Golf

2:27 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy survived matches that went the distance Saturday morning and advanced to the quarterfinals of the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Scheffler, who has reached the championship match in both appearances at Austin Country Club, looked to be headed home after J.T.
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5:59 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark played bogey-free Saturday for a 6-under 66 and shared the lead with PGA Tour rookie Sam Stevens in the Corales Punta Cana Championship. Stevens twice had the lead down the stretch on the Corales course until a wobbly finish, making bogey
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9:03 PM ET Associated Press PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Matt Wallace of England birdied his last three holes Friday for a 6-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead going into the weekend in the Corales Puntacana Championship. Wallace had missed six out of seven cuts on the PGA Tour until he was in the
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7:08 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Matt Kuchar has a place in the record book with Tiger Woods. Equally pleasing Friday was getting a spot in the weekend at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. Kuchar had an easy time at Austin Country Club with a 7-and-6 victory over Si Woo Kim to win
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10:26 AM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Hideki Matsuyama withdrew from the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play before his tee time Friday, giving Max Homa the day off and a spot in the knockout stage. Matsuyama cited a neck injury for conceding the match against Homa. He was warming up on the range for about
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11:23 PM ET Associated Press GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — Alison Lee and Jenny Shin each reeled off four straight birdies in the middle of their rounds and joined Gaby Lopez at 7-under 65 Thursday to share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Drive on Championship. Lee, a 28-year-old American looking for
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10:06 AM ET Proposals to limit the distance golf balls travel when struck by elite players have received the surprise backing of four-time major winner Rory McIlroy. Several players, including world No. 2 Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas, have criticized the model local rule (MLR) proposal outlined last week by golf’s rules makers the R&A
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7:10 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Taylor Moore delivered the clutch shots to move into contention, closed with a 4-under 67 and won the Valspar Championship on Sunday when he avoided the mistakes that cost Jordan Spieth and Adam Schenk. In only his second year on the PGA Tour, the 29-year-old who
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1:27 PM ET Associated Press ST. FRANCIS BAY, South Africa — Matthew Baldwin claimed his first title on the European tour in style Sunday by storming to a seven-shot victory at the SDC Championship in South Africa. Baldwin finished with a 4-under 68 on the St. Francis Links course for 18 under overall as his
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7:56 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Adam Schenk looked as though he and everyone else would get passed by Jordan Spieth on Saturday at the Valspar Championship. When a wild and windy round finished, Schenk was still the player everyone was chasing. Schenk hit his approach to the 18th hole to 5
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7:37 PM ET Associated Press MARANA, Ariz. — Marc Leishman opened with an eagle and held it together in the middle of his round for a 5-under 66 on Saturday, giving him a two-shot lead over Sergio Garcia going into the third and final round of LIV Golf Tucson. Leishman said he had fallen into
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