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6:53 PM ET Associated Press VALLARTA, Mexico — Tony Finau never gave Masters champion Jon Rahm or anyone else much of a chance Sunday, closing with a bogey-free round of 5-under 66 that gave him a 3-shot victory in the Mexico Open. Finau earned a small measure of redemption at Vallarta Vidanta, where last year

The strong form of Georgia Hall and Charley Hull so far in 2023 gave Team England hope it could be a bit of a sleeper this week as the LPGA relaunches the Hanwha LifePlus International Crown for the first time in five years. But last-minute decisions by both players to skip the event left officials

10:35 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hannah Green of Australia made a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole to join a three-way playoff and then made par on the second extra hole to win the JM Eagle LA Championship on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club. In a wild finish that featured a

The climax of the JM Eagle L.A. Championship Sunday befit a Hollywood-scripted show. The logjam at the top of the leaderboard oscillated, with up to a five-way tie at one point down the stretch Sunday at Wilshire Country Club in the heart of downtown Los Angeles. In the end, a three-way playoff emerged at nine

Just a week ago, Alejandro Tosti and Wilson Furr were among those caught up in one of the more bizarre rules gaffes in recent memory. Playing together in a Korn Ferry Tour event, both took a shuttle from the 18th green to the first tee mid-round and were hit with two-shot penalties for breaking an

7:37 PM ET Associated Press THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Steven Alker won the Insperity Invitational for the second straight year Sunday, closing with a 6-under 66 for a four-shot victory over Steve Stricker and his first title of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker pulled away from Stricker on the back nine with

But the 31-year-old brushed aside his frustration—and rode the high from claiming his first victory in 17 months just days before in Australia—to win the LIV Golf event at Sentosa G.C. in a playoff with Sergio Garcia. In becoming LIV’s first individual champion in back-to-back events, Gooch finished the trip to the Asia Pacific region

6:16 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Pablo Larrazábal shot a tidy 5-under 67 in the final round of the Korea Championship to complete a two-shot victory over Marcus Helligkilde on Sunday. The Spaniard’s 12-under 276 at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea was good enough to secure his eighth European tour title

When you finish a round on the PGA Tour first in strokes gained/approach, second in SG/putting and fourth in SG/off-the-tee, you know you’ve had a special day. For newly minted Masters champ and World no. 1 Jon Rahm, that special day almost became a historic Saturday at the Mexico Open, where stood on the par-5

In the Mexico Open this week, Akshay Bhatia has been like the kid who is hooked on a new video game. His current obsession, and maybe his ultimate salvation on the PGA Tour, is the AimPoint green-reading system that has been employed by the likes of Justin Thomas, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth and Brooks Koepka.

9:46 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — Robert MacIntyre held the clubhouse lead when a weather-affected third day of the Korea Championship was suspended because of fading light Saturday. After morning fog and rain caused afternoon tee times to be pushed back by more than two hours, MacIntyre produced a string of good

For the second time this month Brooks Koepka finds himself in the middle of a rules question. Oddly enough, it was the announcers at LIV Golf who seemed incredulous at what they saw. Koepka is one stroke back going into the final round at LIV’s event in Singapore this weekend. The display continues a strong

1:48 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Sergio Garcia shot a 7-under 64 at Sentosa Golf Club on Saturday to move into a share of the second-round lead with Talor Gooch at the LIV Singapore tournament. Garcia and Gooch, who birdied his last two holes for a 65, had 36-hole totals of 13-under 129. Gooch

Hideki Matsuyama will miss the designated-event Wells Fargo Championship as the former Masters champ continues to battle a neck injury. Matsuyama, 31, has been sidelined for parts of this season due to neck pain, including a WD in his match against Max Homa at the WGC-Match Play in March and skipping the RBC Heritage, a

Right around this time last year, in fact, quite literally at this time last year, Tony Finau rolled into the Mexico Open looking a little lost. In the 11 starts prior, he had missed four cuts and failed to record a single finish higher than 19th. And that 19th came at the Sentry Tournament of

8:12 AM ET Associated Press INCHEON, South Korea — The Korea Championship has a home player atop the leaderboard after Park Sang-hyun‘s 25-foot putt for birdie to finish his second round Friday. Park shot a 3-under 69 and joined Yannik Paul (68) at 8 under overall at Jack Nicklaus Golf Club. “I want to prove

After a successful stop in Australia, the LIV Golf League quickly returns to action with the fifth event of its 2023 season in Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club. It’s the first time this year that the upstart Saudi-backed circuit is playing back-to-back weeks, coming to a course that has hosted several professional and amateur events

3:24 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — Brooks Koepka, British Open champion Cam Smith and Sergio Garcia were among those tied for the first-round lead at 5-under when storms suspended play at the LIV Singapore tournament at Sentosa Golf Club on Friday. Talor Gooch, the winner of last week’s tournament at Adelaide, Australia, was also