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Lucy Li, the former child phenom who played in a U.S. Women’s Open at 11 and appeared in an Apple commercial at 16, has officially turned pro at 17. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Ron Kroichick first reported the news on Wednesday after getting confirmation from Li’s mom. But it’s a move that surprised no one

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson promised golf fans plenty of trash talk ahead of last year’s “The Match” in Las Vegas. Turns out, Tiger’s best jab—or, at least, best-timed one—came during their famed final-round duel at the 2001 Masters. Woods was trying to win a fourth consecutive major championship that Sunday (what would become known

11:23 AM ET He is not going to make it to No. 1 in the world by the end of the year, but Rory McIlroy is doing his best on a promise to do all he can to get there — Brooks Koepka‘s “no rivalry” comments be damned. And in winning the WGC-HSBC Champions on

I started playing golf when I was at the University of Alabama. Coach [Bear] Bryant might actually have introduced me to it. He loved the game and didn’t mind us playing. He was a blast to play with because the game kind of got the better of him. When he hit a bad shot, he’d

2:40 PM ET For the first time in 26 years, Phil Mickelson is not among the top 50 golfers in the world. The five-time major champion and World Golf Hall of Famer will drop to 51st in the Official World Golf Ranking after his tie for 28th at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China coupled with

Ernie Els is set to make his Presidents Cup captain’s pick on Wednesday night, with Tiger Woods to follow on Thursday, and I’ve already done my prognosticating/advice-giving for both the Internationals and the Americans (Of course, Murphy’s Law dictated that Tiger had to go out and win an event after I predicted he wouldn’t pick

It is common for 50-somethings to battle knee injuries. Rarely, though, do those ailments become national discussion points. Conversely, nothing about John Daly, 53, or his career has been routine. So it was apropos the two-time major winner’s knee problems and appeal for the use of a golf cart led to a spectacle at the

9:24 AM ET There is understandably considerable conjecture surrounding whom the captains will pick to round out their teams, whether it be a Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup. That is no different now as the United States and International teams will finally be determined this week when Tiger Woods makes his four selections for the

It’s Monday morning in Orlando, and Christina Kim is chilling at home after driving through the night from Pinehurst, N.C., where she spent the day before pegging it up on the No. 2 course and The Cradle, the nine-hole short-course gem that opened a couple of years ago, followed by dinner with friends. “I’m a

5:26 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Brendon Todd ran away with the Bermuda Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, shooting a 9-under 62 after flirting with a sub-60 round at calm Port Royal Golf Club. Needing to birdie the final two holes to shoot 59, Todd missed a 20-foot birdie

Long before millions of Americans heard Fox Sports’ Charles Davis break down NFL games on a weekly basis during the fall, he learned to analyze what was happening on turf in a much different way. As an assistant athletic director at Stanford overseeing the school’s golf facilities, Davis quickly became an expert in. . .

Closing out a tournament on the PGA Tour when you’re ahead after 54 holes is challenging stuff, no matter how easy Tiger Woods makes it look. Since 2000, a little less than 40 percent of tour events have been won by a golfer who was either tied at the top with 18 holes to play

6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services TAIPEI, Taiwan — Defending champion Nelly Korda birdied the first hole of a three-way playoff on Sunday to win the LPGA Swinging Skirts, and she did so with help from an unlikely ally — the fiance of one of her playoff opponents. Korda’s caddie, Jason McDede, is engaged to

The inaugural Bermuda Championship, played the same week as the WGC-HSBC Champions, didn’t have the gaudy prize money payout compared to the tournament in Shanghai. Still, no one was turning down the pay checks that were earned on Sunday at Port Royal Golf Club. The overall purse for the first-year event was $3 million, with

7:44 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Bernhard Langer took four strokes to get out of a greenside bunker. With Langer finally on the par-4 18th green in six shots, Montgomerie two-putted for

Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship and Bernhard Langer lost it, and each did so in an extraordinary fashion on Sunday. Montgomerie shot a tournament course record 63 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that allowed him reach a playoff with Langer in the second of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events.

Rory McIlroy won the WGC-HSBC Champions by birdieing the first extra hole of a playoff with Xander Schauffele. The victory was McIlroy’s fourth in his last 15 starts. As is often the case with McIlroy, he used his driver as an effective weapon. Not only was he able to find more than 60 percent of

Nov 1, 2019 Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rory McIlroy thought he did everything he needed to win the HSBC Champions on Sunday, and then Xander Schauffele made him do a little more. McIlroy delivered all the right shots in the playoff, smashing driver down the fairway and hitting 4-iron into 25 feet on the par-5