8:37 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — Paul Lawrie, who won The Open in 1999 at Carnoustie following a dramatic collapse by Jean Van de Velde, will miss next month’s edition at the same venue because of injury. “It is with regret that I announce my withdrawal from all Tour events for the remainder of
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7:26 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Bubba Watson says TPC River Highlands feels like home. It certainly was a comfortable place again this week. Watson overcame a six-stroke deficit Sunday to win his third Travelers Championship title, shooting a 7-under 63 for a three-stroke victory. The left-hander became the first three-time winner on
6:03 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Scott McCarron won the American Family Insurance Championship on Sunday, closing with an 8-under 64 for a one-stroke victory over hometown player Jerry Kelly. The 52-year-old McCarron birdied Nos. 14-16 and parred the final two to hold on for his first victory of the season and seventh
8:44 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — Minjee Lee wasn’t all that concerned when she missed her first cut of the year this month at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. The ninth-ranked player in the world, Lee, 22, has certainly looked at ease and back in form at Pinnacle Country Club in her first event
7:18 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Paul Casey has come close each of the three previous times he has played in Connecticut. He has a great chance to break through Sunday in the Travelers Championship. Casey shot an 8-under 62 on Saturday to take a four-stroke lead into the final round. Casey, whose
1:32 PM ET Associated Press Danish golfer Lucas Bjerregaard shot a 5-under 67 to equal the week’s lowest round for a six-way share of the lead alongside home favourite Martin Kaymer after the third round of the BMW International Open on Saturday. Bjerregaard had eight birdies, a double bogey and a bogey to finish on
8:30 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Brian Harman shot a 4-under 66 on Friday to move to 10 under par and watched that hold up for the second-round lead in the Travelers Championship, thanks in part to a 10-second rule. Harman finished a stroke ahead of Matt Jones and first-round co-leader Zach Johnson,
5:26 PM ET ESPN staff Australia’s Scott Hend shot a cool 67 to lead after the second round of the BMW International Open in Germany. In windy conditions at Golf Club Gut Laerchenhof near Cologne Hend, 44, shot an eagle and four birdies to surge into the lead as others fell to the course’s unforgiving
8:28 PM ET Associated Press CROMWELL, Conn. — Jordan Spieth has no idea what it is like to play from behind at the Travelers Championship. The defending champion led after every round last year in his first visit to TPC River Highlands, and he shot a 7-under 63 on Thursday to match Zach Johnson for
Jordan Spieth’s game hasn’t been as sharp as he’d like lately, but there is something about the Travelers that just fits his eye. The defending champ opened with 63 to tie Zach Johnson for the lead. Spieth even holed out from the bunker — again. This one was for eagle at No. 6. “They got