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8:48 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — No lead was safe Saturday at Bay Hill. No one felt comfortable until they were finished. In the toughest conditions of the year, Billy Horschel and Talor Gooch were up to the task at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Horschel got a good break on a day where

7:44 PM ET Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Ernie Els rebounded from a bogey on the par-3 17th with a two-putt birdie on the par-5 18th to take the lead in the Hoag Classic on a cool, windy Saturday at Newport Beach Country Club. The defending champion in the event that was canceled last

2:36 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — In Gee Chun shot a 6-under 66 Saturday to lead a trio of South Korean golfers at the top of the leaderboard after three rounds of the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Women’s World Championship. Chun had a 54-hole total of 12-under 204 on the Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course.

6:04 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau is in line to return to the PGA Tour next week. Phil Mickelson is not. DeChambeau, who hasn’t played since missing the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open in late January, is in the field for next week’s Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Mickelson, who

7:19 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Viktor Hovland had the lowest round of the day with a 6-under 66 and is off to another great start at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This time, he has a good idea what to expect on the weekend at Bay Hill. Rory McIlroy got a sneak preview.

6:14 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Top-ranked Jin Young Ko moved into a tie for the lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Friday in only her second round since returning from a three-month break from the LPGA Tour. Ko shot a 5-under 67, including a birdie on the par-5 16th, and was

7:35 PM ET Jon Rahm doesn’t miss much on the PGA Tour — especially not from 10 inches. But it happened Thursday during the opening round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The world No. 1 went to clean up a 10-inch putt for par on the par-3 seventh hole, decelerated his putter just before contact

7:31 PM ET Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Jason Day withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Wednesday and rushed home to Ohio, arriving in time to be at his mother’s side when she died of cancer. Dening Day was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, which Day tearfully revealed at the Dell Match Play

6:47 AM ET Things are about to get serious. And that doesn’t even count all the serious that has been taking place away from the golf course — the Saudi-backed challenger to the PGA Tour, the Phil Mickelson saga, Tiger Woods winning the first-ever Player Incentive Program. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app |

9:55 AM ET Tiger Woods, who hasn’t played in a PGA Tour event for more than a year while recovering from injuries suffered in a car wreck, won the tour’s inaugural Player Impact Program bonus. The program measures a player’s popularity based on a set of criteria. Woods, a 15-time major champion, collected the $8

6:44 AM ET The PGA Tour’s Florida swing treks on this weekend with the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club and Lodge. The tournament usually attracts some of the best golfers in the world, and this year will be no different. While 2021 champion Bryson DeChambeau withdrew from the tournament on Monday because

8:13 AM ET The PGA Tour heads to Arnie’s place, Bay Hill Club & Lodge, this week for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau pulled out this week, citing an ongoing hand injury. Play begins Thursday. But a strong field will be at Bay Hill, a week before the Players Championship and a

12:16 PM ET Defending Arnold Palmer Invitational winner Bryson DeChambeau won’t try to defend his title at Bay Hill Club & Lodge this week because of a lingering left hand injury. DeChambeau won the 2021 event by 1 shot over Lee Westwood for his eighth career PGA Tour victory. DeChambeau withdrew from the API on

11:34 AM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — The Americans recorded the biggest blowout over Europe in the Ryder Cup last year, and their new captain doesn’t see a need to change much of anything. Zach Johnson was introduced as the 30th U.S. captain on Monday, next in line to try to end

6:44 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sepp Straka is going back to Georgia in a few weeks. He’s headed to his first Masters, after pulling off a huge comeback to win the Honda Classic. Straka, down by 5 shots entering the final round, tapped in for birdie in the rain on

6:55 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Miguel Angel Jimenez had his second hole-in-one of the tournament and closed with a 7-under 65 on Sunday to win the Cologuard Classic. Jimenez started the final round with a two-shot lead and got off to a birdie-eagle start at Tucson National. Reigning Charles Schwab Cup champion

6:27 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Daniel Berger wasn’t flawless. He just kept avoiding big problems, which almost nobody has managed to do at PGA National this week. That’s why he remains the leader of the Honda Classic. Berger started with a three-shot lead and ended with a five-shot advantage, after

7:22 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Miguel Angel Jimenez pulled his penultimate drive of the day into the water and still saved par. The next drive stopped so close to the water he couldn’t take a regular stance, leading to a bogey. Jimenez’s driver might have let him down late, but his putter