8:47 PM ET Lisa D. Mickey LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The LPGA kicked off the new year and the 2020 season with an outright tussle for the title at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. But at the end of four rounds, five playoff holes and the gloaming of another day, a playoff between

7:25 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Andrew Landry regrouped to win The American Express after blowing a six-stroke lead on the back nine Sunday. Landry broke a tie with Abraham Ancer with a 7-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole and made a 6-footer on the par-4 18th for a 5-under

4:51 PM ET Former world number one Lee Westwood has a reputation for working hard and playing hard, but his celebration for winning the Abu Dhabi Championship on Sunday is unlikely to involve any alcohol. Westwood joked on Sunday that he had picked the wrong time to shun alcohol. “I decided to do Dry January,

9:00 AM ET Associated Press Lee Westwood secured his 25th European Tour win with victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on Sunday. Westwood, who had a one-shot overnight lead, has now won in four different decades starting in the 1990s. The Englishman’s 5-under par final-round 67 gave him a two-shot margin over a chasing

11:16 PM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHI-KONA, Hawaii — Miguel Angel Jimenez made a 12-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a playoff Saturday with senior newcomer Ernie Els to win the PGA Tour Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship. Fred Couples dropped out on the first extra trip down the par-4 18th at windy Hualalai,

10:29 AM ET England’s Lee Westwood will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship after carding a 7-under-par 65 on Saturday. Westwood, who last won on the European Tour at the 2018 Nedbank Challenge, produced a mighty approach shot to set up an eagle on the par-5 eighth

1:39 AM ET Associated Press KA’UPULEHU-KONA, Hawai’i — Woody Austin scrambled for birdie on the par-4 18th Friday to take the lead into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship, while Ernie Els had the best round of the day to get into contention in his senior debut. After the

7:27 PM ET Associated Press LA QUINTA, Calif. — Rickie Fowler came to The American Express for the first time in six years to prepare for the next two weeks at Torrey Pines and TPC Scottsdale. He’s ahead of schedule after two days, shooting an 8-under 64 on Friday at PGA West’s Jack Nicklaus Tournament

4:45 PM ET Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Canada’s Brooke Henderson parlayed four birdies and a late eagle into Friday’s hottest round and a share of the lead at the LPGA’s season-opening Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions. Henderson had a 5-under 66 to join Inbee Park of South Korea at 9-under 133 heading

9:09 AM ET Italy’s Francesco Laporta carded a superb bogey-free 9-under 63 to leap into a one-shot solo lead after 36 holes at the Abu Dhabi Championship, while stars America’s Bryson DeChambeau, Ireland’s Shane Lowry and England’s Danny Willett missed the cut. Laporta, 29, was at 4-under for the day before putting together a blistering