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HILTON HEAD ISLAND — From a distance, you could just make out the muted yellow of Webb Simpson’s shirt as he prepared to tee off on the 18th hole Sunday. Beyond that faded bit of color, he was little more than a silhouette against Calibogue Sound. He’d looked even smaller a moment before, when he

9:10 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson celebrated another victory on Father’s Day, this time with a tartan jacket instead of a U.S. Open trophy. In a wild sprint to the finish after a three-hour storm delay, Simpson ran off five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine

The worry came to fruition in Hilton Head Friday, a PGA Tour player testing positive for COVID-19 during tournament play, forcing his withdrawal from the event. In itself, the news was not a shock; the tour planned for this. It had to: With 300-odd players and caddies competing in a given week, it was bound

A foursome was tied at the top entering the final round of the RBC Heritage on Father’s Day Sunday: Tyrrell Hatton, Abraham Ancer, Webb Simpson and Ryan Palmer. But recent history suggested 54-hole leads weren’t safe at Harbour Town; the last seven winners on Hilton Head Island had trailed by at least two shots with

5:41 PM ET HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — As illnesses go, Nick Watney likely proceeded like someone who simply was not at his best. He certainly was not violently ill Friday when he showed up at Harbour Town Golf Club. And despite warm, humid temperatures, he felt well enough to attempt to play the second

A memorable moment deserved a memorable gesture. That’s at least how So Yeon Ryu approached her one-stroke victory over Hyo Joo Kim on Sunday at the Korean Women’s Open, one of the flagship events on the Korean LPGA Tour. In her first start since February due to the long break in competition in her home

3:19 PM ET Associated Press Michelle Wie West now has a little one of her own. The former U.S. Women’s Open champion announced on Instagram that she and her husband, Golden State Warriors executive Jonnie West, are parents of a daughter born Friday. “Kenna baby, I have waited my entire life to meet you,” Wie,

Michelle Wie West can add another accolade to her impressive resume: The U.S. Women’s Open champion is now a mom. Wie West gave birth to a baby girl on June 19, Makenna Kamalei Yoona West. She took to Instagram to announce the arrival of her daughter, posting photos of both herself and her husband, Jonnie

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Like most men with oversized chests and arms, the New Bryson DeChambeau looks perpetually uncomfortable, as though his body retains a memory of the range and fluidity it once knew, and yet can’t adjust to life inside the prison bars of bulging muscle. There is not much grace to his game

6:53 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson managed only one birdie on the back nine Saturday at Harbour Town, and that was just enough for him to post a 3-under 68 and join a four-way share of the lead at the RBC Heritage. It sets up another Sunday of endless

Following Nick Watney’s positive test for COVID-19 at the RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour said on Saturday that it tested 11 people who may have had close contact with Watney and that all results came back negative. The Tour didn’t release the names of specific people tested, but his Friday playing partners, Luke List and

7:50 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Webb Simpson spent two days at Harbour Town watching bulked-up Bryson DeChambeau swing out of his shoes and realized his own brand of golf works just fine. They traded birdies Friday morning in the RBC Heritage until Simpson got the last word with a 6-footer

Anthony Kim turned 35 on Friday, a sad reminder that we are all getting old and that it’s been a long time since we saw AK teeing it up on the PGA Tour. More than eight years, in fact, have passed since Kim withdrew after shooting 74 in the opening round of the 2012 Wells

Rory McIlroy chatted with Nick Watney on the putting green at Harbour Town on Friday morning before heading out to play the second round of the RBC Heritage. Hours later, the world No. 1 got a text from Watney that no PGA Tour player wants to see right now. Watney told him he tested positive

4:06 PM ET HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Nick Watney became the first player on the PGA Tour to test positive for the coronavirus, and he withdrew from the RBC Heritage before his Friday afternoon tee time. Watney, 39, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour, indicated before arriving at Harbour Town Golf Club that he

Davis Love III is playing this week for the first time since he lost his Sea Island home to a fire in March. Harbour Town is a favorite for many tour players due to its family-friendly atmosphere, but its confines have been especially hospitable to Love: Five of his 21 PGA Tour victories have come

7:57 PM ET Associated Press The RBC Heritage began two months later than usual with a little rain, a little sunshine and a lot of birdies, most of them from Jordan Spieth to turn a rough start into a furious finish. Ian Poulter holed a 30-foot birdie putt and followed with a 5-iron to 4

A former PGA of America diversity official has posted an open letter critical of his time with the organization. Wendell Haskins worked for the PGA of America from 2014 to 2017, serving as senior director of diversity & multicultural initiatives and director of sports & entertainment marketing. Haskins, in response to statements from PGA of