PALOS VERDES ESTATES, California: Nelly Korda took seven weeks off and nothing changed. She won again on the LPGA Tour and made it far more exciting than it needed to be. Korda made bogey on her last two holes Sunday to fall into a playoff in the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship, and then ended … Read more
Rory McIlroy shoots a 65 with 2 tee shots in the water and 1 uncomfortable dispute PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida: Rory McIlroy began The Players Championship with a 65 on his scorecard, two tee shots that went into the water and one lengthy dispute about where to take a penalty drop on Thursday. McIlroy ended … Read more
TAMPA: It may have been a windy day at the Feather Sound Country Club, but it was plain sailing for World No. 8 Charley Hull, who powered into top spot at the Aramco Team Series presented by the Public Investment Fund in Tampa. Hull followed up her fierce opening day score of 68 with more … Read more
ATHENS: A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union’s naval mission in the Red Sea has shot at two drones and pushed them back, a Greek Defense Staff official said on Wednesday. The EU’s mission in the Red Sea, dubbed Aspides, was launched in February to help protect the key maritime trade route from … Read more
GAZA STRIP: A humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory on Friday killed five people and wounded ten others, a medic at Gaza’s largest hospital said.The casualties were taken to Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, the emergency room’s head nurse, Mohammed Al-Sheikh, told AFP.Sheikh said the deadly airdrop occurred north of the coastal Al-Shati refugee … Read more
MEXICO CITY: Chile’s Joaquin Niemann fired 10 birdies and an eagle in a 12-under par 59 Friday in the first round of the LIV Golf season-opening event at Mayakoba in Mexico. Niemann stole the spotlight from Masters champion Jon Rahm, the newest recruit to the league entering its third season amid ongoing negotiations to bring … Read more
PEBBLE BEACH, California: Patrick Cantlay has spent about as much time on the phone as the golf course this week as a PGA Tour board member trying to nail down a deal for a $3 billion investment. It didn’t seem to affect his day job at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. On a surprising day … Read more
How to strike back after deadly drone attack? US has many options, but must weigh consequence WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has made it clear the US will strike back after a deadly drone attack killed three service members and wounded more than 40 at a small base in Jordan over the weekend. What isn’t yet … Read more
ORLANDO: Outside of a great honeymoon to start 2023, Lydia Ko had a year she’d pretty much like to forget. She struggled mightily on the golf course after winning three times the previous season, and on several occasions left the 18th green at a tournament in tears. Ko, a 19-time LPGA Tour winner, two-time major … Read more
WASHINGTON: Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing “America is back,” the country’s international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas.In one step back from the newfound isolation, the United States on Friday, after painstaking negotiations, let through a UN Security Council resolution on … Read more