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As Mike Whan readies to make the move from Florida to New Jersey – he bought a place at Hamilton Farm Golf Club – the search for his replacement at the LPGA has begun to narrow. Golfweek has learned that the number of candidates for LPGA commissioner has been whittled down from hundreds to eight,

5:01 AM ET Inbee Park was unable to hit the heights of her opening round but a three-under-par 69 gave her a share of the lead with fellow South Korean Park Hee-young at the halfway stage of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore on Friday. Park Hee-young drained a 10-foot birdie putt at the

6:14 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Hideki Matsuyama received the Prime Minister’s Award in Tokyo on Friday for winning the Masters golf tournament. He was the first Japanese winner at Augusta National, the famous American club. Matsuyama won the low amateur title at the 2011 Masters just weeks after the earthquake, tsunami and the

Keegan Bradley was able to overcome the Snake Pit en route to a bogey-free round of 7-under 64. Bradley made easy work of the difficult finishing stretch, making birdie on two of his final three holes. He’s no stranger to starting hot at the Valspar Championship. In 2016, he co-led after Round 1, only to

7:27 PM ET Associated Press PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley can’t recall having an easier time than he did Thursday at Innisbrook. He missed only one green. His longest par putt was just over 4 feet. It added to a 7-under 64 and another great start in the Valspar Championship. It’s the second round

Getty Images The first round of the Valspar Championship on Thursday played a bit easier than most have come to expect at the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort and Keegan Bradley took advantage by firing a bogey-free 64 which leads the tournament by two over five different golfers tied for second. The three top-10 players

PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Keegan Bradley just equaled his finest round of golf in 18 months during what he called “an all-around great day” that was “basically zero stress.” And the best part of his Thursday had yet to come. After a 7-under 64 that gave the Jupiter resident a two-shot lead after one round

5:31 PM ET Associated Press TENERIFE, Spain (AP) – Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen set a course record with a 9-under 62 Thursday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Tenerife Open. American John Catlin, the winner at the Austrian Open two weeks ago, had a chance for an even lower score after

(Reuters) – Michael Visacki, a longtime mini-tour player who qualified this week for his first PGA Tour event, realised a lifelong dream on Thursday by competing in the opening round of the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida. Visacki, who drained a 20-foot putt in a playoff at a Monday qualifier to earn the final

Getty Images As we move away from the fog of the Masters and the one-off team event at the Zurich Classic last week, this week’s Valspar Championship represents a bit of a clean start for players as they begin prepping for next month’s PGA Championship. Its new spot on the schedule is a nice reprieve

With her husband on the bag, Inbee Park jumped out to the early lead at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore. Park, a two-time winner of the event, opened with a bogey-free 64 at Sentosa Golf Club, hitting every fairway, 16 greens and only 26 putts. “I’m just really thankful that he’s carrying the

One of golf’s most visually stunning courses in the United States is on deck as the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island hosts the 2021 PGA Championship. Made famous by the 1991 Ryder Cup, the windy Ocean Course borders the Atlantic Ocean and hosted the PGA Championship when Rory McIlroy won in 2012. Nine years later,

6:33 AM ET Associated Press SINGAPORE — The Park family — No. 2-ranked Inbee Park and her husband and caddie Gi — led the way after the opening round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Park birdied two of her final three holes in a bogey-free round for an 8-under 64 and a

Getty Images It’s really unfortunate that the Valspar Championship has been buried amid the Florida swing in recent years because it has become a compelling tournament with a star-studded field playing a tough, good golf course at Innisbrook Resort. This year is a bit of a mini-resurrection for the Valspar, which is now nicely situated

Getty Images The ties that bind this week’s Valspar Championship bets are recent ball-striking and driving accuracy. The Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort is unique on the PGA Tour in that it rewards shorter, more accurate drivers more than most tracks the Tour attends. Ball-striking is (and always will be) the preeminent focus when looking

Reuters Wimbledon to become 14-day tournament from 2022 with play on Middle Sunday The Wimbledon Championships will become a 14-day tournament from 2022, with matches set to be played on Middle Sunday, traditionally a day off at the grasscourt Grand Slam, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said on Tuesday. The first Sunday of

7:45 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Omar Uresti built such a big lead that even a 4-over 76 on Wednesday didn’t keep him from winning the Professional National Championship and earn another trip to the PGA Championship. Uresti, a former PGA Tour player, had a 7-shot lead going into the final

8:04 PM ET Associated Press CARROLLTON, Texas — Savannah Barker and Alexa Saldana won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-ball Championship on Wednesday, surviving a 20-hole match in the semifinals and then pulling away late in the final at Maridoe Golf Club. Barker and Saldana won six of the last eight holes, finishing with a birdie