GULLANE, Scotland (AP) Rickie Fowler shot a 6-under 64 Thursday to take the clubhouse lead midway through the first round of the Scottish Open at Gullane, where he won the British Open warmup event in 2015.

Three years ago, Fowler made three birdies in his final four holes to outlast fellow American Matt Kuchar in a dramatic finish at the course just down the road from Muirfield in eastern Scotland.

The tournament was played at different courses in 2016 and ’17 but has returned to Gullane – and Fowler has picked up where he left off.

He made three straight birdies from No. 2, before driving the green at No. 6 and holing the eagle putt to reach the turn in 30.

After picking up more birdies on Nos. 11 and 12, the course record of 63 looked in danger but Fowler dropped a shot at the next hole after hitting into a bunker and parred his way in.

Fowler shared the lead with Robert Rock, Jens Dantorp and Scott Fernandez.

”The front was playing easier than the back,” Fowler said, ”and get..

Jed JacobsohnTony Romo is taking this whole golf thing pretty serious. Just last week he won the Racine Tri-Course Amateur Championship in his homeland of Wisconsin by a whopping nine strokes. Earlier this year he made his PGA Tour debut and came up short in another bid to qualify for the U.S. Open. He's a 3-1 favorite at the American Century Championship this week, and every word out of his mouth this week has been that of a man on a mission…well, almost.
Discussing the state of his game at Punta Cana earlier this year—”I learned it wasn't very good” he says—his newly minted team of swing coaches, and the wholesale changes they've made to his swing—a maximum power release of the clubhead designed to impart a neutral ball flight, which he calls the “condensed version” with a knowing and maybe somewhat tired smirk—Romo broke Serious Golf Guy character only a moment, but what a moment it was:
One thing I see that's really impressive [about the conditions at Edgewood..

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) David Toms is breathing a little easier.

Nothing like winning a major to toss a big weight off a golfer’s shoulders, particularly when he had gone more than seven years without a victory on either the senior or regular tours.

Now, Toms has a shot at another one.

He comes into the Constellation Senior Players Championship looking to build on his win at the U.S. Senior Open at the Broadmoor two weeks ago.

”I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to try to win a tournament,” Toms said. ”I felt like I had chances but wasn’t getting it done, and that’s when you think about when you go home at night away from the golf course. To finally get that, have that behind me now, it’s all about going out and trying to play great and giving myself another opportunity.”

Toms is part of a loaded field at Exmoor Country Club featuring 49 of the top 50 senior golfers.

Scott McCarron, with seven top-10 finishes this year and a win at the American Family Insurance Championsh..

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For the first time in his PGA Tour career, Bryson DeChambeau will enter a tournament looking to defend a title.

DeChambeau’s breakthrough on the PGA Tour came last year at the John Deere Classic, which tees off on Thursday at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. After entering the final round four strokes off the pace, DeChambeau birdied six of his final nine holes for a one-shot win over Patrick Rodgers.

DeChambeau will enter this year’s event as a strong contender to repeat as its champion as well.

With most of golf’s big names playing the Scottish Open in preparation for next week’s British Open at Carnoustie, DeChambeau is the highest-ranked golfer in the field.

The 24-year old DeChambeau is sixth in the FedEx Cup standings after winning the Memorial Tournament earlier this season. He is also 22nd in this week’s world ranking.

”There has been a lot of things that have happened over the past couple years, growing a lot definitely, and just learning how to make better decisions fo..

The inaugural U.S. Women's Senior Open is being played at Chicago Golf Club. The field ranges in age from 50 to 79.

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This wasn't meant to be a “the NCAA should really start paying its athletes” post, but, well, maybe the NCAA should really start paying its athletes. Take Donte DeVincenzo, who led Villanova to the NCAA men's basketball title earlier this year. As a recent NBA first-round draft pick, Donte is about to be rich. But until he signs his contract with the Milwaukee Bucks, he's still just a poor college kid.
Make that a completely broke college kid. Check it out:
https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/1016742832697044992
THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-ONE CENTS?! Between TWO bank accounts?! Is he still eating for free on the Villanova campus?! We are equally saddened and impressed by the low figure — especially if Donte managed to go the entire year without Wells Fargo slapping him with an overdraft penalty.
The fact that he has $1.03 in his savings account is particularly noteworthy. That amount will really come in handy in a crisis. Oh, and why is he in a casino with that little..

A few weeks back, Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman grabbed a few headlines for shaving his mustache in the middle of a game against the Kansas City Royals. Afterwards, when some suggested it was a superstitious move to break out of a slump (Bregman had nine hits in his previous 37 at-bats), the World Series Game 5 hero said “he just shaved it.”
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Whatever his motive was, it's worked, as Bregman has gone 24-for-64 since, jumping his batting average from .259 to .282. During that span he's hit eight home runs, collected 16 RBI and produced multiple walk-off hits, including perhaps the most bizarre one you'll see all season on Tuesday night. With one out in the bottom of the 11th and two runners on base, Bregman stepped to the plate in a 5-5 game against the Oakland Athletics, looking to be a hero once again. After getting behind in the count, he appeared to fight one ..