2:22 AM ET Associated Press JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — Justin Thomas shot a 9-under 63 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead at CJ Cup at Nine Bridges, putting himself in position to win his second PGA Tour event in South Korea in three years. Thomas, who won the inaugural CJ Cup in 2017,
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5:15 PM ET George Coetzee and Ryan Fox carded six-under-par 65s to share the lead in the French Open first round on Thursday, as the European Tour returned to Le Golf National in Paris a year after the course hosted the Ryder Cup. Making the most of good scoring conditions in the morning, Coetzee started
8:26 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Amy Yang and Nasa Hataoka shared the lead at 5-under 67 after the first round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai on Thursday. Both players had six birdies and a bogey for a one-stroke lead. “I’m happy how I played today,” Yang said. “My swing felt very stable …
4:34 AM ET Associated Press JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — Jason Day‘s attempt to impress International team captain Ernie Els for a spot at the Presidents Cup took a positive turn on Thursday when the Australian shot a 6-under 66 to sit two strokes off the lead after the opening round of the CJ Cup
6:25 PM ET Associated Press FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Helen Alfredsson added the Senior LPGA Championship to her U.S. Senior Women’s Open title, rallying Wednesday at cold and windy French Lick Resort to sweep the two major championships of the season. Two strokes behind Juli Inkster entering the day, Alfredsson closed with a 2-under 70
4:14 PM ET Phil Mickelson‘s remarkable streak of playing on 24 consecutive U.S. international teams is likely coming to an end — and the Hall of Famer is not lobbying for it to continue. Mickelson said Wednesday that he doesn’t expect an at-large pick from U.S. Presidents Cup team captain Tiger Woods and that he
1:01 PM ET Associated Press The rules have changed since the last time Lee Ann Walker competed in an LPGA-sanctioned event. She found out the hard way. Walker shot rounds of 85 and 74 at the Senior LPGA Championship. That was before she had to add 42 penalty shots to her opening round in French
10:34 AM ET Brooks Koepka is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. Rory McIlroy is No. 2. In September, McIlroy edged Koepka for the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour Player of the Year honors after a surprising vote by Tour members — after McIlroy beat Koepka in the final round of the season-ending
9:02 AM ET Tiger Woods manages to keep busy. Since last playing a competitive round of golf two months ago, he has been seen at the US Open tennis tournament in New York, a Stanford-UCF college football game in Orlando and a golf course design project in Missouri. There also was a fundraiser for his
12:25 PM ET Associated Press Jordan Spieth returns from his longest break during a calendar year hopeful that a fresh start will end his longest drought. Spieth hasn’t won since the 2017 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, a span of 54 tournaments worldwide. He last played in August at the BMW Championship, where he failed