Golf

9:26 AM ET Associated Press South African golfer Jbe Kruger has been withdrawn from the field in this week’s Scottish Championship on the European Tour after testing positive for the coronavirus. The tour says Kruger returned the positive test after a check on Monday as part of the pre-tournament screening process. He has not exhibited

8:49 AM ET Associated Press DENHAM, England — Spain will stage the Solheim Cup for the first time in 2023. The Finca Cortesin course in Andalucia was named by the Ladies European Tour on Tuesday as the host of the next European-based edition of the biggest team event in women’s golf. The Solheim Cup has

6:30 PM ET The PGA Tour telecast this week at The CJ Cup at Shadow Creek will feature live betting odds for the first time, courtesy of Bet MGM, the tour announced today. There will be two executions of updates per hour during all four rounds of the event, featuring leaderboards with integrated open and

3:00 PM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN When Sei Young Kim hit her fourth birdie putt in five holes on the 17th hole during the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Course, she sealed her fate. The 27-year-old South Korean flashed a big smile, but then immediately returned to a determined gaze.

7:06 AM ET Augusta National Golf Club opened to its membership on Monday, an annual fall occurrence that typically occurs without much fanfare. It is a private club, after all. Other sports are in full song, particularly football. Normally, the annual Masters tournament is still six months away, the golf calendar filled with a bunch

9:24 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Martin Laird looked like a winner with an improbable par save on the 71st hole of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, over the cart path, under the trees, between a pair of bunkers and an 18-foot putt. He had to return to the par-3 17th in

5:53 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Ernie Els birdied the final two holes, running in a 40-footer in the rain on the last, for a 6-under 66 and a 1-stroke victory over Colin Montgomerie on Sunday in the SAS Championship. Els made the long putt on the par-4 18th three weeks after missing

5:00 PM ET Associated Press NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Sei Young Kim shot 7-under 63 in the final round to seal her first major title Sunday at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The 27-year-old South Korean finished at 14-under 266 at Aronimink Golf Course, winning the major that had eluded her so far in her

5:00 PM ET Associated Press NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Sei Young Kim had another excellent outing at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, shooting a 3-under 67 Saturday to hold the lead after three rounds at Aronimink. The South Korean sits at 7-under 203, two strokes ahead of Brooke Henderson and Anna Nordqvist as she tries for

9:43 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Patrick Cantlay picked up enough birdies on the back nine to catch up to Martin Laird, and they each had a 6-under 65 to share the lead going into the final round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. It was another day of low scoring for

6:05 PM ET England’s Tyrrell Hatton took control of the BMW PGA Championship on Saturday as overnight leaders Shane Lowry and Matthew Fitzpatrick both failed to impress on day three at Wentworth Club in Surrey. Hatton produced a brilliant round three-under-par 69 to sit at 14-under overall heading into the final day, three shots clear

9:55 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Patrick Cantlay has played the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open so well that he wasn’t the least bit concerned when he was stuck in neutral Friday. Four straight birdies later, he was right up at the top again. Cantlay ran off four straight birdies at the midway

9:04 PM ET Klara Spilkova won’t be around for the weekend of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, missing the cut by 1 shot after a rare 2-stroke penalty was assessed for slow play. While players are put on the clock often in professional golf — with the threat of a penalty if they don’t pick

2:24 PM ET British Open champion Shane Lowry and local favourite Matthew Fitzpatrick both fired seven-under-par 65s in the second round of the BMW PGA Championship to share the lead at the halfway stage on Friday. The duo, who were tied for third after matching opening rounds of 67 on Thursday, went 12-under for the

3:18 AM ET England’s Tyrrell Hatton, South Africa’s Justin Harding and Spain’s Adri Arnaus carded first rounds of six-under-par 66 to share the lead in the BMW PGA Championship on Thursday. World No. 15 Hatton made five birdies and an eagle on the par-five fourth hole to surge ahead of the pack before Harding caught

9:57 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Bryson DeChambeau put on another power display Thursday and it worked just as well as when he won the U.S. Open. In his first start since winning at Winged Foot last month, DeChambeau had two-putt birdies on all three of the par 5s and two of the

7:00 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Shortly after graduating from Stanford in 2016, Georgia native Mariah Stackhouse finished 21st at the LPGA Qualifying Tournament. In her 2017 rookie season, the four-time All-American for the Cardinal became the seventh African American player to qualify for the LPGA Tour. In the 70 years of the LPGA, there have

6:05 PM ET Bryson DeChambeau apparently believes he’s not hitting the ball far enough, so he’s been working on an equipment change ahead of next month’s Masters. DeChambeau, who is making his first start since winning the U.S. Open last month at Winged Foot at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, said Wednesday that