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Ben Griffin avoided the mistakes that slowed his two challengers Sunday and rolled in three long birdie putts for a 9-under 63 to win the World Wide Technology Championship for his third PGA Tour title of the season.

Sepp Straka has withdrawn from the two playoff events for the Race to Dubai so he can be home when his 2-month-old son leaves the hospital for the first time since birth.

Judy Bell, whose devotion to golf led her to become the first female president of the U.S. Golf Association, died Monday at her home in Colorado after spending 15 months in hospice care, the USGA said. She was 89.

LIV Golf announced Tuesday that its tournaments will be one round longer, moving to 72 holes, and generally begin on Thursdays starting in 2026.

Saudi Arabia finally has a deal with American golf under an agreement announced Wednesday for the LPGA Tour to co-sanction a PIF Global Series event at prestigious Shadow Creek in Las Vegas next spring.

Rory McIlroy said he got a personal apology from PGA of America CEO Derek Sprague over the abuse he and his wife endured at the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in September.

High school junior Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods, was named a first-team All-American by the AJGA.

Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita each shot 7-under 65 on Thursday to stand atop the leaderboard after the first round of the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic.

Aaron Rai holed out from 214 yards for an albatross in his 8-under 64 that left him tied for the lead with fellow Englishman Tommy Fleetwood after the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday.

Past champions Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry were in a five-way tie for the lead at the Abu Dhabi Championship after opening rounds of 8-under 64s on Thursday.

Nasa Hataoka shot a 4-under 68 and is tied atop the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic with Shin Ji-yai after two rounds.

Nick Dunlap and Sami Valimaki each tied the course record with an 11-under 61 for a share of the lead in the World Wide Technology Championship.

Rory McIlroy has described LIV Golf's decision to expand its events to 72 holes as "peculiar," adding he is unsure the move will help the league's quest for golf ranking points.

Women's Open winner Miyu Yamashita of Japan won the LPGA's Maybank Championship in a three-way playoff.

LIV Golf's Tom McKibbin earned his first trip to the Masters by winning the Hong Kong Open.

Maintaining the lead she has held since the opening round and looking for her first win on the LPGA Tour, Hye-Jin Choi will take a four-stroke advantage into the final round of the Maybank Championship.

Hye-Jin Choi tapped in for a birdie after missing a 20-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to give her a 6-under 66 Friday and a five-stroke lead after two rounds of the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship.

PGA Tour Champions president Miller Brady told Golf Channel this week that preparations already are underway in case Tiger Woods, who turns 50 in December, opts to play on the senior circuit.

Gemma Dryburgh's seven-birdie day left her a stroke behind leader Hye-Jin Choi after the first round of the Maybank Classic.

Kai Trump, a granddaughter of President Donald Trump, will make her LPGA Tour debut next month after receiving a sponsor exemption to play in The Annika at Pelican Golf Club Nov. 13-16, the LPGA announced Tuesday.