12:07 PM ET Associated Press BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, England — The Ladies European Tour will have its biggest schedule in nearly a decade and record prize money that includes bonus money for the top three players at the end of the season. The 24 tournaments held in 16 countries offers a total prize fund of nearly 18
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9:51 AM ET England’s Eddie Pepperell carded a superb 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday. Pepperell moved to a shot clear of defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, who is tied in second place, after the Englishman made seven second-round birdies to lead at 8 under for the tournament.
7:22 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The season began for Tiger Woods in October, the first time he’s ever taken part in the PGA Tour’s fall wraparound schedule. But getting to Torrey Pines is where the new year truly begins for Woods, and it doesn’t hurt to get off to a good start. There were
7:30 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Rory McIlroy, who can return to world No. 1 with a win this week, opened the Farmers Insurance Open with a 5-under 67 on Torrey Pines North on Thursday and is tied for third. Sebastian Cappelen and Keegan Bradley had the low scores of the opening
7:15 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Jessica Korda shot a 6-under 66 in high wind Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio, the tour’s first full-field event of the season and first official event in Boca Raton in more than 30 years. Korda birdied her final
12:45 PM ET Natalie Gulbis, whose lone LPGA Tour victory came in 2007, said she will retire from competitive golf at the end of this season. Gulbis, 37, has played a limited schedule the last two years while trying to navigate back issues that have hampered her for more than a decade. In a story
10:33 AM ET Associated Press Thomas Pieters birdied four of his first six holes and overcame a mid-round blip to take the lead on Day 1 of the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour on Thursday. The Belgian player dropped three shots combined on the 10th and 11th holes of his first round, but
6:33 PM ET Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — Jared Wolfe won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at Baha Mar on Wednesday for his first Korn Ferry Tour title, closing with a 3-under 69 in strong wind for a four-stroke victory over Brandon Harkins. A winner each of the last three years on PGA Tour Latinoamerica,
4:14 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Rory McIlroy has a chance to return to No. 1 in the world this week for the first time since late in 2015. That’s not something he saw coming as recently as July, when he missed the cut at The Open, playing at Portrush, Northern Ireland, near his hometown.
5:37 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Jordan Spieth didn’t like watching many of his friends play the Presidents Cup last month at Royal Melbourne, a golf course he enjoys. What he really didn’t like so much was being at home and not participating. “For me, personally, it really sucked,” Spieth said. “I hated not being