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Former British Open champion Cameron Smith and Jason Day, back Down Under for the first time in seven years, shot 4-under 67s Thursday and were two strokes off the lead midway through the first round of the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland. Smith, the 2022 British Open champion at St. Andrews, 2015 U.S. PGA Championship winner Day and fellow Australian Marc Leishman were in a group behind first-round early leader Elvis Smylie, the son of former Australian tennis pro Liz Smylie, who shot 65, and Joel Girrbach of Switzerland (66).

The Desert Inn golf course, also known as the Mashie Course, was the first golf course in the Coachella Valley, which now boast more than 120 courses

Nationally ranked Jupiter golf withdrew two of its players after the first day of the Class 3A state championship, forfeiting any chance at the title.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda, trying to win her eighth LPGA title of the season, will be the favorite when the season-ending Tour Championship begins on Thursday.Korda had eight wins for her LPGA career heading into this season and quickly padded that total by winning January's Drive On Championship in her hometown of Bradenton, Florida.

WNBA star Caitlin Clark made another pro-am appearance in a professional golf tour at the RSM Cassic.

Caitlin Clark was the best thing that happened to the LPGA Tour last week, and that's counting Nelly Korda winning for the seventh time this season.

The Golf Central crew breaks down the 'evolution' of women's sports, particularly through the LPGA and how the CME Group Tour Championship is pushing women's golf to a new level.

The Ponte Vedra boys golf teams streak of state championship ends at seven with their third-place finish in Class 3A on Nov. 20.

Caitlin Clark is taking every opportunity to golf this offseason. Durin

Clark plays an all-Callaway bag and was spotted with two new wedges on Wednesday during the pro-am for the RSM Classic.

Johnson Wagner joins the Golf Today Roundtable to shed light on the approved changes to decrease field sizes and if the PGA Tour has a "fundamental problem" with players making decisions at the top.

Rex Hoggard joins Golf Today to report live from the RSM Classic pro-am, explaining what seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has brought to the table at Sea Island Golf Course.

The LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway, or LEAP, will launch next year and is modeled after the PGA Tour University’s Accelerated program.

LPGA golfers will compete for a record $131 million in prize money over a 33-event season in 2025, the tour's 75th anniversary campaign, LPGA officials announced on Wednesday.Total prize money will have jumped $62 million in four years, next season's payout jumping 90% from the pandemic-hit 2021 campaign.

The newly released LPGA 2025 schedule features a new location for its Arizona golf tournament in March.

Thitikul locked up the Aon Risk-Reward Challenge by not playing last week, though it also cost her a chance at the Vare Trophy for the second straight season.

The WNBA star and the NFL legend were on-site Wednesday at the PGA Tour's pro-am in Sea Island.

Outgoing R&A CEO Martin Slumbers reiterated Wednesday that the organization has no immediate plans to bring any of its major championships to Trump Turnberry.

The LPGA Tour will play for $127.5 million in official prize money in 2025, another record for the circuit that has worked independently of the PGA Tour for 75 years. The schedule announced Wednesday at the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida, has a few moving parts that include new tournaments in Utah and Mexico, the end of a 40-year run in Ohio and its Founders Cup merging into a previous tournament. The official prize money does not include the $2 million International Crown, held every two years as the only team event in golf where countries compete against each other; and the $2 million Grant Thornton Invitational, a mixed team event with the PGA Tour.

The LPGA Tour held its season-finale event at Trump's course in West Palm Beach from 2001-08. The banquet to honor top players was held at Mar-a-Lago.

Martin Slumbers joins Golf Today to explain his decision to step down as R&A CEO at the end of the year, discuss the future of professional golf given the sport's modern landscape and more.

The LPGA unveiled its 2025 schedule on Wednesday that will feature a record prize fund of more than $131 million across 35 events.

The LPGA releases 2025 schedule as it prepares to celebrate 75 years

The LPGA releases 2025 schedule as it prepares to celebrate 75 years

Here's a look at how the 60 places will be paid out at the $11 million LPGA season finale.

Korda, the No. 1 player in the world and Thompson think LPGA's slow play problem is hurting fans and players alike

Here are the minimum finishes needed this week for players to stay inside or play their way into the final FedExCup top 125.

Tyrrell Hatton is named in the Great Britain and Ireland team to face Continental Europe in the 2025 Team Cup in Abu Dhabi.

Charles Barkley, Bill Murray, Michael Phelps and more compete in the golf event The Match: Superstars from The Breakers in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Hatton is the lone LIV golfer included in the initial line-ups for January’s Team Cup in Abu Dhabi

The RSM Classic will be played for the 15th time this week at the Sea Island Club. What's been its super power in the PGA Tour's smallest market?

Caitlin Clark has been active on the golf course during her WNBA off-season. She comes to Sea Island on Wednesday for the RSM Classic Pro-Am.

The Ponte Vedra High boys golf team has won seven state titles in a row. They've a lot of ground to make up on Wednesday if they want to make it eight.

Everything about John Reginald “Reg” Murphy was original — the way he navigated a career in journalism and advocacy into leadership posts at some the most influential publications to his passion for golf.

Åberg had surgery after the Tour Championship and will be making his first start since then.

Clark will play nine holes with Zach Johnson before serving as an honorary caddie in the putting event.

A flood of emotions will come over Lexi Thompson Sunday as she walks down the 18th fairway at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples and heads into retirement.

Call it an offseason, call it whatever you want, but Kirk has taken full advantage of the time off.

Harman said Tuesday that Cathy Dowdy, a family friend, has been in a coma since attempting to save Harman's 6-year-old son from a rip current

Here's how you can watch this week's action across the golf world on NBC, Golf Channel and the NBC Sports app.

Second-round tee times and groupings for the PGA Tour's final official event in 2024.

First-round tee times and groupings for the PGA Tour's final official event in 2024.

Korda and Thompson both would love to see the LPGA start handing out penalties for slow-play offenders.

Amy Rogers reports that Lexi Thompson is in "good spirits" ahead of the CME Group Tour Championship, which likely will be the final event she competes in on the LPGA Tour for the foreseeable future.

Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner are on-site at Sea Island where they weigh in on Rory McIlroy's 2024 season, pay-for-play in the Ryder Cup and the huge changes coming to the Tour.

Ally Ewing joins Golf Today to discuss why she's retiring at the end of the season, playing in her last LPGA Tournament and playing with "freedom" during the last few months.

Rex Hoggard and Ryan Lavner dive into a handful of rapid fire questions, including Rory McIlroy's year, if Ryder Cup players should be paid, and the PGA Tour's 2025 Player of the Year.

The final official PGA Tour event of 2024 has arrived, as Sea Island Golf Club's Seaside Course is once again set to host The RSM Classic. Defending champion Ludvig Aberg makes his return to golf's biggest stage this week after a two-month recovery from knee surgery.…

The LPGA Player of the Year award has already been decided but there's plenty of drama still to unfold at Tiburon Golf Club this week at the season-ending tournament in Naples, Florida. The 2024 CME Group Tour Championship has a $11 m

Tied for the lead with three holes left in an exhausting season for Rory McIlroy, he launched a pitching wedge toward the 16th green in Dubai and barked out desperate instructions. It dropped in front of the flag, a foot from the hole, a shot that carried him to another victory in the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, his fourth win of the year, and a sixth title as No. 1 on the European tour. “I'm going to look back on 2024 and I'm going to have four wins,” he said.