Golf

2:52 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — The latest U.S. Women’s Open on the calendar will last one more day because of relentless rain that drenched Champions Golf Club and forced the USGA to suspend the final round until Monday. Hinako Shibuno of Japan, who had a one-shot lead as she goes for a second

6:54 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON – Hinako Shibuno passed a big test Saturday in a classic U.S. Women’s Open that put a premium on par, keeping the lead with a 3-over 74 going into a final round at Champions Golf Club that figures to be the toughest of all. Shibuno led by four shots

6:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Matt Kuchar and Harris English took a 5-stroke lead Saturday in the QBE Shootout, opening and closing with long birdie runs for an 11-under 61 in modified alternate-shot play. “I feel like our games really fit this format well,” English said. “He does a lot of stuff

2:53 PM ET American Patrick Reed carded a disappointing third-round 71 to drop into a share of the lead with Laurie Canter and Matthew Fitzpatrick at the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship on Saturday. Overnight leader Reed finished on 11 under for the tournament in Dubai after rolling in birdies on the 15th

6:02 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Kevin Na and Sean O’Hair teamed to shoot a 16-under 56 in the scramble format Friday to take the first-round lead in the QBE Shootout. Na and O’Hair had two eagles and 12 birdies on the Tiburon Golf Club’s Gold Course. O’Hair won the unofficial PGA Tour

5:30 PM ET HOUSTON — Hinako Shibuno can do without the “Cinderella” nickname, just not the smile. That was bright as ever Friday as the Japanese star posted a 4-under 67 and opened a three-shot lead going into the weekend of the U.S. Women’s Open. Shibuno’s lone mistake on a damp, soft day at Champions

12:38 PM ET American Patrick Reed carded a superb eight-under-par 64 in the second round to take a two-shot lead over Matthew Fitzpatrick at the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Friday. After an opening round of 70 on Thursday that left him three shots behind overnight leader Victor Perez, 2018

9:12 AM ET The PGA Tour’s effort to bring spectators back to golf tournaments will proceed slowly into 2021, with only the Waste Management Phoenix Open looking to have a significant number of fans on site. The tour confirmed that it sent a memo to players outlining its plans through February, with most of the

7:40 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Amy Olson got back to under par with one swing, an 8-iron for a hole-in-one on her seventh hole Thursday, and kept right on going until she had a 4-under 67 and a one-shot lead in the U.S. Women’s Open. On a perfect day, the scores made it

9:33 AM ET France’s Victor Perez carded a five-under-par 67 to take a one-shot lead in the first round of the DP World Tour Championship, the European Tour’s season finale, in Dubai on Thursday. Perez, 28, sank six birdies, offset by a bogey on the par-three fourth at the Jumeirah Golf estates’ Earth Course, to

9:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN A day after Dustin Johnson slipped on the green jacket at Augusta National to commemorate his November win at the Masters, the U.S. Women’s Open Twitter handle posted a reminder: There’s more major golf to be played in this strange 2020 season. Accompanied by a video featuring Lexi Thompson, Annika

6:02 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Lexi Thompson has some U.S. Open experience on her bag this week at Champions Golf Club, along with an entirely new set of metrics and vocabulary. Air density. Ground force. That comes from Tim Tucker, the caddie for U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau. Thompson is between caddies at

1:08 PM ET Associated Press Andrea Lee has withdrawn from the U.S. Women’s Open after testing positive for the coronavirus. Lee, 22, tested negative in a pre-arrival test by the USGA last week in Dallas while playing an LPGA Tour event. She traveled to Houston and tested positive, with mild symptoms. The U.S. Women’s Open,

7:14 AM ET The 151st British Open Championship will be played at Royal Liverpool in 2023 and the 2024 tournament will be at Royal Troon, golf’s governing body the R&A said on Monday. The 149th Open Championship was scheduled to be held at Royal St George’s from July 16-19 this year before it was cancelled

6:07 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas – Angela Stanford won her home LPGA Tour event in front of her parents, closing with a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory Sunday in the Volunteers of America Classic. “I just haven’t had many chances to win in front of them. So to finally do it,

5:54 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland says his nerves are a jangled mess when he gets into contention. It sure didn’t look that way at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, where he captured another PGA Tour title with another big putt at the end. Hovland saved par with a splendid

9:45 AM ET Former Ryder Cup player Peter Alliss, who won 31 tournaments in his career before a successful stint as a commentator in which he was referred to as the “voice of golf,” has died at the age of 89, the European Tour said on Sunday. Englishman Alliss, who was inducted into the World

7:24 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Yealimi Noh closed with a double bogey Saturday in the Volunteers of America Classic, dropping the 19-year-old American into a tie with major champions Inbee Park and So Yeon Ryu with one round left. Two strokes ahead after a birdie on the par-5 17th, Noh took