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Cam Davis wins Rocket Mortgage Classic for 2nd time after Akshay Bhatia 3-putts 18th hole
DETROIT (AP) — Cam Davis was preparing for a playoff when Akshay Bhatia's 4-foot putt started left, went right, touched the edge of the cup and rolled away. Joy and pain. Davis won the Rocket Mortgage Classic for the second time, closing with a 2-under 70 on Sunday...
Fujita leads U.S. Senior Open by 3 strokes when rain hits. Play resumes Monday with 8 holes left
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Hiroyuki Fujita held a three-stroke lead with eight holes to play in the final round of the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday when the tournament was postponed because of severe weather at Newport Country Club. Fujita was 2 under for the day on the 7,024-yard, par-70...
Atthaya Thitikul birdies final hole and celebrates Dow Championship team win with Ruoning Yin
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Atthaya “Jeeno” Thitikul of Thailand made a 12-foot birdie putt on the final hole as she and Ruoning Yin of China won the Dow Championship on Sunday by closing with an 8-under 62 in the fourballs format. Thitikul and and Yin, good friends who each briefly...
Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai share lead for 2nd straight day at Rocket Mortgage Classic
DETROIT (AP) — Akshay Bhatia and Aaron Rai ended the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic in the same position they started it — tied atop the leaderboard. Bhatia and Rai each shot 4-under 68 on Saturday to reach 17 under, sharing the lead again on a crowded leaderboard. ...
American duo of Ewing and Kupcho take lead into final round of Dow Championship
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho handled a strong wind and the tough foursomes format for a 3-under 67 on Saturday, giving the American duo a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Dow Championship. The South Korean tandem of Haeji Kang and In Kyung Kim...
Melanie Green wins Women's British Amateur for first American victory in 28 years
PORTMARNOCK, Ireland (AP) — Melanie Green became the first American in 28 years to win the Women’s British Amateur, making birdie on two of the last three holes for a 2-up victory over Lorna McClymont of Scotland in a see-saw match at Portmarnock. Green, a 22-year-old from New...
Fujita (14 under) pads lead at US Senior Open, but Stricker is lurking from familiar second place
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — The wind at Newport Country Club hasn’t been able to slow down Hiroyuki Fujita in the U.S. Senior Open. Maybe the rain will stop him. The Japanese Tour veteran shot a 3-under 67 on Saturday to improve to 14 under in pursuit of a wire-to-wire...
Akshay Bhatia shares the lead in Detroit after his golf ball finds a fairway drain on the 17th
DETROIT (AP) — Akshay Bhatia walked down a fairway at Detroit Golf Club, looking for his ball after a long, straight tee shot, and found it in an improbable spot — underground, after it fell into a drain. Bhatia said he and the PGA Tour rules official, who granted a free drop,...
Hiroyuki Fujita shoots 66 and leads by one through two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Hiroyuki Fujita shot a 4-under 66 in the second round of the U.S. Senior Open on Friday, taking a one-shot lead as he attempts to earn his first victory on American soil. Fujita was at 11-under 129 at Newport Country Club. Richard Green, who shared the...
Grace Kim's ace carries her team to share of the lead in Dow Championship
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — Grace Kim had a hole-in-one and combined with Auston Kim for eight birdies in a fourballs format Friday for a 9-under 61 and a five-way share of the lead in the Dow Championship. The best score among those tied for the lead belonged to the Danish pair of...
