6:59 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — Justin Rose, the world’s No. 2-ranked player and a two-time Masters runner-up, will have a familiar face back on his bag when he returns to Augusta National Golf Club this week. Mark “Fooch” Fulcher, his caddie for the past 10-plus years, will be carrying Rose’s bag for the first

3:42 AM ET Associated Press SANYA, China — Officials at the Sanya Championship said Sunday that 28-year-old Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan died in his hotel room from “apparent natural causes,” and the PGA Tour Series-China canceled the final round of the tournament. The PGA Tour Series-China said in a statement that Irawan missed the 36-hole

10:44 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Jin Young Ko turned a four-stroke deficit into a five-stroke lead in only 10 holes Saturday at the ANA Inspiration. She nearly gave it all back, setting up a final-round shootout in the first major championship of the golf season. Ko ended up with a one-shot

5:24 PM ET AUGUSTA, Ga. — During Augusta National’s controversial stance involving membership, the truth often missed was the club welcomed women — although not as members — to play the storied course going back to the days of founder Bobby Jones. The great amateur golfer was friends with some of the leading women players

8:44 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — First-round leader Si Woo Kim used a late-round hole-in-one Friday to build a four-shot lead at the halfway point of the Valero Texas Open. Kim, the 2017 Players Championship winner, led by one heading into the second round before shooting a 6-under 66. Kim aced TPC San

5:59 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Seven years after missing a 1-foot putt on the final hole of regulation and losing a playoff, In-Kyung Kim was back on top at the ANA Inspiration. Kim shot a 7-under 65 in mostly calm morning conditions Friday at Mission Hills to take a three-stroke lead

8:43 PM ET Associated Press Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print SAN ANTONIO — Si Woo Kim birdied five of his final eight holes Thursday for a 6-under 66 and the first-round lead at the Valero Texas Open. Kim, the 2017 Players Championship winner, leads by a shot over Abraham Ancer, J.T. Poston, Brian

10:10 PM ET Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Ally McDonald made a 5-foot birdie putt on the final stroke of the first round Thursday to take the ANA Inspiration lead. Can this ANA Inspiration possibly top last year’s marathon championship, which finished on the eighth playoff hole on Monday? McDonald shot a 4-under 68

8:32 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jennifer Kupcho took care of the preliminaries in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur and now has a shot at a title that never seemed likely: A chance to become the first woman to win at the home of the Masters. Her only regret was that her one-shot