SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Holding a one-shot lead on the 18th tee, Fred Biondi put a towel over his head, took a few deep breaths and tried to take in the moment.
A long wait before the biggest tee shot of his life could have derailed the Florida senior.
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May 29, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
Varner birdies last hole to win LIV Golf at Trump National
May 29, 2023 GMTSTERLING, Va. (AP) — Harold Varner III won his first LIV Golf event Sunday when he two-putted from about 35 feet for birdie on the par-5 18th hole at Trump National in LIV Golf-DC.
Varner won by one shot over Branden Grace of South Africa, who moments earlier holed about a 20-foot birdie putt on the tough par-4 second hole, his last of the shotgun start.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Emiliano Grillo atoned for a double bogey on the final hole by making a 5-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to beat Adam Schenk in the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge for the Argentine's first PGA Tour title in 7 1/2 years.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Pajaree Anannarukarn of Thailand capped off the longest week on the LPGA Tour with a 3-and-1 victory Sunday to win the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play over Ayaka Furue of Japan.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Emiliano Grillo could only watch as his ball kept floating and rolling back toward the No. 18 tee after his wayward shot into the flowing water of a small concrete drainage canal.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Steve Stricker squeezed daughter and temporary caddie Izzi just a little harder after finishing a comeback and winning the Senior PGA Championship.
Now a six-time senior major winner, Stricker shared this one with a high school golf champion in Wisconsin, where Stricker also was born and raised.
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May 28, 2023 GMTAll Times EDT
Undefeated Leona Maguire advances to LPGA Match Play semifinals.
May 28, 2023 GMTNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Leona Maguire won two more matches Saturday at Shadow Creek to advance to the semifinals in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
The seventh-seeded Maguire, from Ireland, held off American Lindsey Weaver-Wright 3 and 2 to improve to 5-0.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — PGA Tour rookie Harry Hall intended to slip on his Vegas Golden Knights jersey while playing Colonial's par-3 13th hole Saturday. That plan changed after falling out of the lead because of consecutive double bogeys.
Pereira has hot finish at Trump National, leads LIV Golf DC
May 27, 2023 GMTSTERLING, Va. (AP) — Mito Pereira of Chile made five birdies over his last seven holes for a 5-under 67 on Saturday, giving him a one-shot lead over Harold Varner III at LIV Golf DC.
Pereira finished with two birdies at Trump National.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Padraig Harrington was in perfect position in the 16th fairway, with a great chance to set the 54-hole scoring record for a comfortable lead at the Senior PGA Championship on Saturday.
Sports on TV for Sunday, May 28
May 27, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
Larrazabal takes 1-shot lead into final round of KLM Open
May 27, 2023 GMTCROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Pablo Larrazabal will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the KLM Open after a flawless 5-under 67 on Saturday.
The Spaniard, who is chasing a ninth European tour title just one month after his last victory at the Korea Championship, made five birdies to reach 10-under 206 overall.
Nordqvist, Knight hit clutch shots to advance in LPGA Match Play
May 27, 2023 GMTNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Anna Nordqvist had all three of her matches go the distance, and only a clutch wedge kept her from playing even more Friday as she was among 16 players who advanced out of group play in the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
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May 27, 2023 GMTAll Times EDT
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Harris English quipped to his caddie that no one is beating him at Colonial's par-3 eighth hole, which is true after he followed his birdie in the opening round with a hole-in-one Friday.
STERLING, Va. (AP) — Brooks Koepka returned from the high of winning his fifth major championship with a flat round of even-par 72 that left him eight shots behind Harold Varner III on Friday after the opening round of LIV Golf DC at Trump National.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Senior PGA Championship wasn't Stewart Cink's first choice for his first tournament after turning 50.
The potential prize would be a lot more than a consolation.
Cink shot a second consecutive 4-under 68 and trailed Padraig Harrington by four shots after the second round of the Senior PGA on Friday at the new Texas headquarters of the PGA of America.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Michael Block walked out after signing his scorecard at Colonial on Friday afternoon with his cap turned backward, his shirt untucked and still with a smile on his face after a grueling 36 holes and being at the bottom of the 120-player field.
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May 26, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
Campillo sees lead at KLM Open trimmed to 2 shots
May 26, 2023 GMTCROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Spanish golfer Jorge Campillo saw his lead at the KLM Open trimmed to two strokes after shooting 1-under 71 in the second round of the European tour event on Friday.
A day after making 10 birdies in an opening-round 63 to gain a three-shot lead, Campillo was efficient rather than spectacular around Bernardus Golf in picking up strokes on the fourth and 15th holes.
Rose Zhang leaves dominant amateur career to turn pro
May 26, 2023 GMTRose Zhang dominated amateur golf like no other female in the modern game. Now the Stanford star is ready to take on the best.
Zhang announced Friday she is turning pro, ending an amateur career in which the 20-year-old sophomore set the Stanford record with 12 wins — one more than Tiger Woods — in only 20 tournaments.
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May 26, 2023 GMTAdv27
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — California club pro Michael Block was living the dream at the PGA Championship. Thursday at Colonial brought him back to reality.
A sensation at Oak Hill when he tied for 15th against the strongest field in golf, Block opened with three straight bogeys and finished with three double bogeys over his last four holes of an 11-over 81 that left him in last place and 19 shots behind Harry Hall in the Charles Schwab Challenge.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Anna Nordqvist was among 11 players who won matches for the second straight day, only the three-time major champion from Sweden had to work the longest at the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Padraig Harrington didn't intend for the PGA Championship to be a tuneup for the senior version a week later.
It could be turning out that way.
Harrington shot 8-under 64 on Thursday in the first competitive round at the new Texas headquarters of the PGA of America for a two-shot lead at the Senior PGA Championship.
Sports on TV for Friday, May 26
May 25, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
Campillo takes 3-shot lead on opening day of Dutch Open
May 25, 2023 GMTCROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Jorge Campillo birdied his way to 9-under 63 on Thursday for a three-shot lead after the opening round of the Dutch Open on the European Tour.
Campillo, who started on the 10th tee, carded four straight birdies from the 11th and added three more before his only bogey on the second hole.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Wake Forest stumbled in its first trip to Grayhawk Golf Club, finishing 12th in the 2021 NCAA women's championship. The Demon Deacons slipped even further last season, ending up 16th.
Cal teammates Du, Zheng win US Amateur Four-Ball title
May 25, 2023 GMTKIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Cal teammates Aaron Du and Sampson Zheng capped off a strong week at Kiawah Island with a 2-and-1 victory over Drew Kittleson and Drew Stoltz to win the U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship on Wednesday.
Top players Lu, Henderson win opening matches at Shadow Creek
May 25, 2023 GMTNORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Lilia Vu and Brooke Henderson, the only players from the top 10 in women's golf to enter the Bank of Hope LPGA Match Play, both delivered victories Wednesday at Shadow Creek in the opening session of pool play.
PGA Tour’s ‘Block party’ moves to Colonial along with local favs Scheffler and Spieth
May 25, 2023 GMTFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Michael Block entered the gates at Colonial Country Club for the first time this week to the screams of “Block Party!” and that was on a day of practice rounds when most of the people around were players and tournament volunteers.
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Justin Leonard can't think of a better place than near his old Texas home for his first PGA Tour Champions victory.
Ryder Cup veteran Darren Clarke sees plenty of bigger events in the future beyond the debut of the signature course at the new PGA of America headquarters in the Senior PGA Championship starting Thursday.
Sports on TV for Thursday, May 25
May 24, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
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May 24, 2023 GMTAdv27
Navarrosa beats top-ranked Zhang, Wake Forest tops reigning NCAA women’s golf champion Stanford
May 24, 2023 GMTSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Playing a tight match winding toward the finish, Brianna Navarrosa looked across the green to see the ball of the world’s top-ranked amateur close to the hole.
The Southern California junior kept her composure, as she had all day, confidently stroked her longer putt and watched it drop before Rose Zhang had a chance to make her birdie.
Column: Masters showed golf can get along, even in Ryder Cup
May 23, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Unless Brooks Koepka goes on to win the U.S. Open and British Open — it's hard to bet against him at this rate — the Masters should be remembered as the most meaningful major this year.
Garcia gets into US Open that now tilts away from qualifying
May 23, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Sergio Garcia was left out of the PGA Championship, the first time in 24 years he was not eligible for a major. The day after Brooks Koepka won, the Spaniard made it to the next major through U.S.
Sports on TV for Wednesday, May 24
May 23, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Rose Zhang won just about everything there is in amateur golf.
With a flawless performance at the NCAA Championships, the Stanford sophomore now has done something no one else has, not even Lorena Ochoa: win back-to-back national titles.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Block recalled how only a week ago he was having drinks at the Pittsford Pub — a few par-5s away from where the PGA Championship was being held at Oak Hill in suburban Rochester, New York — and no one knew who he was.
Koepka gets another major win at PGA, LIV gets a major champion
May 22, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka now has five major championships, remarkable because he only started playing them on a regular basis 10 years ago. Slightly more than a third of his wins on top-level tours around the world have come with the biggest trophies in golf.
Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA
May 22, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Confidence was never an issue for Brooks Koepka until the injuries piled up, the doubts crept in and he began to wonder if he still belonged among golf's elite.
Koepka answered every question at the PGA Championship with a performance that ranks among his best.
Scheffler’s late charge at PGA not enough to catch Koepka, he’ll have to settle for No. 1
May 22, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler has gotten so used to the putts he needs to make going in during his rise to stardom, when they don't, it's a surprise.
And during the final round of the PGA Championship, a little cruel, too.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf’s elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Viktor Hovland knows his moment on golf's biggest stage is coming. Of course, he'd be fine if it would just hurry up and get here already.
For the third straight major, the 25-year-old Norwegian with the incandescent wardrobe and the even more vibrant game found his name floating near the top leaderboard on the final day.
PGA Championship at a glance
May 21, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A brief look at the final round of the PGA Championship on Sunday at Oak Hill
WINNER: Brooks Koepka won his fifth major championship and third PGA title with a final round 3-under 67 that pushed him to 9 under for the tournament, two clear of Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland.
PGA Live Updates | Brooks Koepka fends off challengers to win third PGA Championship
May 21, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has returned to the top at the PGA Championship.
Six weeks after letting a two-shot lead get away on the final day of the Masters, Koepka fended off challenges from Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler to win his third PGA title at sun-splashed Oak Hill.
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May 21, 2023 GMTMay 22
1877 — Baden-Baden, ridden by C. Holloway, catches Leonard just before turning into the stretch and wins the Kentucky Derby by two lengths.
1885 — Tecumseh, ridden by Jimmy McLaughlin, wins the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Wickham.
Club pro Michael Block chasing big payday, paired with McIlroy in final round at PGA
May 21, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Block — golf’s common man who is still holding his own against the world’s top players at the PGA Championship this week — plugged his ears and shook his head, making a point of not wanting to hear how big his payday might be if he finishes among the top 10.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau insist they ended their beef long ago.
They've hugged it out.
Koepka a tough customer on a tough day to lead PGA Championship
May 21, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has his health back, along with his swagger. Now he gets another chance to restore his reputation as golf's toughest customer in the toughest championships.
Oak Hill was every bit of that on a rainy Saturday in the PGA Championship, and Koepka was up to the task.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — As quickly as he plummeted out of co-leading the PGA Championship by starting his third round with four bogeys through seven holes, Scottie Scheffler understood things could have been worse.
PGA Live Updates | Brooks Koepka surges into lead through 3 rounds at the PGA Championship
May 20, 2023 GMTPITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka has fired a second straight 4-under 66 to surge into the lead through three rounds at the PGA Championship.
Koepka let a chance to win the Masters get away in the final round at Augusta National last month.
Sports on TV for Sunday, May 21
May 20, 2023 GMT(All times Eastern)
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Sweaters one day, umbrellas the next. No one is sure what to expect at this PGA Championship except that Scottie Scheffler is locked in at another major and Oak Hill is a mighty test.
PGA Championship at a glance
May 20, 2023 GMTROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A brief look at the second round of the PGA Championship:
UP FRONT: Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are tied for the lead at 5-under 135. Conners and Scheffler shot 2-under 68 on Friday while Hovland capped off a 3-under 67 with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole.