6:28 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Lexi Thompson shot a 5-under 67 at the CME Group Tour Championship on Friday to move to 12 under, three shots clear of first-round leader Amy Olson (72) and Brittany Lincicome (71). Thompson, who is still winless this season, hit all 18 greens in regulation, and hasn’t
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5:08 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Charles Howell III was just as good on the tougher scoring course at Sea Island with another 64 to match the best 36-hole score of his career and build a 3-shot lead in the RSM Classic. Howell was bogey-free for the second straight round. He
Nov 17, 2018 It all seemed like good fun back in May when Phil Mickelson began playfully poking Tiger Woods as they were to be grouped together for one of the rare times in their careers on the PGA Tour. Mickelson was setting the stage for what would become known as The Match, to be
9:38 AM ET Tommy Fleetwood stayed in contention to retain his Race to Dubai title as fellow Englishman Matt Wallace led the way at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. Wallace hit a bogey-free 65 to lead by one shot into the weekend at the Jumeirah Golf Estates as he bids for a fourth European
3:15 AM ET Former Adelaide airport worker Max McCardle admits there will be plenty of nerves when he tees off on Saturday sharing the Australian Open lead. However, a “flukey” chip-in birdie on his last hole of the second round at The Lakes has McCardle feeling the golf gods are firmly on his side. Having
5:27 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Amy Olson had a simple explanation for her brilliant start at the CME Group Tour Championship. “I don’t have any bad memories,” she said. Playing the LPGA’s season-ending event for the first time, Olson was flawless with nine birdies and no dropped shots on her way to
5:28 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Charles Howell III bundled up and made birdies Thursday for an 8-under 64 that gave him a two-shot lead in the first round of the RSM Classic. Howell played the Plantation course at Sea Island Resort without a bogey. Defending champion Austin Cook and J.J.
8:17 AM ET Francesco Molinari carded a 4-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead over Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood on the opening day of the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Thursday. Molinari can win the European Tour’s Race to Dubai if he secures a finish of fifth or better at the season-ending
5:11 AM ET Not even the coveted Stonehaven Cup could exempt Australian Open first-round leader Byeong Hun An from compulsive military service in his native South Korea. But the son of Olympic medal-winning table tennis players is determined to go on to victory at The Lakes after two crushing losses on the US PGA Tour
10:07 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — The Race to the CME Globe will be more frantic starting next year, and the winner of the LPGA Tour’s season-ending tournament is going to get considerably richer. Tour and event officials announced Tuesday night that the CME Group Tour Championship’s purse in 2019 will double to