Golf

INCHEON, South Korea — The Korea Championship has a home player atop the leaderboard after Park Sang-hyun‘s 25-foot putt for birdie to finish his second round Friday. Park shot a 3-under 69 and joined Yannik Paul (68) at 8 under overall at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. “I want to prove…

The first women’s major championship of the season is in the books. The second men’s major, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, is three weeks away. There’s plenty of professional golf to watch this week, with the PGA Tour in Mexico, the LIV Golf…

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Lilia Vu relied on her grandfather’s steady hand and calm demeanor to keep her grounded during difficult times. He died in 2020, but on Sunday at the Chevron Championship with a chance to win her first major, Vu’s thoughts of her grandfather helped her once again….

ADELAIDE, Australia — Talor Gooch continued his bogey-free run at the inaugural LIV Australia tournament Saturday and shot his second consecutive 10-under 62 to increase his lead to 10 strokes after two rounds at the Grange Golf Club. Gooch had a 36-hole total of 124 going into Sunday’s final round….

LIV Golf players might be allowed on the U.S. Ryder Cup team this fall, according to captain Zach Johnson. “No decisions have been made,” Johnson said, speaking Wednesday at the TPC Louisiana in suburban New Orleans, where he is competing in the Zurich Classic. “There’s still a lot of time…

The PGA Tour Champions is getting its own team competition in the form of the World Champions Cup. The inaugural three-way competition between players from the U.S., Europe and the rest of the world is slated for Dec. 7-10 at the Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. Jim Furyk, Darren…

HONOLULU — Australian rookie Grace Kim won the LOTTE Championship on Saturday at breezy Hoakalei Country Club for her first LPGA Tour title, beating Yu Liu and Yu Jin Sung with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. While Liu and Sung scrambled after hitting their second shots…

HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap shot a 2-under 70 at windy Hoakalei Country Club to hold onto a share of the lead Thursday in the LOTTE Championship. Making her second LPGA Tour start, the 20-year-old Thai player had four birdies and two bogeys in the second round to match sponsor invite…

World No. 3 Rory McIlroy withdrew from this week’s RBC Heritage, the PGA Tour announced Monday. By doing so, McIlroy will miss his second designated event and risks losing $3 million of his $12 million Player Impact Program bonus. No reason was specified for the 33-year-old Northern Ireland star’s withdrawal…

AUGUSTA, Ga. — On the day Seve Ballesteros would have celebrated his 66th birthday — and in the week of the 40th anniversary of his second Masters victory — a fourth Spanish champion was crowned at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday. Jon Rahm, who started the day 4 strokes…