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Tiger Woods plans to change not guilty plea in DUI case

Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, court documents reveal. In March, the golf icon’s Land Rover clipped a truck, rolled onto its side and the golfer was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had pleaded not Read more…

China’s Ruoning Yin back to winning ways at FM Championship

China’s Ruoning Yin has ended a two-year wait for an LPGA Tour victory, holding off Hyo Joo Kim to win the FM Championship at TPC Boston for her sixth career title. Australia’s Karis Davidson was the leading Australian, finishing tied for 17th.

Chinese star’s chip-in to lead LPGA’s FM Championship

Chinese star Ruoning Yin has chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s FM Championship at TPC Boston. Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in her third round of four-under 68 as she got to 12-under 204 on Read more…

Sei Young Kim takes lead in LPGA Championship event

Sei Young Kim capped a second-nine spree with a chip-in eagle for an eight-under 64 at the TPC Boston to take the first-round lead in the LPGA  Championship event. Kim played a six-hole stretch in six under with four birdies and the eagle on the par-5 seventh. The South Korean had only 24 putts as Read more…

Diminutive star matches LPGA record in nine-stroke win

Diminutive Japanese star Miyu Yamashita has matched the LPGA Tour’s 72-hole scoring record in a wire-to-wire, nine-stroke victory in the Canadian Women’s Open in Edmonton. The 150cm (4-foot-11) Yamashita made a birdie putt on the 18th for a four-under 66 and 23-under 257 total. Sei Young Kim also shot 257 in the 2018 Thornberry Creek Read more…

Big on talent: Miyu Yamashita eyes runaway LPGA Tour win

Japan’s Miyu Yamashita is on track for a wire-to-wire victory in the Canadian Women’s Open after firing a five-under 65 third round to claim a six-shot lead in Edmonton. Yamahita rebounded from a bogey on the par-3 17th with a birdie on the par-4 18th to get to 19-under 191 at Royal Mayfair, the tree-lined Read more…

LPGA rivals feel Yamashita sting in mosquitoe-hit Open

Miyu Yamashita has opened up a five-stroke lead in the Canadian Women’s Open, as players again fought mosquitoes on the tree-lined course tucked in a bend in the North Saskatchewan River. A stroke ahead Thursday after an opening eight-under 62, the four-foot-11 Yamashita shot 64 in the afternoon to get to 14 under at Royal Read more…

World No.1 still the man to catch in Memphis

Scottie Scheffler has settled in after a rough start for a two-under 68, giving him a two-shot lead over Sam Burns and Sungjae Im at the PGA Tour’s St. Jude Championship going into a final round where so much is at stake from the top to the bottom of the leaderboard. Scheffler is trying to Read more…

Frankie Harris goes low with a 59 on his way to Korn Ferry playoff victory

Young American golfer Frankie Harris has made a big statement, closing with a rare 12-under-par 59 before winning the Korn Ferry Tour’s Pinnacle Bank Championship in a playoff. Harris’s maiden victory came in just his sixth tour start this year. The 23-year-old made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole to get to 22-under Read more…

Pressure mounting as co-leaders eye post-season berths

Beau Hossler handled half a dozen tough par putts and two rain delays for a four-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Michael Brennan going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship, with post-season berths at stake. Hossler is No.122 in the FedEx Cup, knowing his only mathematical chance to Read more…

Race on for post-season spots at Wyndham Championship

Beau Hossler has to win the Wyndham Championship to advance to the PGA Tour post-season – and he did his chances a world of good in the opening round. The final tournament of the regular season determines the top 70 in the FedEx Cup who advance to the post-season. Hossler, who started the week in Read more…

D-Day in Detroit as local fights to end winless drought

Davis Riley has put himself in a position to win on the PGA Tour for the first time in more than two years and earn a post-season bid. Riley shot a seven-under 63 to reach 15 under on Saturday (Sunday AEST) and take a one-shot lead at Detroit Golf Club, where the relatively easy course Read more…