12:38 PM ET American Patrick Reed carded a superb eight-under-par 64 in the second round to take a two-shot lead over Matthew Fitzpatrick at the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Friday. After an opening round of 70 on Thursday that left him three shots behind overnight leader Victor Perez, 2018
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10:39 AM ET Associated Press PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The Americans will get another chance to win a cup at Medinah, which has been awarded the Presidents Cup in 2026. The matches will be played on the No. 3 course at Medinah Country Club, located in the Chicago suburbs. It has hosted the U.S.
7:40 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Amy Olson got back to under par with one swing, an 8-iron for a hole-in-one on her seventh hole Thursday, and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the U.S. Women’s Open. On a perfect day, the scores made it
9:33 AM ET France’s Victor Perez carded a five-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead in the first round of the DP World Tour Championship, the European Tour’s season finale, in Dubai on Thursday. Perez, 28, sank six birdies, offset by a bogey on the par-three fourth at the Jumeirah Golf estates’ Earth Course, to
9:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN A day after Dustin Johnson slipped on the green jacket at Augusta National to commemorate his November win at the Masters, the U.S. Women’s Open Twitter handle posted a reminder: There’s more major golf to be played in this strange 2020 season. Accompanied by a video featuring Lexi Thompson, Annika
6:02 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Lexi Thompson has some U.S. Open experience on her bag this week at Champions Golf Club, along with an entirely new set of metrics and vocabulary. Air density. Ground force. That comes from Tim Tucker, the caddie for U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. Thompson is between caddies at
1:08 PM ET Associated Press Andrea Lee has withdrawn from the U.S. Women’s Open after testing positive for the coronavirus. Lee, 22, tested negative in a pre-arrival test by the USGA last week in Dallas while playing an LPGA Tour event. She traveled to Houston and tested positive, with mild symptoms. The U.S. Women’s Open,
7:14 AM ET The 151st British Open Championship will be played at Royal Liverpool in 2023 and the 2024 tournament will be at Royal Troon, golf’s governing body the R&A said on Monday. The 149th Open Championship was scheduled to be held at Royal St George’s from July 16-19 this year before it was cancelled
5:54 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland says his nerves are a jangled mess when he gets into contention. It sure didn’t look that way at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he captured another PGA Tour title with another big putt at the end. Hovland saved par with a splendid
6:07 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas – Angela Stanford won her home LPGA Tour event in front of her parents, closing with a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory Sunday in the Volunteers of America Classic. “I just haven’t had many chances to win in front of them. So to finally do it,
9:45 AM ET Former Ryder Cup player Peter Alliss, who won 31 tournaments in his career before a successful stint as a commentator in which he was referred to as the “voice of golf,” has died at the age of 89, the European Tour said on Sunday. Englishman Alliss, who was inducted into the World
6:56 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Emiliano Grillo steadied himself with a pair of birdies over the last six holes Saturday for a 3-under 68, giving the Argentine a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Mayakoba Classic. Tom Hoge, without a win in his PGA Tour career, birdied
7:24 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Yealimi Noh closed with a double bogey Saturday in the Volunteers of America Classic, dropping the 19-year-old American into a tie with major champions Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu with one round left. Two strokes ahead after a birdie on the par-5 17th, Noh took
10:22 AM ET Frenchman Antoine Rozner claimed his maiden European Tour title in his rookie season by winning the Golf in Dubai Championship by two shots at the Jumeirah Golf Estates on Saturday. The 27-year-old fired seven birdies and a landed a superb eagle on the par-five 13th hole to go ahead, before signing off
7:56 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jessica Korda was prepared for another bone-chilling round at Old American Golf Club. Maybe, a bit too prepared. “My immediate regret when I was on the front nine, my kneecaps started to sweat and I didn’t have pants I could take off,” Korda said. “What a
7:19 PM ET PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Emiliano Grillo made birdie on half of the holes Friday on his way to an 8-under 63 that gave him a four-shot lead going into the weekend at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. The second round was delayed by one hour by heavy rain in the morning, and
9:09 AM ET England’s Andy Sullivan stayed ahead of the chasing pack at the Golf in Dubai Championship on Friday with a steady third round of 68 at the Jumeirah Golf Estates for a two-shot lead over compatriot Matt Wallace heading into the final day. Sullivan began the round ahead by three strokes and landed
7:43 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Charley Hull fought through cold and windy conditions to take the first-round lead Thursday in the LPGA Tour’s Volunteers of America Classic. Hull, a 24-year-old Englishwoman, shot a 3-under 69, making six birdies and three bogeys at Old American Golf Club with the afternoon temperature only