Kiwi golfer Ryan Fox has claimed the biggest victory of his career by winning the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews this morning.

Golfer Lydia Ko has moved to the top of the LPGA season standings after falling just short of a second victory this year.

Monday could be victory day for three Kiwi golfers who are all in contention on their respective tours.

PGA Tour golfer Gary Woodland has inadvertently set the internet on fire after his opening tee shot at the Sanderson Farms Championship ended up in the most unlikely of places.

Steve Alker has fallen just short of his fourth victory of the year in the PGA Tour Champions, a 17th-hole bogey denying him a chance at topping eventual winner Steve Flesch.

The teenage son of golf legend Tiger Woods is already showing signs of inheriting at least a dusting of his father's skillset after carding a lifetime-best 68 at the US Junior National Golf Championship.

Several sporting events in Britain have been called off as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96.

It was an expletive deleted, almost, after Lydia Ko edged her way up the leaderboard at the Dana Open in Ohio.

British Open champion Cameron Smith and Joaquin Niemann are among six players to leave the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded Liv Golf, which returns this week for a fourth tournament, this time outside of Boston.

Rory McIlroy, the strongest voice for the PGA Tour in a tumultuous year, had the final say with his clubs when he rallied from six shots behind to win the Tour Championship and capture the FedEx Cup for the third time.