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Trace Crowe capped off a roller-coaster round in cool, blustery conditions by holing a bunker shot for birdie and closing with a tough up-and-down for birdie that savaged a 1-under 71 on Saturday to give him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the inaugural Austin Championship.
Lindy Duncan made 17 pars in a bogey-free round, just the way she planned it on a cold, blustery Saturday at The Annika, and wound up with a 1-under 69 and a one-shot lead with a chance to finally win on the LPGA Tour.
Rory McIlroy had a day to forget at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Saturday, ending four shots off the lead and seeing Race to Dubai rival Eugenio Chacarra haul himself back into contention.
Kevin Yu at least managed to finish the second round Friday at the Austin Championship with another 6-under 66. Whether he keeps the lead is not nearly as important as how he finishes the PGA Tour’s penultimate fall tournament.
Rory McIlroy recovered from a back-nine wobble to birdie No. 18 and share the 36-hole lead at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Friday, leaving him well-placed to win a record-tying eighth Race to Dubai golf title.
Hye-Jin Choi opened with two bogeys, made up ground with a 15-foot eagle putt late and finished with a 3-under 67 Friday that gave her a three-way share of the lead at The Annika and another chance to win for the first time in 127 tries on the LPGA Tour.
Fresh of becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner in 95 years, 19-year-old Blades Brown had enough energy to make nine birdies Thursday for a 7-under 65 that quickly got him into the mix at the Austin Championship, three shots behind Trace Crowe and his career-best 62.
Two months later, Nelly Korda didn’t miss a beat. She played bogey-free Thursday at The Annika and opened with a 7-under 65 to trail Minami Katsu and Hye-Jin Choi by two shots in her first competition since the Solheim Cup.
Longtime NBC Sports broadcaster Dan Hicks has died at the age of 64 following an acute illness, his wife, ESPN broadcaster Hannah Storm, announced Thursday.
Rory McIlroy started the strongest of the Race to Dubai title contenders at the season-ending World Tour Championship on Thursday, shooting 3-under 69 to lie in third place and two strokes off first-round leader Joost Luiten.
Tiger Woods said he's "feeling better" and "training quite a bit" ahead of the Hero World Challenge, an event he hosts in the Bahamas that begins Dec. 3.
LIV Golf filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan with a New Jersey court Tuesday, along with a proposed schedule for a final hearing on its disclosure statement on Jan. 7 that would begin liquidation.
Patrick Reed is back in Dubai this week for the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. It’s the scene, but not the golf course, of perhaps the most consequential week of his career.
Rory McIlroy said Bryson DeChambeau would "bring eyeballs" to the DP World Tour in 2027 because of "everything he brings with him, good and bad."
Rookie Sudarshan Yellamaraju jumped two spots as the race for positioning on the FedEx Cup standings heats up, Bob Weeks writes.
Everything will be so familiar to Rory McIlroy: the course, the stakes, the pressure. For Eugenio Chacarra, it’s all new territory.
Bryson DeChambeau offered no regrets for taking Saudi riches to join LIV Golf and no indication about his immediate future, saying only that he will approach it with “humility and respect for the game.”
Jon Rahm fought off Ryder Cup teammates Rory McIlroy and Tyrrell Hatton to win the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday for his first European tour title in four years, marking a successful start to the Spaniard’s career rebuild following the demise of LIV Golf.
Shuri Sakuma has won her first LPGA Tour title, taking the Toto Japan Classic on Sunday with a closing round of 8-under 64 for a four-stoke victory over fellow Japanese Aki Iwai.
Ben James made the most of another 36-hole lead with birdies on his opening three holes that propelled him to a 6-under 66 and a four-shot lead Saturday in the World Wide Technology Championship as he closes in on his first PGA Tour title.
Jon Rahm will take a one-shot lead into the final day of the Abu Dhabi Championship after shooting 6-under 66 in the third round Saturday.
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