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6:38 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Breakthrough winners in their last starts, Sei Young Kim and Ally McDonald were on top again Friday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. The second-ranked Kim, making her first start since winning the KPMG Women’s PGA a month and half ago at Aronimink for her first major title,

5:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Robert Streb birdied his last two holes on the Plantation course at Seal Island and matched his career low with a 9-under 63, giving him a two-shot lead over Camilo Villegas on Friday in the RSM Classic. Villegas had an even better finish to stay

6:21 PM ET Associated Press BELLEAIR, Fla. — Women’s Open winner Sophia Popov left top-ranked playing partner Jin Young Ko and everyone else behind Thursday in the Pelican Women’s Championship. Popov shot a 6-under 64 in windy conditions to take a two-stroke lead over Ashleigh Buhai, with Ko eight shots behind after a 72 in

5:47 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Moving on from a devastating summer of losing his child, Camilo Villegas made a 10-foot birdie putt on his final hole Thursday for a 6-under 64 and a share of the lead with Matt Wallace in the RSM Classic. Villegas and Wallace each finished on

8:35 AM ET Associated Press Tiger Woods still has one tournament left this year that might feel as big as any to him. The PNC Championship announced Thursday that Woods will play with 11-year-old son Charlie in the tournament that has paired major champions with their sons since 1995, the year before the 44-year-old Woods

2:30 PM ET Associated Press The PGA Tour now has three players who have tested positive for the coronavirus during the RSM Classic at Sea Island. Kramer Hickok and Henrik Norlander each received positive tests and have withdrawn from the event in Georgia. Hickok got into the tournament as an alternate after Bill Haas tested

Tiger Woods left the grounds at Augusta National on Sunday afternoon without his green jacket, knowing all too well that he might not ever have the opportunity to take it with him again. Oh, it will always be there for him in the Champions Locker Room, waiting for his next visit, whether it’s a friendly

1:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Bill Haas has tested positive for the coronavirus and has withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s RSM Classic this week at Sea Island. Haas, who had received a sponsor exemption, is the 16th player to test positive since the PGA Tour returned from the COVID-19 pandemic

7:00 AM ET Multiple contributors AUGUSTA, Ga. — This Masters was different. It had to be. The tournament was being held in November for the first time. There were no patrons on the grounds. We share what stood out most to us over seven surreal days at Augusta National: Less quiet, please So much is

2:24 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — In his preparations for the Masters, Bryson DeChambeau imagined that Augusta National Golf Club was a par-67 course, instead of the actual 72, because he was mashing the ball so far off the tee. Here was DeChambeau’s reality on Sunday: he finished with a 2-under 286, which was 15

3:03 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Nothing ever comes easily for Dustin Johnson in the majors, except for slipping into that Masters green jacket. Johnson overcame a jittery start that conjured memories of past majors he failed to finish off. He turned that into a command performance, making sure this one-of-a-kind Masters with

5:36 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — The stories are legendary, and not all that flattering. Dustin Johnson and his brother, Austin, look like an excellent team now, a Masters green jacket and a ridiculously good 2020 golf year amid a pandemic all the proof you need. But when Dustin decided to hire his brother full

2:49 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dustin Johnson stood on the sixth tee box Sunday morning at Augusta National having just carded back-to-back bogeys after making only two bogeys in his first 57 holes of this Masters. Johnson drew back his 8-iron, cleared whatever was in his head, which he admits is typically nothing, and

12:08 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — After Tiger Woods made his worst score ever on a hole in his professional career — a 10 at Augusta National’s par-3 12th hole during the final round of the Masters — his longtime caddie, Joe LaCava, took the big-picture view of the situation. “He made 3 there last

5:59 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Dustin Johnson began his assault on Augusta National with a 5-iron for a tap-in eagle, and he never relented until he matched the 54-hole record at the Masters and built a 4-shot lead to put himself in prime position for another major. Johnson has been in this

4:53 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Tiger Woods has not yet come to terms with the idea that the green jacket he won 19 months ago will be staying at Augusta National when he leaves the grounds on Sunday. But it has been in the back of his mind all week, knowing that as his

7:17 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Self-isolating for 11 days in a Las Vegas hotel room just a few weeks ago, Dustin Johnson is now on the verge of lifelong access to an exclusive, far different room: the Champions Locker Room at Augusta National. From COVID-19 positive and doubts about his ability to compete in

5:51 PM ET The attention when this first-ever fall Masters began fell on Tiger Woods, who was trying to defend a title won 19 months ago at Augusta National. It also found its way to Bryson DeChambeau, who came in the year’s final major with a plan to try to overpower the place. And, of