DANNY WILLETT

The matches were close at the end.

Danny Willet's meltdown on 18 at the the Fortinet Championship on Sunday gave Max Homa his fifth win on the PGA Tour.

Willett, meanwhile, had a one-shot lead at the rain-soaked PGA Tour season opener and stuffed his third shot to 3 feet, 7 inches. He rammed his first putt 4 feet, 8 inches by, then missed the comebacker to hand Homa his fifth victory on tour. Willett shot 69. Homa and Willett began the day one shot back of Lower. On the front nine, Willett birdied Nos.

Max Homa chipped in from nearly 33 feet for birdie on the closing hole, then watched as Danny Willett shockingly three-putted from inside 4 feet to give Homa his second straight title at the Fortinet Championship.

NAPA, Calif. — (AP) — Justin Lower weathered the wind and birdied the 18th hole Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the season-opening Fortinet Championship. That opened the door for Lower, who put his second shot on the par-5 18th just off the green and then made the short birdie putt. But after more defections to the LIV Tour, Lower moved back into the top 125 and is taking advantage of it in the first tournament of the new season. Conditions aren't expected to be much better in the final round, which has already been altered by an ominous forecast with rain and wind. The leaders will tee off several hours earlier than scheduled with the final round featuring threesomes off split tees.

Justin Lower weathered the wind and birdied the 18th hole Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the season-opening Fortinet Championship.

NAPA, Calif. — (AP) — Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 on Friday to share the early 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour's season opener. The English player kept his PGA Tour card for this season because of players defecting to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series. To go bogey-free is really good,” said Willett, who has only six top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour since winning his lone major. His best finish in 28 previous PGA Tour events dating to 2013 was a tie for eighth. “It’s always hard to follow up a very low round with another good round or even lower,” Lower said.

Max Homa moved into position to defend his title at the Fortinet Championship, shooting a 5-under 67 to share the 36-hole lead with Danny Willett at the PGA Tour’s season opener.

Joohyung Kim began the Wyndham Championship with a quadruple bogey.

The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything.

Scottie Scheffler can play in the Masters forever now.

Of all the 6,576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered.

Tiger Woods was back in the Masters some 14 months after a car crash that shattered his right leg.

Jordan Spieth put on a Sunday charge good enough to win the British Open.

Andy Sullivan was among the last to make the field at the British Open and part of the first group out when play began.

Brandt Snedeker had a 68 for his lowest start to a British Open since 2012.

British Open Golf United States' Dustin Johnson plays his tee shot on the 4th during a practice round for the British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton) (Ian Walton)SANDWICH, England — (AP) — Danny Willett shrugged his shoulders, grabbed his tee, and returned to his caddie beside the fourth tee at Royal St. George’s. In some respects, this British Open will feel as though golf has returned to normal. During a practice round on Monday, Phil Mickelson appeared concerned he was getting too close to spectators. And then there’s the course at Royal St. George’s, disrespected by some and unloved by many more for being unfair.

Expect the unexpected will be the motto for the world’s best golfers this week as they get a crack at links golf for the first time in two years in the British Open at Royal St. George's.

Jordan Spieth returns to competition after four weeks off following the Masters.

Herman Keiser won a green jacket after the Masters went four years without being played because of World War II.

(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)AUGUSTA, Ga. – The record score at Augusta National wasn't all that set Dustin Johnson apart from other Masters champions. No other Masters champion was allowed to keep his green jacket for only five months before it was time to try to win it again. Augusta National is blazing with pink and red and purple azaleas, accented by the white blooms of dogwood. Ad“I think it will be back to feeling like a normal Masters,” Johnson said. Augusta National had no choice but to keep the spectators away in November because of the pandemic, just like the other majors last year.

The PGA Tour went for most of nine months without fans and a year later is just now starting to get them back. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – The backdrop was a navy blue board filled with 33 logos of The Players Championship. The tour has played 36 out of the 39 weeks since it returned, stopping only because of holidays, not an outbreak. Players received a text late at night after the first round saying that The Players Championship was canceled and there would be no tournaments for at least a month (it turned into three months). AdMonahan remembers missing the opening tee shot for the first time since he joined the PGA Tour as executive director of The Players Championship.

Play has been suspended in the second round of the Masters, with 48 players yet to finish. While the second round won’t be completed until Saturday morning, Langer is assured of getting through. Dustin Johnson, Justin Thomas, Cameron Smith and Abraham Ancer all have a share of the lead after finishing the second round at 9-under 135. ___11:50 a.m.Dustin Johnson is pulling away from the field in the second round of the Masters. The second round is underway at the Masters, and the first round hasn't quite finished up yet.