Louis Dobbelaar has taken a one-shot lead after a rain-hit opening day at the PNG Open, with PNG Prime Minister James Marape hitting the ceremonial first tee shot before the weather forced play to be suspended.
Tiger Woods has given a thumbs-up to the PGA Tour’s new format for its Tour Championship, which will feature a 32-man match play competition. PGA Tour chief executive Brian Rolapp announced overnight (Australian time) ahead of the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta that the new season-ending format will begin in 2028, Read more…
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…
Australian Connor McKinney has recorded the best European tour finish of his career at the Nexo Championship, as Scott Jamieson claimed a surprise win, his first in 14 years.
Only a final-round collapse can deny Adam Scott a 14th appearance at the rich Tour Championship as Wyndham Clark threatens to run away with the PGA Tour’s penultimate FedExCup playoff event. RELATED: Rickie Fowler living on the bubble again in tour playoffs In the same ruthless manner in which he won a second US Open Read more…
Cameron Smith has ridden an emotional rollercoaster to remain “right there” in the mix for a drought-breaking victory at LIV Golf’s season finale in Indianapolis. The chance of a first tournament win in more than three years looked to be slipping away before Australia’s one-time world No.2 steadied to post a third-round three-under-par 67 on Read more…
Australian Richard Green and American Rob Labritz are tied atop the leaderboard at the Rogers Charity Classic after shooting matching seven-under-par 63s in Calgary, Alberta. At the only Champions Tour event held annually in Canada, Labritz surged out to an early advantage, sinking six birdies over his first 17 holes before grabbing one more on Read more…
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…
The best player on the PGA Tour is not about to rank himself among some of the greats in the game, even as he is about to become the leader in all-time career earnings. Scottie Scheffler enters this week’s BMW Championship set to pass Tiger Woods on the career money list, but scoffs at the Read more…
Gary Woodland is hoping to cap a triumphant year after he was named a captain’s assistant on the United States’ staff for the upcoming Presidents Cup. Woodland, 42, is the fourth and final assistant, joining Jim Furyk, Keegan Bradley and Webb Simpson on the staff of captain Brandt Snedeker in a US squad that’s set Read more…
Adam Scott is set to renew his Australian Open rivalry with Rory McIlroy after confirming he’ll tee up in both the national championship and the Australian PGA.. Loyal to his home tour throughout his long career, former world No.1 Scott will seek to win the Joe Kirkwood Cup for a third time when the Australian Read more…
Ryan Fox is adjusting to a new level of fame following his Open Championship win at Royal Birkdale, telling reporters at the BMW Championship he can no longer fly under the radar. The Kiwi is now focused on cracking the top 30 in the FedExCup standings to book a Tour Championship spot at East Lake.
LIV Golf’s season-ending Team Championship tournament in Michigan has been cancelled to allow “full resources” to be used to put plans in place for the 2027 calendar. A statement by the breakaway league on Monday night (Tuesday AEST) confirmed the final event of this season’s schedule at The Cardinal at Saint John’s course had been Read more…
Jeeno Thitikul has won in Portland for her third LPGA Tour title of the season, closing with a spectacular eight-under 64 to become the eighth player in history to reach 10 career wins before turning 24.
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