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12:45 PM ET South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence claimed a four-shot lead at the Joburg Open on Friday as imminent travel restrictions and a thunderstorm meant for a turbulent second round at the season-opening DP World Tour event. Rain and lightning halted play for over two hours, meaning half the field were yet to complete the

2:11 PM ET After months of feuding, trading jobs during interviews and on social media, then seemingly making up at the Ryder Cup — there was even a bro hug! — until that unraveled earlier this week, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka are finally taking this rivalry to the golf course. Today, in the latest

7:35 AM ET Associated Press JOHANNESBURG — A batch of British and Irish golfers withdrew from the Joburg Open before Friday’s second round after the U.K. government announced it was banning flights from South Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. The inaugural season of the DP World Tour started Thursday but

1:59 PM ET Associated Press BERLIN — Two-time major winner Martin Kaymer is taking three months off for the birth of his first child, he told a German golf magazine Thursday. Kaymer expects to become a father in January at home in Germany and says he’s looking to live in Florida with his family after

12:04 PM ET South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence and Spain’s Angel Hidalgo had a share of the lead at 6 under par before a thunderstorm suspended play for the day in the first round of the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open at the Randpark Country Club on Thursday. It was the opening day of the newly-styled

7:39 AM ET It would be tough to top the kind of drama that Bryson DeChambeau found himself part of in 2021. He won just once on the PGA Tour, but the man who transformed his body in less than two years to become the tour’s longest driver certainly was a major topic of discussion

7:41 AM ET His résumé is heavy with major championship accomplishments, and Brooks Koepka has somewhat famously let it be known that the regular tournaments are not much of a priority to him. So a couple of missed cuts late in a long year that has seen its share of injury struggles for Koepka might

5:46 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour is raising purses even higher in five of its biggest events, with two FedEx Cup playoff events now offering $15 million in a schedule that pushes prize money closer to the $500 million mark this year. The increases, which include $12 million purses in the three invitational

5:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — The stakes were high and the odds would have seemed long to anyone but Jin Young Ko. Her only chance at LPGA player of the year was to win the CME Group Tour Championship. In her way was Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world.

5:27 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch was playing too well to get fazed by anything Sunday in the RSM Classic, and it paid off with his first PGA Tour title when he closed with a 6-under 64 for a three-shot victory at Sea Island. He was playing with two

11:12 AM ET Tiger Woods posted video of himself hitting balls for the first time since his February car crash that caused several injuries to his right leg and foot. The video posted Sunday to Woods’ social media accounts constitutes the first official update he has shared since April. The three-second clip includes the caption,

7:50 AM ET Associated Press British Open champion, Ryder Cup winner and now the first American to finish a season as the European Tour’s No. 1 player. It’s been quite the year for Collin Morikawa. The 24-year-old Californian showcased his world-class iron play down the stretch in making five birdies in his last seven holes

6:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch is playing some of his best golf in the toughest weather, even when he hasn’t been in the best position off the tee. Now the former Oklahoma State player is one round away from his first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic.

6:09 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko are part of a four-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the season, with nothing less than $1.5 million and LPGA player of the year on the line. Ko started pouring in putts from everywhere and ran

9:35 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy was on the rocks late in his third round at the DP World Tour Championship. Some cliff-edge improvisation, followed by a final-hole birdie, put him back in control. Seeking a second straight victory to end his season, McIlroy delivered another wild finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates in shooting

7:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A strong wind off the Atlantic Ocean swept over Sea Island on Friday, and it was no problem for Talor Gooch of Oklahoma as he handled the exposed Seaside course for a 5-under 65 to take a one-shot lead in the RSM Classic. As expected,

6:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — What looked to be a wide-open race for the richest prize in women’s golf is now in the hands of Celine Boutier, who made seven birdies over the last 10 holes for a 7-under 65 and a four-shot lead Friday in the CME Group Tour Championship. For

8:34 AM ET Associated Press A sloppy finish cost Rory McIlroy the chance of a second straight day in the outright lead at the DP World Tour Championship, while a lucky break kept Collin Morikawa on course to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai. The drama in the second round of