Golf

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When Abraham Ancer glanced at the scoreboard midway through his final round of the FedEx St. Jude Invitational it was hard to imagine he’d be celebrating his first PGA Tour victory in a few hours. Third-round leader Harris English was at 20 under. Ancer, playing the 10th hole, was five strokes

Getty Images The conclusion of what has been a long PGA Tour regular season is on the horizon as the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational gets set to conclude on Sunday in Memphis. Amid a summer full of big-time tournaments, that regular season draws to a close next week at the Wyndham Championship, which the

Record-Breaking Paris Olympic Flag Doesn’t Fly on Eiffel Tower as Planned originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea Sunday’s Closing Ceremony marked the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and started the countdown for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The French capital had a chance to share what’s to come in three years with quite the spectacle:

7:03 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Before Team USA’s Nelly Korda teed off in the final round in the women’s Olympic golf competition at Kasumigaseki Country Club, gold medal winner and fellow Team USA member Xander Schauffele tweeted her a special message: “Bring home the gold @NellyKorda! I’ll be rooting for you tonight.” For 54 holes

Golfer Aditi Ashok finished fourth in women’s individual stroke play on Saturday.© AFP Golfer Jeev Milkha Singh on Saturday praised Aditi Ashok for putting up a brilliant show in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. Ashok narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal after finishing a brilliant 4th in the women’s individual stroke play at the Games.

Having finished fourth in women’s individual stroke play golf at the Tokyo Olympics, Aditi Ashok spoke exclusively to NDTV about her remarkable performance and said that despite narrowly missing out on a medal, her 15-under 269 showing would give her a lot confidence going forward. The Indian golfer also expressed happiness at being able to

Aditi Ashok was all of 18 years of age when she made her Olympic debut at the Rio Games in 2016, the same year she became the first Indian to win a Ladies European Tour title by winning the Hero Indian Women’s Open. As the youngest golfer in the Games’ history, she started off with

In any other tournament, Aditi Ashok would have gladly taken a fourth-place finish but this was the Olympics and the golfer said it is hard for her to be happy even though she produced the best ever performance by an Indian at the showpiece. Overnight sole 2nd, Aditi finished fourth with a three-under 68 in

Getty Images Australian native Cameron Smith tied a PGA Tour record for the fewest putts in a round Friday with 18 putts in 18 holes at the WGC-St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. Smith, 27, used his hot performance with the putter to match the best round of the week, an 8-under 62, to get within

Golfer Aditi Ashok is currently ranked second after another stellar performance in Round 3 in the women’s individual stroke play at the Tokyo Olympics on Friday. The 23-year-old rolled in five birdies to be placed second on twelve-under 201 ahead of a New Zealander, an Australian, a Japanese, and a Danish golfer (203) — who

TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette homered and drove in all three runs, Ross Stripling pitched six sharp innings to win his second consecutive start and the Toronto Blue Jays blanked the Cleveland Indians 3-0 Thursday night. Toronto (57-49) won for the sixth time in seven games since returning north of the border last week and

4:01 AM ET Associated Press KAWAGOE, Japan — Already with her first major title and the No. 1 ranking, Nelly Korda took a big step toward a gold medal Thursday with a 9-under 62 that tied an Olympic record and gave her a four-shot lead. Still to be determined was how much golf was left

Bryson DeChambeau has no regrets over not being vaccinated for COVID-19 before the Tokyo Olympics. DeChambeau — who is not vaccinated — said he would rather make sure other people get the vaccine before he considers taking it, according to ESPN. DeChambeau was supposed to take part in the men’s Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo,

Getty Images Fresh off a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Xander Schauffele won’t have much time to celebrate as he’ll be back on the PGA Tour this week for the 2021 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. With just two weeks remaining before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, we’re getting a loaded WGC-FedEx

2:05 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Xander Schauffele had the presence of mind to bring his Olympic gold medal with him to Memphis, just not enough bravado to wear it around his neck as he emerged from a two-day blur to resume life on the PGA Tour after winning the Olympic men’s tournament on Sunday.

Xander Schauffele finished on 18-under par 266 after carding a 67.© AFP Xander Schauffele won the men’s golf tournament at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday by one shot from surprise silver medallist Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia. The American world number five finished on 18-under par 266 after carding a 67 while veteran Sabbatini, 45, shot

KAWAGOE, Japan – At the quietest sport at the quietest Olympics, a legion of volunteers in bucket hats and blue ombré performance wear polos held up paddles that said QUIET in Japanese on one side and English on the other. In the absence of other sensory experiences it felt like you could hear the heat

Getty Images The sport of golf was welcomed back to the Olympics this week at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games with a few prevalent stars having hit the course in Japan. It’s been an exciting competition thus far, even through the weather setbacks during the first two days, but the tournament has now nearly reached