7:00 AM ET The FedEx Cup playoffs begin this week with the first of four tournaments that will crown a season-long PGA Tour champion. Do not confuse that with the player who won the most tournaments, majors or money. Or who is ultimately voted PGA Tour player of the year. The playoff system, which began
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11:47 PM ET Associated Press NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — Sungjae Im won the regular-season ending Portland Open on Sunday to earn one of 25 PGA Tour cards and become the first player to top the Web.com Tour money list wire-to-wire. Brandt Snedeker closed with a 65 for a 3-stroke victory Sunday in the Wyndham Championship,
8:12 PM ET Associated Press LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. — Two-time U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Kristen Gillman was selected Sunday to represent the United States in the World Amateur Team Championships. Gillman, the 20-year-old Alabama star from Austin, Texas, will be joined on the women’s team by Wake Forest’s Jennifer Kupcho of Westminster, Colorado, and UCLA’s
10:08 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Sung Hyun Park blew one chance to jump back on top of the world on Sunday. The South Korean star made sure it didn’t happen again. After missing a short birdie putt on the final hole of regulation and leaving the door open for Lizette Salas, Park made
6:41 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Brandt Snedeker won the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his ninth PGA Tour title, four days after opening with an 11-under 59. Snedeker closed with a 65 for a three-stroke victory in the regular-season finale, breaking a tie with C.T. Pan on the final hole with a
Aug 19, 2018 Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Viktor Hovland‘s week at the U.S. Amateur went so well that even when he made rare mistakes with drives into hazards, it didn’t end up hurting him at all. Hovland recovered from one to take the lead for good on the fourth hole of the 36-hole
8:55 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Michael Bradley shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a 2-stroke lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Dick’s Sporting Goods Open. The 52-year-old Bradley had five birdies and a bogey in the rain-delayed round to reach 11-under 133 at En-Joie Golf Club.
8:31 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Lizette Salas shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a 2-shot lead over Sung Hyun Park and Amy Yang after the third round of the Indy Women in Tech Championship. The 29-year-old former Southern California player hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since 2014. She took the
4:53 PM ET A spectator was injured and required stitches after player Kevin Stadler‘s club head came loose and flew into the gallery Friday at a Web.com Tour event near Portland, Oregon. Stadler, the son of former Masters champion Craig Stadler, was playing in the WinCo Foods Portland Open when he slammed his club to
10:53 PM ET Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Texas teen Cole Hammer and Norway’s Viktor Hovland advanced Friday at Pebble Beach in the U.S. Amateur to set up a semifinal match. Hammer, the 18-year-old Houston player headed to the University of Texas this fall, beat England’s Alex Fitzpatrick 3 and 2. Hammer is 17-1