LPGA rookie Green grabs U.S. Women’s Open spot at Shannopin Country Club qualifier
Melanie Green was in the running for her first LPGA title this past weekend at the Riviera Maya Open in Mayakoba, Mexico. She ended up tying for ninth. On her way to the next LPGA event, the Mizuho Americas Open in West Caldwell, N.J., she stopped in Ben Avon to...
Rahm resolves dispute with European tour as LIV Golf faces loss of Saudi funding
STERLING, Va. — Jon Rahm has resolved his financial dispute with the European tour, a move that potentially gives him a place to compete in 2027 and beyond with LIV Golf facing an uncertain future. Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton took questions Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia after LIV CEO Scott...
Woods, Mickelson out of PGA Championship
Tiger Woods is officially out of the PGA Championship. Ditto for Phil Mickelson, who has played only one LIV Golf event this year as he copes with a family health matter and withdrew shortly after the list of 154 players was announced Tuesday for Aronimink Golf Club. And the big...
Jon Rahm resolves his dispute with European tour as LIV Golf faces loss of Saudi funding
STERLING, Va. — Jon Rahm has resolved his financial dispute with the European tour, a move that potentially gives him a place to compete in 2027 and beyond with LIV Golf facing an uncertain future. Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton took questions Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia after LIV CEO Scott...
Cameron Young finishes wire-to-wire win at Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble Sunday was, well, Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par-4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort...
Cameron Young still in control at Doral, leads Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young didn’t have as easy of a time in the third round of the Cadillac Championship as he did while building a big lead Thursday and Friday. It didn’t seem to matter, either. Young is still in full control at Trump National Doral, after his round...
Young takes 5-stroke lead into weekend at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young finally made his first bogey of the week at the Cadillac Championship. It barely put a dent into his lead going into the weekend. Young shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday to get to 13-under and take a five-shot lead at the midway point of...
Cameron Young makes big putts to take early lead at Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young made, by his own count, about a billion feet worth of putts. Jordan Spieth was, to use his own word, a nerd. Both approaches were optimal in the opening round of the Cadillac Championship. Young shot a bogey-free round of 8-under-par 64 on Thursday, taking...
PGA Tour returns to Trump Doral this week for Cadillac Championship, 1st time there since 2016
DORAL, Fla. — Scottie Scheffler doesn’t have much familiarity with Trump National Doral. Then again, neither do most of the players in the field this week for the Cadillac Championship. The PGA Tour is back in Doral for the first time in a decade, this time as a 72-player, $20...
LIV Golf and Louisiana officials postpone the tour’s New Orleans event
NEW ORLEANS — LIV Golf said Tuesday it was working with Louisiana state officials to move its inaugural June tournament in New Orleans to the fall but stopped short of guaranteeing the event would take place at all. “We have made the strategic decision to explore moving LIV Golf Louisiana...
LIV Golf looking to postpone New Orleans event, according to reports
NEW ORLEANS — LIV Golf’s inaugural tournament in New Orleans that was scheduled for the end of June is likely to be postponed until the fall, according to multiple reports. New Orleans television station WDSU and Nola.com were among the first to report Monday the June 25-28 event at Bayou...
Korda wins Chevron Championship for 3rd major
HOUSTON (AP) — Nelly Korda is back to No. 1 in the world and looks every bit the part. Korda was so untouchable at The Chevron Championship that no one got closer than four shots of her the entire weekend. She played her last 29 holes at Memorial Park in...
Dramatic Zurich Classic win by the Fitzpatricks puts Alex on PGA Tour
AVONDALE, La. — It was a fantastic finish for the Fitzpatrick family — a mother and father beaming along the 18th green at the TPC Louisiana as their sons celebrated a PGA Tour triumph together. Matt Fitzpatrick and younger brother Alex combined for a 1-under 71 in alternate-shot play Sunday...
Nelly Korda slows her torrid pace, settles for 5-shot lead in Chevron Championship
HOUSTON — Nelly Korda stretched her lead to eight shots Saturday until missing a series of short putts that caused her to settle for a 2-under-par 70 and a five-shot lead in The Chevron Championship, the largest 54-hole lead of her career. But the work is not over. Korda looked...
Fitzpatrick brothers post tournament-record 57, take 4-shot lead at Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — Matt Fitzpatrick and his younger brother Alex shot a tournament-record 15-under-par 57 in better-ball play Saturday, giving them a four-shot lead heading into the final round of the Zurich Classic. The Englishmen were at 30-under 186 through 54 holes of the PGA Tour’s only team event. Matt...
Nelly Korda with another 65 leaves the field behind at Chevron Championship
HOUSTON — Nelly Korda is playing with so much control even her misses are right where she’s aiming. She birdied her last two holes Friday with exquisite irons shots for another 7-under-par 65, giving her a daunting seven-shot lead going into the weekend at The Chevron Championship. Korda has made...
Fitzpatrick brothers pull within shot of Smalley and Springer at Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — Brothers Matt and Alex Fitzpatrick combined for a 7-under-par 65 in alternate-shot play Friday to pull within a stroke of leaders Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer through two rounds at the Zurich Classic. “We barely missed a shot,” Matt Fitzpatrick said. “We’re in good stead going into...
Jim Furyk is returning as U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2027, AP sources say
HOUSTON — Jim Furyk is returning as U.S. Ryder Cup captain for the 2027 matches in Ireland as the Americans try to get back on track against a European team that has dominated the last three decades, The Associated Press has learned. Furyk would be the fourth U.S. captain to...
Nelly Korda off to fast start with 65 to lead by 2 in Chevron Championship
HOUSTON — Nelly Korda leaned on her putter to save pars early and then poured it on her back nine of Memorial Park for a 7-under-par 65, her best start to a major in four years to take a two-shot lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship. Patty Tavatanakit, who won...
Fitzpatrick brothers 6 shots behind Smalley and Springer at Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — Matt Fitzpatrick, fresh off his RBC Heritage victory, teamed with younger brother Alex to shoot an 8-under-par 64 in better-ball play Thursday in the Zurich Classic, leaving the English duo six shots behind Alex Smalley and Hayden Springer. Smalley and Springer matched the tournament record with a...
5 local golfers advance to U.S. Open final qualifier
The United States Golf Association’s 126th Open championship will be played June 18-21 at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, N.Y. Five local players have hopes to be part of the final field after taking the first step Tuesday at the USGA local open qualifier at The Club at Nevillewood....
Brooks Koepka appears to have left LIV Golf at just right time
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Brooks Koepka never spent more time doing so little at a golf course. Considering where he could have been — Mexico City, still part of LIV Golf — it was a small price to pay. Koepka was the first alternate for the RBC Heritage so...
Aloha, PGA Tour. Hawaii will be without a tour event in 2027 for the 1st time in 56 years
The PGA Tour will not be in Hawaii in 2027 for the first time in 56 years as it moves toward a revamped schedule that no longer will start the season in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The Sentry was canceled last January on drought-stricken Maui when the grass...
Matt Fitzpatrick delivers another playoff winner to beat Scottie Scheffler at RBC Heritage
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Matt Fitzpatrick was in a playoff at Harbour Town against an American favorite Sunday, facing a large and noisy gallery cheering and chanting for his opponent — Scottie Scheffler this time, the No. 1 player in the world. It was practically a repeat from three...
Bryson DeChambeau withdraws from final round of LIV Golf with wrist injury
MEXICO CITY — Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from the final round of LIV Golf Mexico City on Sunday, citing an injury to his wrist that he did not want to further aggravate. DeChambeau, who was trying to become the first player to win three straight times on LIV Golf, started poorly...
