8:40 PM ET Golfer Nelly Korda is on the cusp of extending her family’s remarkable sporting love affair with Australia. The American holds a three-stroke lead at the Australian Open after Saturday’s third round in Adelaide. As hopes of a local winner fade, Korda is 11-under after landing four birdies in her last six holes
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8:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Gene Littler, whose fluid swing carried him to 29 victories on the PGA Tour and a U.S. Open title at Oakland Hills, has died. Littler died Friday night with his family at his side, son Curt Littler said Saturday. He was 88. Littler held his own among
7:29 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Ken Tanigawa had six back-nine birdies in a 5-under 66 for a share of the Chubb Classic lead Saturday with Glen Day and Stephen Ames. Tanigawa rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 8 and 9 with birdies on Nos. 10-12, 14, 15 and 17 at The Classics at
1:31 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Matt Kuchar again expressed regret for the way he handled payment of a fill-in caddie at the Mayakoba Classic in November, a controversy that has enveloped him for the past several days. Matt Kuchar defended paying caddie David Giral Ortiz $5,000 from his $1.296 million winner’s check in November,
1:56 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods rolled in a 24-foot birdie putt on his final hole Saturday morning to turn a certain missed cut at the Genesis Open into what appears to be two more rounds at Riviera Country Club. Tiger Woods finished 30 holes on a rainy day at Riviera Country Club
10:10 PM ET LOS ANGELES — On a cool, wet, mostly miserable day, Tiger Woods played more holes in competition than at any point in his comeback from spinal fusion surgery nearly two years ago. And with mixed results that left him frustrated. Woods played 30 holes at Riviera Country Club on Friday and lamented
9:13 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas put together enough birdies in a cold rain at Riviera to reach 10-under par and share the lead with Adam Scott when the second round of the Genesis Open was halted by darkness. Beginning in 2020, the Genesis Open will have a significantly higher purse,
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Matt Kuchar heard a few catcalls from spectators at the Genesis Open on Friday. He’s seen the negativity on social media and in the golf world at large. And he decided to make amends. Following his first round Friday at Riviera Country Club, Kuchar issued a statement in which he apologized
7:19 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Playing partners Sandy Lyle and Stephen Ames matched the course record at 8-under 63 to share the first-round lead Friday in the PGA Tour Champions’ Chubb Classic. Lyle topped a leaderboard for the first time in 155 career starts on the 50-and-over tour. The 61-year-old Scot won
4:48 PM ET Associated Press FAR HILLS, N.J. — Teen prodigy Lucy Li gets to keep her amateur status after the USGA gave her a warning for appearing in an Apple Watch advertisement. That clears the way for the 16-year-old Li to play in the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur the first week in April.