Golf

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.

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.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Austin Eckroat won the World Wide Technology Championship on Sunday for his second PGA Tour title of the year, shooting a 9-under 63 for a one-stroke victory over Justin Lower and Carson Young.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Paul Waring carded a 6-under 66 to win the Abu Dhabi Championship for the biggest victory of his career on Sunday. The 229th-ranked Englishman was one stroke ahead overnight and finished on 24 under.