Golf

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

7:33 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matthew Wolff was on the verge of building a big lead Friday at Mayakoba until a pair of late bogeys forced him to settle for a 3-under 68 and a two-shot lead over fast-closing Scottie Scheffler in the World Wide Technology Championship. Wolff had no

2:58 PM ET Associated Press Nino Bertasio carded a 2-under 69 on Friday to hold a two-shot lead after the second round of the Portugal Masters. The Italian hit three birdies at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course to go with one bogey, a day after he shot a 61 for the lowest European Tour

12:30 PM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima of Japan made a pair of 15-foot putts over the last three holes Friday, the last one for par on the 18th hole, for a 4-under 67 and a 1-shot lead going into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. That set

7:00 AM ET Greg Norman announced the addition of two key executives to his staff at LIV Golf Investments, the group that announced his hiring as CEO last week and that is behind an effort to start a new golf league where the golf Hall of Famer will serve as commissioner. Ron Cross, a former

7:33 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Matthew Wolff arrived at Mayakoba and quickly realized El Camaleon might not be a good course for what he calls his “rip dog” length. Then again, he’s playing so well it doesn’t matter. Wolff hit only one driver Thursday, followed his script of keeping the