Australian golfer Ryan McCarthy, ranked No.1342 in the world, has qualified for the prestigious British Open by claiming third at a pre-tournament in Scotland.

The mother of golfer Li Haotong has stunned players and the crowd at the French Open after she went into the water to recover her son's discarded putter.

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Jordan Spieth clinched his 10th PGA Tour victory in the same way as his first, by holing a bunker shot to win the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut on Sunday.

Jason Day signed for a wrong score at the Traveler's Championship on Friday before missing the cut for the second week in a row, in another disappointing performance by the world No.4.

Australia's Rod Pampling and Cameron Percy are four shots off the pace after the opening round of the Travelers Championship, but it was another disappointing display from Jason Day.

As president of the United States, Donald Trump is used to doing pretty well anything he wants.

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Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman has called for golf to introduce biological passports in an effort to eradicate drug cheats from the sport.

Former world No.1 golfer Tiger Woods has revealed he is seeking professional help to manage his use of pain medication.

• Karen Crouse

Brooks Koepka went into this U.S. Open, his fifth, with one PGA Tour victory and one European Tour title.

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Australia's Marc Leishman slips in chase to catch leaders as American Justin Thomas fires record 63.

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Jason Day and Adam Scott will go back to the drawing board after becoming high-profile casualties of a second-round collapse from the Australian contingent at the US Open.

Jason Day has given himself the green light to go on a birdie blitz.

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Australia's Marc Leishman has raced up the US Open leaderboard midway through the opening round of the US Open.

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The pilot, who was not identified, was being treated for serious burns and injuries.

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It's somehow fitting that Erin Hills was a golf course sculpted by colliding glaciers about 20,000 years ago.

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Jason Day has welcomed potentially brutal conditions for the US Open, saying complaints from competitors about the course set-up and weather are music to his ears.

Tiger Woods told police he had taken the anti-anxiety drug Xanax when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant in Florida last month, golf.channel.com reported on its website

Adam Scott has urged the United States Golf Association to refrain from dishing up a brutally difficult golf course at next week's US Open.

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Adam Scott has clawed his way back into the US PGA Tour's Memorial Tournament with a blistering second round at Muirfield Village.