5:27 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch was playing too well to get fazed by anything Sunday in the RSM Classic, and it paid off with his first PGA Tour title when he closed with a 6-under 64 for a three-shot victory at Sea Island. He was playing with two
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NAPLES, Fla. — The setup for the final-round showdown at the CME Group Tour Championship was too good to be true. Nelly Korda, Jin Young Ko and Celine Boutier, winners of the previous six tournaments on the LPGA Tour heading into the 2021 season finale, were all tied for the lead along with Nasa Hataoka,
5:36 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — The stakes were high and the odds would have seemed long to anyone but Jin Young Ko. Her only chance at LPGA player of the year was to win the CME Group Tour Championship. In her way was Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in the world.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — The first win of Talor Gooch’s PGA Tour career was not easy inside the walls of his own mind—it never is—but to an outside observer, he certainly made it look easy. On a sleepy Sunday at the RSM Classic, in the last official event before the winter break, the Oklahoma
11:12 AM ET Tiger Woods posted video of himself hitting balls for the first time since his February car crash that caused several injuries to his right leg and foot. The video posted Sunday to Woods’ social media accounts constitutes the first official update he has shared since April. The three-second clip includes the caption,
Tiger Woods gave fans an early holiday present by posting a video of him hitting a golf shot on Sunday morning. It is the clearest sign yet that Woods, 45, is planning to at least attempt a return to golf after his traumatic single-car accident on Feb. 23. The video, which appears to be shot
6:09 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko are part of a four-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the season, with nothing less than $1.5 million and LPGA player of the year on the line. Ko started pouring in putts from everywhere and ran
Gaby Lopez was utterly bewildered by a bad swing. A few minutes later, she was pumping her fist with gusto.. A few minutes after that, she stood laughing at herself because the alternative was to cry. In the span of the last three holes on Saturday, while trying to keep her position at the top
NAPLES, Fla.—In a season defined by the blow-for-blow battle between Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda for LPGA Tour supremacy, it’s fitting they’re in the final group at the CME Group Tour Championship on Sunday alongside Nasa Hataoka. The tour titans sit even in a four-way tie for first at 14 under par at Tiburon
6:41 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Talor Gooch is playing some of his best golf in the toughest weather, even when he hasn’t been in the best position off the tee. Now the former Oklahoma State player is one round away from his first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic.
DUBAI, U.A.E. — It’s all over really. Never mind the usual platitudes about “focusing on winning the tournament.” Barring something truly extraordinary in the closing round of the DP World Tour Championship on Sunday, Collin Morikawa has already won the European Tour’s season-long Race to Dubai. Consider the facts. Even if Morikawa were to fall
9:35 AM ET Associated Press Rory McIlroy was on the rocks late in his third round at the DP World Tour Championship. Some cliff-edge improvisation, followed by a final-hole birdie, put him back in control. Seeking a second straight victory to end his season, McIlroy delivered another wild finish at Jumeirah Golf Estates in shooting
NAPLES, Fla.—The scrutiny, the stories, and the eyeballs were focused on Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko heading into the CME Group Tour Championship. Their world-beating ways earned the attention as they won 27 percent of the LPGA’s events between them, and Korda seizing the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. As their Rolex Player
6:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — What looked to be a wide-open race for the richest prize in women’s golf is now in the hands of Celine Boutier, who made seven birdies over the last 10 holes for a 7-under 65 and a four-shot lead Friday in the CME Group Tour Championship. For
7:33 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A strong wind off the Atlantic Ocean swept over Sea Island on Friday, and it was no problem for Talor Gooch of Oklahoma as he handled the exposed Seaside course for a 5-under 65 to take a one-shot lead in the RSM Classic. As expected,
NAPLES, Fla.—Winning on the LPGA Tour usually rewards players with a punched ticket to the CME Group Tour Championship and an opportunity for one of the biggest paydays on tour. Ally Ewing broke through for her first LPGA victory at the 2020 Drive On Championship at Reynolds Lake Oconee, but didn’t compete in the Tour
8:34 AM ET Associated Press A sloppy finish cost Rory McIlroy the chance of a second straight day in the outright lead at the DP World Tour Championship, while a lucky break kept Collin Morikawa on course to become the first American to win the Race to Dubai. The drama in the second round of
DUBAI, U.A.E. — As anyone who has followed the recent fortunes of Martin Kaymer must surely know by now, more than seven years have passed since the now 36-year old German has won a golf tournament anywhere in the world. His last victory was a big one mind you, an eight-shot stomping of the field
5:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — On a course she didn’t expect, Nelly Korda delivered the round she needed with a 6-under 66 that left her two shots out of the lead Thursday and gave her a good start toward winning LPGA Tour player of the year. The $1.5 million prize for winning
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — At the scoring area by Sea Island’s Plantation Course during the opening round of the RSM Classic, a long discussion was held on Thursday afternoon between rules official John Mutch, media officials and other parties communicating by walkie-talkie. The subject was Rory Sabbatini, who was eventually disqualified from the final
5:52 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Sebastian Munoz saw the tough weather conditions on the way to the RSM Classic and figured all he could do was keep his head down and make birdies. He wound up with a 10-under 60 to shatter his career round by 6 shots. Scoring was
NAPLES, Fla. — The steps at the end of a close race come with magnitudes more pressure than at the opening gun. On the first tee at the CME Group Tour Championship Thursday, Nelly Korda and Jin Young Ko waited around as the dark Florida sky loomed. Rain drizzled as they began their opening round
8:11 AM ET Rory McIlroy made a fast start at the World Tour Championship as he shot a first-round 65 to take a two-shot lead in Dubai. The world No. 8 went three-under through his first two holes after he eagled the par-5 second, before carding seven-under for his opening round. He leads a group
DUBAI, U.A.E — It is perhaps one of Rory McIlroy’s most endearing qualities. For all the many successes that have consistently punctuated his 12-year professional career, you never quite know what might happen next. Plenty of “ups” are almost guaranteed. But he will almost certainly throw in one or two “downs” along the way. Which
NAPLES, Fla.—Lexi Thompson’s shoulders slumped after her playoff loss in the Pelican Women’s Championship Sunday. Her left-to-right slider missed high on the first extra hole after she couldn’t make a similar putt on the 18th in regulation to win. It was another missed opportunity in a season defined by them for Thompson. The playoff loss
12:36 PM ET Justin Thomas didn’t have the best 2021 season. He’s admitted as much. But he’s got high hopes for 2022, most notably to add that elusive second major title to his trophy case. In preparation, he’s made some changes, like adding Jim “Bones” Mackay to the bag. Mackay was Phil Mickelson‘s longtime caddie
ST. SIMON’S ISLAND, Ga. — Adam Scott offered this profound, yet humbling, comment on the eve of the PGA Tour’s final official event of 2021, the RSM Classic: “I’ve always based my career on being a winner, and that’s been harder for me the last four or five years.” The 41-year-old Australian is known as
DUBAI, U.A.E. — Nov. 17, 2019 was a good day in the life of Tommy Fleetwood. With a final-round 65, the Englishman won the Nedbank Challenge in South Africa, beating Swede Marcus Kinhult at the first hole of a playoff. It was Fleetwood’s fifth European Tour victory, one that saw him rise to 10th in
6:08 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Nelly Korda started with two birdies and finished the same way Saturday, making up plenty of ground along the way for a 7-under 63 that gave her a share of the lead with Lexi Thompson in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Low scores ruled the day again at
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