8:56 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Former Open champion and Portrush resident Darren Clarke will hit the first tee shot to start The Open early Thursday morning as the tournament returns to Northern Ireland for just the second time. Clarke, who won The Open in 2011 at Royal St. George’s, is among three major
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8:36 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Phil Mickelson decided to take drastic action in regards to his poor play of late by fasting for six days and losing 15 pounds. The five-time major champion who won The Open at Muirfield in 2013 has been on a run of poor form since winning the AT&T
12:21 PM ET BELFAST, Northern Ireland — To see the monstrous walls that separate Belfast’s people by political and religious beliefs is to understand that more than 20 years after the official end of the conflict known as the Troubles, Rory McIlroy‘s country remains a divided land. The locals call these peace walls, but it
2:47 AM ET Aidric Chan became the first Filipino to win a Junior World Championship crown in five years, hitting a clutch birdie on No. 16 to edge New Zealand’s Jimmy Zheng by one in the boys’ centerpiece division in the Junior World Championships at the Torrey Pines North in San Diego, California Friday. But
7:26 PM ET Associated Press STATELINE, Nev. — Tony Romo completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the American Century Championship for his second straight victory in the celebrity tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. The former Dallas Cowboys and current CBS analyst closed with a 2-over 74 and scored 20 points to finish at 71
6:38 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Retief Goosen birdied the final two holes to win the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship on Sunday at Firestone Country Club for his first PGA Tour Champions title. The 50-year-old Hall of Famer from South Africa broke a tie for the lead with a 15-foot putt on the
6:18 PM ET Associated Press SILVIS, Illinois — Dylan Frittelli won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 7-under 64 for a two-stroke victory over Russell Henley. The South African earned a spot next week in the British Open, finishing at 21-under 263 after the bogey-free final
6:00 PM ET Associated Press SYLVANIA, Ohio — Sei Young Kim won the Marathon Classic on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour victory of the season, making five straight birdies in a midround burst and shooting a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Lexi Thompson. Kim began the birdie run on No. 7 and
4:54 PM ET Austrian Bernd Wiesberger made hard work of it but eventually won the Scottish Open when he beat Benjamin Hebert at the third extra hole in North Berwick on Sunday. After sinking a clutch six-foot par putt at the final hole of regulation to force the playoff, Wiesberger clinched victory at the same
9:23 AM ET PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — Tiger Woods flew overnight from Florida, landed near Portrush early in the morning, made a quick stop at his rental home and was at the course of this week’s Open Championship within a few hours Sunday to begin preparation for the major championship he has won three times.