Golf
Fowler says armchair rules experts have to go
Rickie Fowler has joined Tiger Woods and Lydia Ko in calling for an end to armchair rules experts being able to influence tournament decisions.
Lydia Ko's no1 status under threat after winless 9 months
Lydia Ko's hanging on to her world number one golf ranking by her fingertips. Ron Sirak from Golf Digest says a change of coach, clubs and caddy has clearly put Ko under pressure but he backs her to… Audio
Midday Sports News for 30 March 2017
For the first time in a couple of years Lydia Ko won't be the favourite heading into a golf tournament. Audio
Ko's crown on the line in California
New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is in danger of losing her world number one ranking in the women's game.
Johnson wins another WGC title
American Dustin Johnson became the first player to win all four World Golf Championships events when he claimed the WGC-Match Play in Texas.
Wikinson in contention in Puerto Rico
Manwatu golfer Tim Wilkinson is just two strokes off the lead after three rounds of the latest PGA tour event in Puerto Rico.
Ko misses second ever cut
World golf number one Lydia Ko has missed the cut for just the second time in her professional career at the latest event on the LPGA tour in California.
Wilkinson shoots sizzling 63
New Zealand golfer Tim Wilkinson is one shot off the lead after two rounds of the latest event on the PGA tour in Puerto Rico.
Ko well off the pace
The New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is well off the pace after the first round of the latest LPGA event in California.
Jason Day withdraws from golf event to be with his mother
Jason Day's Masters campaign is in serious doubt after he withdrew mid-round from the WGC-Match Play, revealing his mother faces surgery for lung cancer.
Woods desperate to play Masters
Tiger Woods has not given up hope of competing in next month's U.S. Masters and is trying everything he can to overcome back problems.
Ko rockets up leaderboard
With a string of six consecutive birdies, world golf number one Lydia Ko has charged into contention at the latest event on the LPGA tour in Arizona.
Ko off the pace in Arizona
World golf number one Lydia Ko is six shots off the pace after two rounds of the latest event on the LPGA tour in Arizona.
Muirfield GC to allow women members
Muirfield Golf Club has voted to admit women members, scrapping the all-male policy that led to the historic Scottish links course being stripped of its eligibility to host Britain's Open…
Hendry wins NZ Open
New Zealand golfer Michael Hendry has become the first kiwi to win the New Zealand Open since 2003.
Cambpell leading by a stroke
New Zealand golfer Ben Campbell will take a one-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the New Zealand Open near Queenstown.
Campbell on top at NZ Open
Masterton golfer Ben Campbell has finished round one of the New Zealand Open on top after a scintilating back nine at the Millbrook Golf Course in Arrowtown.
The economics of golf
Is it really economic good sense for the goverment to sponsor golf tournaments? We ask economist Eric Crampton. Audio
Johnson wins in Mexico
Dustin Johnson started his reign as world men's golf number one in the best possible way by winning the WGC-Mexico Championship in Mexico City.
