Golf

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Helen Alfredsson added the Senior LPGA Championship to her U.S. Senior Women’s Open title, rallying Wednesday at cold and windy French Lick Resort to sweep the two major championships of the season. Two strokes behind Juli Inkster entering the day, Alfredsson closed with a 2-under 70 for a three-stroke victory. The

Phil Mickelson‘s remarkable streak of playing on 24 consecutive U.S. international teams is likely coming to an end — and the Hall of Famer is not lobbying for it to continue. Mickelson said Wednesday that he doesn’t expect an at-large pick from U.S. Presidents Cup team captain Tiger Woods and that he does not believe

The rules have changed since Lee Ann Walker lasted played competitive golf. She found out the hard way. Walker shot rounds of 85 and 74 at the Senior LPGA Championship at French Lick Resort in Indiana. That was before she realized players no longer can putt when their caddies have been standing directly behind them.

Brooks Koepka is the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world. Rory McIlroy is No. 2. In September, McIlroy edged Koepka for the Jack Nicklaus Award for PGA Tour Player of the Year honors after a surprising vote by Tour members — after McIlroy beat Koepka in the final round of the season-ending Tour Championship to

Jordan Spieth returns from his longest break during a calendar year hopeful that a fresh start will end his longest drought. Spieth hasn’t won since The Open in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, a span of 54 tournaments worldwide. He last played in August at the BMW Championship, where he failed to advance to the Tour

Tiger Woods announced Tuesday that he is writing his first-ever memoir, to be called “Back,” which was described in a news release as the “first and only account directly from Woods, with the full cooperation of his friends, family and inner circle.” Woods, who at 43 won the Masters earlier this year for his 15th

The situation that unfolded in Houston last week was inevitable. Not so much the feel-good story of Lanto Griffin winning his first PGA Tour event — and finishing in the top 10 for the first time, too. Those kind of tales are common in golf, perhaps more so when many of the big names in

Henrik Stenson and Annika Sorenstam will host a new tournament in Sweden next year with men and women facing off on the same course for a single trophy and prize fund, organisers announced on Monday. The 2020 Scandinavian Mixed, co-sanctioned by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour, will take place between June 11 and

CARY, N.C. — Jerry Kelly knew he needed to make as many birdies as he could Sunday in a sprint to the finish in the SAS Championship. He was so locked into the process that he didn’t realize how many he made until he marked them down on his card. Locked in a tight race,

Bernd Wiesberger moved atop the Race to Dubai rankings by winning the Italian Open on Sunday for his second Rolex Series victory of the year. Wiesberger carded a bogey-free six-under 65 at Olgiata Golf Club for a one-stroke victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick after beginning the day three strokes behind the Englishman. Fitzpatrick had chances to

HUMBLE, Texas — Lanto Griffin recovered from a rain-delayed double-bogey finish to his second round earlier Saturday to post a 7-under-65 — the day’s best score — in his third and secure a single-stroke lead through 54 holes of the Houston Open. Mark Hubbard is alone in second place at 10-under par after shooting a

England’s Matthew Fitzpatrick carded a 68 to hold his one-shot lead going into the final round at the Italian Open in Rome on Saturday. Fitzpatrick, 25, moved to 13 under for the tournament but got off to a roller coaster start with a birdie at the first and a bogey at the second. The Englishman

HUMBLE, Texas — Expectant father Peter Malnati started strong and shot 7-under 65 on Friday to lead at the Houston Open after morning rain and lightning prevented the second round from being completed. First-round co-leader Austin Cook, who opened with an 8-under 64, briefly got to 11 under before dropping all the way to 6

CARY, N.C. — Doug Barron lost his great start with three bogeys over his last four holes and had to settle for a 6-under 66, giving him a one-shot lead over Woody Austin after the opening round Friday in the SAS Championship. This is the last regular-season event on the PGA Tour Champions calendar before

Matthew Fitzpatrick, seeking to be a European Tour winner for the fifth straight year, took a step in the right direction when he earned a one-stroke halfway lead over Joachim Hansen at the Italian Open on Friday. Englishman Fitzpatrick carded six-under-par 65 to edge ahead of Dane Hansen (66) in the second round at Olgiata

Finland’s Tapio Pulkkanen matched his career-best score on the European Tour with a seven-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday after the first round of the Italian Open. Pulkkanen, who graduated from the European Challenge Tour last season, sunk seven birdies and did not have any bogeys at the Olgiata Golf club. “It’s a

HUMBLE, Texas — Austin Cook and Talor Gooch shot 8-under-par 64s Thursday to take the lead after the first round of the Houston Open. Cook, who tied for 11th as a Monday qualifier in 2015 when the tournament was played the week before the Masters — its calendar slot until 2018 — shot a career-best

Tiger Woods‘ annual tournament to benefit his foundation will boast several players from the U.S. team he will captain a week later at the Presidents Cup and eight of the top-10-ranked players in the world. Woods is among the 16 players announced Wednesday to participate in the Hero World Challenge, which will be played for