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5:31 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Playing two groups ahead of Simpson in windy conditions on Sea Island’s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three

From the professional tours to trending news and social-media headlines, here are some golf-related things you might have missed from the weekend. Duncan earns breakthrough The PGA Tour is now on holiday break. And it’s going to be a mean Thanksgiving spread at the Duncan household. With a birdie on the second hole of sudden

NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim might have just become the least-talked about wire-to-wire winner ever. The 26-year-old from South Korea quietly opened the CME Group Tour Championship with a 65 to take a lead she held or shared until her winning 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole worth $1.5 million on Sunday. On

7:59 AM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm claimed the Race to Dubai title Sunday after he held off fellow contender Tommy Fleetwood to secure a one-shot victory at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. Rahm opened up a six-shot advantage after seven holes at Jumeirah Golf Estates before Fleetwood made a late charge, finishing with a

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Seven holes into the final round of the DP World Tour Championship, the Race to Dubai looked over. With his fifth birdie of the day, Jon Rahm reached 20-under par and moved into what appeared to be a winning position on both fronts. At that stage, Tommy Fleetwood was eight back at

4:54 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim had only one birdie on the back nine and held on for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Nelly Korda, who made a charge going into the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship with the richest prize ever in women’s

NAPLES, Fla. — After making double bogey on the third hole of the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship, Nelly Korda was in a bad place on the leader board. The 21-year-old American started the day at nine under at Tiburon Golf Club, tied for third, three shots behind leader Sei Young Kim.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler fired a Saturday 63 to climb the leader board at the RSM Classic. But the PGA Tour rookie’s eight birdies at Sea Island’s Seaside Course moved him even closer to winning a different competition. Scheffler now finds himself in great position to win the RSM Birdies for Love,

9:56 AM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm carded a spectacular six-under 66 to claim a share of the lead after three rounds at the DP World Tour Championship Saturday and put himself in the driving seat for the season-ending Race to Dubai crown. Rahm’s four birdies on the back nine moved him up to 15 under

DUBAI, U.A.E. — For three days now, the story has had a familiar ending. While the big names — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Thomas Pieters, Justin Rose Danny Willett, Matt Fitzpatrick — have all at various times elbowed their way onto the leaderboard at the DP World Tour Championship, only one, Rahm, has

5:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim hit her best shot on the final hole Friday, leaving her a tap-in birdie for a 5-under 67 that kept her lead at two shots in the CME Group Tour Championship and moved her one step closer to the richest prize in women’s golf.

Technically, Tony Finau will be a Presidents Cup rookie next month despite playing for Team USA at last year’s Ryder Cup. But if there’s any hazing of first-time players planned in Australia, Finau should be spared. Putting up with Tiger Woods’ call telling him he’d made the squad was enough abuse. In addition to being

NAPLES, Fla. — Caroline Masson had it going on Friday at the CME Group Tour Championship. The 30-year-old German shot a bogey-free, six-under 66 — highlighted by a massive, from the fringe, birdie putt on 18. She’s in solo second at 10-under, two shots behind leader Sei Young Kim. It has been a while since

12:52 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — The LPGA Tour has two new tournaments in Florida as part of a 2020 schedule that features a record $75.1 million in prize money and 500 hours of television, huge gains from a decade ago. Sixteen of the 33 tournaments have prize money of at least $2

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Webb Simpson took the early lead at the RSM Classic despite the fact he didn’t shoot the day’s lowest score, a quirk caused by the tournament’s two host courses having different pars. But while that might be a confusing concept for golf fans to wrap their heads around, there’s nothing

5:54 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Webb Simpson birdied seven of his last 10 holes at the Plantation Course on Thursday for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead in the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the year. The top-ranked player in the field at No. 12, Simpson

NAPLES, Fla. — The final event on the LPGA 2019 calendar has been made more interesting by the fact that the 60-player field is competing for the largest winner’s check in the history of women’s golf: $1.5 million. There have been questions as to how the money is going to affect players, whether it would

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Unless something crazy happens in the near future, Brendon Todd isn’t auditioning for a potential Presidents Cup spot this week. In the meantime, something decidedly not crazy happened on Thursday: Brendon Todd went low. A day after captain Tiger Woods called on Rickie Fowler to replace an injured Brooks Koepka