WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jordan Spieth was selected to replace Rory McIlroy as a player director on the PGA Tour Policy Board considering a Saudi-backed merger deal, tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced on Monday, Nov. 20. United States' Jordan Spieth (AFP) Spieth, a 30-year-old American and...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ludvig Aberg closed out a sensational rookie season with his first US PGA Tour title on Sunday, Nov. 19, firing a nine-under-par 61 for a four-shot victory over Mackenzie Hughes in the RSM Classic. Ludvig Aberg of Sweden poses for a photo with the trophy after winning The...
MIAMI (AFP) -- South Korea's Amy Yang claimed the biggest victory of her career on Sunday, Nov. 19, outdueling Japan's Nasa Hataoka down the stretch to win the LPGA Tour Championship in Florida. Amy Yang of Korea poses with the CME Globe trophy after winning the CME Group Tour Championship at...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Alison Lee of the United States fired a blistering eight-under-par 64 to vault into a share of the lead at the halfway stage of the LPGA Tour Championship on Friday, Nov. 17. United States' Alison Lee (AFP) World number 27 Lee followed up her first-round 66 by rattling in nine...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg grabbed a one-shot lead at the RSM Classic on Friday, Nov. 17, a bogey-free round of six-under putting him in position to strike for a first US PGA Tour title. Sweden's Ryder Cup sensation Ludvig Aberg (AFP) A birdie at the 18th hole on the...
MIAMI (AFP) -- China's Yin Ruoning shook off her pre-round doubts to fire nine birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Thursday, Nov. 16, and share the LPGA Tour Championship first-round lead with Japan's Nasa Hataoka. China's Yin Ruoning (AFP) Hataoka also nabbed nine birdies without a bogey on a...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- Rory McIlroy has resigned from the PGA Tour's board after admitting he had grown disenchanted with the role during the tour's acrimonious battle with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Golf star Rory McIlroy (AFP) PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and board chairman Edward Herlihy said in...
PARIS (AFP) -- The 2025 Tour de France will start in the northern city of Lille, the organizers of cycling's most famous race announced on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The opening stage has been held in Lille, near the Belgian border, twice before in 1960 and 1994. The past two editions of the Tour, which...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson shot a five-under 65 to seize a two-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's The Annika tournament on Friday, Nov. 10. Denmark's Emily Kristine Pederson (AFP) Pederson leads Japan's Minami Katsu with Jasmine Suwannapura of Thailand three shots off the lead....
MIAMI (AFP) -- Sweden's Alex Noren fired a 10-under par 61, matching the course record, to seize the lead after darkness halted Thursday's opening round of the US PGA Tour's Bermuda Championship. Alex Noren of Sweden hits a tee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the Butterfield...
LOS CABOS (AFP) -- Colombia's Camilo Villegas carded a second straight eight-under par 64 on Friday, Nov. 3, to grab a two-shot lead in the US PGA Tour's World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Colombia's Camilo Villegas (AFP) Villegas, who claimed the most recent of his four...
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- Belgian cyclist Jasper Philipsen outsprinted tough competition in a scorching finish at the second Tour de France Singapore Criterium on Sunday, Oct. 29. Belgium's Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin-Deceuninck celebrates as he crosses the finish line during the second Tour de France...
