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Caitlin Clark to tee it up in LPGA pro-am at The Annika

Oct. 07, 2024 14:21 PM EDT

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Caitlin Clark wasn't joking when she included golf in her offseason plans. Clark is going to The Annika in November, the penultimate tournament on the LPGA Tour schedule hosted by Annika Sorenstam, to play in the pro-gram and be a panelist at the Women's...

Kevin Yu birdies 18th twice and wins Sanderson Farms in playoff for first PGA Tour title

Oct. 06, 2024 19:52 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kevin Yu made a 15-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 5-under 67, and he birdied it again from 6 feet in a playoff to beat Beau Hossler and win the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Yu was nearly forgotten for most of a...

Wenyi Ding wins the Asia-Pacific Amateur and might turn down spots in the Masters and British Open

Oct. 06, 2024 15:24 PM EDT

SHIZUOKA, Japan (AP) — Wenyi Ding capped off a marathon Sunday with a 3-under 67 that carried the 19-year-old from China to a one-shot victory in the Asia-Pacific Amateur and earned him an invitation to the Masters and the British Open next year. The majors might have to wait. Golf...

Keith Mitchell with late birdie surge takes the lead in Sanderson Farms Championship

Oct. 05, 2024 20:19 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Keith Mitchell finished with a pair of birdies Saturday for a 7-under 65 and avoided some of the blunders that tripped up other contenders, giving him a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Sanderson Farms Championship. At stake for Mitchell, whose...

Beau Hossler leads by one at the Sanderson Farms in search of his first PGA Tour title

Oct. 04, 2024 19:57 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Beau Hossler did his part on another day of low scoring at the Sanderson Farms Championship, missing only one green Friday for an 8-under 64 to take a one-shot lead into the week as he chases his first PGA Tour victory. Hossler started his round with a...

Augusta chairman confident Masters will go on as club focuses on community recovery from Helene

Oct. 03, 2024 20:24 PM EDT

Augusta National Chairman Fred Ridley said Thursday he was confident the Masters would be held as scheduled in April as the club directs its attention and resources to helping the area recover from devastating damage from Hurricane Helene. Augusta National and the Community...

David Skinns opens with a 60 to lead Sanderson Farms Championship

Oct. 03, 2024 19:43 PM EDT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — David Skinns of England set a personal best and a course record with a 12-under 60 to lead the Sanderson Farms Championship. And he couldn't help but be a little disappointed Thursday. Skinns ran off six birdies on the back nine and six more on the front nine...

Hall of Famer Susie Maxwell Berning, a 4-time major champion while raising 2 daughters, dies at 83

Oct. 03, 2024 02:31 AM EDT

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Susie Maxwell Berning, the three-time U.S. Women's Open winner who was a pioneer as a mother while competing on the LPGA Tour, died Wednesday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. She was 83. The LPGA said Berning, inducted into the World Golf Hall...

PGA Tour commissioner and Saudi fund governor paired at pro-am event in Scotland

Oct. 01, 2024 21:49 PM EDT

Three weeks after PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan met with Saudi Arabia's financial backer of LIV Golf, they will be together again this week in Scotland, this time inside the ropes. Monahan and Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the governor of the Public Investment Fund that supports the PGA...

Americans get biggest road win and capture the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time

Sep. 29, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

MONTREAL (AP) — U.S. captain Jim Furyk raised the gold trophy before a team that dressed in red shirts that filled the scoreboard early with red scores. The Presidents Cup is one trophy the Americans own, for two decades and counting. It didn't feel like another rout at Royal...