insert_link Sport Scheffler downs Kim in playoff to win protest-hit Travelers Championship World number one Scottie Scheffler parred the first playoff hole to beat Tom Kim at the protest-hit Travelers Championship title on Sunday, claiming his sixth US PGA Tour title of the year. Scheffler is the first player since Arnold Palmer in 1962 to pile up six wins before July 1 on the PGA Tour, a haul that included his second Masters crown in April. "It's pretty special," Scheffler […] todayJune 24, 2024 11
insert_link Sport ‘Shot of my life’ helps lift DeChambeau to second US Open title Bryson DeChambeau, needing to get up and down from a bunker at 18 to win, delivered one of his greatest shots Sunday and sank a tension-packed putt to win the US Open. DeChambeau, having already escaped disaster once at Pinehurst's final hole, blasted a 55-yard bunker shot to four feet and rolled in the clutch putt to capture his second US Open crown. "That bunker shot was the shot […] todayJune 17, 2024 7
insert_link Sport McIlroy fires bogey-free 65 to share US Open lead with Cantlay Rory McIlroy sank a birdie putt from just inside 20 feet at the 18th hole to complete a five-under-par 65 first round and match Patrick Cantlay for the lead at the US Open on Thursday. World number three McIlroy, chasing his first major victory since the 2014 PGA Championship, delivered a bogey-free round at Pinehurst, defying its dome-shaped greens, sandy waste areas and wiregrass. "I'm delighted with the […] todayJune 14, 2024 3
insert_link Sport McIlroy says divorce off after reconciliation Rory McIlroy and his wife Erica have called off their divorce and are looking forward to "a new beginning", the golfer told The Guardian newspaper on Tuesday. McIlroy filed divorce papers to end the seven-year marriage last month, on the eve of the PGA Championship. But ahead of this week's US Open, the third major of the season, the Northern Irishman said there had been a change of […] todayJune 12, 2024 11
insert_link Sport No.1 Scheffler unfazed as ever and chased by all at US Open Scottie Scheffler appears unstoppable as Thursday's first round of the US Open approaches, with many top rivals amazed the world number one already has five wins this year including the Masters. "He's the gold standard right now," said 2020 US Open winner Bryson DeChambeau. "Undoubtedly the best player in the world at the minute by a long way. It's up to us to try to get to his […] todayJune 12, 2024 9
insert_link Sport Ireland’s Harrington among World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Irish golfer Padraig Harrington, a three-time major champion, was among the inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame on Monday. Also entering the new Hall, which opens this week at Pinehurst after a move from Florida, were Sandra Palmer, the late Tom Weiskopf, Johnny Farrell and Beverly Hanson plus the 13 LPGA Founders. Harrington, a 52-year-old from Dublin, won the 2007 and 2008 British Opens and the […] todayJune 11, 2024 6
insert_link Sport Ice-cool Scheffler holds on to clinch Memorial crown World number one Scottie Scheffler held his nerve down the stretch to clinch a one-shot victory at the PGA Tour's Memorial tournament in Ohio on Sunday after a tense final round duel with Collin Morikawa. Scheffler fired a closing two-over-par 74 at Muirfield Village to finish on eight under, sealing a morale-boosting win as he prepares for an assault on next week's US Open at Pinehurst in North […] todayJune 10, 2024 3
insert_link Sport Mexico’s Ortiz edges Meronk for LIV Golf Houston win Mexico's Carlos Ortiz nabbed his first LIV Golf victory on Sunday, firing a five-under par 67 to eat Adrian Meronk by one stroke in Houston, Texas. Ortiz finished the 54-hole event with a 54-hole total of 15-under 201, celebrating in the same city where he won his lone US PGA Tour title in 2020. Ortiz and Poland's Meronk were part of a four-way tie for the lead heading […] todayJune 10, 2024 6
Sport Richard Bland tied for lead at Senior PGA Championship Playing in his first senior event of any kind, Englishman Richard Bland shares the 18-hole lead at a major championship. Bland, a member of LIV Golf, and Australian Richard Green are tied atop the leaderboard at the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship after shooting 7-under 65s on Thursday at Harbour Shores Resort in Benton Harbour, Mich. The leaders hold a two-shot edge over Steve Stricker, Scott Dunlap, Jeff Schmid, Canadian […] todayMay 24, 2024 17