7:29 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama had to leave home to find his way in golf by playing circuits in Europe, Australia and Asia, all for a chance to get to the highest level. Along with three worldwide titles, he learned how to battle. That might come in handy Sunday at
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6:40 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — PGA Tour rookie Nico Echavarria of Colombia ran off four straight birdies early in his round Saturday and finished with a 7-under 65 for a 2-shot lead in the Puerto Rico Open as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Carson Young, who led
6:10 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Defending champion Jin Young Ko shot a second consecutive 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead over Nelly Korda into the final round of the LPGA’s Women’s World Championship. Ko had a 54-hole total of 14-under 202 after another weather-delayed day at the Sentosa Golf Club.
9:24 PM ET Brett Quigley fired a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic on Friday in Tucson, Arizona. Quigley is 1 shot ahead of John Huston, Kirk Triplett and Brian Cooper, who opened with rounds of 6-under 66 at Omni Tucson National. Quigley, 53, made five of
7:37 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Kurt Kitayama is chasing his first PGA Tour victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational with a world-class group of contenders right behind him. Kitayama should be used to that. Last year alone, he fell 1 shot short of Jon Rahm in Mexico, Xander Schauffele in Scotland and
5:28 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Carson Young had to lean more on his short game Friday and posted a 5-under 67 and built a 4-shot lead going into the weekend at the Puerto Rico Open. Young, a 28-year-old rookie on the PGA Tour, didn’t have quite the theatrics as his
5:36 PM ET Tiger Woods won’t be part of next week’s Players Championship. The PGA Tour announced the field for what’s often known as golf’s “fifth major,” and Woods was not part of the group that will tee it up at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Players had until 5 p.m. ET Friday
7:40 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a 2-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Not even the brute test of Bay Hill was a match for golf’s hottest player. “Amazing round of golf,” he
6:12 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Carson Young gave his rookie season on the PGA Tour quite a spark Thursday when he made three eagles on his way to a 9-under 63, giving him a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Puerto Rico Open. Young has made only three
3:11 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Elizabeth Szokol shot an 8-under 64 for a three-stroke lead after the first round of the Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Yuka Saso of Japan was second after a bogey-free 67, and a pack of six including Nelly Korda and former No. 1 Ariya Jutanugarn carded 68s at