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7:35 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Harold Varner III shot an 8-under 63 to take a one-shot lead in the RBC Heritage on Saturday in pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory. Varner had eight birdies in a bogey-free round to match Cameron Young‘s opening score as the lowest at Harbour

Hyo Joo Kim made the finish to her fifth career LPGA win more stressful than it needed to be Saturday at the Lotte Championship presented by Hoakalei. A bogey at the 17th shrunk her three-shot lead at the start of the round to one over Hinako Shibuno. But Kim recovered immediately, taking advantage of the

1:47 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim staved off a late charge from Hinako Shibuno to win the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship on Saturday. Kim closed with a 1-under 71 — following a bogey on the par-4 17th with a tap-in birdie on the par-5 18th — to finish at

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — On Friday, a strange incident came to pass on the sixth hole at the RBC Heritage. Harold Varner III pushed his tee shot far to the right, and the question in his mind as he walked to the ball was whether it was out of bounds. What happened next is slightly

8:27 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Tyson Alexander became the first player in Korn Ferry Tour history to successfully defend a title, rallying to win the Veritex Bank Championship on Sunday. Alexander closed with a 6-under 65 to finish at 22-under 262 at Texas Rangers Golf Club, two strokes ahead of Pontus Nyholm

7:26 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau had surgery on his left wrist Thursday, writing on Instagram that he hopes to return to the PGA Tour within the next two months. DeChambeau said Dr. Thomas Graham, an orthopedic surgeon at Kettering Health in Ohio, performed the surgery to repair a fractured hook of the hamate bone in

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — If wins are your metric of elite golf, it’s been a rough three years for Tommy Fleetwood, who hasn’t rung the proverbial bell since late 2019. Even in last fall’s Ryder Cup, he followed up his brilliant 2018 performance with a limp 0-1-2 showing, and that came on the heels of

12:19 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim rallied with two late birdies for an even-par 72 to maintain a three-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. After dropping strokes on the par-4 seventh and par-3 12th with her only bogeys of the week at breezy Hoakalei Country Club,

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — It would have been hard to imagine any player not named Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson commanding this much attention at a PGA Tour event after an extended absence, but Morgan Hoffmann has been the main attraction at the RBC Heritage. From his fascinating journey battling muscular dystrophy with alternative medicine

As a 14-time winner on the PGA Tour, Justin Thomas doesn’t show up to tournaments just to make cuts. That said, making the weekend does seem to be something he takes pride in, much like his good buddy Tiger Woods. That’s why it was hardly surprising to see Thomas grinding away late on the back

7:21 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — FedEx Cup champion Patrick Cantlay birdied the final four holes Friday for a 4-under 67 and take a two-stroke lead over Robert Streb halfway through the RBC Heritage. After dropping back with bogeys on the 11th and 14th holes, Cantlay turned it around on the

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Once in a while, just for the heck of it and usually on a low-key afternoon like the one that settled upon Harbour Town Golf Links Friday, you’ll find yourself asking someone like Matt Kuchar what he thinks of Erik van Rooyen’s mustache. Not because they have any special connection, but

2:22 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Morgan Hoffmann left the RBC Heritage feeling like a winner, even if he didn’t make the cut. Hoffmann played his first PGA Tour event since 2019 because of his muscular dystrophy. He had not teed off on tour since the Shriners Hospital for Children Open

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – If you didn’t know anything about golf, Morgan Hoffmann looked the most impressive of his Thursday trio at the RBC Heritage. Tall and slim, in a form-fitting black shirt, with a hat of deep purple from which a shock of dark blond hair emerged from the back in a messy bun.

1:28 AM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hyo Joo Kim birdied three of the final six holes for her second 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Thursday after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s Lotte Championship. Kim closed with birdies on the par-4 13th and 16th holes and the par-5 18th to

Often times, especially in the betting space, we assume a missed cut the previous week means a player is struggling. Often times, that is a foolish assumption. Case in point, Cameron Young, who missed two of his last three cuts including the Masters, then promptly fired an opening-round eight-under 64 on Thursday at the RBC

7:51 PM ET Australian golfing great Jack Newton, who has died aged 72, is being hailed as a trailblazer and fearless competitor who leaves a lasting legacy on his sport. Newton, the 1979 Australian Open champion, died overnight due to “health complications”, his family says. Newton’s Australian Open victory was one of three triumphs on

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Earlier this week, the Telegraph reported that the Saudi Golf League was on the verge of launching a $225 million tour. The timeline for the announcement was kept vague—”the coming weeks”—but the four names listed in the article as signees or near-signees were Bubba Watson, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood and Kevin

9:24 AM ET A week after competing in the Masters, Tiger Woods has committed to play in the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland, on July 4-5. The pro-am, which benefits charities in Ireland, will be played 10 days before the start of the 150th Open at St. Andrews in Scotland. Woods

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — The quote came at the end of a long and interesting press conference Wednesday at the RBC Heritage, where Davis Love III celebrated his 58th birthday with a cake from the PGA Tour and a timid but heartfelt rendition of “Happy Birthday” from a group of about 40 outside the media

2:52 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — The Presidents Cup golf tournament will return to Australia for the fourth and fifth times in 2028 and 2040. The PGA Tour announced Thursday that the match-play tournament held every two years involving teams from the United States against an International side representing the rest of the

The PGA Tour announced Wednesday evening a long-term commitment to hosting the Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The biennial event has marked the 2028 and 2040 matches to visit the Sandbelt region. The area has already hosted the cup three times in the event’s history in 1998, 2011 and 2019, with the 1998 edition

9:17 PM ET Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii — Hannah Green shot a 6-under 66 on Wednesday to take the lead halfway through the first round of the LPGA Tour’s LPGA Lotte Championship. Green had eight birdies, including five on the front nine at breezy Hoakalei Country Club, a first-time venue in the 10th edition

HILTON HEAD, S.C. — Stay with us here: In the 2015 Presidents Cup, Jim Furyk, Fred Couples, Davis Love III and Steve Stricker were Jay Haas’ assistant captains as the Americans won by a single point in South Korea. Since that year, Love, Stricker and Furyk have served as the three ensuing U.S. Ryder Cup

9:20 AM ET Scottie Scheffler walked out of Augusta National Golf Club after the 86th Masters on Sunday with a green jacket, perhaps the most-prized possession in golf. But his caddie, Ted Scott, did not leave empty-handed. It is tradition, not just at the Masters, but at every major championship, that the caddie for the

Yes, the Masters is done, but that doesn’t mean that the great golf is over. Harbour Town Golf Links will host an impressive field including five of the 10 best players in the world this week for the RBC Heritage. World No. 3 Collin Morikawa and the Players champ Cameron Smith will headline this group

6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Before the television shot of Rory McIlroy holing out from the bunker on the 18th at the Masters on Sunday, every viewer knew how it would turn out unless the audio was on mute. CBS analyst and three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo ruined it for them. “I don’t want

The LPGA Tour lost one of its 13 founders on Tuesday. Shirley Spork passed away in Palm Springs, Calif. She was 94 years old. Not only was Spork one of the LPGA Tour’s founders, she also created the LPGA Teaching & Club Pro Division. The program is vibrant: There are more than 1,800 LPGA teaching

6:59 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Shirley Spork, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour who learned two weeks ago she would be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, died Tuesday, the LPGA said. She was 94. The LPGA said she died in Palm Springs, California, where she had

With a sample size approaching nearly eight years and almost 30 majors, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out what has been plaguing Rory McIlroy in the four biggest events on the calendar since he last won one in 2014. He has been, quite simply, awful on Thursdays. Yet still, it doesn’t