11:09 PM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Ernie Els expects Tiger Woods will be a U.S. playing captain when the two lead their teams at the Presidents Cup next December at Royal Melbourne. “I think so, the way he’s playing,” Els said Sunday during a media conference during the final round of the World

7:42 PM ET Turner Sports executives spent plenty of time coming up with a suggested pay-per-view price for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Now it looks as though the company won’t see any broadcasting revenue from Friday’s event. Turner issued a statement Saturday night acknowledging that it would be issuing refunds for

5:32 AM ET Aaron Rai stands on the brink of a first European Tour victory after the Briton shot a 2-under-par 70 Saturday to extend his Hong Kong Open lead to six strokes with just one round to play. Rai, who started the day leading by four shots after hitting a course-record 61 on Friday,

Australia’s Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman fired a seven-under-par 65 during Saturday’s four-ball (best ball) round, but their 13-under total means they’ll start Sunday’s foursomes six shots behind Belgium’s Thomas Pieters and Thomas Detry, who carded a 63. On a calm day at Melbourne’s Metropolitan Golf Club, Pieters and Detry secured a five-shot lead over

10:17 PM ET LAS VEGAS — An obscene amount of money, a pay-per-view offering and a showdown between a couple of aging golf stars drew plenty of interest in the lead-up to The Match on Friday at Shadow Creek. No matter where you stood on the long-discussed, winner-take-all, $9 million encounter between Tiger Woods and

8:09 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Nineteen holes was not enough to decide “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday at Shadow Creek. So they settled it in true gambling fashion by making a makeshift 20th hole, played from the practice putting green behind the clubhouse to a newly cut hole on

6:03 PM ET Those who weren’t planning on paying $19.99 for “The Match” between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson on Friday got a break when Turner executives decided, at the last minute, to give away its stream for free. A source told ESPN that a technical issue with the purchasing mechanism on Bleacher Report Live

2:25 PM ET They’ve talked about it for months. Finally, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are going to actually get down to playing their $9 million winner-take-all match. From the first shot, to the side bets, to the conclusion, we have you covered for every hole of their trip around Shadow Creek Golf Course in

6:08 AM ET Aaron Rai fired a course-record 9-under-par 61 to surge into a four-shot lead after the second round of the Hong Kong Open on Friday. The 23-year-old Englishman took full advantage of perfect scoring conditions for the early starters in Fanling, sinking six birdies in his first nine holes. Three more birdies ensured

2:46 AM ET Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Thomas Detry thought the rainy, windy and generally awful conditions were so bad at Metropolitan Golf Club on Friday that they wouldn’t be able to finish the round. When they did, he and Belgium teammate Thomas Pieters were tied for the lead with South Korea at the