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Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome inevitable, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed an unbeaten week, Russell Henley capped off his impressive debut in the Presidents Cup with a win and…

Billy Horschel became the first American golfer to win the BMW PGA Championship twice when he holed a brilliant eagle to beat four-time major winner Rory McIlroy in a playoff on Sunday. Horschel showed no sign of nerves when he sank a long putt from near the edge of the green on the second playoff…

Five months ago, Lilia Vu withdrew from her title defense at The Chevron Championship with a back injury that put her out of commission for a couple of months, unsure of what the future held. Little did Vu know that five months later, she would be earning the clinching half point that won the U.S.…

With the PGA TOUR reverting to a calendar-year schedule, the tournaments that follow the TOUR Championship have taken on a new significance. The FedExCup Fall promises to provide greater drama and more immediate consequence than ever before as players face off in high-stakes competition with their PGA TOUR status at stake. Tournaments in the FedExCup…

There was only one acceptable outcome for Scottie Scheffler at the TOUR Championship. That made the FedExCup Playoffs finale one of the most stressful weeks of the year. In the previous two seasons, Scheffler had relinquished the unique, two-stroke advantage that the TOUR Championship affords the FedExCup leader. Though he was the PGA TOUR Player…

Keegan Bradley went from the last man in the BMW Championship to a winner Sunday, closing with an even-par 72 for a one-shot victory that opened up all sorts of possibilities he never imagined possible a week ago. Bradley pulled away from mistake-prone Adam Scott early on the back nine and delivered a clutch shot…

Soil from across the United States was shipped to Memphis, Tennessee, for the ceremony heralding the creation of TPC Southwind. The dirt came from the Tournament Players Clubs already in existence, and included the “rich, black silt” of Florida’s TPC Sawgrass and the “sandy loam” of the Arizona desert, according to the local newspaper’s report.…

Lydia Ko couldn’t hold back the tears when her national anthem began to play. After all the close calls and near misses and bad breaks, she had finally become a gold medalist and earned her place in the LPGA Hall of Fame. At long last. “It would be a hell of a way to do…

It was a star-spangled family affair as world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler captured his seventh win of the season, the 13th of his career and first gold medal Sunday at the men’s Olympic golf competition outside of Paris. With wife Meredith, 3-month-old son Bennett, parents Scott and Diane, and in-laws on hand at Le Golf…

Lauren Coughlin’s husband John Pond was the first to spray her with champagne on Sunday after the 31-year-old claimed the CPKC Women’s Open title at Earl Grey Golf Club. And for the couple who have been on the professional golf rollercoaster together since Lauren turned pro in 2016, it was a long-awaited champagne shower that…