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Peyton Manning wins Ambassador of Golf award
Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning's transition from the gridiron to the greens was recognized Thursday with the Ambassador of Golf Award.,Presented by the PGA's Champions Tour and the Kaulig Companies Championship and benefiting the Northern Ohio Golf Charities Foundation, the award honors a p...

Spirit sign F Rosemonde Kouassi to 4-year deal
The Washington Spirit have signed Ivory Coast forward Rosemonde Kouassi to a four-year contract.,The club announced her transfer Wednesday from France's FC Fleury 91 Coeur d'Essonne. The transfer fee was not disclosed.,Kouassi, 22, is eligible to join the Spirit next Monday and her deal runs through...

Davis Thompson sizzles at John Deere Classic for first PGA win
Davis Thompson shot 7-under par 64 to run away with the John Deere Classic for his first PGA Tour victory Sunday at Silvis, Ill.,Thompson finished with a tournament-record 28-under 256 for a four-shot victory on a trio of contenders, breaking away from a two-shot lead from the beginning of the day a...

Davis Thompson pursuing first PGA Tour win at John Deere Classic
Davis Thompson shot 9-under-par 62 to move into the lead in the John Deere Classic in Saturday's third round at Silvis, Ill., seeking to secure his first victory on the PGA Tour after recent strong outings.,Thompson goes into Sunday's final round at 21-under 192 with a two-stroke advantage on Eric C...

C.T. Pan, Aaron Rai jump past Hayden Springer at John Deere
C.T. Pan of Taiwan and Aaron Rai of England share the 36-hole lead at the John Deere Classic after they each shot 8-under 63 on Friday at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.,Pan and Rai enter the weekend at 14-under 128, one shot ahead of Englishman Harry Hall, who posted a 66 Friday.,Rai, who contended a...

Hayden Springer shoots 59 at John Deere Classic
Hayden Springer used an unlikely eagle-birdie finish to shoot a 12-under 59 to open the John Deere Classic on Thursday, marking the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.,Springer will head into Friday with a two-shot lead over Finland's Sami Valimaki, who made 11 birdies in his round of 61. Eric Co...
July 4, 2024 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions For John Deere Classic & MLB
We cooked up a full slate of bets on the Fourth of July, including predictions for the MLB and John Deere Classic....

Sepp Straka still boasting underdog mindset heading into John Deere
Embracing his role of defending champion is the last thing Austrian Sepp Straka is doing heading into this week's John Deere Classic in Silvis, Ill. ,Straka posted a 21-under 263 at last year's tournament to beat Brendon Todd and Alex Smalley by two strokes. He put together a stunning final round, c...

Jordan Spieth hunts for form at ‘second home’ TPC Deere Run
Jordan Spieth remembers being the kid who won the John Deere Classic just before his 20th birthday. Sometimes he tries to tap back into that part of his life, a rookie year where he swung carefree and let his talent take him where he was going., ,The two-time tournament champion is back at the John ...

Amateur Luke Clanton praises college golf, in no rush to turn pro
Luke Clanton is the latest player making noise for the next generation in men's golf.,While a healthy amount of attention at last week's Rocket Mortgage Classic was given to the PGA Tour debut of 15-year-old Miles Russell, he wasn't the only amateur in the field on a sponsor's invite. Clanton, a 20-...

Cam Davis outlasts field to win his second Rocket Mortgage title
Australia's Cam Davis shot a final-round 2-under-par 70 and won the Rocket Mortgage Classic when Akshay Bhatia three-putted on the final hole Sunday in Detroit.,Davis, who had back-to-back 66s in the two previous rounds, was warming up for a potential playoff when he became a winner on the PGA Tour ...

Akshay Bhatia, Aaron Rai keep lead at tight Rocket Mortgage Classic
Akshay Bhatia and England's Aaron Rai shot 4-under par 68s to remain co-leaders through the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Saturday in Detroit.,Bhatia and Rai began the round sharing the lead, but the overall leaderboard has tightened. Rai had five birdies and a bogey, while Bahatia n...

Aaron Rai joins Akshay Bhatia atop Rocket Mortgage leaderboard
Aaron Rai of England birdied his last two holes to complete a 7-under 65 and tie Akshay Bhatia for the halfway lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Friday at Detroit Golf Club.,Rai's afternoon round brought him to 13-under 131 through two days, matching Bhatia, the 18-hole leader who shot a 67 ear...

Akshay Bhatia uses 64 to take Rocket Mortgage lead
Akshay Bhatia used a sizzling closing stretch to post an 8-under 64 and take the first-round lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Thursday at Detroit Golf Club.,Bhatia, 22, is seeking his third PGA Tour title in a roughly 11-month span after winning the Barracuda Championship last July and the Val...

Rickie Fowler hopes to find footing at Rocket Mortgage Classic
Rickie Fowler ended a massive title drought at last year's Rocket Mortgage Classic. Then things fell off for him again.,As the headliner of a beatable field, Fowler will try to get lightning to strike twice in his return to Detroit Golf Club when the Rocket Mortgage Classic begins Thursday.,The PGA ...

Rickie Fowler rolls into Rocket vying for return to winner's circle
Rickie Fowler ended a four-year PGA Tour winless stretch in June 2023, emerging victorious in a three-man playoff to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic last summer.,Fowler is vying to become the tournament first back-to-back winner when he tees off on Thursday at the Detroit Golf Club, North Course.,"L...

WTA roundup: Jessica Pegula wins in Berlin, captures fifth title
Jessica Pegula followed her win over top-seeded Coco Gauff in the semifinals of the ecotrans Ladies Open with a victory over Anna Kalinskaya in the tournament final on Sunday in Berlin, Germany.,The fourth-seeded Pegula was leading Gauff 7-5, 6-6 (3-1) before the match was suspended due to rain on S...

Florida State lands 4-star QB Smigiel in 2026 class
Four-star quarterback Brady Smigiel has committed to play for Florida State in a major recruiting win for the Seminoles.,"God is good. I'm home," Smigiel posted Saturday on X with an image showing his commitment to Florida State.,A rising junior out of Newbury Park in southern California, Smigiel is...

Brewers LHP Robert Gasser set for Tommy John surgery
Milwaukee Brewers left-hander Robert Gasser will undergo Tommy John surgery on Monday, becoming the team's third injured starter to miss the rest of the 2024 season.,The ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction surgery will be performed by Dr. Keith Meister in Dallas with a recovery time of about a ...

Double swim-off steals spotlight at U.S. trials
At an event where everyone aims for a top-two finish and a spot on the U.S. Olympic team, a pair of swimmers battling for eighth place stole the show at the U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials in Indianapolis on Thursday.,In the men's 50-meter freestyle semifinals, Adam Chaney and Jonny Kulow (each ra...