Golf

2:04 PM ET Associated Press Thai teenager Atthaya Thitikul reached No. 1 in the women’s world ranking on Monday, the 16th player and second-youngest to get to the top since the ranking began in 2006. Thitikul had a chance to reach No. 1 by winning any of her last three tournaments on the LPGA Tour.

7:50 AM ET MIAMI — During Wednesday’s pairings selection at the LIV Golf Team Championship, held inside the Ivanka Trump ballroom at Trump National Doral Golf Club, eight team captains sat in front of a group of reporters, while a moderator announced the matchups, in which the higher-seeded teams were allowed to pick their opponents.

5:35 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Seamus Power did enough right and left all the mistakes to PGA Tour rookie Ben Griffin on Sunday to win the Butterfield Bermuda Championship for his second tour title. Power took the lead for good with a 25-foot birdie putt at the 14th. A bogey on the

5:32 PM ET Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson watched the final putt of his season roll in, pumped his right fist and waited for the party to begin. Another big celebration. Another big check, too. Johnson drove the green on the 370-yard par-4 16th to set up an easy birdie that provided a

6:11 PM ET Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson‘s season of big LIV money will finish with another seven-figure check. Johnson and his 4Aces GC team are one of four squads that will play in the finals of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf team championship Sunday, with $16 million — $4 million for each of

5:54 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Seamus Power knows the wind and Port Royal well enough to realize he’d better do his scoring early. He did just that Saturday, added a few birdies late and had another 6-under 65 to share the lead with Ben Griffin in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Power holed

8:36 PM ET Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Phil Mickelson‘s long year that led him to being a central figure in Saudi-funded LIV Golf ended on Friday when British Open champion Cameron Smith holed a 7-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Mickelson and eliminate his team. The LIV Golf Team Championship-Miami at

7:27 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Ben Crane took advantage of a rare start on the PGA Tour with his lowest score in 10 years, a 9-under 62 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Crane’s last victory was in 2014 at the FedEx St.

6:12 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Arjun Atwal went to Bermuda without having competed in the three months since his father died and without the guarantee of a tee time. He walked off Port Royal on Thursday with an 8-under 63 that left him one shot behind in the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Atwal

5:32 PM ET Associated Press Despite feeling unwell, Jordan Smith shot a 9-under 62 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead at the Portugal Masters. The Englishman made seven birdies and a 30-foot eagle in a bogey-free round on a low-scoring opening day at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course. “I’m really happy with the way

2:34 PM ET MIAMI — Bryson DeChambeau told ESPN on Thursday that he remains a plaintiff in LIV Golf’s federal antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour because the PGA Tour won’t pay him a $1.75 million bonus it owes him as part of its Player Impact Program. DeChambeau, speaking to ESPN before playing in the

7:37 AM ET Associated Press Phil Mickelson has responded to Rory McIlroy‘s most recent criticism of LIV Golf by saying the Saudi-backed breakaway series is “a force that’s not going away.” This week The Guardian published an interview in which McIlroy — the world’s No. 1 player again — said the game was not benefitting

1:59 PM ET Bob McClellanNFL Joe Biddle, whose Nashville sportswriting career spanned five decades, died early Wednesday. He was 78. Born June 13, 1944, in Johnson City, Tennessee, where he was a high school classmate of Heisman Trophy winner and legendary coach Steve Spurrier, Biddle rose to prominence as the sports editor and columnist of

5:33 AM ET World No. 1 Rory McIlroy said the feud between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf Series is “out of control” and warned it could leave the sport fractured for a long time. In an interview with The Guardian, McIlroy described the atmosphere in the game as “us vs. them” and said the

8:50 AM ET Just over a year ago, Rory McIlroy was at a low point. The four-time major champion was moved to tears at the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits, after he went 1-3 and could do nothing to stop the U.S. team’s historic 19-9 beatdown of the Europeans. At one point in 2021, McIlroy

6:21 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — The final steps on Rory McIlroy‘s long road back to No. 1 go down on the scorecard as bogeys, which made him laugh. All that mattered Sunday was winning the CJ Cup in South Carolina, and that about made him cry. McIlroy reclaimed the No. 1 ranking

6:49 PM ET Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. — Steven Alker said he tries not to look at the leaderboard when he’s in contention. The golfer from New Zealand did glance at the board at the 15th hole, then put together the surge that left his name alone on top of it. Alker birdied three straight

2:59 PM ET Associated Press Yannik Paul made a 15-foot birdie putt on the final hole to win his first European tour title by one stroke at the Mallorca Open on Sunday. Paul, 28, overcame a two-shot deficit with three holes to play at the Son Muntaner Golf Club. The German had three birdies and