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6:06 PM ET ESPN News Services TAIPEI, Taiwan — Defending champion Nelly Korda birdied the first hole of a three-way playoff on Sunday to win the LPGA Swinging Skirts, and she did so with help from an unlikely ally — the fiance of one of her playoff opponents. Korda’s caddie, Jason McDede, is engaged to

Closing out a tournament on the PGA Tour when you’re ahead after 54 holes is challenging stuff, no matter how easy Tiger Woods makes it look. Since 2000, a little less than 40 percent of tour events have been won by a golfer who was either tied at the top with 18 holes to play

7:44 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship on Sunday with a par on the first hole of a playoff after Bernhard Langer took four strokes to get out of a greenside bunker. With Langer finally on the par-4 18th green in six shots, Montgomerie two-putted for

The inaugural Bermuda Championship, played the same week as the WGC-HSBC Champions, didn’t have the gaudy prize money payout compared to the tournament in Shanghai. Still, no one was turning down the pay checks that were earned on Sunday at Port Royal Golf Club. The overall purse for the first-year event was $3 million, with

Colin Montgomerie won the Invesco QQQ Championship and Bernhard Langer lost it, and each did so in an extraordinary fashion on Sunday. Montgomerie shot a tournament course record 63 at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that allowed him reach a playoff with Langer in the second of three Charles Schwab Cup playoff events.

5:26 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Brendon Todd ran away with the Bermuda Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title, shooting a 9-under 62 after flirting with a sub-60 round at calm Port Royal Golf Club. Needing to birdie the final two holes to shoot 59, Todd missed a 20-foot birdie

Brooks Koepka wasn’t wrong in his blunt assessment last month about the competitive relationship between he and Rory McIlroy. As he often does, Koepka used the subtlety of a sledgehammer to note that McIlroy hasn’t won a major since he’s been on the PGA Tour. Yes, McIlroy (somehow) pipped him in the vote for PGA

9:04 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Retief Goosen shot a 6-under 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over fellow Hall of Famers Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer into the final round of the Invesco QQQ Championship, the second event in the PGA Tour Champions’ Charles Schwab Cup playoffs. Goosen birdied

To say it’s been a rough two years for Smylie Kaufman would be like saying it’s been a rough season for the Miami Dolphins. Since a T-4 at the 2017 Sanderson Farms Championship, Kaufman has played in a total of 26 PGA Tour events and made the cut in two of them. Even when he

No doubt Rory McIlroy, the 54-hole leader at the WGC-HSBC Champions, will be more focused on the adding to his PGA Tour victory mark on Sunday than his career prize money total. But he’ll be hitting a career milestone on the later front regardless of whether his wins or not at Sheshan International Golf Club

5:52 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Harry Higgs rebounded from his first bogey of the week to take a two-stroke lead in the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship. After dropping a stroke on the par-4 14th at hilly Port Royal, Higgs birdied the par-3 16th and par-4 18th on Saturday for his second

Haotong Li sits tied for 15th after 54 holes of the WGC-HSBC Champions, nine strokes back of Rory McIlroy. It’s a position few could hardly have imagined the 24-year-old Chinese native would be in after 42 holes. Li, the leader of the tournament after the first round, made five birdies over his first six holes

4:38 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Rory McIlroy spun a wedge down to 3 feet for birdie on his final hole for a clean card at a 5-under 67, giving him a one-shot lead over Louis Oosthuizen on a Saturday of big runs and ugly collapses at the HSBC Champions. Oosthuizen opened with five

PGA Tour pros are often asked about “sleeping on the lead,” especially those for which the situation is unfamiliar. Harry Higgs, however, appears like he’ll have no problem getting some rest after charging to the top of the leader board at the Bermuda Championship. In fact, he couldn’t wait to get some shuteye. RELATED: Bermuda

Brooks Koepka’s recent withdrawal from the CJ Cup due to a knee issue has suddenly made him a question mark for the upcoming Presidents Cup. In the meantime, his younger brother, Chase Koepka, found a way to take advantage of his absence. On Friday, Chase took a big step toward earning status on the Korn

7:21 AM ET Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mi Jung Hur shot a second consecutive 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead after Friday’s second round of the LPGA Swinging Skirts. Hur, who is looking for her third victory this season, is at 12-under 132 overall. Defending champion Nelly Korda (67) was one shot back

Tiger Woods’ three-shot win at the Zozo Championship on Sunday seemed to wrap up the reigning Masters champ’s spot on this year’s Presidents Cup team. After all, Woods looked in great shape and form in Japan, and, well, he’s the guy who will make the ultimate decision. “I think the player definitely got the captain’s

9:45 AM ET Associated Press SHANGHAI — Li Haotong has come a long way in the HSBC Champions, which he realized before hitting any of his 64 shots Thursday that carried him to a one-shot lead. Standing next to him on the tee was Phil Mickelson, a longtime golf idol. Li was part of the

No one has made more hole-in-ones at big golf tournaments in recent years than Louis Oosthuizen, who added to his total during Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-HSBC Champions. You may remember Oosthuizen recorded 1s at both the 2016 Masters and 2016 Open Championship. Yet, even the South African known for having a textbook golf

Rory McIlroy may not be racking up tournament wins at the rate Tiger Woods has during his career, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a PGA Tour star who climbed the unofficial sound bite rankings faster. So not surprisingly, when McIlroy was asked about Tiger’s record-tying 82 PGA Tour titles, the 30-year-old Northern Irishman gave

5:35 PM ET Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda — Scottie Scheffler closed with a bogey for a 9-under 62 and a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the PGA Tour’s inaugural Bermuda Championship. Scheffler played his opening nine at Port Royal Golf Club in 6-under 29, making an eagle on the par-5 17th. He

As expected for a PGA Tour opposite-field event in the fall, the list of journeymen playing in the Bermuda Championship is longer than a Bubba Watson tee shot. But while the inaugural tournament is an opportunity for many veteran players, it will also feature a fresh face. One we’re pretty sure hasn’t even been shaved

8:40 PM ET CHIBA, Japan — The journey to Japan was ostensibly about fulfilling corporate obligations, participating in a made-for-TV exhibition and getting in some reps following knee surgery and physical challenges that dogged Tiger Woods‘ throughout the summer. Nobody — including Woods, if he is honest — was thinking about a victory, and a

Hell hath no fury like a Ryder Cup fan scorned. Especially when it comes to trying to land tickets to the biennial event. The good news? Some fans who were shut out earlier this month because of an apparent technical glitch in the PGA of America’s online ordering system have been able to get tickets

Hinako Shibuno became the LPGA Tour’s most unlikely winner of 2019 when she won the AIG Women’s British Open, her first-ever tournament outside of Japan. An instant crowd-favorite due to her bubbly on-course demeanor and constant smile, the 20-year-old rookie on the Japanese LPGA Tour didn’t instantly decide to take the option of joining the

8:23 AM ET Lisa D. Mickey News headlines around the world have exploded ever since Tiger Woods tied Sam Snead‘s 82 career PGA Tour wins on Sunday. Granted, it is an outstanding feat for a man who has recorded a remarkable career. But there has been one important thing missing in the conversation about Woods’

If you build it, they will come. The famed “Field of Dreams” line may as well be the mantra of the Waste Management Phoenix Open. Although, the popular PGA Tour stop stopped officially announcing attendance numbers this past year, the tournament continues to figure out new ways to pack people in. And 2020 is going

9:19 AM ET Tiger Woods posted a seemingly out-of-nowhere win at the Zozo Championship after a knee procedure and nine-week layoff. So, of course, that leads to the most important question of all: Now what? We go through a little of everything, from next year to career totals to the conversation about being player and

On Tuesday, CBS Sports announced that it has hired Davis Love III as one of its golf analysts, beginning in 2020, with Love’s debut coming at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in January. He’ll also work the Masters, the PGA Championship and a number of other PGA Tour events. The news comes after

An about face from the NCAA might keep the association from a protracted legal fight with the California state legislature—and potentially change the economics of college sports, golf included, in the process. It could also create new wrinkles with other golf rules around amateur status. On Tuesday, the NCAA Board of Governors announced it had