Francis Casey Alcantara and Thai partner Pruchya Isaro squeaked past the persistent plays of fellow unseeded Japanese rivals Seita Watanabe and Rio Noguchi, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 10-7, to barge into the quarterfinals in the Zhangjiagang International Challenger in China on Wednesday, Aug. 28. The unseeded...
Francis Casey Alcantara seeks to eclipse his previous finish in the Zhangjiagang International Challenger by eyeing no less than the crown with Thai partner Pruchya Isaro this time starting this week in China. Francis Casey Alcantara compete in the Zhangjiagang International Challenger with Thai...
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler could easily have chosen to sit out the BMW Championship to boost his chances of capping off his sensational season with the FedEx Cup. Scottie Scheffler hits from the third tee during the final round of the St. Jude Championship golf tournament Sunday,...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Hideki Matsuyama could feel the tournament getting away from him, an odd sensation considering he had gone 27 holes without a bogey and had a five-shot lead just an hour earlier. Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, holds his trophy after winning the St. Jude Championship golf...
FRANCE (AP) -- Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday's time trial, he was set to comfortably win the race for the third time and first time in three years, anyway. But defense has not been in his vocabulary...
TROON, Scotland (AP) — Xander Schauffele won the British Open on Sunday for his second major of the year, delivering a masterpiece at Royal Troon with a 6-under 65 to overcome a two-shot deficit and give the Americans a sweep of the four majors for the first time since 1982. Xander Schauffele of...
SUPERDEVOLUY, France (AP) — Richard Carapaz claimed his first Tour de France stage win after showcasing his climbing prowess in the final ascents on Wednesday, July 17, in the Alps. Stage winner Ecuador's Richard Carapaz celebrates on the podium after the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France...
Fil-American Rico Hoey settled for a share of the runner-up honors with four others after a playoff on Sunday, July 14, in the ISCO Championship at the Keene Trace’s Champions Course in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Rico Hoey finishes tied for second in the PGA Tour's ISCO Championship. (File...
NORTH BERWICK (AP) — Ludvig Aberg has won on the European tour and PGA Tour in the year since leaving college, and another 6-under 64 in the Scottish Open on Friday, July 12, put him in a position to win a tournament sanctioned by both tours. Ludvig Aberg on the 18th hole during day two of the...
SILVIS (AP) — Davis Thompson had been working toward a moment like this, and he wasn’t about to let anything stop him — not a soft golf course that produced the best scores of the week, not the pressure of trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. Davis Thompson (AP) He started with a...
SILVIS (AP) — Aaron Rai of England went from a close call last week in Detroit to another chance at his first PGA Tour victory, playing another bogey-free round of 8-under 63 on Friday, July 5, to share the lead with C.T. Pan going into the weekend at the John Deere Classic. Aaron Rai (AP) Still...
The exclusive deal that Singaporean authorities reportedly struck with music artist Taylor Swift, though heavily criticized, may actually be a silver lining for many Filipinos. Swift's immensely successful Eras Tour, on track to become the highest-grossing in history, has led to ticket websites...
