11:43 AM ET Associated Press SHENZHEN, China — Having only recently completed his midterm exams in high school, 14-year-old Chinese golfer Kuang Yang felt underprepared heading into his first event on the European Tour. It hasn’t stopped him making the cut in historic fashion at the China Open. Kuang holed a par putt from nearly
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9:45 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Long-hitting Anne van Dam of the Netherlands two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Eun-Hee Ji in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship. The 23-year-old van Dam bogeyed two
9:57 PM ET Associated Press DALY CITY, Calif. — Long-hitting Anne van Dam of the Netherlands two-putted for birdie on the par-5 18th for a 5-under 67 and a share of the first-round lead Thursday with South Koreans So Yeon Ryu and Eun-Hee Ji in the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship. The 23-year-old van Dam bogeyed two
7:32 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rory McIlroy made the most of his game and turned it into a 5-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Joel Dahmen after the opening round Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship. McIlroy, a two-time winner at Quail Hollow, twice made birdie when
2:33 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dozens of golfers at the Wells Fargo Championship paid tribute to the shooting victims at UNC Charlotte by wearing a small ribbon with the school’s color on their hats during Thursday’s opening round. Two students were killed and four others wounded Tuesday when a former Charlotte student
4:22 PM ET Tiger Woods is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony Monday at the White House. The award, the nation’s highest civilian honor, has been presented since 1963. Woods will be the 33rd sports figure honored and the fourth golfer, following Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Charlie Sifford. Here
1:14 PM ET Tiger Woods will celebrate his Masters victory and receive the nation’s highest honor for a civilian when he visits the White House and President Donald Trump on Monday. 2 Related White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday announced the event, at which Woods will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Woods
7:37 PM ET Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Megan Furtney and Erica Shepherd atoned for a semifinal loss a year ago by winning the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball on Wednesday with a strong start and a steady finish at Timuquana Country Club. Furtney and Shepherd, high school seniors who plan to play for Duke next
5:55 PM ET Associated Press BLUFFTON, S.C. — Alex Beach seized control with three straight birdies on the front nine and closed with a 3-under 69 to hold off Danny Balin to win the PGA Professional Championship on Wednesday. They were among 20 club pros who earned spots in the PGA Championship in two weeks
12:43 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Harold Varner III was rooting as hard as anyone for Tiger Woods to close out his recent Masters victory, knowing how much it would mean to Woods but also to a close friend who is battling colon cancer. Varner revealed Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that he had