8:04 PM ET Associated Press Next year will be the final leap into “Poppie’s Pond,” ending 40 years of the only LPGA major held on the same course and still known in some corners simply as the Dinah Shore. The LPGA Tour announced Tuesday that Chevron is taking over as title sponsor of the year’s
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1:24 PM ET The European Tour on Tuesday added the AVIV Dubai Championship to its 2021 schedule, with the $1.5 million event returning for a second straight season and replacing the cancelled Nedbank Golf Challenge Hosted by Gary Player in South Africa. The event will be played on the Fire course at Jumeirah Golf Estates
9:31 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Toto Japan Classic is no longer part of the LPGA Tour schedule because of the pandemic, leaving only one tournament as part of the tour’s Asian swing in the fall. The Toto Japan Classic is scheduled for Nov. 4-7. The LPGA Tour now has only
7:36 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sam Burns ran off four birdies in a six-hole stretch to start the back nine and pulled away for a 5-under 67 to win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour victory this year. Against a list of contenders looking for their first
4:47 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Celine Boutier birdied two of her last three holes for an 8-under 63 and won the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Sunday when South Korea’s two best players faltered down the stretch. Starting the final round five shots behind, Boutier ran off six birdies on the front nine
2:00 PM ET Associated Press Danny Willett celebrated his birthday by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by two strokes on Sunday. The Englishman took a three-shot lead into the European Tour event’s final round, which was played over the Old Course at St. Andrews. Willett shot a 4-under 68 and finished on 18 under
10:55 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — In his first weekend contention on the PGA Tour, California rookie Sahith Theegala is handling the pressure and his golf just fine in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Theegala began the back nine Saturday at Country Club of Jackson with three straight birdies, had an eagle chip spin
7:18 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — Inbee Park birdied three of her last five holes to match Jin Young Ko with a 6-under 65 and leave two top South Korean golfers in the world tied for the lead Saturday in the ShopRite LPGA. Ko, the No. 2 player in the world, played in
2:07 PM ET Former Masters champion Danny Willett produced an impressive bogey-free round of 6-under 66 to claim a three-shot lead at the end of the third round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. The Englishman finished the day at 14 under for the tournament, ahead of overnight leader Tyrrell Hatton, who started
9:42 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau‘s first foray into the world of long driving has come to an end. DeChambeau made it to the final eight of the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship but was eliminated in the next round Friday night in Mesquite, Nevada. DeChambeau squeaked into the top eight, in the final spot,
8:12 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Will Zalatoris felt like he couldn’t miss on the green and rarely did Friday in setting the course record with an 11-under 61 to share the lead with Nick Watney and Sahith Theegala in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Zalatoris, voted the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
7:23 PM ET Associated Press GALLOWAY, N.J. — So Yeon Ryu finally quit thinking about her swing and thought only about scoring just in time to birdie the last three holes for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead with Jodi Ewart Shadoff in the ShopRite LPGA on Friday. Scoring was so low
12:42 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The grandstands were packed before the sun came up over Lake Michigan, and by the end of the day those who filled them and the surrounding property were singing, dancing and enjoying one of the more remarkable days in recent U.S. Ryder Cup history. Smiling American golfers were part
9:41 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — For the first time in his Ryder Cup career, Rory McIlroy will sit out a session of the event when play resumes Saturday morning. McIlroy, 32, is one of the European Ryder Cup team’s leaders, having competed in all 24 sessions from 2010 through 2018 and compiling an 11-9-4
9:27 PM ET Associated Press ROGERS, Ark. — A Lim Kim, Katherine Kirk and Eun-Hi Ji each shot 8-under 63 Friday for a one-shot lead over Sarah Burnham after the first round of the Walmart Northwest Arkansas Championship. Five others — Nasa Hataoka, Lindsey Weaver, Pajaree Anannarukarn, Aditi Ashok and Klara Spilkova — were another
9:42 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The European team, which had won four of five and nine of the last 12 Ryder Cups, stuck with its recipe that has worked, with nine veterans and three rookies. The Americans, who had been on the losing end so many times since the turn of the 21st century,
7:00 AM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — After a one-year delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 43rd Ryder Cup is finally here for an American team that is trying to end two decades of frustration. The Friday morning foursomes matches, in which players alternate until the hole is completed, include a heavyweight bout right out
3:32 PM ET SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Bryson DeChambeau‘s remarkable length off the tee is already providing an advantage for the United States at the 43rd Ryder Cup. DeChambeau, who led the PGA Tour in driving distance last season, took a very aggressive line on the 581-yard, par-5 fifth hole in Friday afternoon’s four-ball match. He