Kelly, Cejka share 2-shot lead in Senior PlayersKelly, Cejka share 2-shot lead in Senior Players
Jerry Kelly shot a 5-under 65 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Alex Cejka in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship.
Day: July 9, 2022
Xander has Scottish lead, seeks 2nd straight winXander has Scottish lead, seeks 2nd straight win
Xander Schauffele settled for a two-shot lead at the Scottish Open on Saturday.
How to Watch the Genesis Scottish Open, Round 4: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV timesHow to Watch the Genesis Scottish Open, Round 4: Featured Groups, live scores, tee times, TV times
Round 4 of the Genesis Scottish Open takes place Sunday from the Renaissance Club in East Lothian. Xander Schuaffele leads the Genesis Scottish Open by two shots heading into Sunday with a score of 7-under-par. Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action, including Featured Groups for PGA TOUR LIVE and newly expanded and extended coverage on ESPN+. Click here for more details. Leaderboard Full tee times HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Sunday, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Golf Channel), 12 p.m.-3 p.m. (CBS) For outside of the U.S., click here for GOLFTV powered by the PGA TOUR Radio: Sunday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio PGA TOUR LIVE (All times ET) PGA TOUR Live is available exclusively on ESPN+ • Main Feed: primary tournament-coverage featuring the best action from across the course • Marquee Group: new “marquee group” showcasing every shot from each player in the group • Featured Groups: traditional PGA TOUR LIVE coverage of two concurrent featured groups • Featured Holes: a combination of par-3s and iconic or pivotal holes FEATURED GROUPS SUNDAY Featured Groups Stream 1: 5:21AM ET Jon Rahm/Thorbjorn Olesen 5:43AM ET Sam Burns/Ewen Ferguson Stream 2: 4:15AM ET Justin Rose/Guido Migliozzi Linear TV Window: 10:00AM/ET – 3:00PM/ET Stream 1: Gary Woodland/Kurt Kitayama (in progress) Stream 2: Patrick Cantlay/Tommy Fleetwood (in progress) MUST READS Xander Schauffele seeks to continue hot streak at Genesis Scottish Open Fitzpatrick, Schauffele thrive in the worst half of the draw Jordan Smith, caddie win cars after ace at Genesis Scottish Open Five Things to Know: The Renaissance Club
Rangers’ Garver slated for season-ending surgeryRangers’ Garver slated for season-ending surgery
Texas veteran catcher Mitch Garver, 31, who had 10 home runs for the Rangers this season through Friday’s action, will miss the rest of the Rangers campaign after booking surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his throwing arm.
Mastercard pauses deals with 2 LIV Tour golfersMastercard pauses deals with 2 LIV Tour golfers
Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell are the latest players on the LIV tour to have sponsors back away from them as Mastercard said it is pausing its endorsement deals with the two.
MasterCard pauses deals with 2 LIV Tour golfersMasterCard pauses deals with 2 LIV Tour golfers
Ian Poulter and Graeme McDowell are the last players on the LIV tour to have sponsors back away from them as MasterCard said it is pausing its endorsement deals with the two.
Xander Schauffele seeks to continue hot streak at Genesis Scottish OpenXander Schauffele seeks to continue hot streak at Genesis Scottish Open
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland – Xander Schauffele was the comeback kid earlier in his career, winning with low scores on Sundays to overtake the leader. It was the route he took to his first four individual titles on TOUR. It wasn’t until this year that he won from ahead. RELATED: Leaderboard “I’ll take a win any time, any way. I’m not picky,” Schauffele said Sunday, though he admitted “it feels better” to win as the 54-hole leader. It’s more rewarding,” he added. Schauffele started his career by going 0-4 when starting Sunday with the lead. But things are starting to change. First, Schauffele won the Olympic gold medal over local favorite Hideki Matsuyama after taking a one-shot lead into the final round. Then Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay produced a front-running victory at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in May. Last month’s Travelers Championship was the first of Schauffele’s five individual TOUR titles that he won as the 54-hole leader, however. “It’s what I want to do,” he said. He has another chance Sunday. He leads by two at the Genesis Scottish Open after shooting a 66 that matched the low score on another windy day at Renaissance Club. Rafa Cabrera Bello is in second place, while a pair of Texans – Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer – are three back, along with England’s Jordan Smith, who already has won this week, taking home a car for both he and his caddie after making an ace on the 17th hole Friday. U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is four back, as is TOUR rookie Alex Smalley and Cameron Tringale, who is 6 over par after a first-round 61 that had him three ahead of the field. Schauffele is looking to continue another trend, as well. He’s been unbeatable in recent weeks, winning the Travelers two weeks ago before beating a strong field at the unofficial J.P. McManus Pro-Am on Tuesday in Ireland. Schauffele led entering the final round there, as well, shooting 64-70 to finish a shot ahead of FedExCup No. 2 Sam Burns. “You see players do it all the time, you get in the good swing of things, start to get comfortable seeing certain shots and seeing certain putts go in,” Schauffele said. “Players always have good stretches and trying to make this one of my best.” It’s well-timed, as well, with the 150th Open at St. Andrews around the corner. Schauffele was runner-up in the 2018 Open Championship after losing the first 54-hole lead of his career. He’s trying to win back-to-back TOUR starts for the second time in his career, though his victories in the 2018 World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions and Sentry Tournament of Champions were separated by several weeks. How well is Schauffele playing? He’s leading despite playing from the harder half of the draw, following a first-round 72 in this week’s toughest conditions of the week with a 65 and 66. “If you’re trying to win when you’re on the bad side, you just have to be better,” he said. Cabrera Bello has experience on his side at Renaissance Club, a links-inspired course built and owned by Americans. He won here five years ago, and surged into contention Saturday by playing the first four holes of the back nine in 5 under. “I’ve been lucky enough to have won here before,” he said. “I always want to win, if not the Home of Golf, the country where golf was invented, playing links golf and with beautiful, sunny and windy conditions, it just makes it even more fun.” Schauffele also took advantage of the scoring holes on the back nine, starting with a birdie on No. 11 after hitting a provisional tee shot because he feared his first was lost. Birdies on 13, 15 and 16 gave him a four-shot lead, but he bogeyed the last two holes to halve his advantage. “Made some of the worst swings all day at the end there,” Schauffele said. “Just have to clean it up.” His experience as a leader has helped him confront the situations that await Sunday. He said he “needed” the Olympic victory. “I needed to get over the hump. I needed to … win while having the lead,” he said. That experience helped him keep calm at the Travelers Championship, admitting things moved too quickly the previous times he held a lead. “I’d be sitting back back in the hotel or … house on Sunday thinking, ‘What happened today?’” he said. He’s better prepared and playing better, setting the stage for a win that would make him one of the favorites entering The Open.
Max Homa makes move after playing casual round at North BerwickMax Homa makes move after playing casual round at North Berwick
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland – Max Homa’s back was sore and his legs were tired, but getting to play one of Scotland’s historic links was worth it. And it may have helped him get back in contention at the Genesis Scottish Open. RELATED: Leaderboard “A 66 helps the body feel a little better,” Homa said after shooting that score in the third round at the Renaissance Club. He’d played 36 holes a day earlier, following his second-round 71 at Renaissance Club with a casual round at course that he’d been hankering to play ever since he saw it on a No Laying Up video a few years ago. North Berwick’s West Links is just a nine-minute drive from the venue for this week’s Genesis Scottish Open and Homa wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to play a course that he thought “looked like the coolest course in the world” after seeing it on YouTube. “It became my favorite course I had never played,” Homa said. “I knew I was going to be beat but it’s one of those once-in-a-lifetime things and I’d be kicking myself if I didn’t play.” Homa had already passed on a round at historic Muirfield because his caddie’s clubs didn’t arrive on time. He wasn’t going to miss North Berwick, as well. Golf has been played on the course since the 17th century, and it is known as the home of the original Redan hole and for the ancient wall that runs through several of the holes. Homa teed off at 4:30 p.m. Friday with caddie Joe Greiner, swing coach Mark Blackburn and North Berwick assistant pro Scott Gillies. All four birdied the 18th hole around 8:30 p.m. and Homa was proud to report that he and Greiner, who are friends since childhood, “drummed” Blackburn and Gillies. Photo and video of the round started circulating on social media Friday night, as well. “Playing the first Redan makes it neat,” said Homa, who also eagled North Berwick’s par-5 eighth hole after hitting 3-wood from 212 yards. “It was one of the best golf experiences I’ve ever had.” He made the cut at the Genesis Scottish Open with a shot to spare after opening with consecutive 71s. He birdied his opening hole of the third round and added another eagle on the third hole. He made just one birdie over the next 15 holes, at the par-5 10th, but also was bogey-free for the day. After starting the third round in 38th place, he sat in the top 10 for most of Saturday. Homa ranks 10th in the FedExCup after two wins this season and a high finish could also help him in his Presidents Cup candidacy, as he sits eighth in the U.S. standings.
R&A shuns LIV boss Norman from Open festivitiesR&A shuns LIV boss Norman from Open festivities
Two-time winner Greg Norman was not invited to participate in the Champions Dinner or the R&A Celebration of Champions as the R&A celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Open Championship next week at St. Andrews.
NBA summer league: The best rookies so farNBA summer league: The best rookies so far
Which young players have already made their marks through two days of action? Here’s a look at the top rookie performers in Las Vegas.