6:02 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Jerry Kelly shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take the first-round lead in his hometown American Family Insurance Championship. Kelly played the back nine at University Ridge in 5-under 31. “I didn’t really get into a rhythm early,” Kelly said. “I didn’t play the par 5s
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12:26 PM ET Martin Kaymer continued his impressive form to stay out in front at the BMW International Open on Friday. Kaymer got off to a shaky start, making two birdies and two bogeys to remain even par through the first four holes. The German then went up a gear on the back nine, making
6:07 AM ET Frenchman Clement Berardo has been disqualified from a Challenge Tour event for running out of golf balls. Berardo was competing in the first round of the Andalucia-Costa del Sol Match Play 9 in Spain and lost the final ball in his bag on the 16th hole. The 32-year-old was therefore disqualified for
10:06 PM ET Associated Press CHASKA, Minn. — Hannah Green of Australia couldn’t miss on the greens and holed a bunker shot late in her round at Hazeltine National for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship on Thursday. Green started with a 15-foot par putt, made a birdie
7:53 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Zack Sucher made a 9-foot birdie putt in the last group of the day on the par-4 18th for a 6-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead on a rainy Thursday at the Travelers Championship. Ryan Armour, Bronson Burgoon, Mackenzie Hughes, Abraham Ancer, and Kyoung-Hoon
6:00 PM ET Lisa D. Mickey SHASTA, Minn. — Michelle Wie started the week with a sense of cautious optimism at the KPMG PGA Championship, but ended her final round Thursday in tears after an opening round of 12-over 84 at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Plagued by an injury in her right hand that has
5:53 PM ET Martin Kaymer gave the home fans something to shout about despite stormy weather disrupting first-round proceedings at the BMW International Open in Munich. Heavy rain and a threat of lightning saw play suspeneded for three hours at Golfclub Munchen Eichenried Thursday afternoon, before darkness curtailed the day’s play just after 9 p.m.
7:19 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The executive who led the extraordinary growth of the English Premier League is joining a new Ryder Cup committee aimed at enhancing the commercial value of golf’s biggest team event. Richard Scudamore was chief executive then executive chairman of the Premier League from 1999 until last
5:33 PM ET The PGA Tour’s developmental tour is going by a new name after 10-year sponsorship agreement was announced Wednesday. Known as the Web.com Tour, the circuit that serves as a feeder system for the PGA Tour will now be called the Korn Ferry Tour with the Los Angeles-based global organizational consulting firm taking
3:38 PM ET CROMWELL, Conn. — There is one major piece missing from Phil Mickelson’s golf résumé — he’s never won the U.S. Open. He’s starting to get it into his head that it likely won’t ever happen. “I really don’t have many more chances,” Mickelson said Wednesday after his practice round at the Travelers