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NCAA champ Rose Zhang makes impressive LPGA Tour debut in Mizuho Americas Open near NYC

Jun. 02, 2023 07:46 AM EDT

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two-time NCAA champion Rose Zhang made her professional debut Thursday on the LPGA Tour, a solid opening round in the Mizuho Americas Open. The 20-year-old from Stanford who dominated the women's amateur rankings for more than two years shot a 2-under 70 at...

Nicklaus goes on silent mode on 36-hole cut at Memorial

May. 30, 2023 17:29 PM EDT

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jack Nicklaus already spoke too soon in March when he said the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am would be one of the PGA Tour's elevated events in 2024. He was unusually muted Tuesday on the topic of whether his Memorial Tournament should have a cut. The plan is for...

Rose Zhang leaves dominant amateur career to turn pro

May. 26, 2023 13:00 PM EDT

Rose Zhang dominated amateur golf like no other female in the modern game. Now the Stanford star is ready to take on the best. Zhang announced Friday she is turning pro, ending an amateur career in which the 20-year-old sophomore set the Stanford record with 12 wins — one more than...

Column: Masters showed golf can get along, even in Ryder Cup

May. 23, 2023 18:54 PM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Unless Brooks Koepka goes on to win the U.S. Open and British Open — it's hard to bet against him at this rate — the Masters should be remembered as the most meaningful major this year. Jon Rahm in a green jacket was special on its own. He is a massive...

Garcia gets into US Open that now tilts away from qualifying

May. 23, 2023 16:41 PM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Sergio Garcia was left out of the PGA Championship, the first time in 24 years he was not eligible for a major. The day after Brooks Koepka won, the Spaniard made it to the next major through U.S. Open qualifying in Dallas. That was the third of 13 final...

Stanford's Rose Zhang 1st to win consecutive NCAA women's golf titles

May. 22, 2023 23:00 PM EDT

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rose Zhang won just about everything there is in amateur golf. With a flawless performance at the NCAA Championships, the Stanford sophomore now has done something no one else has, not even Lorena Ochoa: win back-to-back national titles. ...

Michael Block, once a little-known club pro, ties for 15th at PGA Championship

May. 22, 2023 11:35 AM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Block recalled how only a week ago he was having drinks at the Pittsford Pub — a few par-5s away from where the PGA Championship was being held at Oak Hill in suburban Rochester, New York — and no one knew who he was. On Sunday, the once...

Koepka gets another major win at PGA, LIV gets a major champion

May. 22, 2023 06:08 AM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka now has five major championships, remarkable because he only started playing them on a regular basis 10 years ago. Slightly more than a third of his wins on top-level tours around the world have come with the biggest trophies in golf. LIV Golf...

Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA

May. 21, 2023 22:57 PM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Confidence was never an issue for Brooks Koepka until the injuries piled up, the doubts crept in and he began to wonder if he still belonged among golf's elite. Koepka answered every question at the PGA Championship with a performance that ranks among his...

PGA Live Updates | Brooks Koepka fends off challengers to win third PGA Championship

May. 21, 2023 18:38 PM EDT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has returned to the top at the PGA Championship. Six weeks after letting a two-shot lead get away on the final day of the Masters, Koepka fended off challenges from Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler to win his third PGA title at sun-splashed...