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Nelly Korda 3 shots back at LPGA Tour's Ford Championship in bid to win 3 straight starts

Mar. 28, 2024 21:47 PM EDT

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Nelly Korda fought through brutal conditions to win in Southern California last week. A solid opening round on a soft course in perfect weather has the world’s No. 1 player in position to win her third straight start. Korda shot a 6-under 66...

Scheffler starts with another round under par. He trails by a shot in Houston

Mar. 28, 2024 20:27 PM EDT

HOUSTON (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had his 28th consecutive round under par to start the year, a 5-under 65 on Thursday that left him one shot behind Taylor Moore and Wilson Furr in the Houston Open. Scheffler also extended his streak to 49 holes without a bogey dating to the third...

Peter Malnati is a winner again and tired of all the talk about money in golf

Mar. 27, 2024 14:30 PM EDT

Peter Malnati is a PGA Tour winner again and now gets to tee it up with big names at the Houston Open. In his group for the opening two rounds is Scottie Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player who is going for this third consecutive victory. But a big part of Malnati is representing the...

Masters has only a few spots left. One player could earn a spot at Augusta National via ranking

Mar. 26, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

The final week for players to try to get into the Masters through the world ranking has rarely held so few possibilities. Byeong Hun An is a lock to stay in the top 50. He was No. 60 at the end of 2023, and then started the year finishing fourth at Kapalua and tied for second at the...

Column: Silver medals for Cameron Young don't tarnish the talent

Mar. 26, 2024 11:26 AM EDT

David Duval was headed to the California desert for the next PGA Tour Champions event when something in his news feed caught his attention. Cameron Young has seven runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in the last 40 years, the most of anyone who had never won. The phrasing made it...

Scheffler back to work in Houston Open. Final week for Masters invitations to top 50

Mar. 26, 2024 11:01 AM EDT

PGA TOUR TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOUSTON OPEN Site: Houston. Course: Memorial Park GC. Yardage: 7,412. Par: 70. Prize money: $9.1 million. Winner's share: $1.638 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel);...

Nelly Korda delivers more drama and wins playoff for 10th LPGA Tour title

Mar. 24, 2024 20:47 PM EDT

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — Nelly Korda took seven weeks off and nothing changed. She won again on the LPGA Tour and made it far more exciting than it needed to be. Korda made bogey on her last two holes Sunday to fall into a playoff in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship,...

Padraig Harrington overcomes double bogey with birdies on final 2 holes at windy Newport Beach

Mar. 24, 2024 20:32 PM EDT

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Padraig Harrington won the Hoag Classic on Sunday at windy Newport Beach Country Club for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, rebounding from a double bogey with birdies on the final two holes. After driving left into trouble and dropping two...

Malnati with big break and great shot wins Valspar and earns trip to Masters

Mar. 24, 2024 20:16 PM EDT

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Some of the shots that left Peter Malnati frustrated on the back nine were the ones that worked out so well for him Sunday in the Valspar Championship. A putt he thought he left short dropped for birdie on the 12th hole. A shot into the 16th in mangled...

Jiyai Shin takes unlikely share of lead in Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship

Mar. 23, 2024 21:52 PM EDT

PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. (AP) — One of Seri’s Kids had an unlikely share of the lead in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship after a windy Saturday afternoon at Palos Verdes Golf Club. Jiyai Shin — the 35-year-old South Korean star who last played a full LPGA Tour schedule...