3:53 PM ET South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout clinched his first European Tour title in style with a six-shot victory at the Andalucia Masters in Spain on Sunday. Bezuidenhout shot a closing even-par 71 at Valderrama to finish well clear of a group of five, and earn a spot in next month’s British Open in the
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8:12 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — Sung Hyun Park birdied the final two holes for an 8-under 63 and a share of lead with Carlota Ciganda on Saturday after the second round of the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Park, the second-ranked South Korean star who won the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore
8:54 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Steve Stricker opened a six-stroke lead in the U.S. Senior Open on Saturday at Notre Dame, shooting a 4-under 66 and extending his bogey-free run to 48 holes. Seeking his second senior major title after winning the Regions Tradition by six strokes in May in Alabama,
6:38 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Nate Lashley shot a bogey-free, 9-under 63 on Saturday to open a six-stroke lead in the Rocket Mortgage Classic at 23-under 193. The 36-year-old Lashley slipped into the field at Detroit Golf Club as an alternate and the 353rd-ranked player has put himself in position to win for
8:46 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — Inbee Park had five consecutive birdies in a 9-under 62 to take the first-round lead Friday in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. Seeking her 20th LPGA Tour victory and first since early last year, the South Korean star began the birdie run on the second hole of
8:11 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Cameron Champ played one of the best stretches on the PGA Tour this season, matching the lowest nine-hole score and the longest birdie-eagle streak. Champ had an 8-under 28 on the front nine, shooting under par for six straight holes. “The hole looked pretty big for a while,”
8:01 PM ET Associated Press SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The boys from Madison are making it look easy at Notre Dame in the U.S. Senior Open. For the second straight day, Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly, friends and competitors since their junior years in Madison, Wisconsin, took apart the rain-softened Warren Golf Course, each carding
6:01 PM ET The inaugural 3M Championship next week near Minneapolis is attracting a strong field, but it won’t include Tiger Woods. As expected, Woods is passing on what likely would have been his last chance to get in an event before competing in the last major championship of the year — The Open at
2:18 PM ET Michelle Wie is taking the rest of the year off from competitive golf, she announced Friday on Instagram. “After doing everything I could to play this year, I have made the decision to take the rest of the year off from competitive golf,” Wie said. “My team and I believe that this
6:18 AM ET The winner of this year’s Open Championship will receive an increased pay-out of $1,935,000 after organisers announced they were upping the total prize money for the fourth major of the year. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) has added $250,000 worth of prize money to the pot for