Golf

9:54 AM ET Associated Press Finland’s Sami Valimaki overcame difficult conditions to win the Oman Open on Sunday after beating South African Brandon Stone in a playoff in the third edition of the European Tour event. Valimaki and Stone finished joint top on 13-under 275 after both shot 2-under 70s in the final round played
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1:57 AM ET Associated Press QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — Australian Brad Kennedy shot a flawless final round 63 on Sunday to overtake compatriot Lucas Herbert and win the New Zealand Open for the second time. The 45-year-old Queenslander hit the front for the first time at the 14th hole, then showed icy nerves to hold
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8:00 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Brett Quigley shot a 5-under 68 on Saturday in the Cologuard Classic to open a three-stroke lead in his bid to win for the second time in his first four PGA Tour Champions starts. Fred Couples was second after a 66. The 60-year-old Hall of Famer won
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7:52 PM ET Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. — Brett Quigley birdied six of the last seven holes Friday for a 9-under 64 and the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Cologuard Classic. The winner a month ago in Morocco in his second Champions start, the 50-year-old Quigley birdied Nos. 12-15 and 17-18 on Tucson
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7:12 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brendan Steele made a couple of big mistakes down the stretch, and still was more than good enough to grab the outright lead at the midpoint of The Honda Classic. Steele shot a 3-under 67 on Friday, getting to 5 under for the week and
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3:59 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Brooks Koepka‘s only birdie on Friday happened without the help of his putter, which made all the sense in the world. The highest-ranked player in The Honda Classic field this week simply couldn’t score, and his tournament is over. Koepka missed six putts inside of
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2:30 PM ET For the second straight year, Tiger Woods is skipping the Arnold Palmer Invitational, a tournament he has won eight times. “He is not going to play,” Woods’ agent, Mark Steinberg, said in a text to ESPN. “Back still stiff and just not quite ready.” Woods opted to skip the WGC-Mexico Championship last
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2:24 AM ET Associated Press QUEENSTOWN, New Zealand — LPGA major winner Pernilla Lindberg of Sweden has missed the cut at the New Zealand Open after becoming the first woman to play in the 101-year-old men’s professional tournament. Lindberg shot 1-over 73 Friday to follow her first round 9-over-par 80, finishing in a tie for
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6:53 PM ET Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Sponsor exemptions are basically free-play gifts handed out by the people in charge of golf tournaments, a handful of invitations available most weeks to those who wouldn’t have otherwise qualified for an event. Tom Lewis and Harris English were among the recipients for The Honda
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9:21 AM ET Italy’s Guido Migliozzi carded an opening-round 66 to take a one-shot lead at the Oman Open on Thursday. Migliozzi, 23, got off to a quick start, making three birdies on three of the first four holes on the way to grabbing a one-shot lead following a bogey-free round. The Italian won two
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