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Out four days before the first tee shot Four days. That is all the notice Justin Thomas gave before pulling out of the Biltmore Championship, confirming his withdrawal on Sunday. The tournament runs Thursday through Sunday at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, North Carolina. It is new to the schedule and opens the…

Justin Thomas came off the Biltmore Championship entry list on Sunday, a week out from the Presidents Cup. The tune-up is gone. The captain’s pick is not.

Shane Lowry turned his national open into a procession, closing with a 63 for an 11-shot win at Trump International. Nobody has ever won the Irish Open by more.

Lottie Woad seals the European win Europe took back the Solheim Cup on Sunday at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. The decisive point came at the 16th hole, where Lottie Woad beat American Auston Kim 2 and 1. The European team reached the 14.5 points needed with four matches still out on the course. Woad…

Europe needed six and a half points from Sunday singles at Bernardus. They took seven. The Solheim Cup is European again.

Leona Maguire and Esther Henseleit won the two holes that mattered at Bernardus Golf. Europe carry a 7-5 lead into Saturday afternoon, and Nelly Korda has finally been beaten in foursomes.

Two sessions, two ties, and no precedent for it Morning foursomes: 2-2. Afternoon four-balls: 2-2. The United States and Europe walked off Bernardus Golf in ‘s-Hertogenbosch dead level at 4-4, and in the whole history of the Solheim Cup, nobody had seen both opening sessions finish all square before Friday. Which is not how this…

Eight matches, eight points shared. The Solheim Cup closes its first day in the Netherlands exactly where it started, and no edition has ever opened this way.

McIlroy expects a wave of departures LIV Golf is insolvent, the contracts are torn up, and roughly four dozen of the best-paid players in the sport are suddenly free agents. Rory McIlroy was asked about it on Wednesday at Doonbeg, a day out from defending his Irish Open title. “I’m not in their shoes, but…