1:30 PM ET Associated Press Back in Saudi Arabia for the first time since his disparaging remarks about the source of LIV Golf’s funding, Phil Mickelson said Thursday he was glad he was on the “winning side” and that he sees the PGA Tour trending downward, and he also denied doing the notorious interview with
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6:17 AM ET Associated Press INZAI CITY, Japan — Brendan Steele finished with four consecutive birdies and shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead at the PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship. “Everybody says if you birdie 18, dinner tastes better,” Steele said. “But four in a row is definitely, really nice and
4:23 PM ET Associated Press The best team event that doesn’t involve a cup is returning to the LPGA Tour. South Korea-based Hanwha is the new title sponsor of the International Crown, which returns to the LPGA landscape next year at Harding Park in San Francisco. The tournament features eight countries each with four players
4:05 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jack Nicklaus is as curious as anyone how the new PGA Tour schedule will work with $20 million purses at 10 elevated tournaments, and The Players Championship at $25 million. And that doesn’t include what the majors will do. The Memorial is one of the elevated tournaments,
The calendar might say October, but there’s still plenty of good golf being played around the world. Tom Kim won again on the PGA Tour. Jodi Ewart Shadoff won for the first time in her 11-year LPGA career. And Dustin Johnson became $18 million richer by finishing 16th in a LIV Golf event in Thailand.
6:23 AM ET Associated Press INZAI CITY, Japan — The players who left to compete in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series should be entitled to earn ranking points, past Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama said Tuesday. Speaking at the Zozo Championship, which opens Thursday, Matsuyama called the ranking-points question “difficult” and didn’t offer any details, solutions
4:51 PM ET Associated Press Dustin Johnson needed only six events to have a $30 million year, and he still has two events left with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Even though he failed to finish in the top 10 for the first time, Johnson clinched the inaugural LIV Golf Individual Championship. The two-time major champion already
10:36 PM ET Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. — Jodi Ewart Shadoff is finally an LPGA Tour winner in her 246th start, closing with a 1-under 71 in a nervy final round Sunday for a one-shot victory in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. Ewart Shadoff went wire-to-wire at The Saticoy Club, and the final round felt more
9:51 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Tom Kim closed with a 5-under 67 and completed a bogey-free week to win the Shriners Children’s Open when Patrick Cantlay fell apart on the final hole Sunday. Kim became the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 to win twice on the PGA Tour before turning
6:34 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Steve Stricker followed his plan to perfection Sunday until the final hole, and by then it didn’t matter. He closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory in the Constellation Furyk & Friends, his fourth PGA Tour Champions title this year. Staked to a three-shot lead,