2:12 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Lin Yuxin of China made birdie from the bunker on the second playoff hole Sunday to beat defending champion Takumi Kanaya and win the Asia-Pacific Amateur for the second time. Lin won the first playoff in the 11-year-history of the Asia-Pacific Amateur and joined Hideki Matsuyama as the
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9:46 PM ET Associated Press NAPA, Calif. — Even as he bolted to the top of the leaderboard at the Safeway Open, Cameron Champ‘s mind was elsewhere. Champ’s grandfather, Mack, is in hospice battling stomach cancer and the family has been commuting back and forth between the tournament and his hometown of Sacramento, about 65
9:32 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Steve Flesch shot a 4-under 67 on Saturday at Poppy Hills to take the second-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Pure Insurance Championship. After opening with a 68 on Friday at Pebble Beach, Flesch had five birdies and a bogey at Poppy Hills to reach
5:25 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Mi Jung Hur kept her two-stroke lead in the Indy Women in Tech Championship on Saturday, birdieing five of the final eight holes for a 6-under 66. Hur rebounded from an opening bogey with a birdie on the par-5 second. She added birdies on Nos. 9, 11, 13,
1:11 PM ET Frenchman Victor Perez and England’s Matthew Southgate upstaged the big names, jumping two strokes clear after the third round at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland Saturday. Neither player has won on the European Tour, but they set the stage for a possible breakthrough with fine performances in benign conditions in
8:28 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Blake Windred of Australia has another entry in the record book at the Asia-Pacific Amateur, and it felt better than it might appear. Windred fell apart Saturday at Sheshan International with four bogeys in a five-hole stretch in the middle of his third round, and he went from
9:35 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Rod Pampling eagled the par-5 18th at Pebble Beach on Friday for a 5-under 67 and a share of the Pure Insurance Championship lead in his PGA Tour Champions debut. Pampling, the Australian who turned 50 on Monday, had three birdies in a six-hole stretch on
9:30 PM ET ESPN News Services NAPA, Calif. — Bryson DeChambeau hasn’t had much chance to get familiar with his wedge after changing to a graphite shaft this week. The Northern California native certainly looked comfortable enough Friday as he attacked pin after pin to surge up the leaderboard at the Safeway Open. DeChambeau shot
7:50 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Mi Jung Hur shot a 2-under 70 in windy conditions Friday to take a two-stroke lead into the weekend at the Indy Women in Tech Championship. A day after opening with a bogey-free 63, Hur had six birdies — four on par 5s — along with two bogeys
1:04 PM ET England’s Matthew Jordan carded a superb second-round 64 to claim a one-shot lead at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews on Friday. Jordan made five birdies and an eagle on the first eight holes in a bogey-free round and finished the day at 14 under after 36 holes. The tournament