3:11 PM ET SUNNINGDALE, England — Stephen Dodd birdied the final hole to win the Senior British Open by one stroke on Sunday, holding off challenges from Miguel Angel Jimenez and Darren Clarke to secure his first major title. The 55-year-old Welshman closed with a 2-under 68 at Sunningdale for a four-day total of 13-under
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Standout amateurs Rose Zhang, Rachel Heck and Allisen Corpuz became the first official members of the 2021 U.S. Curtis Cup team on Monday. The trio earned their spots via automatic qualifying thanks to being the top three Americans in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking as of last week. The U.S. faces its rivals from
5:45 PM ET Nacho Elvira squandered a six-shot overnight lead in the Wales Open and bogeyed the 18th hole before rallying to beat Justin Harding in a playoff to win his first European Tour title on Sunday. Elvira dedicated his victory to Spanish golfer Celia Barquin Arozamena, who was murdered in 2018. Harding three-putted the
Just how much green is a green jacket worth? Winning what’s become golf’s biggest of the four men’s majors has reaped huge rewards in recent years, but it’s possible Hideki Matsuyama will profit more than anyone else before him. Matsuyama made history in April by becoming the first Japanese male golfer to win a major
There are unlikely winners in pro golf, and then there’s Stephen Dodd at the Senior British Open. The 55-year-old Welshman has had some career success, but had played just one competitive tournament in the last 18 months prior to teeing it up last week at Sunningdale outside of London. Yet with a final-round 66, Dodd
7:28 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Cameron Champ fended off dehydration and crisply putted his way to a 5-under 66 on Sunday, winning the 3M Open by two strokes for his third career victory. The 26-year-old Champ had five birdies in a bogey-free round to finish at 15-under 269 at TPC Twin Cities.
Just before the start of Minjee Lee’s victory press conference at the Amundi Evian Championship, she was muttering to herself. “I just can’t believe it,” Lee said. It succinctly described the historic 18-under-par effort for Lee’s first victory in a major. The serenity of the Evian Resort Golf Club, nestled in the mountains overlooking Lake
4:28 AM ET Associated Press Spain’s Nacho Elvira continued his fine form to take a six-shot lead into Sunday’s final round at Celtic Manor, Wales on Saturday. The 34-year-old is chasing his maiden European Tour win and carded a 5-under-par 66 to finish Round 3 at 16 under. “I struggled a bit this year. To
Here’s a number for you: $14,053,649. That’s the career PGA Tour earnings for Cameron Tringale. It’s a sum the envy of most golf fans and, likely, many of Tringale’s peers considering it has been claimed without the benefit of ever having won a tour event. In May, Tringale, 33, passed Brian Davis to hold the
Bryson DeChambeau’s bid for an Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games has come to a premature end. On Saturday, the International Golf Federation revealed that the former U.S. Open champion had tested positive for COVID-19 in his final screening before leaving the United States for Japan. As a result, he will be unable to participate
8:08 PM ET Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. — Nicholas Dunlap won the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship on Saturday at The Country Club of North Carolina, beating Cohen Trolio 3 and 2 in the 36-hole final. Dunlap, from Huntsville, Alabama, won three straight holes to take control and finished off Trolio, from West Point, Mississippi, with
Jeongeun Lee6 continued her march toward major history Saturday at the Amundi Evian Championship in France with a three-under 68 to sit at 18 under par. The 2019 U.S. Women’s Open champion holds a five-shot lead and is three strokes off the all-time major scoring record of 21 under set by In Gee Chun at
9:17 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Adam Hadwin missed the weekend cuts in his last three tournaments, continuing a disappointing stretch as he dropped to 120th in the FedEx Cup standings. The 33-year-old Canadian has put himself in position to get back in contention for the playoffs with a strong run at the
This 3M Open last year was the final blemish for Dustin Johnson before everything flipped in a major way to finish out 2020. After withdrawing from last year’s event in Minnesota, he finished in the top six in seven of his next eight starts to close out the year. That run included a runner-up at
Bubba Watson is like that kid in “The Sixth Sense.” He sees things that we don’t. He sees openings through trees that aren’t much wider than a sparrow to fly through. He sees lines off the tee that no one else (maybe other than that other wacky lefty, Phil Mickelson, or Bryson DeChambeau) would attempt.
4:12 PM ET Spain’s Nacho Elvira ended Day 2 with a two-shot lead over joint overnight leader Vincent Norrman as he carded 67 at the Cazoo Open on Friday. Elvira built upon a superb opening-round 64 to take a solo lead at Celtic Manor. The 34-year-old made six birdies as he set the halfway target
Gaby Lopez, one of just two Mexican golfers ever to win on the LPGA Tour, has been thinking about the Tokyo Olympics for some time now. “That’s my ultimate goal, being able to peak at that week,” Lopez told Golf Channel earlier this year. “That’s what my schedule is going to be played around, being
11:12 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Rickie Fowler‘s improved driving helped him shoot a 5-under 65 on Sunday in the final round of the British Open. Looking for a late push in the FedEx Cup standings, Fowler carried over the strong play Thursday with a 7-under 64 in the first round of the