1:47 PM ET Rickie Fowler has withdrawn from next week’s Mayakoba Classic near Cancun, Mexico, due to an intestinal bacterial infection that he contracted while on his recent honeymoon. Fowler, who has not played since the Tour Championship in August and was not chosen by captain Tiger Woods on Thursday to be part of the
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1:12 PM ET Eddie Pepperell was disqualified from the Turkish Airlines Open on Saturday when he ran out of golf balls. The English pro who was competing in the European Tour event hit as many as five golf balls — his playing partners were unsure — into the water on the par-5 fourth hole at
12:11 PM ET Austria’s Matthias Schwab maintained his consistency and carded a six-under-par 66 to extend his overnight lead to three strokes after the third round at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Saturday. Schwab, who led by one at halfway, eagled the first hole and sank six more birdies — offset by a
2:02 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Local favorite Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Japan Classic on Saturday. Suzuki had seven birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish her first two rounds at 12-under 132. Gaby Lopez shot
7:47 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to increase his lead to four strokes in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, with Bernhard Langer second in a bid for his record sixth PGA Tour Champions season points title. Maggert birdied three of the first four holes in a
12:13 PM ET Austria’s Matthias Schwab carded a second-round 67 to take a solo lead at the Turkish Open in Antalya on Friday. Schwab, 24, began the day as joint-leader before getting off to a great start with an eagle at the first. The Austrian made a birdie on the last home to secure a
2:53 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Australian Hannah Green shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to finish the first round of the LPGA Japan Classic tied for the lead with local favorite Ai Suzuki. Green carded five birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish one stroke ahead of six golfers, including
7:25 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert used a hot new putter to take the first-round lead in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and Bernhard Langer, Jerry Kelly, Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie made moves to catch Scott McCarron in the PGA Tour Champions’ season standings. Maggert shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday
7:20 PM ET Tiger Woods the captain chose Tiger Woods the player Thursday night among his four at-large selections for the U.S. Presidents Cup team that will play against an International squad next month in Australia. Woods, who was expected to pick himself after he won the Zozo Championship recently, also added Tony Finau, U.S.
11:45 AM ET England’s Tom Lewis and Austria’s Matthias Schwab shared a one-shot lead after both carded a seven-under-par 65 in the first round of the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Thursday. Lewis sank eight birdies, including four in a row from the 15th hole, offset by a bogey on the par-three fifth while