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Echavarria co-leads in bid for back-to-back wins

Nico Echavarria moved into position to win consecutive PGA Tour events, shooting a 9-under 63 in calmer wind conditions Friday for a share of the lead in the World Wide Technology Championship.

Waring sets 36-hole record on European tour

Paul Waring hit the shot of his life to complete a career-low 11-under 61 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday and establish a five-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the European tour's first playoff event.

Russia's Guseva shoots 67, shares Lotte lead

Nataliya Guseva of Russia shot a 5-under 67 on Thursday for a share of the second-round lead in the Lotte Championship with A Lim Kim, Ruixin Liu and Yuri Yoshida.

McIlroy returns with 67 in Abu Dhabi, trails pair

Rory McIlroy returned from a month away from competitive action and shot a 5-under 67 in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Championship to sit four shots off the clubhouse lead held by Thorbjorn Olesen and Johannes Veerman after the early wave.

A Lim Kim shoots 6-under 66 to lead in Honolulu

Former U.S. Women's Open champion A Lim Kim opened with an eagle and piled up birdies on her way to a 6-under 66 on Wednesday to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Lotte Championship.

McIlroy emerges after 3-week swing reworking

Rory McIlroy says he has been hunkered down in a studio -- first in Florida, then in New York -- for three weeks, just hitting balls at a screen with a modified swing and not even looking at the flight of his shots.

Korda clinches LPGA player of the year award

Nelly Korda clinched her first award for LPGA player of the year on Sunday when it became mathematically impossible for anyone to catch her in the points-based competition.

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