Golf

SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hayden Springer birdied three of his last four holes Thursday for a 6-under 65, giving him a share of the lead with Justin Lower before darkness kept the opening round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship from finishing

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy was already an overwhelming favorite to win the European tour’s season-long Race to Dubai title. He made his chances even better on Thursday.

There are four rounds left in the LPGA Tour's regular season, and rookie Savannah Grewal is determined to be mentally present for all 72 holes. Grewal, from Mississauga, Ont.

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Caitlin Clark brought her golf game and a big buzz to the LPGA Tour on Wednesday when the basketball star played in a pro-am that attracted a bigger crowd than the tour often gets for its tournament rounds.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The goals for 2025 are piling up for Rory McIlroy. Ending his drought in the majors dating back to 2014 is uppermost in his mind.

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Caitlin Clark has one goal when she plays in an LPGA pro-am. “I've tried to practice as much as I can,” Clark said Tuesday. “I'm just the average golfer. I'm going to hit some good, I'm going to hit some bad. ...

Billy Horschel hasn't played in a month and wasn't planning to travel across eight time zones until he won the European tour's flagship event at Wentworth for the second time and zoomed up the Race to Dubai ranking.

Winning doesn't get old. Neither, apparently, does Bernhard Langer.

Matteo Manassero quit golf five years ago at the age of 26, tormented by a sport which gave him so many highs but was no longer making him feel happy.

PHOENIX (AP) — Bernhard Langer won for the 18th straight year on the PGA Tour Champions, holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Steven Alker in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship on Sunday at Phoenix Country Club.