5:30 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Doug Barron lost his great start with three bogeys over his last four holes and had to settle for a 6-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Woody Austin after the opening round Friday in the SAS Championship. This is the last regular-season event on the
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3:13 PM ET Matthew Fitzpatrick, seeking to be a European Tour winner for the fifth straight year, took a step in the right direction when he earned a one-stroke halfway lead over Joachim Hansen at the Italian Open on Friday. Englishman Fitzpatrick carded six-under-par 65 to edge ahead of Dane Hansen (66) in the second
4:48 AM ET Associated Press Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen matched his career-best score on the European Tour with a seven-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the Italian Open. Pulkkanen, who graduated from the European Challenge Tour last season, sunk seven birdies and did not have any bogeys at the
9:32 PM ET Associated Press HUMBLE, Texas — Austin Cook and Talor Gooch shot 8-under-par 64s Thursday to take the lead after the first round of the Houston Open. Cook, who tied for 11th as a Monday qualifier in 2015 when the tournament was played the week before the Masters — its calendar slot until
1:45 PM ET Tiger Woods‘ annual tournament to benefit his foundation will boast several players from the U.S. team he will captain a week later at the Presidents Cup and eight of the top 10-ranked players in the world. Woods is among the 16 players announced Wednesday to participate in the Hero World Challenge, which
5:28 AM ET Former British Open champion Henrik Stenson will be the headline act at the Hong Kong Open in November as organisers press on with the tournament, despite violent protests that have seen a raft of other events in the city cancelled. Numerous sporting events due to be held in the city have been
3:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The PGA Tour Champions is returning to the St. Louis area next year for the first time in nearly 20 years. The tour announced a four-year deal Tuesday with St. Louis-based Ascension. The Ascension Charity Classic will be held Oct. 2-4 at Norwood Hills Country Club, which
1:18 PM ET Associated Press Aaron Stewart was always around golf even when he wasn’t heavily invested. Now he’s involved in ways he never imagined. Stewart, the son of late three-time major champion Payne Stewart, has been appointed tournament director of the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. The event is the season
8:38 AM ET For a good part of his career, Kevin Na was easy to dislike, simply based on his plodding nature on the course. Not only did he play slow, but he had numerous idiosyncrasies that were maddening. So frustrated by Na’s on-course issues at one 2014 tournament, caddie Steve Williams, then working for
9:46 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Kevin Na lost a three-shot lead on the back nine, saved his chances with a clutch par putt on the 17th hole and won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in a playoff Sunday when Patrick Cantlay three-putted the second extra hole. It was a wild finish