Golf

7:38 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Cam Davis won the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title when Troy Merritt missed a 6-foot par putt on the fifth hole of a playoff. Davis missed putts to win on each of the playoff holes. The 26-year-old Australian left 6- and 18-foot

8:54 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jin Young Ko closed with seven straight pars for a 2-under 69 and a one-shot victory Sunday in the Volunteers of America Classic, her first start since losing the No. 1 world ranking. Ko sank her shoulders when she made her par putt from just outside

9:15 PM ET Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. — A professional golfer and two other men were killed in a shooting at an Atlanta-area country club and the suspect is still at large, authorities said. Officers found an unresponsive man with an apparent gunshot wound to the head Saturday near the 10th hole of the golf

7:08 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Cameron Beckman ran off five straight birdies to start the back nine and then held on at the end for a 4-under 68 and a 1-shot victory over Ernie Els on Sunday in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, his first title on the PGA Tour Champions. “This

1:09 PM ET Associated Press THOMASTOWN, Ireland — Australian golfer Lucas Herbert completed a wire-to-wire victory at the Irish Open on Sunday, shooting 4-under 68 in the final round to win by three strokes and also secure a place at the British Open. It was Herbert’s second title on the European Tour, after the Dubai

7:01 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Troy Merritt aced the 219-yard 11th hole at Detroit Golf Club and shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday for a share of the lead with Joaquin Niemann in the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Niemann, who shared the 36-hole lead with Tom Lewis, pulled into a tie by two-putting from

10:48 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Jin Young Ko chipped in for eagle on the par-4 15th and finished a bogey-free 32-hole Saturday in near darkness with a one-stroke lead in the Volunteers of America Classic. Ko returned to overcast and breezy Old American early Saturday, playing the final 14 holes for

6:29 PM ET Associated Press ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Ernie Els opened a 3-stroke lead Saturday in the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, reeling off five straight birdies on the front nine in a 7-under 65. Els birdied holes 2 through 6 at windy and rainy En-Joie Golf Club, added another on the par-4 ninth, made eight

4:12 PM ET Australia’s Lucas Herbert fired a two-under-par 70 on Saturday to take a one shot lead over American Johannes Veerman heading into the final round of the Irish Open at the Mount Juliet Estate in Thomastown. Overnight leader Herbert, who had a two-shot lead over Andy Sullivan and Grant Forrest at the halfway

3:48 AM ET Overnight leader Lucas Herbert opened up a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Irish Open, carding 67 in the second round on Friday to go 13 under at the Mount Juliet Estate in Thomastown. Having carded an 8-under-par 64 on Thursday to set the clubhouse target, the Australian was three

10:25 PM ET Associated Press THE COLONY, Texas — Matilda Castren shot a 5-under 66 after a six-hour storm delay Friday to take the lead in the suspended second round of the Volunteers of America Classic. With the start of play delayed by lightning and rain, the 26-year-old former Florida State star from Finland had

2:30 PM ET Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday and withdrew from the Rocket Mortgage Classic, putting his status for The Open in two weeks in question. Matsuyama’s agent and interpreter, Bob Turner, said it was too soon to say what the ramifications would be and that details were being discussed.

12:35 AM ET ESPN News Services Phil Mickelson entered the Rocket Mortgage Classic this week in Detroit for the first time in the event’s three-year history, but he said on Thursday it will be his last appearance. Mickelson said he won’t return because of a story published this week by The Detroit News, which obtained

12:20 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Davis Thompson, in his third PGA Tour event as a professional, is leading the Rocket Mortgage Classic. He’s not excited about that fact. Yet. “Sounds good on Sunday,” Thompson said after matching a Detroit Golf Club record with a 9-under 63 to take the early first-round lead. “It’s

1:57 PM ET Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy has fallen eight shots behind the leader in the first round of the Irish Open on the European tour. Coming into the event, McIlory was believed to be the hot favourite, but fell behind Australian Lucas Herbert who leads after Day One. The former world No. 1

9:00 AM ET Coming off a marathon playoff won by Harris English at the Travelers, the PGA Tour now heads to Detroit for the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Bryson DeChambeau enters as the defending champion. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props are worthwhile this week at Detroit

2:33 PM ET A representative for Phil Mickelson took issue with a Detroit News report that linked the golfer to an alleged mob bookie in a 2007 trial. Mickelson, 51, is playing in the Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Country Club for the first time. The story published Tuesday reported Mickelson’s ties to a bookie

12:44 PM ET A London-based bettor won more than $1.36 million this week on a $15.50 bet, and it all came down to a 35-1 long shot battling in one of the longest playoffs in PGA Tour history. The bet — a six-leg parlay or accumulator as they are known in the United Kingdom —