7:38 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Paul Goydos birdied the par-5 18th for a 6-under 65 and a one-stroke lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Tied for the first-round lead with Tim Petrovic after a 63, Goydos had six birdies in the bogey-free round in warm, sunny conditions at
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5:54 PM ET Suzy Whaley was elected the first female president of the PGA of America at the association’s annual meeting in Indian Wells, California, on Friday. Whaley, 51, the director of instruction at Suzy Whaley Golf in Cromwell, Connecticut, became a PGA of America member in 2001 and transitioned into teaching after a brief
5:46 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matt Kuchar had a 7-under 64 with a fortunate bogey on his card to build a two-shot lead over big-hitting rookie Cameron Champ on Friday in the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Kuchar surged into the mix with five straight birdies on the front nine. He was
10:05 AM ET Home favourite Louis Oosthuizen produced a strong back nine to card a five-under-par 67 and trail leader Sergio Garcia by one shot at the halfway stage of the European Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge at the Gary Player Country Club, Sun City. Garcia was faultless in shooting 64 in his opening round but
11:27 AM ET Sergio Garcia birdied three of the last four holes on his way to a faultless opening round of 64 and a four-shot lead in the European Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge in Sun City on Thursday. Garcia, fresh from victory at the Andalucia Valderrama Masters last month, carded eight birdies as he seeks
3:51 AM ET Associated Press HAINAN ISLAND, China — Gaby Lopez shot a hole-in-one for a 6-under 66 on her 25th birthday and a one-stroke lead over Ariya Jutanugarn after the third round of the Blue Bay LPGA tournament on Friday. Lopez had her ace on the par-3 17th, and the Mexican player will be
7:36 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Paul Goydos and Tim Petrovic shot 8-under 63 on Thursday to share the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, leaving points leader Bernhard Langer seven strokes back in the PGA Tour Champions’ season finale. In sunny, 80-degree conditions at Phoenix Country Club, Langer parred the final nine
6:28 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matt Kuchar decided at the last minute to play the Mayakoba Golf Classic and made it look like a smart move Thursday. Kuchar missed only two fairways at El Camaleon Golf Club and kept bogeys off his card for a 7-under 64 that gave him
3:09 PM ET Tiger Woods will welcome a field that includes 16 of the top 23 players in the world — including himself — to the Hero World Challenge, to begin later this month in the Bahamas. Woods, the tournament host of the event he launched with his late father, Earl, in 1999 to benefit
10:22 AM ET Most of the players on the PGA Tour Champions — that would be the 50-and-older crowd — have probably never heard of the game Fortnite. The rest of the world has, but probably not this crowd. Yet, somehow, a few players — beginning with Bernhard Langer — were convinced to try some