Golf

11:43 AM ET Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Mizuki Hashimoto of Japan holed out from the fairway for eagle that sent her to a 4-under 68, allowing her to make up a 3-shot deficit and win the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific on Saturday to earn spots in two majors. Hashimoto finished 1 shot

7:08 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Kirk Triplett shot a 7-under 64 to move into the lead Friday and Jim Furyk remained in contention for the season title with a 67 in the second round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Playing in the final group with Phil Mickelson, Triplett shut out the noise

7:01 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Martin Trainer was in rare territory Friday. Not only did he play well enough to stick around for the weekend, he found himself leading the Houston Open. Trainer holed a pair of long birdie putts and three short ones in a bogey-free round at Memorial Park for a

12:18 PM ET Associated Press Defending champion Antoine Rozner claimed a one-shot lead at the halfway stage of the Dubai Championship. The Frenchman carded a bogey-free second round 64 to move to 15 under for the tournament as he continued his love affair with the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates where he won his

7:22 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Bernhard Langer squatted to tee up his ball instead of bending at the waist. Lining up putts looked like he was doing calf stretches against a wall, more of a chest-high view than ground level. By the sixth hole, the 64-year-old gave up on retrieving the ball from

7:56 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Marc Leishman, Russell Henley, Talor Gooch and Luke List shared the lead Thursday in the suspended first round of the Houston Open, with List still on the course when darkness stopped play. Rain delayed the start for 2 1/2 hours, with 0.9 inches falling at Memorial Park. None

12:09 PM ET Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen eased into a two-shot lead after the opening day at the Dubai Championship on Thursday as he signed for a flawless 63 at Jumeirah Golf Estates. Hansen, who claimed his maiden European Tour victory almost a year ago at the Joburg Open in South Africa, got off to

5:55 PM ET Rory McIlroy has reunited with Michael Bannon, his longtime coach from Northern Ireland who is now allowed to travel to the United States following COVID-19 restrictions. McIlroy, a four-time major winner, had been working with Pete Cowen for most of this year. Bannon, who began working with McIlroy when he was a

7:54 AM ET Slugger White, a longtime PGA Tour rules official who retired earlier this year, is coming back to serve in an executive role with Greg Norman’s new company, LIV Golf Investments. White, whose given name is Carlton White II, becomes the most prominent person after Norman to join the organization, which is set

7:21 AM ET Justin Thomas pointed to the positives after his third-place finish at World Wide Technologies Championship, a tournament where he was in contention through three rounds but could not close the gap on Sunday and finished 5 shots behind winner Viktor Hovland. That has — save for the Players Championship — been the

7:45 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — After 50 years, the European Tour by name is no more. Starting in 2022, it will be rebranded as the DP World Tour in a deal that is set to double the total prize money to more than $200 million. European Tour chief executive Keith

5:17 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Steven Alker had to qualify for his first PGA Tour Champions event three months ago, and he kept playing all the way to the Charles Schwab Cup final. Alker capped off his amazing run Sunday when he closed with a 4-under 68 for a 2-shot victory

6:29 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland won again on the PGA Tour, this time without a clutch finish. The Norwegian star was too dominant to give anyone else a chance Sunday in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland seized control with three birdies on the front nine,

12:16 PM ET Belgian Thomas Pieters fired a three-under-par 68 in the final round of the Portugal Masters on Sunday to clinch the title by two strokes for his fifth European Tour crown. The 29-year-old came into the final round at the Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura sharing the lead with France’s Matthieu

7:02 PM ET Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. — Tim Petrovic birdied the final two holes for an 11-under 61 and a share of the lead with Jim Furyk after a 36-hole Saturday in the TimberTech Championship. Furyk closed with a birdie for a 64 to match Petrovic at 14-under 130 at The Old Course

6:01 PM ET Associated Press PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico — Viktor Hovland was hitting it so well he had no trouble taking on a big risk, and it paid off Saturday with a big finish for a 9-under 62 and a two-shot lead in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. Hovland, the defending champion

3:35 PM ET Associated Press Thomas Pieters and Matthieu Pavon will enter the final round of the Portugal Masters sharing a four-shot lead after the pair rose to the top of the leaderboard on Saturday. The two leaders both carded a third round of 6-under 65. Pavon of France hit eight birdies to go with

9:30 AM ET Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Keita Nakajima became the first No. 1 amateur to win the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship, closing with a 3-under 68 and outlasting Taichi Kho on the second hole of a playoff Saturday. Needing three putts from 20 feet to win, Nakajima finished in style by making