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5:34 PM ET Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Rocco Mediate birdied his last two holes for a 6-under 64 and won the Sanford International on Sunday when Ken Duke took double-bogey on the final hole. Mediate won by two shots for his first PGA Tour Champions title in three years. Duke was tied for

The partnership between Tiger Woods and Stevie Williams is perhaps golf’s most famous player/caddie team. Tiger won 13 of his majors with Stevie on the bag, giving him the tally for the most majors looped for by one caddie. And golf fans are familiar with some of Tiger’s most iconic images, such as his chip-in

We didn’t have much when I was a kid. I was the youngest of six, and we had cousins living with us, too. There was so little room that I shared a bed with my parents and other siblings until I was a teenager. The only way I could play golf was by sneaking on

7:33 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia made a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to force a playoff, and then beat Sung-jae Im with a par on the first extra hole to win the Sanderson Farms Championship for his first PGA Tour victory. Munoz, who closed with a

Sebastian Munoz needed to work a little overtime for his first PGA Tour win at the Sanderson Farms Championship, but it was his play over the 72 holes before downing Sungjae Im on the first hole of a playoff that made it all possible. Munoz played the 72 holes in 18 under par—a number that

3:26 PM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — Danny Willett won a European Tour event on home soil for the first time in his career with a three-shot victory at the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday. The 31-year-old Englishman finished three strokes ahead of nearest challenger Jon Rahm in the final round. Willett shot

It wasn’t quite a full helping of revenge for Nelly Korda at the Lacoste Ladies French Open, but an eight-stroke victory over European Solheim Cup hero Celine Boutier in the Ladies European Tour event provided the burgeoning American star some solace after the previous weekend’s disappointment at Gleneagles. The 21-year-old Korda went 3-0-1 as a

In the 64-year history of the BMW PGA Championship, only one American has won the title, Arnold Palmer in 1975 (when it was the Penfold PGA). And that 44-year run of futility is likely to be extended. By close of play on day three at Wentworth, three of Uncle Sam’s more adventurous nephews are in

8:01 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Sebastian Munoz of Colombia made a 15-foot birdie on the 17th hole and saved par at the end Saturday afternoon for a 9-under 63, giving him a one-shot lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship as he tries to give South America back-to-back winners on the PGA Tour.

VIRGINIA WATER, England — It was a case of “as you were” at the top of the leader board after the third round of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. The names at the summit — Jon Rahm and Danny Willett — remain the same after both shot four-under par 68s to reach 15-under par

1:37 PM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm and England’s Danny Willett could not be separated at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Saturday with the pair heading into the final round tied at 14 under. Rahm, 24, made six birdies and two bogeys to card a third-round 68 and take a share of the lead

Thorbjorn Olesen won’t be playing on the European Tour anytime soon. In late August, Olesen plead not guilty to sexual assault, being drunk on an aircraft, and common assault at Uxbridge Magistrates Court outside London. The Ryder Cupper, who has been granted unconditional bail, appeared again in court on Wednesday—the day before the European Tour’s

Last Friday at The Greenbrier, on his final hole, Kevin Chappell had an 11-foot birdie putt to shoot the second 58 in PGA Tour history. The first came from Jim Furyk, at the 2016 Travelers Championship, and that round put him in extremely rare professional company—only Ryo Ishikawa, on the Japan Golf Tour, and Stephen

9:35 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Byeong Hun An was making so many birdies in the Sanderson Farms Championship he worried the storms would cost him momentum. Even waking up at 4 a.m. CT to play 25 holes Friday didn’t slow him. An finished off a 6-under 66 in the morning and then

As ever where Rory McIlroy is concerned, there was a lot going on. But after adding a second round of three-under par 69 to his opening 76, the four-time major champion will be around for the weekend at Wentworth and the second half of the BMW PGA Championship. Only just though. At one-over par, McIIroy

11:19 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — A fast start by Danny Willett and a sublime finish by Jon Rahm helped them into a share of the clubhouse lead in the second round at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Friday. Willett was 5 under after his first five holes and rolled

Tony Romo playing in a PGA Tour event is nothing new. But for the first time, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback will tee it up in a tournament during the NFL season. In other words, he could wind up skipping his day job for a chance at his dream job. Romo will compete in next

12:49 AM ET Associated Press PARKER, Colo. — Lukas Michel of Australia twice came back from 3-hole deficits Thursday and won the U.S. Mid-Amateur, becoming the first international winner in the event’s 39-year history and earning a spot in the Masters. Michel had a 1-up lead over Joseph Deraney after four holes in the 36-hole