BRISBANE (AFP) -- Min Woo Lee held his nerve after a shaky start to fire a three-under-par 68 and win the Australian PGA Championship by three strokes from Japan's Rikuya Hoshino Sunday, Nov. 26, earning a third DP World Tour title. Min Woo Lee of Australia reacts following his victory on the final...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Min Woo Lee fired seven birdies in a five-under-par 66 on Saturday, Nov. 25, to take a three-stroke lead over Japan's Rikuya Hoshino into the final day of the Australian PGA Championship. Australia's Min Woo Lee (AFP) The Australian rising star began on top of the leaderboard at...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Cameron Smith choked back tears after missing the cut by nine shots at the Australian PGA Championship on Friday, Nov. 24, describing it as his worst day as a professional golfer. Australia's Cameron Smith (AFP) On a blustery day in which Curtis Luck lived up to his name by firing...
BRISBANE (AFP) -- Spaniard Joel Moscatel Nachshon fired a remarkable eight-under-par 63 on his DP World Tour debut on Thursday, Nov. 23, to lead the Australian PGA Championship, but defending champion Cameron Smith had a round to forget. Australia's Cameron Smith (AFP) In front of big galleries at...
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) -- 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...
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...
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...
INZAI (AFP) -- Xander Schauffele finished with a flourish to move three strokes off the lead heading into the last two days of the US PGA Tour's Zozo Championships in Japan on Friday, Oct. 21. Xander Schauffele of the US tees off at the 12th hole during the first round of PGA Zozo Championships...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Six-time major winner Phil Mickelson said on Wednesday, Oct. 18, that more PGA Tour players will jump to Saudi-backed LIV Golf despite a framework agreement for a merger by the end of 2023. American Phil Mickelson (AFP) The 53-year-old US left-hander, among the first to leap from the...
