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Bernhard Langer is running out of senior circuit records to shatter, but he’s now got a biggie clearly in his sights. With a spectacular weekend in which he shot 63-66, the 65-year-old German stormed to a six-shot win on Sunday in the TimberTech Championship to eclipse his own mark that he set in February as

6:21 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley finally made a bogey, and that’s about all that went wrong for him Sunday as he closed with a 1-under 70 for a four-shot victory in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Henley, staked to a six-shot lead going into the final

Winning on the PGA Tour is a satisfying feeling, but the manner in which it is achieved matters, too. And the way Russell Henley won the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba on Sunday in Riviera Maya, Mexico sure felt fulfilling to the Georgia native. Henley secured his fourth career PGA Tour title with a

To see any PGA Tour pro make a hole-in-one on a par 4 during a tournament would be incredible, but to see Joel Dahmen pull it off would be extra special given the likelihood that he might have unleashed a celebration for the ages. The 34-year-old Washington native is one of the tour’s more fun-loving

4:52 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland won her first LPGA Tour title with a final-round 7-under 65 on Sunday to take the Toto Classic by four shots ahead of Japan’s Kana Nagai. Nagai also closed with a 65. Linn Grant was a third, five shots off the pace after

In August 2021, at the Wyndham Championship in the last event of the PGA Tour’s regular season, Russell Henley held a three-shot lead on the field heading into Sunday. He’d led wire-to-wire, in fact, but in that final round he was the only player in the top 35 to shoot over par, and his tournament

8:03 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Russell Henley rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on his first hole and never really let up Saturday until he had a 6-under 65 and doubled the size of his lead to six shots in the World Wide Technology at Mayakoba. This is the sixth

In July of 1958 the PGA of America was celebrating some notable milestones. It had switched its format to stroke play from match play, and for the first time, a national television audience would be able to watch the competition on the weekend. The CBS executives of the time had to be thrilled when both

But now, there’s the potential for Thitikul to as quirkily fall out of the top spot come Sunday due to her performance on the golf course. With a one-over 73 during the third round of the Toto Japan Classic, Thitikul dropped to five under for the tournament to settle into a tie for 23rd, nine

6:58 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Momoko Ueda of Japan shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a one-stoke lead after three rounds of the Toto Classic. Ueda also held a one-shot lead after the second round. Ueda, who had a three-round total of 14-under 202, is one shot ahead of Gemma

There are a lot of golf fans that probably don’t realize PGA Tour fan-favorite Harry Higgs isn’t on the PGA Tour anymore. The affable 30-year-old lost his tour card after a tough season in which he didn’t record a top-10 finish and missed 10 of his final 14 cuts following a T-14 at the Masters.

6:05 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied his final four holes Friday for a 5-under 67, giving him a 1-shot lead over Paul Goydos and Rod Pampling in the TimberTech Championship. The PGA Tour Champions event is the second of three in the postseason, with the leading 36 players

Pick any of the most famous par-3 holes in the world. Augusta National No. 12. Pebble Beach No. 7. TPC Sawgrass No. 17. The Postage Stamp eighth at Royal Troon. If you could make the first hole-in-one of your life at any of them, which would you choose? We don’t know what Christian Clark’s answer

One of the oddest and lesser-known things about Tiger Woods’ incredible career is that he hasn’t had a hole-in-one in competition since 1998. Making the drought even weirder is that Woods made one in each of his first three seasons as a pro. So getting your hands on one of those three golf balls is

3:57 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Motoko Ueda shot 3-under 69 to hold a one-shot lead on Friday after the second round of the LPGA’s Toto Classic. Ueda was a shot clear of fellow Japanese players Miyu Yamashita and Ai Suzuki. Yamashita carded a 68 and Suzuki had a 70. Attahaya Thitikul of

DP World Tour players will compete for a record level of prize money in the 2023 season. Outside of the four major championships and the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, the former European Tour will offer $144.2 million over a schedule that will feature a minimum of 39 tournaments in 26 countries. That figure includes a

7:58 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Will Gordon was frustrated with the way he finished last week in Bermuda. He had no complaints about his start Thursday at Mayakoba. Gordon ran off four straight birdies to start the back nine on the El Camaleon course and finished with a 9-under 62

Worldwide by name, worldwide by nature. With the PGA Tour in Mexico this week for the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, it’s the fourth different country the tour has visited in the seven fall tournaments this season after playing in the U.S., Japan and Bermuda. Will Gordon, a Korn Ferry Tour graduate, leads at

The QBE Shootout announced its field for the two-person team event held December 7-11 at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Fla., and for the first time in the 22-year history of the event, the field will feature two players from the LPGA—World No. 4 Nelly Korda and World No. 7 Lexi Thompson. Thompson has competed

6:07 AM ET Associated Press SHIGA, Japan — Japanese players Ai Suzuki and Momoko Ueda each shot 7-under 65s on Thursday to sit atop the first-round leaderboard at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Japan Classic. Two other Japanese player were a shot behind: Ayaka Furue and Sakura Koiwai. The tournament is being played at the Seta

Following the conclusion of LIV Golf’s inaugural first season, many questions remain about the controversial Saudi-backed league, including just how different it is from what currently exists in professional golf. But one way it promises to distinguish itself from the PGA Tour is with its team/franchise model, where LIV members play on four-man squads with

7:24 PM ET The controversial LIV Golf circuit wrapped up its inaugural season last week with its team championship at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. The new circuit, which is being financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and fronted by two-time Open Championship winner Greg Norman, has plans to expand to a

There’s a lot on the line this week at the LPGA’s Toto Japan Classic, set for Nov. 3-6 at Seta Golf Course in Shiga. Only two opportunities remain for players to earn points necessary to play in the CME Group Tour Championship. Players gain entry into the Tour Championship field Nov. 17-20 via a season-long

Collin Morikawa hasn’t won a golf tournament in nearly a year and, no, he’s not exactly thrilled. Talking to reporters Tuesday in Mexico ahead of the World Wide Technologies Championship at Mayakoba, he has a few theories on why he didn’t produce better results. One of those premises is not exactly something you’d expect to

8:48 AM ET A group of high-profile investors, including NBA star Stephen Curry, Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, women’s soccer player Alex Morgan, Los Angeles Angels All-Star Shohei Ohtani, entertainer Justin Timberlake and tennis star Serena Williams, are backing Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy‘s new company, which plans to launch a tech-infused golf league in

Top players have been granted some flexibility in the PGA Tour’s plan to mandate participation in elevated events next year, according to a directive sent to tour members last week. The Associated Press was first to report the news. The tour announced in August that players would be eligible for their portion of the $100-million

11:31 AM ET Free agency is coming to LIV Golf. Only two days after capturing LIV Golf’s first team championship at Trump National Doral in Miami, 4 Aces GC captain Dustin Johnson is shaking up his team’s roster for 2023, sources confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. Talor Gooch is moving to the Niblicks GC, which

Will we see a three-peat this year in Mexico? If Viktor Hovland has his way … definitely. The XX-year-old from Norway is looking to win the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba for a third consecutive year with PGA Tour Player of the Year Scottie Scheffler and two-time major winner Collin Morikawa looking to put

If Patrick Reed yells, “Let’s go!!!” after making a putt but there’s nobody there to hear it, did he really yell, “Let’s go!!”? Said another way: Do you think LIV players care that so few people are watching them in person? @HeavySvenB This is the saving grace of the team concept: It forces the players

Oct 30, 2022 Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Dustin Johnson watched the final putt of his season roll in, pumped his right fist and waited for the party to begin. Another big celebration. Another big check, too. Johnson drove the green on the 370-yard par-4 16th to set up an easy birdie that provided a