Golf

8:48 PM ET Associated Press RIDGEDALE, Mo. — Shane Bertsch eagled the first hole of a four-man playoff Friday to win the Charles Schwab Series at Bass Pro Shops Big Cedar Lodge in his second PGA Tour Champions start. Bertsch hit an approach from the rough near the back edge of a bunker that took

7:00 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — On a day when Scottie Scheffler shot 59 and Dustin Johnson flirted with going even lower before settling for 60, Tiger Woods struggled to simply post an even-par round and make the cut at The Northern Trust. There was at least one good thing, though. “Well, I was close

12:47 AM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The LPGA Tour’s Cambia Portland Classic will be played as scheduled Sept. 17-20 without fans at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. The Kia Classic has been postponed until March. Unable to reschedule the Kia Classic at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the

2:43 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Tiger Woods didn’t have a scientific reason for going back to the shorter Scotty Cameron putter he has largely relied on for more than two decades after a brief break from it during the PGA Championship earlier this month. “Just stubbornness,” Woods said Thursday after his opening-round 3-under 68

6:17 PM ET NORTON, Mass. — Following his best round in nearly two months, Bubba Watson revealed Thursday that he has needed to work more on his mind than his game the past year. “I’d have to say it’s a lot more mental than people think. You know, life is hard — on course, off

3:56 AM ET Associated Press TROON, Scotland — Jessica Korda, one of the top U.S. hopes at the Women’s British Open, withdrew from the first major of the year because of medical reasons before the first round started Thursday. Organizers said Korda’s issues were “unrelated to COVID-19.” Katja Pogacar of Slovenia replaced Korda in the

6:36 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN There have been only seven official tournaments since the start of the 2020 LPGA season in January, but after a 166-day hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tour wasted no time getting back into the swing of things. With back-to-back tournaments in Ohio, LPGA players eased into competition before

5:05 PM ET Tiger Woods has entered next week’s BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup playoff events, potentially meaning that he would play four events in five weeks, including the U.S. Open. Woods first needs to qualify for the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship in two weeks. “The plan is to play four

8:30 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders It’s playoff time on the PGA Tour. Patrick Reed will defend his title at The Northern Trust in the first event of the FedExCup playoffs. Ultra long shot Jim Herman (500-1) punched his ticket to the playoffs last week with his win at Wyndham. Tiger Woods will also be

2:45 PM ET The finish line is not where it normally is on the PGA Tour as the FedEx Cup playoffs begin Thursday at TPC-Boston, site of the Northern Trust. The three-tournament playoff run continues next week at the BMW Championship and then the following week at the Tour Championship, where the top 30 in

6:57 PM ET Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. — Jim Herman rallied to win the Wyndham Championship on Sunday for his third PGA Tour title and a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs, shooting a 7-under 63 for a 1-stroke victory over Billy Horschel. Known for his friendship with President Donald Trump, Herman overcame a 4-stroke

7:46 AM ET Even in a pandemic-plagued year, with the PGA Tour missing 13 weeks of action and having to reconfigure its schedule, the FedEx Cup playoffs are to begin Thursday — only a week later than originally scheduled — with a slight tweak in format but the same big-money purses and ultimate $15 million

3:00 AM ET Associated Press Sam Horsfield captured his second title in three weeks on the European Tour by winning the Celtic Classic on Sunday, completing his bogey-free round of 4-under 67 in fading light to finish two strokes clear. It was an evening finish at Celtic Manor because of a late start to the

10:55 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Tyler Strafaci won the U.S. Amateur on Sunday at foggy Bandon Dunes, overcoming a big early deficit and surviving another tight finish to beat Charles “Ollie” Osborne 1-up. With father Frank Jr. at his side as a caddie, Strafaci two-putted for birdie — with the short second

8:22 PM ET Associated Press AKRON, Ohio — Jerry Kelly seized control at the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship with a hole-in-one on the 12th hole at Firestone, sending him to a 1-under 69 and a two-shot victory Sunday for his first major on the PGA Tour Champions. Kelly was clinging to a one-shot lead over

7:39 PM ET The PGA Tour season came to a close Sunday at the Wyndham Championship. Now, it’s on to the three-week FedEx Cup playoffs, beginning this week at the Northern Trust (Norton, Massachusetts), the BMW Championship (Olympia Fields, Illinois) and the Tour Championship (Atlanta). The top 125 qualified for the Northern Trust. After that,

1:38 PM ET Stacy Lewis of the United States held her nerve in a four-way playoff to win the Ladies Scottish Open, her first title since 2017. The 35-year-old went into the final day of the tournament one shot behind Spain’s Azahara Munoz but ended up tied on five-under for the week alongside Cheyenne Knight,

11:34 PM ET Associated Press BANDON, Ore. — Tyler Strafaci and Charles Osborne advanced to the U.S. Amateur final Saturday at Bandon Dunes to earn spots next year in the Masters and U.S. Open. Strafaci, the rising Georgia Tech senior from Davie, Florida, beat Oklahoma State’s Aman Gupta 1 up after losing a four-hole lead