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Rory McIlroy ran off three straight birdies to force overtime and outlast an old foe in the Match Play Championship, a performance that could be expected from the No. 1 player in the world.

Brown, first black player to win on PGA Tour, dies

McIlroy wins on 2nd extra hole at Match Play

Lexi Thompson finished a round of 3-under 68 with a birdie after a fortunate ricochet Saturday to share the third-round lead with Inbee Park in the LPGA Tour's North Texas Shootout.

Ricochet helps Thompson to share of LPGA lead

Total breakdown: Bills draft TE Nick O'Leary in sixth round

English trio Tommy Fleetwood, Paul Casey and Danny Willett booked their place in the last eight of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship.

Rory McIlroy wasted no time in booking his place in the WGC Match Play last eight with a 6&5 win over Hideki Matsuyama.

In other sports, nothing is conceded. And yet in match-play golf, opponents are continually counterpoising their consciences and their competitiveness.

Friday’s final round-robin fixtures at the World Match Play in San Francisco were overshadowed by a remarkable row during the dead rubber between Keegan Bradley and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

The World Golf Championships match-play event managed to keep some star power as the world No. 1 Rory McIlroy avoided elimination, but No. 2 Jordan Spieth was not so fortunate.

Brooke Henderson shot a six-under-par 65 in the North Texas Shootout in Irving, giving her a one-stroke lead over Inbee Park and Juli Inkster.

New Zealander Michael Campbell, who famously held off Tiger Woods to win the 2005 U.S. Open, has decided to retire from professional golf at the age of 46 because he has lost the motivation to play.

Bradley, Jimenez spar during match play round

Canadian Brooke Henderson seized her second consecutive 36-hole lead after shooting a six-under 65 at the LPGA North Texas Shootout on Friday.

Former US Open champion Michael Campbell has announced his retirement from top-level golf to concentrate on coaching.

Henderson, 17, has 1-shot lead at North Texas

Rory McIlroy had to produce some late heroics to edge past Billy Horschel and reach the last 16 of the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in San Francisco.

Keegan Bradley and Miguel Angel Jimenez got into a nose-to-nose argument Friday in the Match Play Championship on the final hole of a meaningless match.

Brooke Henderson shot a 6-under 65 on Friday in the North Texas Shootout, giving the 17-year-old Canadian the lead going into the weekend for the second straight week on the LPGA Tour.

Spieth defeated by Westwood at Match Play

U.S. Open champ Campbell quits golf to teach