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Steve Flesch has opened with a seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead within the PGA Tour Champions occasion at University Ridge.

Wind, rain and a runaway leader is all that stands between Lucas Herbert and a rare slice of history at the PGA Tour’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship.

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Mark Hensby’s second PGA TOUR event in three and a half years, the Palmetto Championship at Congaree, was going OK through eight holes of Round 1 until he noticed something askew on his golf ball. It was a small dot on his Titleist ProV1 he hadn’t seen before.

He is vying for his first senior Major championship at this week’s KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship in Oklahoma but Rod Pampling concedes Phil Mickelson’s US PGA heroics has been all the talk at Southern Hills.

Published - 16 hours By - Tony Webeck Experienced Tour player Scott Barr is hoping third time will be the charm when he tees it up at the PGA Professionals Championship of Western Australia at Mosman Park Golf Club on Friday. There are some familiar names among the 30 competitors made up of Vocational Members of the PGA with 2019 winner Tim Elliott and defending champion Gavin Reed seeking a return to the Championship Final at Hamilton Island Golf Club from September 2-5. Ba...

Published - 2 weeks By - Tony Webeck Greg Chalmers has taken a typically self-deprecating approach to his elevation into the field for this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson in his home state of Texas. The 47-year-old has made just three appearances on the PGA TOUR thus far in 2021 but is the beneficiary of the misfortune to have fallen Dustin Johnson, the world No.1 announcing his withdrawal due to ongoing knee “discomfort”. Johnson’s place in the field has been taken by Chalmers,...

Lindsay Ross won the Caloundra Mid-Amateur Championship on the weekend. Golf Peter Owen Premium Content Subscriber only Gold Coast visitor Lindsay Ross showed how much he enjoyed the Sunshine Coast when he stormed home to win the rain-shortened Caloundra Mid-Amateur Championship on Monday. Originally scheduled for 36 holes, the event was reduced to 18 holes when Sunday’s play was abandoned. Ross, the captain of Emerald Lakes, shot a brilliant five under-p...

Published - 2 months By - Tony Webeck Min Woo Lee has sought the advice of fellow Aussie Jason Day as he seeks to make an instant impression on the PGA TOUR at this week’s famed AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California. Lee has received a sponsor’s invitation to make his debut on the USA’s main tour ahead of his first appearance in a World Golf Championships event in Florida in a fortnight’s time, the 22-year-old making no effort to hide his intent to play in the US fu...

The Associated Press PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Jordan Spieth took on a bold tee shot and pulled it off perfectly to set up birdie. He hit a poor 3-wood that went off a tree and back into the fairway that led to another. Whether it’s good golf or good breaks, it’s making him feel a lot better about his game at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He shot a 5-under 67 at Spyglass Hill on Friday for a one-shot lead over Daniel Berger going into the weekend. “I like where things are at,” Spieth sa...