Golf

6:08 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Nelly Korda started with two birdies and finished the same way Saturday, making up plenty of ground along the way for a 7-under 63 that gave her a share of the lead with Lexi Thompson in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Low scores ruled the day again at

9:46 AM ET Associated Press Joachim B. Hansen and Francesco Laporta, players outside the top 150 in the world and with one win between them on the European Tour, share the lead heading into the final round of the Dubai Championship. Hansen got up and down for par from a greenside bunker on No. 18

7:08 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Kirk Triplett shot a 7-under 64 to move into the lead Friday and Jim Furyk remained in contention for the season title with a 67 in the second round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Playing in the final group with Phil Mickelson, Triplett shut out the noise

7:01 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Martin Trainer was in rare territory Friday. Not only did he play well enough to stick around for the weekend, he found himself leading the Houston Open. Trainer holed a pair of long birdie putts and three short ones in a bogey-free round at Memorial Park for a

9:52 AM ET Tiger Woods has offered no official updates on his status in the months since a February car crash that caused significant injuries to his right leg and left him hospitalized for weeks. Recent photos and video of Woods watching his son, Charlie, at a junior golf tournament and standing without aid provided

7:56 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped play. Rain delayed the start for 2 1/2 hours, with 0.9 inches falling at Memorial Park. None

6:12 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Solheim Cup star Leona Maguire thrived in a star grouping Thursday with an 8-under 62 for a two-shot lead over defending champion Sei Young Kim in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Maguire played alongside Kim and Lexi Thompson. No one in the group made bogey at Pelican Golf

5:55 PM ET Rory McIlroy has reunited with Michael Bannon, his longtime coach from Northern Ireland who is now allowed to travel to the United States following COVID-19 restrictions. McIlroy, a four-time major winner, had been working with Pete Cowen for most of this year. Bannon, who began working with McIlroy when he was a

7:54 AM ET Slugger White, a longtime PGA Tour rules official who retired earlier this year, is coming back to serve in an executive role with Greg Norman’s new company, LIV Golf Investments. White, whose given name is Carlton White II, becomes the most prominent person after Norman to join the organization, which is set

7:21 AM ET Justin Thomas pointed to the positives after his third-place finish at World Wide Technologies Championship, a tournament where he was in contention through three rounds but could not close the gap on Sunday and finished 5 shots behind winner Viktor Hovland. That has — save for the Players Championship — been the

7:45 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After 50 years, the European Tour by name is no more. Starting in 2022, it will be rebranded as the DP World Tour in a deal that is set to double the total prize money to more than $200 million. European Tour chief executive Keith

6:29 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland won again on the PGA Tour, this time without a clutch finish. The Norwegian star was too dominant to give anyone else a chance Sunday in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland seized control with three birdies on the front nine,

5:17 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Steven Alker had to qualify for his first PGA Tour Champions event three months ago, and he kept playing all the way to the Charles Schwab Cup final. Alker capped off his amazing run Sunday when he closed with a 4-under 68 for a 2-shot victory

12:16 PM ET Belgian Thomas Pieters fired a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday to clinch the title by two strokes for his fifth European Tour crown. The 29-year-old came into the final round at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura sharing the lead with France’s Matthieu

7:02 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Tim Petrovic birdied the final two holes for an 11-under 61 and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk after a 36-hole Saturday in the TimberTech Championship. Furyk closed with a birdie for a 64 to match Petrovic at 14-under 130 at The Old Course

6:01 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland was hitting it so well he had no trouble taking on a big risk, and it paid off Saturday with a big finish for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland, the defending champion

3:35 PM ET Associated Press Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon will enter the final round of the Portugal Masters sharing a four-shot lead after the pair rose to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday. The two leaders both carded a third round of 6-under 65. Pavon of France hit eight birdies to go with

9:30 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima became the first No. 1 amateur to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, closing with a 3-under 68 and outlasting Taichi Kho on the second hole of a playoff Saturday. Needing three putts from 20 feet to win, Nakajima finished in style by making