Englishman Tyrrell Hatton held off Daniel Hillier of New Zealand to win the Dubai Desert Classic by a stroke on Sunday.

Ernie Els won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship on Saturday for his seventh PGA Tour Champions victory, closing with a 6-under 66 to beat Bernhard Langer, Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alex Cejka by two strokes.

Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands built a four-shot lead with an 8-under 64, and then held on to win the Latin American Amateur Championship in a 36-hole marathon Saturday that sends him to the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open.

Sepp Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace, staking the Austrian to a four-shot lead at The American Express.

Daniel Hillier of New Zealand birdied the final two holes to shoot 2-under 70 on Saturday and take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

San Diego State senior Justin Hastings of the Cayman Islands and Patrick Sparks of Peru are tied for the 36-hole lead in the Latin American Amateur Championship.

Charley Hoffman and Rico Hoey both shot 9-under 63 on the Nicklaus Tournament Course to share the lead Friday after two rounds at The American Express.

Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

Rory McIlroy has said that Greg Norman's departure as CEO of LIV Golf is "probably a good move."

J.T. Poston shot a 10-under 62 to take a one-stroke lead over Justin Lower in the opening round of The American Express on Thursday.

Augusta National has a few less trees but otherwise is in "spectacular condition," with chairman Fred Ridley making the announcement just months after Hurricane Helene caused extensive damage in the Southeast.

Colombia's Manuel Merizalde, 45, is among three players tied for the lead after the opening round of the Latin America Amateur Championship.

The PGA Tour is moving next month's Genesis Invitational to an alternate site because of wildfires in Los Angeles.

LIV Golf has reached a multiyear broadcast agreement with Fox Sports, which will show each of the three rounds of the events live in the U.S. on one of its network's channels and streaming app starting this season.

David Ford, a 22-year-old American amateur making his debut on the European tour, upstaged Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and many of the world's top players at the Dubai Desert Classic to take a share of the first-round clubhouse lead Thursday.

Tiger Woods' TGL debut was watched by more than 1 million viewers, up 9 percent from the league's first match last week and more head-to-head than the NBA drew on TNT.

Scott O'Neil has been named as the new CEO of LIV Golf, replacing Greg Norman, who has held the position for the Saudi-backed league since its inception in 2021.

Rory McIlroy has expressed his disappointment at the prospect of fellow Northern Irishman Tom McKibbin joining LIV Golf and has warned him it is not worth the sacrifice.

Tiger Woods said Tuesday night that meetings about what will happen with the Genesis Invitational are scheduled but did not reveal any decisions

Week 2 of TGL was Tuesday night, with Tiger Woods, Kevin Kisner and Max Homa of Jupiter Links Golf Club falling to the Los Angeles Golf Club's Justin Rose, Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala 12-1.