THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Nicole Broch Larsen was penalized one shot for causing her ball to move while at rest during the second and final round of the weather-abbreviated LPGA Texas Classic on Saturday, causing her to fall into a five-way tie for the lead.

Broch Larsen played 32 holes Saturday in 6 under after not playing Thursday or Friday. She was tied with Sung Hyun Park, Jenny Shin, Aditi Ashok and Gaby Lopez. Park and Shin had yet to begin their second rounds.

Broch Larsen, a 23-year-old Dane who has never won on the LPGA Tour, thought she had finished her day at 7 under for the tournament before she was informed that a video review had found she caused her ball to move on the par-5 fourth hole, her second-to-last hole of the day. The penalty gave her a par on the hole instead of a birdie.

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An on-course rules official initially deemed there to be no penalty against Broch Larsen. Because she was following the direction of the official, Broch Larsen did..

THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Sung Hyun Park and Jenny Shin finished the rain-delayed first round of the abbreviated LPGA Texas Classic on Saturday with 6-under 65s to share a one-stroke lead.

After Thursday’s play was canceled and Friday’s began after an 8 -hour rain delay, the tournament was reduced from 72 holes to 36. There will be no cut, but only the top 70 and ties in the 144-woman field will win prize money.

The second round began Saturday afternoon before the first round ended. Park and Shin were scheduled to start their final rounds Sunday afternoon.

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Park, last year’s U.S. Women’s Open champion and the top-ranked player in the field at No. 5, had seven birdies and one bogey at the 6,475-yard Old American Golf Club, which is hosting the event for the first time. She was 6 under when play was halted on Friday and parred her remaining four holes on Saturday.

Shin, also from South Korea, was 4-under through 14 on Friday. On Saturday, she birdied the par-..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Quail Hollow was softer and shorter, producing one low score after another before the final groups even started Saturday in the Wells Fargo Championship.

Jason Day wasn’t paying attention, which probably helped.

When he sputtered at the start, there was no reason to panic that he wasn’t taking advantage of a great day for scoring. And when Day finally picked up his first birdie by blasting a 9-iron out of the rough with the wind at his back from 195 yards to 18 inches on the ninth hole, he was on his way.

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Day made five birdies over his last 10 holes for a 4-under 67, giving him a two-shot lead as he goes for his second PGA Tour victory this year.

”I was just staying in my own world, staying in my lane and not really thinking about it too much,” Day said. ”I knew that if I could just get myself in position … don’t do anything too silly out there and find a way to get back into the swing of things, that I could come out of this on the..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Tiger Woods said he’s on the verge of putting it all together and winning his first PGA tournament in five years – if he can just start rolling the ball a little better on the greens.

The 42-year-old Woods made some significant progress in that area Saturday shooting a 3-under 68, but he was nine strokes behind leader Jason Day entering the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship and all but out of contention.

Woods’ sixth straight third round of par of better was promising, but it wasn’t good enough to make up a lot of ground – and certainly not as bold as the moves from Phil Mickelson (64) or Rory McIlroy (66). All three were tied at 2 over to start the day.

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”I’m close,” said Woods. ”I’m hitting the ball well enough to contend, to win this golf tournament, but I just haven’t made putts.”

Woods sensed after his round that others would go low, leaving him too far behind to catch them on Sunday.

”I feel like I’m hitting the ball..

ST. ALBANS, England (AP) Rank outsiders before the start, the England Women’s team of Charley Hull and Georgia Hall and the European Women’s team of Mel Reid and Carlota Ciganda advanced to the GolfSixes quarterfinals on Saturday.

Solheim Cup teammates Reid and Ciganda did so in thrilling fashion, defeating Thailand 3-0 in their final group game and then beating defending champion Denmark on the first hole of a sudden death playoff, after the teams finished level on points and number of holes won.

Hall eagled the final hole from 20 feet to secure a 1-1 draw with the England Men’s team of Eddie Pepperell and Matt Wallace, Pepperell having hit a stunning approach to three feet on the par 5.

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Hall and Hull then thrashed South Africa’s George Coetzee and Haydn Porteous 4-1 and although a last-hole eagle from the Swedish pair of Alexander Bjork and Joakim Lagergren left the two teams tied on four points, the English duo advanced by virtue of having won more ho..

When it comes to things that are “played out”, gender reveal videos and anything Bill Murray does immediately come to mind. Put the two together though, and all we can do is tip our cap.
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That's what happened at Murray Bros. Caddyshack Golf Tournament in St. Augustine, Florida, last week, an event Jacqueline and Michael Davis attended. Michael, playing in the tournament that week, figured he'd be striking the ball like Dustin Johnson did for he and Paulina Gretzky's second baby. But according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the expecting couple ran into John Resig, owner of TheChive website, and he was able to get Murray to agree to do the honors:
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The swing looks as smooth as ever, although it looks like he caught it a bit thin. Either way, awesome moment for this couple, who now has a gender reveal video to top..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Justin Thomas will be playing this weekend at the Wells Fargo Championship, thanks in part to a little help from his good buddy Rickie Fowler.

After struggling with his putter during an opening-round 73 on Thursday, a frustrated Thomas went to his backup putter on the practice green. When that didn’t feel right in his hands, he sought out more desperate measures – calling his playing partner Fowler to ask if he’d brought an extra putter to Quail Hollow.

He was in luck. Fowler had two spares.

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”Even my backup felt so bad in my hands, I just had to do something else,” Thomas said.

So, using a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter that reads ”Rickie Fowler” on it, Thomas shot 69 on Friday, leaving him safely inside the cut line. He was even par for the tournament, seven strokes behind leader Peter Malnati entering the final 36 holes.

”I didn’t actually see him until about 10 minutes before our tee time and he said he was going with it,” Fowl..

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) Bernhard Langer felt like his game was rounding into form after a slow start to the year by his lofty standards, and it all came together on a calm, humid day at The Woodlands Country Club.

The 60-year-old Langer shot a course-record, 9-under 63 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead at the Insperity Invitational.

Seeking his first victory of the year after seven wins in 2017, Langer began unceremoniously when his opening tee shot ricocheted backward off a tree. He still managed a birdie on the par-5 first hole and turned in 32. On the back nine, he birdied five of the first seven holes – narrowly missing eagle attempts on two par-5s – to get to 9 under and distance himself from the field.

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”Starting on nine, I was pretty much putting for birdie on every hole,” Langer said. ”I made some and missed some but continued to play well and give myself chances. The last 10 holes were really good. I don’t think I hit one loose shot.

”I’ve..

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Peter Malnati and Tiger Woods both had reason to celebrate on the ninth green at Quail Hollow at the end of their rounds.

Malnati was coming off two straight birdies to take the lead Friday in the Wells Fargo Championship when he put his 5-iron in a deep bunker to the right, with the green running away from him. He was trying to blast out to 15 feet, but he got the club too much under the ball and feared for the worst until it cleared the lip by inches.

Malnati emphatically wiped his hand across his brow, made the 6-foot par putt for a 3-under 68 and had a one-shot lead over Jason Day and Aaron Wise.

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”Pretty scary when I hit it,” he said. ”I got away with it, looked like a genius.”

Hours earlier, Woods stood over an 18-foot putt on No. 9, his final hole of another ordinary round that up until then featured no birdies. He finally made one, and stretched out both hands in mock celebration when it dropped.

”I’m on a hot streak right n..

THE COLONY, Texas (AP) Sung Hyun Park got to 6-under through 14 holes before play was halted by darkness in the weather-delayed first round of the abbreviated LPGA Texas Classic on Friday.

After Thursday’s play was canceled and Friday’s began after an 8 -hour rain delay, the tournament was reduced from 72 holes to 36. There will be no cut, but only the top 70 and ties in the 144-woman field will win prize money.

Park, last year’s U.S. Women’s Open champion and the top-ranked player in the field at No. 5, had seven birdies and one bogey to top the leaderboard at the 6,475-yard Old American Golf Club, which is hosting the event for the first time.

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Fellow South Koreans Jenny Shin and Sei Young Kim were 4 under through 14 and 12 holes, respectively. Shin collected her only LPGA Tour victory two years ago at the tournament’s previous home, Las Colinas Country Club in Irving.

Half the players did not start their first rounds. Last week’s winner Lydia Ko and a..