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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — We’re not talking deja vu all over again. Not quite. But it was close. Two-and-a-bit months on from his ultimately disappointing closing round of 70 and third-place finish in the 150th Open Championship, Rory McIlroy’s return to the Old Course at St. Andrews followed an eerily familiar script. Only the numbers

2:38 PM ET Associated Press Ryan Fox clinched his second DP World Tour title of the year on Sunday, finishing a shot clear of Alex Noren and Callum Shinkwin as the 2022 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship concluded at St. Andrews. Four shots off the lead in joint second place heading into the final round, Fox

Call it the opposite of the regression to the mean. Should Mark Hubbard pull out the win on Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship, the 33-year-old Colorado native would rekindle a historic (and unusual) trend. Thirteen times previously, the champion at the Jackson, Miss., event has made it his first career win on the PGA

12:33 AM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Charley Hull began the back nine with a double bogey and then settled down to salvage an even-par 71 on Saturday to share the lead with Xiyu “Janet” Lin going into the final round of The Ascendant LPGA. Lin had missed a 15-foot birdie putt on

Thanks to Bryson DeChambeau, it was a show that the long drive world has never seen before and might never experience again. Against sizeable odds because he was going up against guys with freakish swings and ball speeds that reach 230 mph, DeChambeau nearly pulled off a win on Saturday that he probably would have

10:51 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Mark Hubbard ran off five straight birdies on the back nine and ended with a superb shot to 4 feet, giving him a 7-under 65 and a one-shot lead Saturday in the Sanderson Farms Championship as he goes for his first PGA Tour victory. Hubbard has gone

Are you one of those people who roll your eyes when you see parents dress up their twins in the same outfits beyond, say, the age of about 5? We raise our hand here in full agreement. It strikes us as, well … a bit creepy. Like those pranks identical twins play on their romantic

2:43 PM ET Associated Press Richard Mansell doubled his lead to four strokes at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by shooting 5-under 67 at Carnoustie in the third round on Saturday. The No. 218-ranked Mansell was on course for his first victory on the European tour as the Englishman heads back to St. Andrews for

Davis Riley is in the mix at the Country Club of Jackson, his two-day total of 137 just three shots back of the Sanderson Farms Championship lead. The 25-year-old is coming off a solid rookie season on tour and should have been a candidate for one of the final spots on the United States Presidents

8:22 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Mackenzie Hughes thought he had a chance to be picked for the Presidents Cup because of his putting. The strength of his game helped carry him to a 9-under 63 on Friday and a share of the lead in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Hughes birdied his last

Bryson DeChambeau is once again proving that he can hang with the guys who are the longest bangers of golf balls in the world. DeChambeau finished seventh in his debut last year in the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championships and said he was “hungry” to return to the grid in Mesquite, Nev. And he

8:29 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Charley Hull has forced herself to work a little harder on the putting and she saw it pay off Friday with eight birdies in her round of 7-under 64 to take the 36-hole lead in The Ascendant LPGA. Hull seized control with four birdies in a

What’s the most you’ve ever paid for a round of golf? Odds are, it wasn’t as much as one golf pro wound up paying to play one hole earlier this week. The Fire Pit Collective’s Ryan French, AKA Monday Q Info on Twitter, shared the painful tale of Blake Abercrombie. A former PGA Tour Canada

1:43 PM ET Associated Press England’s Richard Mansell conjured up a remarkable round of 68 in horrendous conditions at St. Andrews to lead the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship by 2 shots at the halfway stage. Four early birdies gave the 28 year-old a great start to his round and as the wind and rain increased,

“Whatever they did, they did a hell of a job, and they need to keep those stats guys on board.”—Harris English, Fore the People podcast, on Scouts Consulting The first thing that anyone who works at Scouts Consulting will tell you is that they’re overrated. They don’t matter, the media makes too much of them,

8:27 PM ET Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Davis Riley got off to a hot start and kept bogeys off his card to the end for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead Thursday with Will Gordon in the Sanderson Farms Championship, the PGA Tour event he considers his fifth major. Riley grew

There’s a long-running theory that once a tour pro gets married, his form takes a dip. For Brandon Matthews, it appears the exact opposite may be true. No, marriage doesn’t quite pack the same “perspective” punch that having a baby does, but it’s no coincidence that Matthews shot a five-under 67 on Thursday at the

9:12 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Xiyu Lin of China made a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th hole Thursday that sent her to a 6-under 65 and a 1-shot lead in The Ascendant LPGA. The late eagle from Lin, twice a runner-up on the LPGA Tour this season, took attention

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It was the sort of comment only an old friend or colleague could make. Walking to the practice range on Tuesday, caddie Alistair “Squirrel” Matheson turned to his old boss, Geoff Ogilvy, and said, “now don’t be embarrassed.” The comment was understandable considering that the 2006 U.S. Open champion hasn’t played

12:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — With nasty weather on the horizon, golfers at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship were looking to get in a good early score on the storied Scottish courses hosting the European tour event. No one did better than Romain Langasque on the most famous course of all.

Cole Hammer will make his PGA Tour season debut this week at the Sanderson Farms Championship after Monday qualifying. He also may have just become a fast-food chain’s unofficial sponsor. The former University of Texas star who turned pro after wrapping up his college career by helping the Longhorns with the NCAA team title, had

7:03 AM ET Golfer Patrick Reed‘s attorneys refiled his $750 million defamation lawsuit against the Golf Channel and analyst Brandel Chamblee in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday, while adding other Golf Channel employees and media groups to the complaint. The lawsuit accuses the Golf Channel, Golfweek and its parent company, Gannett, as well

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — The setting was low-key. But the ambitions are high. Sitting in a quiet corner of the Links Clubhouse at St. Andrews on the eve of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, Adrian Meronk is talking about what he wants to do and where he wants to be. Two things are dominating the

6:09 PM ET Associated Press Saudi-funded LIV Golf refuted a report Tuesday that it was close to a U.S. television deal in which it would buy time to be shown on FS1. Golfweek, in a story published Tuesday night, cited multiple sources it did not identify in saying the agreement is still being finalized. It

As the “Home of Golf,” St. Andrews has seen a lot of things through the years. Classic battles, historic performances, and not one, but two golfers with a mullet hoisting the claret jug. But it’s possible Tommy Fleetwood did something there on Wednesday that’s never been seen in all the centuries the Old Course has

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Monahan has never faced a more tumultuous time as PGA Tour commissioner. More than two dozen PGA Tour members have defected to the LIV Golf circuit, which is being fronted by two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. The PGA Tour is currently facing

In LIV Golf’s short time in existence, it has been among the most pressing questions regarding its long-term viability: What are the prospects for getting a television deal that would deliver a far larger audience than its current life on YouTube? We may be closer to getting an answer, even if it still leaves nearly

12:14 AM ET The controversial LIV Golf circuit has signed many big names and sparked widespread conversation over the last several months, but one thing it hasn’t had is a deal to broadcast its events on television. That, according to a report Tuesday night, may be changing soon. Golfweek, citing multiple sources, reported that LIV

After playing for the victorious U.S. team in his Presidents Cup debut at Quail Hollow, Sam Burns comes to this week’s Sanderson Farms Championship on a roll and looking to defend his title. Burns won in a playoff a year ago at the Country Club of Jackson (Miss.), outlasting Cameron Young and Nick Watney. It

The Korn Ferry Tour is returning to New Jersey for the first time since 1997. The inaugural Magnit Championship will be played Aug. 17-20, 2023, at Metedeconk National Golf Club in Jackson Township. As the 22nd of 26 events on the 2023 schedule, the Magnit Championship will be the last chance for Korn Ferry pros