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7:07 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick shot his best round on the PGA Tour with a 63 on Saturday for a 1-shot lead over Patrick Cantlay through three rounds at the RBC Heritage. Fitzpatrick had six birdies and an eagle when he holed out from 149

The laments LIV Golf League members have with their own upstart group are rarely aired in the public, Harold Varner III’s recent f-bomb fueled screed about the Saudi-based circuit’s “growing the game” underpinning being an exception (albeit a loud and notable one). So it is that when any LIV player says something, it becomes notable,

Opportunities to win a first LPGA Tour title are rare. Even more unusual is to have three potential first-timers in a playoff for that maiden victory. Yet, on Saturday in the Lotte Championship, Grace Kim, Yu Liu and Yu Jin Sung were in that position after finishing at 12 under par. And it was the

12:16 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Australian rookie Grace Kim won the LOTTE Championship on Saturday at breezy Hoakalei Country Club for her first LPGA Tour title, beating Yu Liu and Yu Jin Sung with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. While Liu and Sung scrambled after hitting their second shots

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — There was plenty of conjecture before this week’s RBC Heritage. Giving the event held the week after the Masters a $20 million designated status was not the most popular move. There were withdrawals, too. Four-time major winner Rory McIlroy pulled out after missing the cut at Augusta National. Former World No.

7:41 PM ET Associated Press HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Jimmy Walker was feeling like his old self after his second straight 6-under 65 on Friday — and so was Masters champion Jon Rahm halfway through the RBC Heritage. Walker had his third straight round in the 60s overall to post a two-day total of

If somebody tells you your putter is “money,” make sure you have the proper frame of reference. A pair of Tiger Woods-associated putters each went for more than $200,000 in a Masters-themed auction that closed the morning of Masters Sunday. The top earner? A Scotty Cameron Teryllium Newport model Woods used during the 1998 PGA

The arrival of the LIV Golf into the world of professional golf upended professional golf in every way—and its butterfly effects are still being felt. In many ways, Walker is the kind of player you could’ve seen landing on the Saudi-funded circuit: a former Ryder Cupper and major champion whose best years are likely behind

11:45 PM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Yu Jin Sung shot a 1-under 71 on Saturday at windy Hoakalei Country Club to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the LOTTE Championship. Playing on a sponsor invite after winning the 2022 LOTTE Open on the Korean LPGA, the South Korean is competing in

In Major League Baseball stadiums, the signs are prominent. “Watch for flying objects that may leave the playing field,” they read, warning fans that fast-moving balls or bats can reach the seats in the blink of an eye. There are no such overt cautions issued on the PGA Tour, of course, but even those sitting

11:00 AM ET World No. 3 Rory McIlroy reportedly was docked $3 million for withdrawing from this week’s RBC Heritage under new PGA rules regarding “designated events.” According to Golf Digest and Sports Illustrated, the fine is for a second absence from a designated event and will be withheld from the $12 million payment to

Sometimes we take for granted what these pros can do, and then we see a shot like this one, and our feeling of inadequacy is back once again. Coming off a T-7 showing and final-round 68 at the Masters, Cameron Young is playing golf as well as he ever has, and the confidence to try

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Disappointed with his finish at the Masters, Viktor Hovland hopped in the car and drove to Hilton Head Island late Sunday. He was he joint leader after Round 1 at Augusta National and began the final round just three shots off the lead. But Hovland shot 74 and faded to a

12:49 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap shot a 2-under 70 at windy Hoakalei Country Club to hold onto a share of the lead Thursday in the LOTTE Championship. Making her second LPGA Tour start, the 20-year-old Thai player had four birdies and two bogeys in the second round to match sponsor invite

Christina Kim’s 21st season on the LPGA Tour had no guarantees. Falling to 221st on the priority list, she failed to local qualify into this year’s first two domestic events. But the tour is in Hawaii and it’s the week before the season’s opening major, meaning several players opted to rest. So the Lotte Championship

1:41 AM ET Associated Press HONOLULU — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap eagled the par-5 fifth and closed with a chip-in birdie in fading light on the par-3 ninth for a 6-under 66 and a share of the first-round lead Wednesday in the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. “Very surprised. Excited,” the 20-year-old Thai player said about the closing

For 15 holes on Thursday, Russell Knox was having a boring round. One birdie, one bogey. Extremely on-brand stuff from the Scotsman, who often hits the crap out of his irons and just can’t get any putts to fall. Things got decidedly less boring at Harbour Town’s par-4 16th, and not in a good way.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Congratulatory voice messages from Rafael Nadal, honorary membership at Augusta National and the ability to plan the Champions Dinner menu with a celebrity chef. These are just a few of the perks that come with winning the Masters, as Jon Rahm has discovered over the past 72 hours. But one moment