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11:38 AM ET England’s Tyrrell Hatton beat Austria’s Matthias Schwab on the fourth playoff hole to clinch his second Rolex Series title at the Turkish Airlines Open in Antalya on Sunday after a dramatic six-man playoff. For the first time at a professional golf tournament, the floodlights were switched on at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal

Early in the final round of the TOTO Japan Classic, an astounding number of birdies were appearing on the leader board. The three-shot lead that Japan’s Ai Suzuki had at the beginning of the day began to look a lot less comfortable. Jennifer Kupcho was five under through her first seven holes. Morgan Pressel was

7:45 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert kept the lead Saturday in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, while Jerry Kelly had one of the best rounds of the day to get back in the fight for the PGA Tour Champions’ season points title. Maggert birdied the par-5 18th for a 2-under 69 and

Rickie Fowler will not be playing in next week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic after contacting an intestinal bacterial infection that he said he got while on his honeymoon last month. “I am taking medicine prescribed by my physician,” Fowler said in a statement reported by ESPN.com. “But am not at full strength yet. As a result,

ANTALYA, Turkey — Tiger Woods almost did it during the 2000 U.S. Open. And now Eddie Pepperell has actually done it in the Turkish Airlines Open. Run out of balls that is. But where Woods found the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach with his second attempt—and what was, unknown to him at the time, the

2:02 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Local favorite Ai Suzuki shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a three-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Japan Classic on Saturday. Suzuki had seven birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish her first two rounds at 12-under 132. Gaby Lopez shot

U.S. Presidents Cup Captain Tiger Woods announced his four captain’s picks Thursday, and the most newsworthy name among them is Tiger Woods. He will become the first playing captain of a Presidents Cup team in 25 years. When Woods recently won the inaugural Zozo Championship by three strokes in a year in which he also

7:47 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to increase his lead to four strokes in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, with Bernhard Langer second in a bid for his record sixth PGA Tour Champions season points title. Maggert birdied three of the first four holes in a

The LPGA Q-Series—or Q School, as it more commonly is called—is a right of passage for those on the front end of careers. But for those at career crossroads, it is pis aller, as LPGA veteran Karine Icher might call it in her native French. If pis aller sounds ominous, well, it is. It translates

ANTALYA, Turkey — The first round of the Turkish Airlines Open was only one good part of a very good day for Patrick Reed. Hours after hearing he is one of U.S. captain Tiger Woods’ four wild-card picks for next month’s Presidents Cup in Australia, the former Masters champion toured the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course

2:53 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Australian Hannah Green shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to finish the first round of the LPGA Japan Classic tied for the lead with local favorite Ai Suzuki. Green carded five birdies at the par-72 Seta Golf Course to finish one stroke ahead of six golfers, including

Tiger Woods, the rookie U.S. Presidents Cup captain, called on Tiger Woods the experienced player to bolster an American team looking to win for the eighth straight time in the biennial competition, making himself one of his four wild-card picks on Thursday night for the 13th Presidents Cup in December in Melbourne, Australia. Woods, 43,

7:25 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Jeff Maggert used a hot new putter to take the first-round lead in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, and Bernhard Langer, Jerry Kelly, Retief Goosen and Colin Montgomerie made moves to catch Scott McCarron in the PGA Tour Champions’ season standings. Maggert shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday

There will come a week when golf is free of controversy. And when that time comes, there will be much rejoicing. But it will not be this week. The latest snafu, involving—you guessed it—a rules infraction, happened at the Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship. The biennial competition, a 54-hole four-ball comprised of 19 countries represented

This past May PGA Tour player Chris Kirk announced he was taking a leave of absence for alcohol abuse and depression. The news came a day before Kirk’s 34th birthday. “I have dealt with alcohol abuse and depression for some time now,” Kirk said in a statement. “I thought I could control it, but after

2:11 PM ET When Tiger Woods took the job to be Presidents Cup captain early in 2018, he probably didn’t expect the decisions he must make to be so difficult. He hoped — but probably didn’t expect — he’d be a playing captain. But after his win at the Zozo Championship, it looks like a

Ernie Els went with players who have shown good form – well, mostly – Wednesday in making his four wild-card selections to fill out his International Team for the upcoming Presidents Cup in December in Melbourne, Australia, adding two rookies to give his team an even split of six first-timers to go with six returnees.

8:52 PM ET An obvious choice and a relative surprise highlighted Ernie Els‘ at-large picks for next month’s Presidents Cup as the International team captain rounded out his 12-man squad Wednesday night. Jason Day, 32, despite recent form that saw him not finish in the top 20 for the past four months, was a slam-dunk