Golf

4:25 PM ET Associated Press A Saturday that started early for Thriston Lawrence by completing the four holes from his weather-affected second round ended with him leading by three shots after three rounds of the European Masters. Lawrence was back on course at early on Saturday morning at Crans-sure-Sierre Golf Club and birdied the par-4

8:45 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Na Rin An shot a 6-under 65 on Friday to top the leaderboard Friday in the suspended second round of the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. An had her second straight bogey-free round at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club after opening with a 64 on Thursday. An LPGA

7:47 PM ET ATLANTA – The New England Patriots don’t start the Super Bowl with a 14-point lead. Alabama doesn’t have a 10-point advantage at kickoff in the college football national championship game. The Golden State Warriors didn’t start the NBA Finals with a 15-point cushion. PGA Tour player Max Homa wonders whether the FedEx

4:25 PM ET Associated Press Thriston Lawrence and Alejandro Canizares stayed in a share of the lead at 13 under on a weather-affected day at the European Masters where neither could complete their second round on Friday. Lawrence and Canizares were both shooting 5 under for the day after 14 and 13 holes, respectively, when

6:04 PM ET ATLANTA — Former world No. 1 Lee Westwood said he only could laugh at the sweeping changes the PGA Tour announced Wednesday in response to the growing threat of LIV Golf. Westwood, who was among the first PGA Tour members to defect to the Saudi Arabian-financed LIV Golf Invitational Series, said his

8:21 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — Paula Reto shot a course-record 9-under 62 on Thursday at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club to take a 2-stroke lead in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. “It’s not something I’m familiar with,” Reto said about the low score. Winless on the LPGA Tour, the 32-year-old South African

3:44 PM ET Associated Press South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence and Spain’s Alejandro Canizares share the lead following the opening round of the European Masters in Switzerland. Rounds of 62 gave the duo an eight-under par total, two strokes clear of Matt Wallace, Scott Jamieson, Louis de Jager and Eduardo de la Riva. Gavin Green, who

ATLANTA — PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced another series of sweeping and lucrative changes Wednesday ahead of the season-ending Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club. In its ongoing battle with LIV Golf for the best players in the world, the PGA Tour committed another $146 million to its players in an attempt to

5:14 PM ET Newly crowned British Open champion Cameron Smith will make an emotional return home to Brisbane in November to contest the Australian PGA Championship. Smith will bring the famous Claret Jug with him when he returns to Australia for the first time since 2019 and also contest the Australian Open in Melbourne from

11:59 AM ET ATLANTA — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are launching a tech-infused golf league in partnership with the PGA Tour that will have players competing on six three-man teams in 15 regular-season matches and a playoff starting in January 2024. The new league, TGL, will feature two-hour, 18-hole matches on a virtual course.

8:00 AM ET ATLANTA — The winner of this week’s season-ending Tour Championship, which starts Thursday at East Lake Golf Club, will take home an $18 million bonus. The top 29 players in the FedEx Cup Playoffs points standings will compete for the top prize, after Will Zalatoris, who was third in the standings, had

7:36 PM ET Attorneys representing the PGA Tour have asked a federal judge to unseal certain details of contracts that were signed by its former players who defected to the rival LIV Golf circuit earlier this year. In a court filing submitted Tuesday to federal judge Beth Labson Freeman of the Northern District of California,

7:30 AM ET ATLANTA — A memorable PGA Tour season filled with Tiger Woods’ return and the emergence of rival LIV Golf Invitational Series comes to an end this week, when the Tour Championship starts Thursday at East Lake Golf Club. There is plenty at stake for the 30 players who advanced to the season-ending

3:56 PM ET Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan are among the star athletes that will be featured in the upcoming release of the PGA Tour 2k23 video game on October 14. 2K announced on Monday that the iconic game is back, featuring Woods on the cover and in the game. Fans will be able to

6:32 PM ET Associated Press PARAMUS, N.J. — A tough road led to the sweetest finish for Sam Bennett in the U.S. Amateur. Even with so many top stars who either didn’t qualify or got knocked out in the opening round, Bennett had to face the rest of the best, match after match, to get

Aug 21, 2022 Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Padraig Harrington won the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open on Sunday for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the year. Harrington closed with a 5-under 67 at En-Joie Golf Club for a 3-stroke victory over Mike Weir and Thongchai Jaidee. “Unusual for me, no drama, no real

6:49 PM ET Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. — One good break. One great shot. That’s what it took Sunday for Patrick Cantlay to win the BMW Championship for the second straight time with a finish that was nothing like last year’s except for his clutch moments. One other difference: The victory didn’t give him the

Aug 21, 2022 Associated Press Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the Open Championship. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses. Weiskopf died Saturday at his