8:52 AM ET p=””> World No. 96 Mike Lorenzo-Vera carded the lowest opening round in tournament history at the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai. Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images France’s Mike Lorenzo-Vera overcame a lung infection to shoot the lowest-ever round at the DP World Tour Championship on Thursday, while Bernd Wiesberger stayed in pole position
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DUBAI, U.A.E. — OK, so he didn’t shoot the lowest round on the opening day at the DP World Tour Championship, an honor belonging to Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera’s nine-under-par 63. But his was the shot of the day, maybe even the shot of the year and certainly, according to Rory McIlroy, “one of the best
11:02 AM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Mike Whan pulled the LPGA Tour out of a deep hole when he took over as a commissioner nine years ago, and he’s not finished yet. Whan has signed what the LPGA described only as a long-term contract extension that keeps him in charge as women’s golf
NAPLES, Fla. — Jeongeun Lee6 made the transition from the Korean LPGA Tour to the LPGA Tour in 2019, and her rookie year has been an undeniable success. She won the U.S. Women’s Open in May and had nine other top-10 finishes, clinching the tour’s top rookie honor with four tournaments left to play. But
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tiger Woods decided on Wednesday to replace an injured Brooks Koepka with Rickie Fowler for next month’s Presidents Cup. Or, rather, Tiger Woods announced the decision on Wednesday. According to a former U.S. captain, Woods had made up his mind to make Fowler his call should he need it weeks
11:10 AM ET Brooks Koepka will miss next month’s Presidents Cup due to a knee issue that he originally addressed with stem cell treatment. Tiger Woods has already chosen Rickie Fowler to replace Koepka on his 12-man team that will play an International squad at Royal Melbourne in Australia beginning Dec. 12. “Today, I am
DUBAI, U.A.E. — The European Tour’s season-long Race to Dubai will end at this week’s DP World Tour Championship with one of five possible winners—Bernd Wiesberger, Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry and Matt Fitzpatrick. It’s going to be a fun watch. But perhaps even more interesting, and certainly just as competitive, is the two-man