PALM HARBOR, Fla. – It wasn’t the most colorful scorecard of the day at the event that bills itself as the most colorful on the PGA Tour, but it was more than enough to keep Luke Donald in the mix as he looks to win for the first time in seven years. The former world […]
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Paul Casey will take a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson into the final round of the Valspar Championship. Here’s where things stand through 54 holes at Innisbrook: Leaderboard: Casey (-9), Johnson (-8), Kokrak (-7), Luke Donald (-6), Scott Stallings (-6) What it means: This week’s defending champion, Casey is hunting his third PGA Tour win […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Thanks in large part to a timely hole-in-one, Jason Kokrak will head into the final round of the Valspar Championship with a shot at his maiden PGA Tour win. Kokrak started the day at 2 under, and he remained at that score through the front nine at Innisbrook. But birdies on […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Scott Hend closed with a 5-under 67, had to wait nearly two hours to see if it would be good enough, and then made a 3-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to win the Maybank Championship on Sunday. Hend was one shot ahead of overnight leader Nacho Elvira when the Spaniard needed a birdie […]
PHOENIX – Nelly Korda has given herself a chance to win her third LPGA title in her last eight starts. Just 20 years old, she could leave the Bank of Hope Founders Cup as the highest ranked American in the world. With a 6-under 66 Saturday, Korda moved into a tie for fourth, four shots behind […]
PHOENIX – Yu Liu got through a stressful final-group pairing Saturday to take the Founders Cup lead, outplaying top-ranked Sung Hyun Park. She’ll have do it again Sunday, this time alongside Carlota Ciganda, to win her first LPGA title. Liu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Ciganda into the final round at […]
PHOENIX – The Spaniards were on fire Saturday at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. While it seemed as if everyone was going low in the third round, nobody went lower than Carlota Ciganda and Azahara Munoz. They both shot bogey-free, 9-under-par 63s at Wildfire Golf Club. It was a big deal in Phoenix as both […]
PHOENIX – Lizette Salas wasn’t going to squander a weekend reprieve and a chance to bolster her Solheim Cup position. With the American team looking especially difficult to make this year, Salas took advantage of what felt like a bonus chance Saturday at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup. When Gemma Dryburgh bogeyed the 18th in […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Jason Kokrak came within 8 inches of keeping alive his dreams of a PGA Tour victory. The 33-year-old entered this week’s Valspar Championship winless in 196 career starts on Tour, a testament to a consistent career that has yielded few serious chances to contend with a trophy on the line. But […]
PALM HARBOR, Fla. – After cruising through the first 54 holes of the Valspar Championship seemingly without breaking a sweat, Dustin Johnson seemed like the man to beat. But keeping the Copperhead Course at bay for four straight days proved to be too tall of a task, even for the world No. 1. Johnson struggled […]