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...
MIAMI (AFP) -- The LPGA Tour will stage a new $3.5 million event starting next year at TPC Boston, with the FM Global Championship offering the largest women's purse outside majors and Tour Championship. The tournament, unveiled on Friday, will be played in 2024 from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, two...
PARIS (AFP) -- British veteran Geraint Thomas, winner of the Tour de France in 2018, said he wanted to have a "positive impact" on the Ineos team as they announced on Monday, Oct. 23, that he had extended his contract with them for a further two seasons at the age of 37. British veteran...
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...
SHANGHAI (AFP) -- Angel Yin won on the LPGA Tour for the first time as she held her nerve on the first playoff hole to beat world number one Lilia Vu in Shanghai on Sunday, Oct. 15. USA's Angel Yin celebrates with her trophy after winning the Shanghai LPGA golf tournament in Shanghai on Sunday,...
LAS VEGAS (AFP) -- The LPGA's Lexi Thompson missed the cut at the PGA's Shriners Children's Open despite shooting a two-under par round of 69 on Friday, Oct. 13. Lexi Thompson (AFP) Thompson, who shot a first-round 73, ended on an even-par 142 with the cut set at three-under. Cameron Champ...
