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Sepp Straka made three birdies and two eagles on the par 5s for an 8-under 64 and seized on some late misses by Scottie Scheffler to take a one-shot lead Saturday going into the final round of the Hero World Challenge.
Rory McIlroy survived a bizarre encounter with a banana peel lodged in a tree to shoot a 3-under 68 on Saturday at the Australian Open.
U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun converted two of his three eagle chances, Cameron Young shot 30 on the back nine and Hideki Matsuyama was bogey-free, all of them part of another five-way tie for the lead Friday in the Hero World Challenge.
Not before a bit of back-nine drama at Royal Melbourne, Rory McIlroy has made the weekend at the Australian Open after shooting a 3-under 68 on Friday.
Kristoffer Reitan made 10 birdies in a 9-under 63 to take a three-shot lead after the first round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Rory McIlroy had a self-described “roller coaster” of a round Thursday at the Crown Australian Open. He wasn’t exaggerating.
Rory McIlroy might not have endeared himself to the Royal Melbourne Golf Club membership on Wednesday.
More than two years without a win, Cameron Smith goes into the Australian Open this week at Royal Melbourne with another streak he is trying to end.
Laurie Canter turned down a PGA Tour card and joined Saudi-backed LIV Golf for the second time.
Spain’s David Puig has claimed the biggest title of his professional career and joined countryman great Seve Ballesteros by winning the Australian PGA Championship
Adam Scott and Marc Leishman were two strokes off the lead heading into Sunday’s final round of the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland.
Keegan Bradley won 11 skins, nine of them on two holes, and won the Skins Game with $2.1 million in the return of the competition Friday after 17 years.
Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf’s most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74.
Matt Kuchar finished his 19th consecutive season on the PGA Tour and ended it at No. 118 in the FedExCup.
Sami Valimaki became Finland’s first PGA Tour winner on Sunday when he closed with a 4-under 66 for a one-shot victory in the RSM Classic, the final event of the year.
Jeeno Thitikul capped off her best year with the biggest cash prize in women’s golf, closing with a 4-under 68 to win the CME Group Tour Championship on Sunday for another $4 million payoff.
Jeeno Thitikul made nine birdies for the second straight day, this time giving her an 8-under 64 that allowed the Thai star to pull away Saturday and build a six-shot lead.
Valimaki stands at 19 under, two shots clear of Michael Thorbjornsen and Patrick Rodgers at The RSM Classic.
Former U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester closed with a 6-under 65 for a three-shot victory Saturday in the Saudi International for his first professional victory.
Thitikul, last year’s champion, shot 63 Friday to take a three-shot lead into the weekend at the CME Group Tour Championship.
Andrew Novak took advantage of more benign weather Friday and the absence of the pressure facing so many others in the PGA Tour’s season finale.
World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul took a big step Thursday towards winning LPGA player of the year, shooting 67 to sit three off the opening-round lead at the CME Group Tour Championship.
Doug Ghim narrowly missed a putt for 59 on a calm day of low scoring Thursday. He settled for a share of the course record on the Seaside course at Sea Island, posting a 10-under 60 at the RSM Classic.
Cink won the Charles Schwab Cup Championship to also claim the season-long points race.