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Rory McIlroy skipping Memorial because of rib injury

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Rory McIlroy is skipping the Memorial Tournament next week because of a nagging rib injury that also forced him to miss the European Tour event this week in England.

Rory McIlroy skipping Memorial because of rib injury

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) Rory McIlroy is skipping the Memorial Tournament next week because of a nagging rib injury that also forced him to miss the European Tour event this week in England.

Spieth avoids Colonial cut scare, has shot to defend title (May 26, 2017)

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Jordan Spieth normally doesn’t concern himself with the cut line in the middle of a round.

Vijay Singh takes lead with 68 at windy Senior PGA

STERLING, Va. (AP) Vijay Singh shot a 4-under 68 amid wind so strong that play was temporarily halted at the Senior PGA Championship on Friday, taking a one-shot lead.

Danny Lee shoots 64 for share of Colonial lead

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) Danny Lee birdied the last hole for a 6-under 64 and a share of the second-round lead Friday in the Colonial with Kevin Kisner, Webb Simpson and Scott Piercy.

Johan Carlsson takes BMW PGA lead at revamped Wentworth

VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) Johan Carlsson shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the BMW PGA Championship, the European Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth Club’s revamped West Course.

Lewis, Hsu tied for lead after first round in Michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) Stacy Lewis shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the LPGA Volvik Championship.

Jutanugarn returns to Michigan seeking first win of 2017

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) At this point last season, Ariya Jutanugarn was finishing up a streak of three straight LPGA Tour victories, part of a stellar year in which she won five times and took player of the year honors shortly before her 21st birthday.

USGA wants focus on Women's Open golf, not Trump's course

BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) The USGA insists its focus is going to be on golf and not politics when it conducts the U.S. Women’s Open at a golf course owned by President Donald Trump in less than two months.

Tiger Woods on missing the Masters, surgery recovery: 'I want to play professional golf again'

“As for returning to competitive golf, the long-term prognosis is positive”

The Latest: APNewsBreak: Auditor reviewing UNM spending

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) The Latest on the University of New Mexico’s spending of public money (all times local):

Faldo's funny memory of Palmer and Nicklaus

One of Nick Faldo’s favorite memories of Arnold Palmer came at the tournament Jack Nicklaus built.

Stanford takes step toward another finals at NCAA

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) Albane Valenzuela of Stanford won three of her last four holes to close out her match on the 17th hole, and the Cardinal took the first step toward reaching the title match for the third straight year in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.

Spieth back to defend title at Colonial (May 23, 2017)

Some people probably are still wondering exactly what the Dean & DeLuca Invitational is.

ASU senior Monica Vaughn rallies to win NCAA women's title

Sun Devils senior Monica Vaughn rallied late to win the NCAA women’s golf championship.

Vaughn rallies to win NCAA women's golf title

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) Arizona State senior Monica Vaughn won the NCAA women’s golf title Monday with two birdies over her last four holes and with help from a late collapse by Jennifer Kupcho.

Liselotte Neumann wins rain-shortened Legends Tour event

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) Liselotte Neumann shot a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Juli Inkster in the Legends Tour’s rain-shortened Red Nose Day Walgreens Charity Championship.

Liselotte Neumann wins rain-shortened Legends Tour event

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) Liselotte Neumann shot a 4-under 68 on Sunday for a one-stroke victory over Juli Inkster in the Legends Tour’s rain-shortened Red Nose Day Walgreens Charity Championship.

Nelson's Four Seasons finale: Horschel over Day in playoff (May 21, 2017)

IRVING, Texas (AP) �� Billy Horschel had missed four straight cuts when he arrived at TPC Four Seasons, a course he was never particularly fond of.

Nelson's Four Seasons finale: Horschel over Day in playoff

IRVING, Texas (AP) Billy Horschel won the AT&T Byron Nelson with a par on the first playoff hole Sunday after Jason Day pulled his 4-foot par putt left and past the hole.

Rain washes out NCAA women's golf play

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) Rain washed out play in the NCAA women’s golf tournament Saturday at Rich Harvest Farms, forcing officials to cut the stroke-play competition to 54 holes.

Funk maintains 1-shot lead over Parel at Regions Tradition

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) Fred Funk shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to hold onto the third-round lead at the Regions Tradition.

Nelson event ends an era, LPGA Tour has battle for No. 1

Ben Crenshaw won the Byron Nelson Golf Classic in 1983 the first year it moved from Preston Trail to what is now the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas. This will be the 35th and final year before the tournament moves to a new golf course designed by Crenshaw and his longtime architecture partner, Bill Coore.

Players champ Si Woo Kim wins $1.89 million, flies coach the next day

Si Woo Kim opted for the economy seat.

Si Woo Kim wins Players Championship with bogey-free final round

The PGA Tour’s youngest member was flawless on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass.

Watch Dustin Johnson's perfect recovery shot from the middle of the gallery

Johnson got an ovation from the crowd.

A blast from the past: Vijay Singh in the hunt

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The last time Vijay Singh started this well in The Players Championship was in 2006, when he was No. 2 in the world and still adding to his record of most PGA Tour victories in his 40s.

Change – good and bad – comes quickly at the TPC Sawgrass

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The first round of any PGA Tour event reveals little more than the fact three more rounds are left.

No practice round is no problem for Mickelson

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Phil Mickelson first competed in The Players Championship as a senior at Arizona State in 1992, the year before Justin Thomas, Daniel Berger and Jordan Spieth were even born.

The debut for Hughes: Canada rookie tied for lead at Players

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) Canadian rookie Mackenzie Hughes played bogey-free in his debut at The Players Championship and shot 5-under 67 to share the lead with William McGirt after an opening round that showed anew that the TPC Sawgrass has surprises around every corner.