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A year after losing a playoff for the Northern Trust Open, American Dustin Johnson was back in contention for the title as he ended the second round on Friday just two strokes off the lead.

American golfer Michelle Wie said she would like to see one of the five women's major championships staged in Asia.

Rory McIlroy will head into the weekend of the Northern Trust Open four shots off the lead despite an erratic back nine in his second-round 69 at Riviera.

Karrie Webb is relishing the chance to challenge for her sixth ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open title after she moved within a shot of the lead on the third day.

Soomin Lee holds three-shot lead in Malaysia

South Korea's Lee Soo-min put on a sizzling display with his irons to top the Maybank Championship Malaysia leaderboard on Saturday, opening a three-shot lead over closest rival Marcus Fraser after the third round. …

South Korea's Lee Soo-min put on a sizzling display with his irons to top the Maybank Championship Malaysia leaderboard on Saturday, opening a three-shot lead over closest rival Marcus Fraser after the third round.

Soomin Lee will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Maybank Championship Malaysia after posting a seven-under-par 64 on Saturday.

American Danielle Kang shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to move into a share of the third-round lead with South Korea's Jenny Shin and Haru Nomura of Japan at the Women's Australian Open. …

LOS ANGELES-Los Angeles has its distractions for someone with laser focus. That would not be Bubba Watson, who moves, thinks and talks in kinetic bursts. …

Kang among 3 tied for Women's Aussie lead

Rory McIlroy was leaving the scoring area when he looked over at a TV screen that was showing highlights of his round.

Rory McIlroy was leaving the scoring area when he looked over at a TV screen that was showing highlights of his round. …

Jason Kokrak sensed something special was about to happen, and he could point to his name atop the leaderboard Friday in the Northern Trust Open. …

Jason Kokrak sensed something special was about to happen, and he could point to his name atop the leaderboard Friday in the Northern Trust Open.

A year after losing a playoff for the Northern Trust Open, American Dustin Johnson was back in contention for the title as he ended the second round on Friday just two strokes off the lead.

Jason Kokrak made birdie on all the par 5s at Riviera and shot a 7-under 64 to build a one-shot lead over Chez Reavie going into the weekend at the Northern Trust Open. …

Jordan Spieth started his second round at Riviera with a driver into the front bunker on the 10th hole, the ball slightly on a downslope with no margin for error to keep it on the green. He hit it perfectly, and it stopp...

Sobel: Johnson unleashes impressive drives at Riviera

Jordan Spieth started his second round at Riviera with a driver into the front bunker on the 10th hole, the ball slightly on a downslope with no margin for error to keep it on the green. He hit it perfectly, and it stopp...

Riviera might be all Dustin Johnson needed to snap out of his mediocre play.

Trying rebound from a first-round 79, Jordan Spieth came out firing at the pins at Riviera Country Club. But after a 68, he is expected to miss the cut.