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12:09 PM ET Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen eased into a two-shot lead after the opening day at the Dubai Championship on Thursday as he signed for a flawless 63 at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Hansen, who claimed his maiden European Tour victory almost a year ago at the Joburg Open in South Africa, got off to

It appears as if the new startup golf league headed by Greg Norman is keen on picking off former PGA Tour leadership before it sees if it can lure PGA Tour players. On Tuesday, LIV Golf Investments, the newly formed company Norman is heading as CEO, added three more names to its leadership team. One

It might be a stretch to say that golf saved Joe Steadman’s life, but it wouldn’t be a big one. There is no doubt that the game has become much more than just a diversion to the former Army Special Forces combat soldier. He started to realize that during a casual round in 2013 after

5:55 PM ET Rory McIlroy has reunited with Michael Bannon, his longtime coach from Northern Ireland who is now allowed to travel to the United States following COVID-19 restrictions. McIlroy, a four-time major winner, had been working with Pete Cowen for most of this year. Bannon, who began working with McIlroy when he was a

With this week’s Pelican Women’s Championship followed by the CME Group Tour Championship, there are two tournaments left in the 2021 LPGA Tour season. There is, however, really just one competition that has most people’s attention: Jin Young Ko vs. Nelly Korda. They’ve traded the World No. 1 ranking in the past month—Korda has it

7:54 AM ET Slugger White, a longtime PGA Tour rules official who retired earlier this year, is coming back to serve in an executive role with Greg Norman’s new company, LIV Golf Investments. White, whose given name is Carlton White II, becomes the most prominent person after Norman to join the organization, which is set

Phil Mickelson isn’t playing in the latest iteration of “The Match,” the exhibition series instead shifting its focus to Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau. But while Mickelson will be on the sidelines, he’s still very much a part of the proceedings. On Tuesday Turner Sports announced that Mickelson, along with Charles Barkley, will provide commentary

This week, we like our chances again, even with just one year of course history at second-year Houston Open host venue Memorial Park. Not sure if you’ve heard, but Brooks Koepka did have a little bit of input on the massive renovation project, which was largely overseen by Tom Doak. It’s made Koepka anything but

Viktor Hovland became the first defending champion to repeat as a winner on the PGA Tour in more than two years at last week’s World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. But it’s a trend that won’t continue at this week’s Hewlett Packard Enterprise Houston Open. On Tuesday, defending champions Carlos Ortiz announced that he was withdrawing

7:45 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After 50 years, the European Tour by name is no more. Starting in 2022, it will be rebranded as the DP World Tour in a deal that is set to double the total prize money to more than $200 million. European Tour chief executive Keith

We’re seven tournaments deep into the nine-event fall season on the PGA Tour, and that means it’s time to take a look at some of the players who have made the most of their forays into autumn golf. We’re not talking about the winners—the winners have had plenty of attention—but the guys who have quietly

7:21 AM ET Justin Thomas pointed to the positives after his third-place finish at World Wide Technologies Championship, a tournament where he was in contention through three rounds but could not close the gap on Sunday and finished 5 shots behind winner Viktor Hovland. That has — save for the Players Championship — been the

There are a number of very good reasons to not bet on Brooks Koepka this week. Chief among them – he’s playing poorly of late, and in a surprise twist it’s actually bothering him to the point where he admitted he’s seriously grinding and trying to play his way through it, contrary to much of

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Creating heroes: It all starts here. The slogan/motto/legend/promise that dominated just about every aspect of the landscape around the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club is one the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship can more than justify, no matter the definition of choice. A stepping stone. A life-changing moment. Call it what you will,

3:35 PM ET Associated Press Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon will enter the final round of the Portugal Masters sharing a four-shot lead after the pair rose to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday. The two leaders both carded a third round of 6-under 65. Pavon of France hit eight birdies to go with

The unexpected, inexplicable rise of Steven Alker from PGA Tour Champions outsider to a force in senior golf was completed Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla., when the 50-year-old New Zealand native won the TimberTech Championship by two strokes over reigning U.S. Senior Open champion Jim Furyk and fast-closing Miguel Angel Jimenez. Biding his time on

5:17 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Steven Alker had to qualify for his first PGA Tour Champions event three months ago, and he kept playing all the way to the Charles Schwab Cup final. Alker capped off his amazing run Sunday when he closed with a 4-under 68 for a 2-shot victory

Statement wins don’t usually happen in November. Autumnal golf is fertile ground for the first-time winner, the 40-something who turns back the clock, the total outsider who picks one off out of nowhere. But each golf tournament presents an open canvas, a fresh opportunity to grow as a player and send a message to your

6:29 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland won again on the PGA Tour, this time without a clutch finish. The Norwegian star was too dominant to give anyone else a chance Sunday in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland seized control with three birdies on the front nine,

There was a crack in his voice as Thomas Pieters spoke behind the 18th green at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course. It wasn’t born out of anger or frustration, something the 29-year-old from Belgium has been known to display during his pro career. No, this this was a softer, more meaningful sound as he soaked

12:16 PM ET Belgian Thomas Pieters fired a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday to clinch the title by two strokes for his fifth European Tour crown. The 29-year-old came into the final round at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura sharing the lead with France’s Matthieu

Perhaps you’ve heard of The Butterfly Effect? It’s the chaos theory where a small change in one place (something as small as the flap of a butterfly’s wings) can lead to a larger unpredictable change somewhere else. Well, Padraig Harrington saw a variation of that theory seemingly play out (somewhat literally) on Friday at the

6:01 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland was hitting it so well he had no trouble taking on a big risk, and it paid off Saturday with a big finish for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland, the defending champion

RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico — Perhaps you were hoping for a sleepy Sunday leader board so you could lock in on the NFL games with a clear conscience. This chunk of the calendar used to be known as the “silly season” in the pre-FedEx Cup days, and even now November typically ushers golf into a gentle

7:02 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Tim Petrovic birdied the final two holes for an 11-under 61 and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk after a 36-hole Saturday in the TimberTech Championship. Furyk closed with a birdie for a 64 to match Petrovic at 14-under 130 at The Old Course

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Right from the start, he was the man to beat in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. And, in the end, no one did. It took the world’s leading amateur, Keita Nakajima, 74 holes to get the job done, but the 21-year-old from Japan was just good enough to see off a stream of

9:30 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima became the first No. 1 amateur to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, closing with a 3-under 68 and outlasting Taichi Kho on the second hole of a playoff Saturday. Needing three putts from 20 feet to win, Nakajima finished in style by making

Rickie Fowler was on a roll. The five-time PGA Tour winner had recently posted his best finish in two-and-a-half years, he’d shot 66 on Thursday and he began Friday with a pair of birdies to pull within a few strokes of the lead. Then, suddenly, the good times were over quicker than you can say

2:58 PM ET Associated Press Nino Bertasio carded a 2-under 69 on Friday to hold a two-shot lead after the second round of the Portugal Masters. The Italian hit three birdies at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course to go with one bogey, a day after he shot a 61 for the lowest European Tour