1:11 PM ET Associated Press SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — Thorbjorn Olesen finished eagle-birdie to shoot 3-under 69 and take a 3-stroke lead into the final round of the British Masters as he bids for his first win in four years amid a career rebuild. The Danish golfer broke a four-way tie for the lead on
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7:55 PM ET Associated Press POTOMAC, Md. — Jason Day shook his head vigorously after holing an 11-footer for birdie on his ninth hole at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm — not out of disgust, but to whip the excess water off his cap. For the rest of the round, Day shed the hat entirely.
4:46 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — David Toms ran off three straight birdies after a rain delay and closed with a short birdie when he judged the wind right, giving him a 7-under 65 and a share of the lead with Ken Duke after one round of the Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Duke was
3:28 PM ET Associated Press SUTTON COLDFIELD, England — German golfer Hurly Long was the halfway leader at the British Masters by a stroke on Friday. Tournament host Danny Willett was among seven players within two strokes of Long, who is in his first season on the European tour. But consecutive finishes of third and
2:55 AM ET Associated Press Former Ryder Cup player Thorbjorn Olesen and Ryan Fox shared a one-shot lead following the first round of the British Masters on Thursday. Both shot rounds of 66 to finish the day on six under par, while a trio of players — Hurly Long, Richie Ramsay and Ashun Wu —
7:50 PM ET Associated Press POTOMAC, Md. — Three years and 364 days since his last victory, Jason Day describes himself as “obsessed” with honing his new swing and improving his results, even if he never gets back to No. 1 in the world. There wasn’t much room for improvement Thursday as Day shot a
6:17 PM ET Sergio Garcia‘s frustration over a ruling on a lost ball in the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday might have caused him to reveal where he’s soon headed. After driving his tee shot on the 10th hole into a hazard at TPC Potomac in Potomac, Maryland, Garcia became frustrated
3:59 PM ET Associated Press Federal auditors investigating Phil Mickelson‘s role in an insider trading scheme found his gambling losses totaled more than $40 million from 2010 to 2014, according to an excerpt from Alan Shipnuck’s forthcoming biography. Shipnuck posted the excerpt on his “Firepit Collective” site Thursday. His unauthorized biography on Mickelson is to
10:35 AM ET Former world No. 1 golfer Lee Westwood told Sky Sports on Wednesday that he has requested releases from the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour to play in the first Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series event in London next month. Westwood, 49, told Sky Sports that any impact on his future
9:22 AM ET The PGA Tour is shifting locations for the Wells Fargo Championship, moving from its traditional stop at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, to TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Maryland. Rory McIlroy headlines a field that is readying itself for the year’s second major, the PGA Championship, which begins May 19