, a native of the host nation, holds a one-shot lead after hitting 10 of 13 fairways and 15 of 18 greens Friday.

Boutier has posted rounds of 66 and 69 to get to 7 under for the championship. She has 10 birdies and just three bogeys over the first two days.

She admitted to feeling the nerves of playing on home soil in a major.

“It’s definitely not easy. I feel like in the past I’ve definitely, you know, not handled it very well. I just feel like I put a lot of pressure on myself because I don’t want to disappoint anybody,” she said.”If I learned anything from the past, I really have to just focus on the job and on the course, on each shot. I feel like that’s really helped me really stay focused and not get ahead or think too much about the plans.”

Boutier is trying to treat this like any other tournament but there’s no avoiding things like doing news conferences twice, in two different languages.

“I feel like it’s a positive thing that the French media is talking about women’s golf and Evian,” she said. “I feel like anything I can do to bring more attention to the tournament and women’s golf, in general, is always a good thing.”

Heres some other things you should know about Friday’s second round.

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Carlota Ciganda DQ'd from LPGA's Evian major after refusing slow-play penalty

Carlota Ciganda DQ'd from LPGA's Evian major after refusing slow-play penalty

Carlota Ciganda, a two-time winner on the LPGA and a five-time member of the European Solheim Cup team, was disqualified Thursday after the first round of the 2023 Amundi Evian Championship, an LPGA major.

The official reason was for signing an incorrect scorecard, but the situation arose out of a slow-play penalty assessed on Ciganda’s final hole of the round. The Spaniard refused to acknowledge a two-shot penalty, signed her card without adding the two shots, then was DQ’d.

Ciganda was 3 over after her round, not counting the penalty strokes. The penalty would have pushed her score to 5-over 76, and she would have trailed first-round leader Paula Reto by 12 shots.

Ciganda was playing with fellow Arizona State alum Anna Nordqvist as well as Celine Herbin. Officially Group 14, the threesome started on the 10th hole Thursday at Evian Resort Golf Club in Evain-Les-Bains, France.

When they got to the seventh hole, their 16th hole of the day, they were notified by rules officials that they were out of position.

After failing to make up time, the group was put on the clock on the eighth hole, their 17th of the round. On the ninth hole, Ciganda took too long to play and was assessed a two-stroke penalty per the LPGA’s pace of play policy.

As was her right, she appealed to the advance and lead rules officials but was denied, meaning the two-stroke penalty would stick. She opted to sign her scorecard without accounting for those two strokes. Ciganda was told if she left the official recording area having turned in a signed incorrect scorecard, she would be disqualified. The LPGA said she left of her own accord, leading to the DQ.

An LPGA spokesperson told Golfweek: “Rule 3.3b(3) states that if a returned score is lower than the actual score, the player is disqualified from the competition. The exception to this Rule does not apply because Ciganda was aware of the penalty strokes received and upheld before signing her scorecard and leaving the recording area.”

Ciganda tied for 12th in her most recent event, the Dana Open, following a tie for 20th at the U.S. Women’s Open and a tie for third at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. She ranks 14th on this year’s money list with $876,447, and she is No. 31 in the Rolex Women’s World Rankings. She won both her LPGA titles in 2016.

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Cabot Highlands reveals routing plan for new Tom Doak course in Scotland

Cabot Highlands reveals routing plan for new Tom Doak course in Scotland

A 400-year-old castle. Crisscross fairways. Stunning ocean views reaching from water’s edge to higher and farther back. A giant rolling hill. A front nine loaded with par 4s, then a more conventional back nine with two par 3s and two par 5s. Expect humps, bumps, hollows and fun bounces, all along the northern Scottish coastline not far from Inverness.

Tom Doak’s routing for the yet-to-be-named second course at Cabot Highlands was released by the resort’s Canadian-based ownership group this week. It’s a sure bet the famed American designer utilized his vast knowledge of Scottish golf design – accumulated through years of on-the-ground study of the country’s greatest natural links – to create this much-anticipated layout that should open to preview play in 2024 and fully in 2025.

“At Cabot Highlands, our vision is to create a strategic course that exudes organic beauty and incorporates natural obstacles reminiscent of ancient links from the earliest days of golf,” Doak said in a Cabot Collection media release that previews the routing. “As architects, our greatest joy is to try and sort out the best way to have fun over a raw piece of ground, but the ultimate success is to leave our future golfers a primed canvas for individualized exploration.”

Cabot Highland Scotland Doak

The routing plan for the new Tom Doak-designed course at Cabot Highlands in Scotland shows No. 1 to the left before the layout crosses an estuary and plays to a far point along the coast to the right, then returns to an 18th hole that crisscrosses the first hole. (Courtesy of Cabot)

There’s just one thing: The second course at Cabot Highlands won’t sit on traditional links land. Instead of a totally natural golf site, this property has been farmed for decades, much of it pressed smooth as it rolls past the castle and down that gorgeous hill toward an estuary and the Moray Firth beyond.

That means Doak and his Renaissance Golf Design team have been tasked with creating much of the shot-making drama. On a piece of land that has seen farm tractors instead of greens mowers, they must interject the fun and intricate terrain features that make up the best of Scottish golf.

Doak, of course, knew this when he accepted the job. His stated goal from the beginning: Take what the land offers, don’t overcook anything and, when in doubt, take a drive along the coast for a design refresher at some of the best links courses in the world. It might be St. Andrews to the east, or Royal Dornoch on the opposite side of the firth. Just along this little section of seaside, there’s a wide sampling of classic Scottish links courses to provide inspiration.

Tom Doak Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart

Tom Doak discusses his new course at Castle Stuart/Cabot Highlands near Inverness, Scotland. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)

“The good thing about trying to do this in Scotland instead of in Florida is, if you’re ever not sure, you drive right over there (pointing out window), or drive up north, and go have a look at a few other courses,” Doak said during a tour of the land in late 2022 as he worked on the routing. “You know, I think most architects, we do too much. The things that are cool about the contouring here (in Scotland) is that it’s small scale and it’s wrinkly, but there are large expanses of fairly flat stuff in with that. It doesn’t just keep going with jittery contours forever. Even the most complex golf courses have big areas of relatively flat areas. …

“You think about it, we’re working on something now that we’re trying to bring in some links contours, so it’s almost like we’re going around and looking at things and sampling (other courses). Like, ‘We could do something like that little stretch somewhere else.’ “

Castle Stuart Cabot Highlands

Gil Hanse and Mark Parsinen designed the original 18 at what was then named Castle Stuart in Scotland. Rebranded as Cabot Highlands in 2022, the highly ranked layout plays along the Moray Firth. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)

A similar recipe already has proved successful at Cabot Highlands, which was known as Castle Stuart until 2022 when Cabot purchased it. The original course on the property was designed on similarly farmed land, and that cliffside layout by Gil Hanse and Mark Parsinen that opened in 2009 has climbed to No. 4 on Golfweek’s Best ranking of modern courses in Great Britain and Ireland. It’s a layout that’s never feels overdone, with manmade features that appear natural in their jaw-dropping setting.

Doak’s course is intended to complement that original layout and secure for the resort a spot on even more must-play lists.

The routing map shows seven par 4s on the front with an 18-hole par of 72, the layout sweeping from a high point across land formerly occupied by the driving range, down past the castle then around and over the estuary. It extends to a point that, from the clubhouse, appears to be miles away across a small bay. It’s an out-and-back routing that doesn’t return to the clubhouse until No. 18, the line of play for which crisscrosses that of No. 1 in one huge and shared fairway. For much of the journey, Moray Firth and the surrounding mountains will provide plenty of eye candy.

And Cabot isn’t stopping with the new course. The company is pumping in capital to make the entire property even more appealing, with an expansion of the clubhouse underway and new real estate opportunities.

It’s all part of a rapid expansion for Cabot, which took off with two incredible courses in Nova Scotia and now has ongoing projects with a new cliffside thriller in Saint Lucia, a major renovation in Florida and a fresh mountain layout in western Canada. Cabot Highlands was the company’s first acquisition in Scotland, and the second 18 there is the first course Doak has built for the company.

“In the historic home of golf, we looked to Tom to create something special, and perhaps unconventional by modern standards,” Ben Cowan-Dewar, CEO and co-founder of Cabot, said in the media release announcing the routing. “His vision of resurrecting an old true-links style course will serve as a great complement to the beloved (and original) Castle Stuart Golf Links. We hope to create an awe-inspiring destination anchored by incredible golf that will stand the test of time for generations to come.”

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Police in Rhode Island asking golfers to stop breaking windows at Monastery

Police in Rhode Island asking golfers to stop breaking windows at Monastery

A golfer – or golfers – in Cumberland, Rhode Island, is smashing golf balls through windows at a Monastery, and police there are looking to put an end to it.

“In the past two weeks, including as recently as last evening (Tuesday 7/25), a person or persons have been working on their golf game and caused damage to a town building at the Monastery,” says a recent Facebook post on the police department’s official page.

The police also posted a few photos showing the punched holes. The department is asking for those responsible to turn themselves in but in the unlikely chance of that, officials there are reminding people there are plenty of other places for golfers to work on their games.

As a general reminder, golfing is a prohibited activity at all town-owned parks and playground areas including the Monastery grounds. There are plenty of local driving ranges around the area, but the Monastery grounds are not one of them.

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