WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) Former world No. 1 Lydia Ko says her confidence is rising as she prepares to play in the New Zealand Open next week in front of her home gallery, near the end of a lackluster year.

Ko says she has taken faith from her third-place finish last week at the Evian Championship, the season's final major. Ko bogeyed the final hole to miss a place in a playoff as she chased her first tournament victory in 14 months. Read More...

LONDON (AP) Catriona Matthew has been appointed as captain of Europe for the 2019 Solheim Cup, which will be staged in her native country of Scotland.

The decision was announced on Thursday. Read More...

VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) Joost Luiten of the Netherlands and George Coetzee of South Africa each shot 7-under-par 64 to share the lead in the first round of the Portugal Masters on Thursday.

Luiten had seven birdies in a bogey-free round in the morning at Dom Pedro Victoria Golf Course, and Coetzee matched him in the afternoon after starting with six birdies in his first eight holes. Read More...

ATLANTA (AP) The tournament that Tiger Woods launched 10 years ago remained on next season's PGA Tour schedule.

Still to be determined is where - and if - it is held. Read More...

ATLANTA (AP) In the five years since the LPGA Tour decided that the Evian Championship would be a major, the debate over its status has received as much attention as the winners.

The latest edition raised even more questions. Read More...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) The clutch shots down the stretch in the BMW Championship belonged to everyone except the winner.

Marc Leishman didn't really need them. Read More...