SHANGHAI (AP) — Choi Hye-jin overcame difficult scoring conditions Friday to shoot a 2-over 74 but still maintained a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA Shanghai tournament. Choi, seeking her first win on the LPGA Tour to add to her 12 victories in her native South Korea, had a two-round total of 6-under 138. Choi led by three strokes after the first round. “Actually, my body is not in perfect condition but I am still on the lead,” Choi said. "I’m really looking forward on the weekend.

Tiger Woods posted a video on social media showing his swing in apparent top form, fueling speculation over when the golf great might return to competition. Golf Channel reported that Woods had shared footage of himself taking practice swings at Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. The course hosted the TGR Junior Invitational, sponsored by Woods' TGR Foundation, through Monday. After the tournament, one of Woods' social media accounts, TGR Live, posted a video of him practicing his swing with

Yoo Hyun-jo moved up in the women’s golf world rankings after winning the KLPGA Tour‘s HJ Shipbuilding & Construction-Dongbu Construction Championship. Yoo received 2.29 points in the rankings released Tuesday, climbing six spots from last week to No. 42. She won the HJ Shipbuilding & Construction-Dongbu Construction Championship on Sunday for her second KLPGA Tour title of the season. The top three remained unchanged, with Nelly Korda of the United States at No. 1, followed by Thailand’s Jeeno

The field for the Genesis Championship, the richest event on the KPGA Tour this season, will be determined at this week's The Charity Classic. The four-day tournament begins Thursday at the par-72 Valley and Seowon courses at Seowon Valley Country Club in Paju, Gyeonggi Province. The tournament offers about $744,000 in prize money, including about $149,000 for the winner, but Genesis points will be even more important. Only players ranked in the top 36 in the Genesis points standings after the t

The European tour has delivered an ultimatum to players contemplating the new version of LIV Golf, saying anyone who joins will not be allowed to be a European tour member. "Players need to make a choice," Guy Kinnings, CEO of the European tour, said in a statement Monday first reported by the BBC. The DP World Tour, as it is commercially known, previously let LIV players keep their European membership as long as they paid fines for playing LIV events that conflicted with the tour. It extended a

The LPGA Tour released its 2027 schedule Wednesday featuring 33 tournaments, a record $147 million in prize money and an itinerary that doesn't have players bouncing across the country. LPGA Commissioner Craig Kessler has emphasized routing, quality of courses and prize money, and ticked several of those boxes. The three-week Asia swing beginning in February -- which ends with a new tournament in Hong Kong -- leads to a two-week stretch in Hawaii on the Big Island and Maui. The first stop is the

Saudi Arabia’s golf ambitions have drawn global attention through LIV Golf and its recruitment of some of the sport’s biggest stars. At home, the kingdom faces a different task: getting more people to play. For that, it is looking to Korea. Thomas Rudy, chief investment and supply officer at Golf Saudi, sees Korea’s extensive course network, simulator technology and established golf culture as a model for expanding participation in Saudi Arabia, which currently has fewer than 5,000 registered go

LONDON (AFP) -- United States Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk said Tuesday he will ask his players to "do more than any other United States team has in the past" to end a woeful run on European soil. The US heads to Adare Manor in Limerick, Ireland, next year aiming to end a wait since 1993 to win the biennial team event away from home. Furyk was in charge for one of those defeats in Paris in 2018. The 56-year-old has been given a chance to make amends, with Furyk saying he has learned valuable less

The newly launched KPGA Tour AmazingCre Open, carrying a total purse of about $521,000, will be held from Wednesday through Saturday at Flamingo Country Club in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province. The tournament is sponsored by golf apparel brand AmazingCre and was created to provide more opportunities for domestic male golfers amid a decline in the number of KPGA Tour events and overall prize money. Although its total purse and winner's prize of about $104,000 are smaller than those of many ot

Kim Hyo-joo will compete in a Ladies European Tour event in South Korea this week as she seeks her third straight title at the Aramco Korea Championship. Kim will attempt to win the tournament for a third consecutive year when the $2 million event begins Thursday at New Korea Country Club in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province. The tournament is part of the PIF Global Series organized by the LET with support from Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. Kim won her first title of the season at the LPGA Tour

Yoon Ina moved up in the women's world golf rankings after finishing runner-up at the LPGA Tour's Lotte Championship. Yoon received an average of 3.52 points in the rankings released Monday, climbing six spots from No. 23 last week to No. 17. She finished second at the Lotte Championship, which ended Sunday, after a close battle for the title with Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand. Thitikul, who won the tournament for her fourth victory of the season, remained No. 2 in the world rankings. With an avera

Shin Ji-ae secured a permanent exemption on the JLPGA Tour after recording her 30th career victory. She also became the first player in Japanese women's golf history to complete a career Grand Slam across the tour's four major championships. Shin shot a 4-under-par final-round 66 with five birdies and one bogey at the Japan Women's Open Golf Championship at Takarazuka Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture on Sunday. The tournament carried a total purse of about $951,000. Shin finished at 11-under 269 to

Austin Smotherman of the United States won his first PGA Tour title, finishing ahead of Korean American Doug Ghim. Smotherman shot a 3-under-par final-round 68 with six birdies, one double bogey and one bogey at the Bank of Utah Championship at Black Desert Resort in Ivins, Utah, on Sunday. He finished at 26-under 258, two strokes ahead of Ghim, who ended on 24-under 260. Smotherman earned his first victory in his 100th PGA Tour start and collected $1.08 million in prize money. The win also secu

The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association said Sunday that the total purse for the DaeBo HausD Championship, the final event of the 2026 season, has been increased to about $892,000, up roughly $149,000 from last year. The KLPGA added that the winner‘s prize has also been raised from about $186,000 to $223,000. With the increase, the total prize money for the 2026 KLPGA Tour has reached approximately $24.9 million. The DaeBo HausD Championship will be held over three days from Nov. 6 at Seo

The four-time PGA Tour winner Kim Joo-hyung is taking a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Asian Games men's golf tournament in Japan. Kim shot a five-under 65 with five birdies, one eagle and two bogeys on Friday in the third round of the competition at Kasugai Country Club East Course in Kasugai, just northeast of the main host city of Nagoya. At 12-under 198 overall, Kim leads Wang Wei-Hsuan of Chinese Taipei and Kazuki Higa of Japan by one shot. A second member of the South Korean t