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5:31 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan made a 12-foot putt on the second hole of a playoff with Webb Simpson on Sunday in the RSM Classic for his first PGA Tour title. Playing two groups ahead of Simpson in windy conditions on Sea Island’s Seaside Course, Duncan birdied three

NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim might have just become the least-talked about wire-to-wire winner ever. The 26-year-old from South Korea quietly opened the CME Group Tour Championship with a 65 to take a lead she held or shared until her winning 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole worth $1.5 million on Sunday. On

DUBAI, U.A.E. — Seven holes into the final round of the DP World Tour Championship, the Race to Dubai looked over. With his fifth birdie of the day, Jon Rahm reached 20-under par and moved into what appeared to be a winning position on both fronts. At that stage, Tommy Fleetwood was eight back at

7:59 AM ET Spain’s Jon Rahm claimed the Race to Dubai title Sunday after he held off fellow contender Tommy Fleetwood to secure a one-shot victory at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship. Rahm opened up a six-shot advantage after seven holes at Jumeirah Golf Estates before Fleetwood made a late charge, finishing with a

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Scottie Scheffler fired a Saturday 63 to climb the leader board at the RSM Classic. But the PGA Tour rookie’s eight birdies at Sea Island’s Seaside Course moved him even closer to winning a different competition. Scheffler now finds himself in great position to win the RSM Birdies for Love,

4:54 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim had only one birdie on the back nine and held on for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead over Nelly Korda, who made a charge going into the final round of the CME Group Tour Championship with the richest prize ever in women’s

NAPLES, Fla. — After making double bogey on the third hole of the third round of the CME Group Tour Championship, Nelly Korda was in a bad place on the leader board. The 21-year-old American started the day at nine under at Tiburon Golf Club, tied for third, three shots behind leader Sei Young Kim.

DUBAI, U.A.E. — For three days now, the story has had a familiar ending. While the big names — Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Tommy Fleetwood, Thomas Pieters, Justin Rose Danny Willett, Matt Fitzpatrick — have all at various times elbowed their way onto the leaderboard at the DP World Tour Championship, only one, Rahm, has

4:57 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tyler Duncan holed out from the eighth fairway for eagle Friday and wound up with the best score of hist PGA Tour career, a 9-under 61 that staked him to a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the RSM Classic. Duncan added four birdies

Technically, Tony Finau will be a Presidents Cup rookie next month despite playing for Team USA at last year’s Ryder Cup. But if there’s any hazing of first-time players planned in Australia, Finau should be spared. Putting up with Tiger Woods’ call telling him he’d made the squad was enough abuse. In addition to being

5:22 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Sei Young Kim hit her best shot on the final hole Friday, leaving her a tap-in birdie for a 5-under 67 that kept her lead at two shots in the CME Group Tour Championship and moved her one step closer to the richest prize in women’s golf.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — A disappointed Akshay Bhatia tapped in for a closing bogey, ending another week early on the PGA Tour. But this time, he didn’t have to wait for some positive feedback from swing coach George Gankas, who also served as his caddie for the week. As Bhatia handed his putter over,

As ever in any season-ending golf tournament, many possibilities remain halfway through the DP World Tour Championship, the $8 million climax to the European Tour’s Race to Dubai. If the event were to stop now, after 36 holes, Frenchman Mike Lorenzo-Vera would be a winner on the European Tour for the first time. World No.

9:01 AM ET France’s Mike Lorenzo-Vera continued his good form to card a 69 and take a three shot lead at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on Friday, while England’s Tommy Fleetwood edged closer to being named Europe’s No. 1. Lorenzo-Vera entered the day with a one shot lead and got off

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Unless something crazy happens in the near future, Brendon Todd isn’t auditioning for a potential Presidents Cup spot this week. In the meantime, something decidedly not crazy happened on Thursday: Brendon Todd went low. A day after captain Tiger Woods called on Rickie Fowler to replace an injured Brooks Koepka

5:54 PM ET Associated Press ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Webb Simpson birdied seven of his last 10 holes at the Plantation Course on Thursday for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead in the RSM Classic, the final PGA Tour event of the year. The top-ranked player in the field at No. 12, Simpson

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Three months ago, Scott Harrington’s future in golf was still uncertain. Now, 16 years after turning pro, he’s becoming a fixture on PGA Tour leader boards. Harrington continued his fantastic fall with an opening 65 at the RSM Classic on Thursday, touring Sea Island’s Seaside Course for the first time

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — Tiger Woods decided on Wednesday to replace an injured Brooks Koepka with Rickie Fowler for next month’s Presidents Cup. Or, rather, Tiger Woods announced the decision on Wednesday. According to a former U.S. captain, Woods had made up his mind to make Fowler his call should he need it weeks

11:02 AM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Mike Whan pulled the LPGA Tour out of a deep hole when he took over as a commissioner nine years ago, and he’s not finished yet. Whan has signed what the LPGA described only as a long-term contract extension that keeps him in charge as women’s golf

NAPLES, Fla. — Jeongeun Lee6 made the transition from the Korean LPGA Tour to the LPGA Tour in 2019, and her rookie year has been an undeniable success. She won the U.S. Women’s Open in May and had nine other top-10 finishes, clinching the tour’s top rookie honor with four tournaments left to play. But

11:10 AM ET Brooks Koepka will miss next month’s Presidents Cup due to a knee issue that he originally addressed with stem cell treatment. Tiger Woods has already chosen Rickie Fowler to replace Koepka on his 12-man team that will play an International squad at Royal Melbourne in Australia beginning Dec. 12. “Today, I am

LPGA Commissioner Mike Whan, with a letter addressed to the golf community that read like a battle cry, announced that though he’s been in the job for a decade and achieved a lot, there’s much left for him to accomplish. “I’m not done,” Whan wrote in the wake of an announcement that he had received

4:48 AM ET The Hong Kong Open golf tournament has been postponed after violence from anti-government protests escalated this week, the Asian Tour and European Tour said on Wednesday. In October, tournament organisers said they would press on with the competition despite ongoing social unrest in the city. “Regretfully the European Tour, in conjunction with

DUBAI, U.A.E. — The gap between the end of the 2018-2019 European Tour season and the start of the 2019-’20 schedule is still going to be only four days long. But the usual double-header that kicks things off is no more, at least temporarily. The Alfred Dunhill Championship will still take place next week at

NAPLES, Fla. — Jin Young Ko has had a dominant season on the LPGA, winning four times in 2019, including two major championships. She is the No. 1 player in the world, and she broke Tiger Woods’ record of consecutive tournament holes without a bogey, 114 to Woods’ 110. Moreover, she already has won Player

9:09 AM ET South Africa’s Zander Lombard held his lead despite struggling to a 72 at the third round of the European Tour’s Nedbank Golf Challenge on Saturday. Lombard, 24, stumbled on the front nine, making bogey and double bogey in the final few holes before the turn. The South African fought back to make

DUBAI, U.A.E — Going into the European Tour’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship this week, only five golfers can possibly win the Race to Dubai title. In sixth place, Rory McIlroy is not one of those, a fact that isn’t bothering the Northern Irishman even a little bit. Three times a winner in the past,

9:35 AM ET England’s Tommy Fleetwood beat Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult in a play-off to win the Nedbank Challenge in Sun City, South Africa on Sunday. Fleetwood made an up and down to save par on the first play-off hole, while Kinhult struggled with his tee shot and went on to make bogey. 1 Related The

Don’t let the late Thanksgiving timing throw your gift-buying calendar off: The holidays are approaching quicker than you think. There’s just over a month left to finish your holiday shopping, so do yourself a favor and get started now. We rounded up the best early gift ideas for golfers—so you won’t have to wait in

Golf fans will see—and hear—Davis Love III a lot more in 2020 thanks to his new role with CBS. In a weird way, though, the World Golf Hall of Famer has gotten a good amount of airtime of late. Or maybe “good” is the wrong term from Love’s perspective. Love’s longtime friend, Tiger Woods, recently