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Keith Mitchell (66) leads after 3 rounds at Valspar
Keith Mitchell overcame three bogeys on the front nine to fire a 5-under-par 66 and take a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Valspar Championship on Saturday in Palm Harbor, Fla....

Local rookie Malia Nam takes lead at Seri Pak Championship
Rookie Malia Nam is halfway to history in the second event of her LPGA career....

Thongchai Jaidee fires 62 to take lead at Hoag Classic
Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand matched a career low with a 9-under-par 62 to take the first-round lead at the Hoag Classic on Friday in Newport Beach, Calif....

Stewart Cink, 50, part of five-way tie for Valspar lead
Fifty-year-old Stewart Cink shot a 4-under 67 to join a five-way tie for the lead at the Valspar Championship before play was suspended Friday in Palm Harbor, Fla....

Maude-Aimee LeBlanc grabs lead at Seri Pak Championship
Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, a 35-year-old Canadian who has never won an LPGA event, holds a one-shot lead after the first round of the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship on Thursday in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif....

Kevin Streelman fires 64, grabs first-round lead at Valspar
Kevin Streelman shot a 7-under 64 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the Valspar Championship on Thursday in Palm Harbor, Fla....

Two-time major winner So Yeon Ryu, 33, retiring
After 13 seasons on the LPGA Tour, including a pair of major victories, South Korea's So Yeon Ryu announced Thursday she will retire from professional golf next month....

Tiger Woods officially entered into next month's Masters
Tiger Woods is officially entered into the Masters Tournament field, setting himself up to compete in the April 11-14 major at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga....

Justin Thomas: Game going 'in right direction' despite missed cut
Justin Thomas missed the cut at two of his past three events, but the two-time major champion remains optimistic about his game heading into the Valspar Championship this week in Palm Harbor, Fla....

As Scottie Scheffler rests, tour heads to Valspar, 'Snake Pit'
There are only so many opportunities for golfers to win on the PGA Tour, so this week's field will be glad not to see Scottie Scheffler's name on the leaderboard....

2024 Valspar Championship: Preview, Props, Best Bets
The PGA Tour concludes its annual "Florida Swing" with this week's Valspar Championship, which begins Thursday on the Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Fla....

Jon Rahm bringing Spain to Masters champions dinner menu
Jon Rahm plans to treat his fellow Masters champions to a taste of home — Spain — as he unveiled the Champions Dinner menu Tuesday....

Golf Glance: PGA Tour's Florida Swing wraps at Innisbrook
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours....

Taylor Moore seeks Valspar repeat after landing first win on tour
As is the case with many golfers, one PGA Tour victory changed Taylor Moore's career trajectory....

Xander Schauffele: 'History' says golf will reunite
Xander Schauffele largely stays out of the direct media spotlight, but as the highest-ranked player in this week's Valspar Championship, it was only a matter of time before he was asked about the fractured state of professional golf....

PGA Tour commissioner confirms PIF meeting, doesn't offer details
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed that he and the player directors from the tour's policy board met with the head of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia on Monday in the Bahamas but offered little news about their discussion....

Tiger Woods leads PGA contingent meeting with PIF's Yasir Al-Rumayyan
Rory McIlroy sees a "really big disconnect" between LIV Golf and its financial backer, Saudi Arabia's Private Investment Fund, but remains hopeful progress can be made in the fracture between the PGA Tour and its upstart rival....

Scottie Scheffler becomes first back-to-back winner at The Players
Scottie Scheffler fired a final-round, 8-under 64 Sunday to become the first player in the 50-year history of The Players Championship to win at TPC Sawgrass in consecutive years....

Peter Malnati doubts team model coming to PGA Tour
While leadership groups of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf are expected to convene this week, with a cordial tone expected, disagreement in at least one area appears to be ahead, according to Golf Digest....

Xander Schauffele fires a 65 to take lead at The Players
Xander Schauffele shot 65 to take the lead from playing partner Wyndham Clark in the third round of The Players Championship on Saturday in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla....