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2:10 PM ET South Africa’s Brandon Stone shot a round of 66 as he finished the third day of the Portugal Masters with a two-shot lead over compatriot Dean Burmester and England’s Oliver Fisher Saturday. Stone started poorly, bogeying the third hole, but then carded six birdies to jump to the top of the leaderboard

CHIBA, Japan — A little more than 10 years ago, a Japanese 17-year-old was golf’s can’t-miss kid. He’d just won his third tournament of the year on the Japan Golf Tour, and in doing so became the youngest golfer ever to crack the top 50 in the World Ranking. He seemed destined to become one

FORT WORTH — Dan Jenkins’ legacy is doing just fine. Seven months after the death of the best-selling novelist and longtime contributor at Golf Digest and Sports Illustrated, a sellout crowd Friday at Colonial Country Club celebrated three of his favorite topics—writing, golf and football—with Jack Nicklaus and three winners from the third-annual Dan Jenkins

6:16 AM ET CHIBA, Japan — Even Tiger Woods is a bit surprised at how well he is faring through two rounds of the Zozo Championship. Usually one to never lower expectations, Woods realized that what he has been through in recent months did not necessarily suggest he’d be in top form. But rounds of

Mother Nature has already affected the tournament schedule at the Zozo Championship, which is set to finish on Monday due to excessive amounts of rain. Now, she’s wreaking havoc on the scorecard. Because of the flooding, the fairway at Narashino Country Club’s 376-yard par-4 10th was so soaked that it was unplayable at its full

8:05 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — Brooks Koepka was not on the commitment list for next week’s WGC-HSBC Champions after withdrawing from a PGA Tour event in South Korea on Oct 18. Koepka, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, slipped on wet concrete during the second round of the CJ Cup, where he was

It was a foregone conclusion, one made official by the United States Golf Association on Friday, that it would retain Nathaniel Crosby for a second stint as the U.S. Walker Cup captain. There was the Americans’ five-point victory over Great Britain & Ireland at Royal Liverpool in September, certainly, and the fact that the USGA

A.J. McInerney will always be known as the tour pro who showed amazing bravery during the horrific Las Vegas shooting. But he’s also still a great putter—even if that club recently let him down in a big spot. After missing the cut at the first stage of Q School in excruciating fashion on the final

7:49 AM ET CHIBA, Japan — Due to more than six inches of rain that fell on the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club course on Friday, tee times have been adjusted, spectators will not be allowed Saturday and the PGA Tour announced the Zozo Championship would need a Monday finish to complete 72 holes. Rain

The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews is not an organization known for moving rapidly. It wasn’t until 2014, more than 260 years after its founding and under a bit of duress, that the organization admitted women members. Five years on, the female members are still without a locker room in the clubhouse

7:41 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — Tiger Woods had Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club rocking during the opening round of the Zozo Championship when he surged to the lead with a 64. A day later, the place is practically underwater. Without anyone hitting a shot in the second round, play was called at 6:30 a.m.

Tiger mania was ramped up following Tiger Woods’ opening round of six-under par 64 in the Zozo Championship in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, but an impending typhoon has intervened and the start of the second round was postponed until Saturday morning (5:30 p.m. EDT Friday). The PGA Tour announced the postponement at 5:30 p.m. (EDT)

If your ball has ever been up against a root, or resting on one, chances are you or your playing partner has made the executive decision of moving it off the root. It makes zero sense to risk injury when you’re playing the game casually, even if you’re playing for a few bucks. Tour pros,

5:50 AM ET Jordan Spieth has said that he believes hemp oils and creams can help professional golfers with their aches and pains but is concerned that lack of regulation of the products could lead to a player failing a drug test. Spieth and Rory McIlroy, both recent world No. 1 players, said they are

CHIBA, Japan — The fans here have been waiting 13 years to deliver a Tiger roar, so they certainly weren’t bothered by having to wait an extra hour or so. Woods rewarded their patience with a terrific round of golf that gave them plenty to cheer about. After bogeying his first three holes, Woods made

12:26 PM ET Associated Press AL AIN, United Arab Emirates — Josh Hill became the youngest winner of a sanctioned tour event Wednesday when the 15-year-old amateur from Dubai shot 8-under 62 to win the Al Ain Open on the MENA Tour. The MENA Tour holds tournaments in the Middle East and North Africa and

Following the American Ryder Cup team’s impressive victory in 2016 at Hazeltine, the feeling was that the U.S. was set to dominate the biennial competition for years to come. After 20 years of European domination, finally the American side was prepared to exact a decade’s worth of revenge. Then, the 2018 Ryder Cup happened. Europe’s

Remember Ryo Ishikawa? The Japanese phenom who played in the penultimate group on Saturday at the 2010 U.S. Open as an 18-year-old? Among his other precocious accomplishments, Ishikawa is also the youngest player to ever win a professional tournament that awards Official World Golf Ranking points. Make that was the youngest. RELATED: Watch a 14-year-old