6:40 PM ET Associated Press RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico — Andres Romero shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Thursday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open. Romero birdied three of his last five holes in a bogey-free round at Coco Beach Golf and Country Club. The 37-year-old Argentine player
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5:27 PM ET Sydney amateur Doey Choi has a two-stroke lead heading into the second round of the Australian Ladies Classic after a record-setting effort at the Bonville golf resort. The reigning Queensland and South Australian amateur champion fired an impressive six-under 66 in tricky morning conditions on Thursday to top the leaderboard from Sweden’s
2:00 PM ET Associated Press CHONBURI, Thailand — Eun-Hee Ji of South Korea led the LPGA Thailand by two shots after opening with a 9-under-par 63 Thursday. Ji won her fifth U.S. LPGA Tour title in her previous event last month, the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Florida. She picked up right where she left
1:29 PM ET One of the first duties for newly-appointed U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker was to reach out to Patrick Reed and make sure the acrimony surrounding the September defeat to Europe in Paris would not be an issue going forward. Reed told the New York Times after the 16 ½ to 11
1:53 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Tiger Woods said he will skip his hometown Honda Classic next week and has committed to the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Players Championship. A busy spring schedule has been the subject of much conjecture for Woods, who is playing his third event and second in a row at
9:55 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Jordan Spieth‘s caddie, Michael Greller, had to leave the WGC-Mexico Championship because of the death of his father, John Greller. Shawn Spieth, Jordan’s father, will take Greller’s place at Club de Golf Chapultepec, where the first round begins Thursday. The Golf Channel first reported the news, and tournament officials
12:34 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Deciding where to play this year in a busy lead-up to the Masters has been a challenge for Tiger Woods, who admitted Tuesday that choosing between a slew of events where he’s had success or that are near his Florida home remains difficult. The change this year, however, is
5:19 PM ET MEXICO CITY — Even for pro golfers used to hitting the ball a long way, there is something kind of cool about launching a tee shot high into the sky when playing in the thin air that comes with altitude. Tiger Woods said it really would be fun if it were just
12:38 PM ET Steve Stricker will be named the U.S. Ryder Cup captain on Wednesday, sources confirmed to ESPN, becoming the first American to serve in the role despite never having won a major championship. Stricker, 51, will become the 29th U.S. captain for the matches to be played in his home state of Wisconsin
10:34 AM ET Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will play in his second PGA Tour event closer to home, accepting a sponsor’s exemption into the AT&T Byron Nelson. Romo will tee it up alongside top Tour players like Jordan Spieth and Ryan Palmer at Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, his home course, on