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145th Open Championship: Tee Times

145th Open Championship: Tee Times

(Note: All tee times start at No. 1; all times local.) Round 1 Round 2 Player Player Player 6:35 a.m. 11:36 a.m. Colin Montgomerie Marc Leishman Luke Donald 6:46 a.m. 11:47 a.m. Steven Alker Marcus Fraser [...]

Add Spieth to list of Olympic no-shows

Add Spieth to list of Olympic no-shows

TROON, Scotland — Jordan Spieth dealt golf’s return to the Olympics yet another blow Monday, telling International Golf Federation officials just before a news conference that he would not be playing next month in Brazil. Spieth [...]

First Look at The Open Championship

First Look at The Open Championship

Here is a first look at The Open Championship, which will be played at Royal Troon Golf Club. • COURSE: Royal Troon GC, 7,190 yards, par 71. Set against the rugged coastline of Scotland’s western coast, [...]

Lang ends drought with major victory

Lang ends drought with major victory

SAN MARTIN, Ca. – Four years after capturing her first win on the LPGA Tour, Brittany Lang is a winner once again. The 30-year-old American captured her first major championship on Sunday at the U.S. Women’s [...]

Goydos captures Champions title

Goydos captures Champions title

ENDICOTT, N.Y. — Paul Goydos likes to say his golf game is two good rounds, then a mediocre one. “That’s kind of all tournaments, not just here,” he said before playing in the DICK’S Sporting Goods [...]

A birthday bash for Sweden’s Noren

A birthday bash for Sweden’s Noren

INVERNESS, Scotland– Alex Noren held off his pursuers in the final round Sunday to win the Scottish Open by one shot for his fifth victory on the European Tour. All of Noren’s victories have come after [...]

No Olympics for U.S. Open champion

No Olympics for U.S. Open champion

DALLAS — U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson withdrew from the Rio Games on Friday because of concerns over the Zika virus, costing golf three of the world’s top four players for its return to the Olympics [...]

Day fades; DJ wins Bridgestone

Day fades; DJ wins Bridgestone

AKRON, Ohio – Dustin Johnson played with his son Tatum and FaceTimed with fiancée Paulina Gretzky as he waited for his second consecutive victory to become official. There were no signs of stress as the world’s [...]