AVONDALE, La.—Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler shot a 5–under 67 in alternate-shot play on Friday to maintain a one-shot lead through the second round of the Zurich Classic. Defending champions Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele made the biggest move of the day, rocketing up the leaderboard with a 9-under 63—the best score of the round…
Talor Gooch Leads After 1st Round of LIV Golf in Australia
ADELAIDE, Australia—Talor Gooch upstaged the more-fancied names on the LIV Golf tour by shooting a 10-under 62 Friday to take a four-stroke lead after the first round of the inaugural Australian tournament at The Grange. The 31-year-old American started with a par on his opening hole in the shotgun-start format—the par-3 12th—but then had 10…
Chien Leads First Major at Chevron After 1st Round; Korda, Vu Tied for 2nd
THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Peiyun Chien, of Chinese Taipei, shot a 5–under 67 on a rainy Thursday, April 20, in the transplanted Chevron Championship to take the first-round lead in the LPGA Tour’s first major of the year. Unable to find a sponsor willing to add to the half-century run at Mission Hills, the tournament—best known as…
Tiger Woods Has Ankle Surgery, Rest of Majors in Doubt
Tiger Woods had fusion surgery on his right ankle Wednesday morning to alleviate arthritis from a broken bone, putting in doubt whether he plays any more majors this year. Woods disclosed the surgery on Twitter and said it was a subtalar fusion procedure to address post-traumatic arthritis from when he broke his talus bone in…
Matt Fitzpatrick Defeats Jordan Spieth in Playoff to Win RBC Heritage
Matt Fitzpatrick landed his approach shot on the third playoff hole about a foot away from the pin, and his tap-in birdie allowed him to defeat Jordan Spieth and win the RBC Heritage on Sunday evening, April 16, in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Playing the par-4 18th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links for the…
Grace Kim Wins in 3-way Playoff at Lotte Championship
Grace Kim of Australia birdied the first playoff hole on Saturday to win the Lotte Championship in a three-way sudden death in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Kim outlasted Yu Liu (par) and third-round leader Yu Jin Sung (bogey) on the par-5 18th hole, the first playoff hole, to claim her first victory on the LPGA Tour….
Jimmy Walker Leaps in Front at RBC Heritage
Jimmy Walker carded his second straight round of 65 to grab a three-shot lead through two rounds of the RBC Heritage on Friday in Hilton Head Island, S.C. Walker’s score of 12–under 130 gave him some separation from Scottie Scheffler (65 Friday), Xander Schauffele (66) and England’s Justin Rose (67), who are tied for second…
Hovland Leads RBC Heritage; Masters Champ Rahm Struggles
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C.—Viktor Hovland’s round of 7–under 64 at the rain-delayed RBC Heritage on Thursday, April 13, gave him a first-round lead for a second straight week—and left Masters champion Jon Rahm eight shots behind and with plenty of work ahead to get into contention after his major victory. Hovland had the lowest of…
Golf-Liv Golf Contingent Leave Mark on Masters Leaderboard
AUGUSTA, Georgia—Nobody from the LIV Golf contingent at this year’s Masters were able to slip into the Green Jacket, but a few players from the controversial Saudi-backed circuit left an indelible mark on the leaderboard at Augusta National on Sunday. Four-time major winner Brooks Koepka and three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson, two of LIV’s…
Woods’ Ball From 1997 Masters Sells for $64,000
A golf ball Tiger Woods gave to a young fan during the final round of his victorious 1997 Masters tournament has sold for $64,124, auction house Golden Age Auctions said on Sunday. Woods bogeyed the fifth hole and handed the ball to Julian Nexsen, who was nine-years-old at the time. Bidding for the Titleist ball,…
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