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
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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
6:46 AM ET Associated Press WONJU, South Korea — Lydia Ko won her 18th career title in the country of her birth after completing a 7-under 65 final round at the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday. Ko finished the South Korea-based tournament with a 21-under 267, 4 strokes ahead of Andrea Lee, who had a
7:36 PM ET ESPN News Services RIDGELAND, S.C. — Rory McIlroy had two eagles that made his score look better than it felt Saturday. All that mattered was a one-shot lead at the CJ Cup in South Carolina, putting him in position for his third win of the year. This one would come with a
4:45 PM ET Associated Press Three eagles, and a round of nine-under-par, saw Yannik Paul power up the leaderboard at the Mallorca Golf Open on Saturday to move to 16 under par and a share of the lead with Ryan Fox. Fox enjoyed another highly consistent round — six birdies and no dropped shots for
8:57 AM ET Associated Press WONJU, South Korea — Atthaya Thitikul hit five birdies on the back nine Saturday and will take a one-stroke lead into the final day of the BMW Ladies Championship. The 19-year-old Thai player’s 5-under 67 in the third round left her at 15-under 201 overall with Lydia Ko and Andrea
6:11 PM ET Associated Press RIDGELAND, S.C. — Jon Rahm thought his 7-iron from 195 yards had come up well short of the pin because of a long shadow across the green. Moments later, he heard the crowd react to a shot that came an inch from going in on the hardest hole at Congaree.
6:28 PM ET Associated Press Dale Whitnell took a one-stroke lead halfway through the Mallorca Open after shooting 8-under 63 on Friday to equal the course record set the previous day by fellow Englishman Marcus Armitage. Whitnell made six birdies to go with an eagle on the par-5 11th hole to move to the top
8:48 AM ET The PGA Tour filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, governor of the fund that finances LIV Golf, according to court records. The complaint was filed under seal in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. The PGA