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Andrew Novak goes low again to open up six-shot lead in Mexico

Andrew Novak built a comfortable lead at the turn then poured it on by going five-under-par on the first five holes of the back nine on his way to a nine-under 62 to build a six-shot lead at the Mexico Open. About the only thing Novak did wrong at Vidanta Vallarta  on Saturday (Sunday AEDT) Read more…

Choi, Davidson in the hunt as defending champion leads

Australians Robyn Chou and Karis Davidson have kept themselves in contention as defending champion Miyu Yamashita sets the halfway pace at the LPGA Tour’s Maybank Classic in Malaysia. World No.4 Yamashita, the 2025 Women’s British Open champion, shot a six-under 66 on Friday to take a two-stroke at 13-under 131 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf Read more…

Aussie eyes big payday amid tough PGA Tour season

Cam Davis has breathed more life into a late-season resurgence at the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Seeking to turn around a rough year, the 31-year-old Australian will head into the closing round four shots behind joint leaders Seamus Power and Austin Smotherman and with a big payday in the offing. RELATED: Green speeds reduced Read more…

Pair share lead in Bermuda, Aussie five shots behind

American Chandler Blanchet turned trouble off the tee into a birdie on the 18th hole, giving him a four-under 67 and a share of the lead with Japan’s Kensai Hirata heading into what figures to be a windy weekend at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Hirata played bogey-free at Port Royal for a 64 to join Read more…

Chandler Blanchet rides a pair of eagles to Bermuda lead

Chandler Blanchet made a pair of eagles, including a giant from 50 feet, to post his best score of the year to and hold a one-shot lead after the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Blanchet, whose best finish this season was on another island in the Puerto Rico Open, added six birdies to Read more…

Delays continue at DP World Tour event in Delhi

Patrick Reed was facing a long wait to see if he’d make the cut at the DP World India Championship after play was suspended on Friday (Saturday AEDT) because of darkness with half the field still to finish the second round. Reed, the leader in the season-long Race to Dubai standings, shot 3-under 69 as Read more…

Dean and Forrest share lead at Spanish Open

Joe Dean of England made eight birdies in 15 holes, then recovered from a rough two-hole stretch by closing with a 30-foot birdie putt for a 6-under 65 and a share of the lead at the Spanish Open. Scotland’s Grant Forrest had a 67 to join Dean at 13-under 200, one shot ahead of Victor Read more…

Thai superstar makes it LPGA Tour win No.4 for season

Thailand ace Jeeno Thitikul has quickly overcome a late double bogey on a windy afternoon to claim her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the season in the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii. World No.2 Thitikul matched world No.1 Nelly Korda for the season victory lead as she posted a four under 68 for a 21-under total Read more…

Thitikul takes handy lead in hunt for fantastic four

The world’s second-ranked golfer, Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul, will take a three-stroke lead into the final round at the LOTTE Championship as she seeks her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the season. “It’s not a course that you just sit down and hope for everyone not catching you – you have to go far away from Read more…

Smotherman leads the way in quest for maiden PGA win

Austin Smotherman responded with a string of birdies each time someone caught him in the Utah Championship, making one last birdie on the 18th hole for a six-under 65 and a one-shot lead over fellow American Doug Ghim going into the final round. At stake for Smotherman and Ghim is a chance at their first Read more…

Jeeno Thitikul, Polly Mack share lead as Robyn Choi heads Aussie charge

World No.2 golfer Jeeno Thitikul made a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to fire a seven-under 65 and grab a share of the second-round lead at the LOTTE Championship in Hawaii, with Australia’s Robyn Choi well within striking distance. Seeking her fourth LPGA Tour victory of the year, the 23-year-old from Thailand was Read more…

Robyn Choi leads early Aussie challenge in Oahu

Robyn Choi has started her quest for glory at the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship in Hawaii in fine style, ending her opening round just three shots off the pace. Choi, one of six Australians in the field, shot a four-under-par 68 on a rainy and breezy Thursday (Friday AEST) to be joint 10th. Her blemish-free Read more…

Sizzling low scores the order of day one in Utah

Zach Bauchou leads after an eagle finish at the Bank of Utah Championship, while Jordan Smith’s albatross and a cluster of 63s made for a wild opening round. Cam Davis is the lone Australian in the field.

Fitzpatrick in class of his own at French Open golf

Matt Fitzpatrick has pulled away from his pursuers with a six-under 65 on third-round moving day to build a five-shot lead in the French Open as he goes for his fourth title of the year. Tom Vaillant, of France, a two-time winner on the smaller Alps Tour but still looking for his first European tour Read more…

Australian women off the pace at Arkansas tournament

Japan’s Yuna Nishimura had a big finish to her front and back nines for an 8-under 63 that carried her to a one-shot lead in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. A six-time winner on the Japan LPGA and now in her fourth year on the LPGA Tour, Nishimura closed out the front nine at Pinnacle Read more…