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Rolling a hot and true putter. Andrew Landry won the Valero Texas Open for his first PGA Tour win shooting a two-stroke, 4-under 68 victory on Sunday.

SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Gerina Piller shot an 8-under 63 on Thursday in the Marathon Classic to take a one-stroke lead over U.S. Women's Open champion Sung Hyun Park and Peiyun Chien. Winless on the LPGA Tour, Piller had nine birdies and a bogey in the first round at Highland Meadows...

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Rory McIlroy got into contention in the British Open with three birdies on the front nine. He stayed there with three pars that were just as critical. McIlroy holed par putts of about 10 feet on the 10th and 11th holes to start the back nine...

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Jason Dufner putted for birdie on every hole until the last one and shared the lead at 7-under 65 with David Lingmerth at the Memorial. Jordan Spieth wasted no time getting into the mix. One week after he finished a shot behind at Colonial, Spieth closed with a flourish of birdies at Muirfield Village and was among those at 66...

STERLING, Va. (AP) — Larry Mize has tied Bernhard Langer for the lead at the Senior PGA Championship after a first-round 65 at Trump National. Mize was 5 under through 10 holes when play was halted Thursday evening because of thunderstorms...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first round of the WGC Mexico Championship begins today in Mexico City. The field includes Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson and Jordan Spieth. Johnson makes his debut as the No. 1 p...

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Brandt Snedeker made three straight birdies in slightly calmer conditions for a 3-under 68 that left him one shot behind the leaders when the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am finally concluded Friday. ...

SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Ryan Moore won the John Deere Classic on Sunday for his fifth PGA Tour title, closing with a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Ben Martin. The 33-year-old Tacoma resident finished at 22-under 262 at TPC Deere Run, playing the final 46 holes without a bogey and making only one in 74 holes...

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Vijay Singh shot a 66 to move to 8 under through two rounds and take the lead Friday at the Quicken Loans National. Singh bounced back from two early bogeys, went on a stretch of eight birdies in 13 holes, then saved for bogey on the 18th with a memorable shot from the edge of the water. He ...