JON RAHM

Rory McIlroy finished the year as Europe’s top-ranked golfer for the fourth time - and first since 2015 - despite Jon Rahm winning the DP World Tour Championship.

Rory McIlroy is well-placed for another Race to Dubai title after his 7-under 65 left him three shots off the lead heading into the final round at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.

Eight-time European Tour winner Jon Rahm is no fan of the new changes implemented by the Official World Golf Ranking system in August, which seemingly favors field size over competition.

Rory McIlroy is back at No. 1 in the world for the first time since the summer of 2020.

Rory McIlroy picked up two big prizes Sunday.

Rory McIlroy is one round away from returning to No. 1 in the world.

Jon Rahm hardly looks like a player easing his way to the end of the year.

Gary Woodland and Trey Mullinax share the lead at the CJ Cup with a 65.

A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year.

Jon Rahm says it has taken time for him to adjust to changes in his personal life this year and that made it tougher for him to meet expectations on the course.

Tiger Woods has another loaded field for the Bahamas and his Hero World Challenge.

Shane Lowry tapped in for birdie at the 18th hole and then had to wait and see if Rory McIlroy could produce something special to force a playoff at Wentworth. McIlroy gave himself a chance and the crowd cheered as his long eagle putt on the final hole crept slowly toward the cup, only to stop less than an inch short. McIlroy crouched down, staring at the ball in disbelief, while Lowry hugged his caddie in the scorer's tent to celebrate a one-shot victory at the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday.

Don't expect Rory McIlroy to spend much time reminiscing with his former Ryder Cup teammates at Wentworth this week.

Scottie Scheffler has a one-shot lead over Xander Schauffele in the Tour Championship.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is still playing great golf and could easily have made the Tour Championship a runaway.

Patrick Cantlay is a winner again at the BMW Championship in another thriller.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

The PGA Tour is in Delaware for the first time and so is Tiger Woods.

This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.

Cameron Smith is a tough-as-nails Aussie.

Tiger Woods made an early and emotional departure from the British Open at St. Andrews, perhaps for the last time.

One of the famous lines of Bobby Jones often cited by Jack Nicklaus is that a golfer's career is not complete without winning an Open at St. Andrews.

Jon Rahm is looking to immerse himself in the history of the home of golf during his time at the British Open this week.

European tour players now have access to the PGA Tour.

Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open, winning his first major on the same course where he took the U.S. Amateur title nine years earlier.

The qualifiers who lingered among the leaders for 36 holes of the U.S. Open came back to reality in the third round.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead in a U.S. Open that was more about survival.

Justin Thomas wanted to honor the spirit of the game.

Justin Thomas wanted to honor the spirit of the game. The PGA champion’s drive on the fourth hole at The Country Club on Saturday came to rest awkwardly beside a drain in the fairway. Thomas asked for a ruling, but confessed to the official that the drain didn't interfere with his swing; if he'd said it did, he he would have been entitled to free relief.

In at least one important way, the halfway point of the 2022 U.S. Open doesn’t feel all that different from the day before it started.

The storm clouds never arrived at the U.S. Open.

Joel Dahmen is in the clubhouse at 5 under, good enough with a tie for the lead with Collin Morikawa.

Jon Rahm began his U.S. Open title defense with a 69, a solid score Thursday at The Country Club that ended with a par and a birdie.

Adam Hadwin wasn’t officially in the U.S. Open until eight days ago.

Adam Hadwin of Canada is the leader after one round of the U.S. Open.

The U.S. Open starts Thursday and not a moment too soon for those interested in golf.

Rory McIlroy says he was wrong about his prediction in February that the Saudi-backed rival golf league was “dead in the water.”.

Phil Mickelson is giving a thumbs-up at the U.S. Open, just like always.

Phil Mickelson lumbered his way down the first fairway and flashed a thumbs-up almost by habit, even if he wasn't responding to an occasional encouraging word from behind the ropes or in the grandstands. This is his 31st appearance, and any degree of normalcy — for Mickelson and so many other big names in golf — is hard to find. Brooks Koepka had heard enough.

Defending U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm says one of his biggest concerns about the schism in golf is how it might impact the Ryder Cup.

Bryson DeChambeau says it's a business decision to play for the LIV Golf series.

The Memorial delivered another big lead after 54 holes.

Cameron Smith doesn't have a great history at the Memorial.

Cameron Young remembers meeting Jack Nicklaus for the first time at the U.S. Open three years ago at Pebble Beach.

Dottie Pepper recalls being paired with Meg Mallon for the final round of the 1991 U.S. Women’s Open with what she viewed as an impressive $110,000 first-place prize on the line.

Will Zalatoris is leading the PGA Championship with great shots and a good draw.

Scottie Scheffler has every reason to be arrogant as he prepares for the PGA Championship.

Ryan Palmer shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at the Byron Nelson for a share of the second-round lead with Sebastián Muñoz and 40-year-old tour rookie David Skinns.

The “ManningCast” so popular on “Monday Night Football” is coming to major championship golf.

Harris English has been a forgotten figure in golf the last few months.

Jon Rahm is a winner again and it wasn't easy.

Jon Rahm has a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Mexico Open.

Jon Rahm is playing well in the calm or the wind.

Jon Rahm is the big favorite at the Mexico Open and he's playing the part.

Tiger Woods is expected to return after a 17-month hiatus from official competition.

Tiger Woods is expected to return after a 17-month hiatus from official competition.

Jon Rahm lost his match and still made it to the weekend. Scottie Scheffler needed only 14 holes to win his match against Matt Fitzpatrick, and then six more to beat him in a playoff. The third full day of endless action in the Dell Technologies Match Play finally ended Friday when Collin Morikawa drove the green on a par 4, this one not nearly dramatic as his shot that won the PGA Championship but still effective in getting him through group play.

The Mermaid Run happened in San Francisco Sunday morning, celebrating 13 years of the event in the city. The race is all about inspiring women and girls to pursue their fitness goals. KTVU's Amanda Quintana reports.

Patrick Cantlay delivered the goods again, this time with a 6-iron instead of a putter. “Patty Ice” was just a clutch with a $15 million shot that allowed him to hold off Jon Rahm and win the FedEx Cup on Sunday. In a tense duel with the world's No. 1 player, Cantlay had a one-shot lead going to the par-5 18th hole at the Tour Championship when he hit 6-iron from 218 yards to just inside 12 feet that secured the biggest victory of his career.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are weighing revising their COVID-19 guidelines to recommend that even fully vaccinated individuals wear masks in public. Fauci, the nation’s top government infectious disease official, told CNN’s “State of the Union” TV show that he’s taken part in conversations about altering the guidelines, something he described as being “under active consideration.” Fauci said those local rules are not incompatible with the CDC’s recommendation that the vaccinated don’t need to wear masks in public.

The 24-year-old American remarkably played the final 31 holes at Royal St. George's without a bogey.

NBC Sports said the final round of the 121st U.S. Open peaked at roughly 8.9 million viewers and was the most watched golf event since 2018.

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Rahm made a bending 25-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to catch Louis Oosthuizen, then buried another birdie putt on the final hole for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot victory.

Rahm birdied his final two holes to shoot a 4-under 67 and win the U.S. Open by a shot over Luis Oosthuizen.

Patrick Cantlay delivered a clutch birdie late in the round and a 12-foot par putt in a playoff to win the Memorial on a Sunday filled with drama, a little rain and no Jon Rahm. Cantlay closed with a 1-under 71 and won the Memorial for the second time in three years, and he said he felt the same range of emotions in the final hour at Muirfield Village in his duel with Collin Morikawa. Only a day earlier, Cantlay walked off the 18th green six shots behind Rahm, whose 64 ranked as one of the great rounds at the course Jack Nicklaus built and tied two Memorial records, including largest 54-hole lead.

Firms hired to run a partisan audit of the 2020 election for Senate Republicans in Arizona said Tuesday that data was not destroyed, reversing earlier allegations that election officials in the state's most populated county eliminated evidence.