[ad_1] United States’ Brian Harman celebrates on the 18th green after winning the British Open Golf Championships at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, Sunday, July 23, 2023. Kin Cheung / AP Photo Brian Harman turned back every challenge in the British Open, from big names to bad weather, and took his place … Read more
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Sweden’s Linn Grant captured her first LPGA title on Sunday, following up her stunning third-round 62 with a three-under par 68 to win the Dana Open by three strokes from US Open champion Allisen Corpuz. Grant had entered the final round at Highland Meadows with a six-shot lead, having flirted with the second-ever … Read more
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[ad_1] GLASGOW: Rory McIlroy said he was prepared to take on the elements as well as the rest of the field after establishing a narrow lead at the halfway stage of the Scottish Open on Friday. The Northern Irishman added a second round of 66 to his opening 64 at the Renaissance Club to be … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK: China’s Yin Ruoning sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole on Sunday to win the Women’s PGA Championship for her first major title. The 20-year-old from Shanghai fired a four-under par 67 to finish 72 holes at Baltusrol on eight-under 276 and defeat Japan’s Yuka Saso by one stroke. Yin … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK: World number two Nelly Korda returns from a lower back injury to compete in this week’s Women’s PGA Championship, trying to capture her second major title after missing four events. The 24-year-old American daughter of retired tennis star Petr Korda has had more than a month off since missing the cut in … Read more
[ad_1] Pro golfer Adam Hadwin was tackled by a security guard on Sunday as Nick Taylor celebrated winning the Canadian Open in his homeland. Taylor became the first Canadian in 69 years to win his country’s national open, after sinking a 72-foot eagle putt in the fourth playoff hole between him and Tommy Fleetwood. The … Read more
[ad_1] NEW YORK: South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai, the reigning Women’s British Open champion, fired her second consecutive six-under par 65 on Sunday to win the ShopRite LPGA Classic by one stroke. The 34-year-old from Johannesburg, who began the day three off the pace, finished 72 holes on 14-under 199 at Seaview in Galloway, New Jersey, … Read more
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES: The US Open returns to Los Angeles next week for the first time in 75 years, but the biggest uncertainty facing the world’s top golfers isn’t the unfamiliar Los Angeles Country Club North Course. The bombshell announcement that the US PGA Tour and DP World Tour were throwing in with rebel LIV … Read more
[ad_1] The two-year long fight between the PGA Tour and Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf ended with a stunning announcement that the arch-rivals are now joining forces — news that’s been met with derision by many American commentators, lawmakers and golf fans. The decision, announced on Tuesday, concluded a battle for golf’s best players and prompted … Read more
[ad_1] SYDNEY: The men’s and women’s Australian Open golf events will again take place at the same courses at the same time after the format’s debut success, organisers said Wednesday. Golf Australia chief executive James Sutherland said last year’s tournaments, also with an equal split between men and women for prize money, had a “resoundingly … Read more