12:56 PM ET Pablo Larrazabal sunk five birdies in six holes at the start of his back nine to card a 69 and open up a three-shot lead after the second round of the European Tour’s Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club Friday. The Spaniard also recorded a double-bogey on the seventh when
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9:18 AM ET Australian Jason Day has withdrawn from the International Presidents Cup team due to a back injury, with captain Ernie Els replacing him with South Korean golfer Ben An. Day, a former No. 1-ranked player in the world who won the 2015 PGA Championship, had been selected by Els as one of his
2:40 AM ET Wil Besseling carded a seven-under-par 65 on Thursday to take a one-shot lead in the blazing heat of the Alfred Dunhill Championship. The tournament’s first round marked the start of a new European Tour season, which opened with special dispensation for players to wear shorts at the Leopard Creek Country Club due
3:31 AM ET Golfers at this week’s Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa will give their traditional trousers short shrift and dress for comfort instead, in a first for the European Tour. The governing body said it will let players wear shorts at the Nov. 28-Dec. 1 tournament at the Leopard Creek Country Club, where
8:11 PM ET Associated Press The Ladies European Tour approved a plan to partner with the LPGA Tour with hopes of expanding the women’s game in Europe and beyond. The tours keep their identities in the 50-50 joint venture. Players from the LET will not have immediate access to the LPGA Tour, although LPGA Tour
4:34 PM ET Tiger Woods will be part of a six-man exhibition Monday to kick off the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. The “Hero Shot at Baha Mar” will see the players hit a 100-yard wedge shot to a moving target in a pool at the Baha Mar hotel, starting at 4 p.m. ET.
1:37 PM ET Sergio Garcia is returning to the Saudi Arabia golf tournament where earlier this year he was disqualified after purposely damaging several greens during the third round of the European Tour event. Garcia, who won the 2017 Masters, will not receive an appearance fee for his participation, as part of a stipulation put
6:56 PM ET Golf season needs an offseason, one longer than the blur between the end to one and the start to another, a chance to appreciate what just occurred while taking time to soak in what will be new. Fans need a chance to miss the game to truly appreciate it. That said, if
1:37 PM ET Phil Mickelson is expanding his role with the long-time Palm Springs, Calif., area golf tournament now known as the American Express by signing on to become the tournament host. Mickelson, 49, a World Golf Hall of Famer and frequent participant in the event, joins Tiger Woods and Davis Love III as active
5:31 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Playing two groups ahead of Simpson in windy conditions on Sea Island’s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three