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TROON, Scotland — Justin Thomas made his British Open debut at Royal Troon eight years ago, and it taught him everything he needs to know about what can make this major so maddening. It had nothing to do with gorse bushes or pot bunkers. It was about weather and tee...

Palmer Jackson finally won a golf tournament Sunday that was on his bucket list. The Murrysville native and graduate of Franklin Regional and Notre Dame won the Westmoreland Golf Association’s Amateur Championship by holding off the Turowski brothers. Jackson, who plans to turn pro after the U.S. Amateur next month,...

A unique round of golf helped Pine-Richland grad Mike Van Sickle defend his title at the Falling Rock Classic at Nemacolin Woodlands on July 9. Van Sickle eagled all four par-5s in the final round of the two-day event to finish 5-under par and win by one stroke over Eddie...

SOTOGRANDE, Spain — Sergio Garcia claimed his first individual LIV Golf win on Sunday after the Spaniard beat overnight leader Anirban Lahiri in a playoff for the Andalucia title. García thrilled the home fans with a 5-under 66 to pull level with Lahiri and force the 18th-hole playoff with both...

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Ludvig Aberg overcame a pair of bogeys early on the back nine with three late birdies that carried him to a 5-under-par 65 Saturday at the Scottish Open, slightly dampening the enthusiasm of a gallery fully behind local star Robert MacIntyre. “Not the most stress-free golf,...

Rory McIlroy sees the British Open as little more than the next opportunity to end 10 years without a major, not atonement for his late collapse in the U.S. Open. It’s the last opportunity this year, not only for the hard-luck McIlroy but everyone else who earned a spot at...

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Justin Thomas dressed in tartan-patterned trousers and played the part Thursday in the Scottish Open with an 8-under-par 62, his lowest opening round on the PGA Tour since his 59 in the Sony Open seven years ago. Rory McIlroy was three shots behind with a 65...

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Rory McIlroy got back into his own little world a few days too late. The immediate aftermath of a U.S. Open he threw away — missing two putts in the 3-foot range — included a previously planned trip to Manhattan. McIlroy said he walked the High...

Members of Oakmont Country Club take pride in having one of the toughest courses in the country. When the 2025 United States Golf Association brings the Open to Western Pennsylvania for a record 10th time next June, they want the best players in the game to work for their title....

Championship golf is returning to Pittsburgh this summer. The United States Golf Association will hold the sixth Senior Women’s Open from Aug. 1-4 at Fox Chapel Golf Club. It’s the 94th USGA championship to be played in Pennsylvania and the first U.S. Senior Women’s Open. The men’s U.S. Open will...

Davis Thompson had been working toward a moment like this, and he wasn’t about to let anything stop him — not a soft golf course that produced the best scores of the week, not the pressure of trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. He started...

MUNICH — Ewen Ferguson won the BMW International Open by two shots on Sunday for his third European tour title — and clinched a spot in the British Open taking place in his native Scotland this month. The 168th-ranked Ferguson smiled as he rotated both of his shoulders before tapping...

David Fuhrer didn’t have it easy. But after five playoff holes, Fuhrer won something several other family members accomplished last Wednesday at Fox Chapel Golf Club. Fuhrer, a Fox Chapel graduate and incoming freshman at George Mason, became the third member of his family to win the C.R. Miller Memorial...

SILVIS, Ill. — Hayden Springer posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history Thursday, joining a rapidly expanding list with an eagle-birdie finish in the John Deere Classic for a 12-under-par 59. All that got him was a two-shot lead over Sami Valimaki on a rain-softened TPC Deere Run...

Next month’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open at Fox Chapel Golf Club will have some local flair, as one of greatest amateur female golfers from the region, and the world, will be in the field. Seven-time USGA champion Carol Semple Thompson received a special exemption for the event Aug. 1-4. Thompson,...