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Nick Dunlap plays his shot on the ninth hole during the final round of The American Express golf tournament at PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California, on Sunday.
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Jan 23, 2024
Amateur Dunlap mulls future after PGA Tour win
Dunlap became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991 on Sunday.
Iga Swiatek won the WTA Finals in November 2023 to end an event that featured bad weather and a number of complaints from the players.
TENNIS
Jan 15, 2024
WTA and ATP Tours embarking on year of formative changes
The WTA is looking to take steps toward equal pay for women at combined events, and the ATP hopes to align the interests of its players and tournaments.
Rory McIlroy speaks during a news conference in Boston in November.
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Jan 10, 2024
Rory McIlroy has 'dream scenario' for a new world tour
The star golfer would like to see golf take a more global approach by tapping into markets like Japan and Australia.
Tiger Woods laughs at a comment made by Justin Thomas (back) during the PNC Championship in Orlando, Florida, on Saturday.
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Dec 17, 2023
PGA Tour still aims to meet deadline for Saudi alliance, Woods says
The PGA Tour, scrambling to finalize its merger plans ahead of the deadline, has said it would proceed with talks with U.S.-based Strategic Sports Group.
Team Europe's Jon Rahm lines up a putt during the Ryder Cup in Rome in October. The two-time major champion is heading to LIV Golf after signing a mega-deal with the PGA Tour rival.
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Dec 8, 2023
Jon Rahm joins LIV in deal reportedly worth over $300 million
The Spaniard's deal is another hit for the PGA Tour as it races to finalize an agreement to ally with the Saudi-backed league.
Nasa Hataoka in action during her third round at the CME Group Tour Championship on Saturday in Naples, Florida
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Nov 19, 2023
Yang and Hataoka share lead after surge at Tour Championship
Yang fired an 8-under-par 64 and Hataoka, the second round co-leader, shot 65 as both sit at 21 under heading into Sunday's final round.
Rory McIlroy lines up his putt during the Ryder Cup in Rome on Oct. 1. The popular golfer has made no secret that the PGA Tour's secret talks with Saudi Arabia had blindsided and stung him.
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Nov 15, 2023
Rory McIlroy resigns from PGA Tour board
The decision by one of golf's most popular athletes is a particularly public blow to the tour and its board.
Naomi Osaka, seen during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, will make her return to the WTA Tour at the Brisbane International.
TENNIS
Nov 10, 2023
Naomi Osaka to make return at Brisbane International
The four-time Grand Slam winner made her last appearance in a WTA tournament at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo in late September 2022.
Crushers team captain Bryson Dechambeau (right) and Charles Howell III celebrates after winning the LIV Golf team championship at Trump National Doral, in Doral, Florida, on Sunday.
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Oct 23, 2023
LIV Golf heads into offseason full of uncertainty
Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers won the LIV Golf Team Championship on Sunday.
Yuka Saso leads the CPKC Women's Open after one round at Shaughnessy Golf & Country Club in Vancouver on Thursday.
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Aug 25, 2023
Japan's Yuka Saso grabs first round lead at CPKC Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open in 2021, came alive with four straight birdies and added two more to ensure a one-stroke lead over Sweden's Linn Grant.
Colin Morikawa's family emigrated from Japan to Maui, where his paternal grandparents were born.
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Aug 11, 2023
Colin Morikawa to donate $1,000 per birdie to Hawaii fire relief
The two-time major winner, who has strong family ties to the island of Maui, made the announcement on Instagram on Thursday.
A busy 2024 schedule will see the PGA Tour expand to 36 events for the first time since 2012.
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Aug 8, 2023
Pebble Beach joins signature stops as PGA unveils 2024 schedule
The PGA Tour unveiled a lineup of 36 tournaments in a calendar-year schedule for the first time since 2012.
Tiger Woods will join five other players on the PGA Tour's policy board.
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Aug 2, 2023
Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour's policy board as player director
The move is part of new governance and transparency measures announced by the Tour that promises to give players more say in future decisions.
Jonas Vingegaard celebrates with his bike after winning the Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Jul 24, 2023
Jonas Vingegaard secures second straight Tour de France title
Runner-up Tadej Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 Tour champion, won the white jersey as the best under-25 rider for the fourth year in a row.
Jonas Vingegaard opened up a commanding lead over rival Tadej Pogacar during Stage 17 of the Tour de France between Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevel, France, on Wednesday.
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Jul 20, 2023
Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard deals crushing blow to rival Tadej Pogacar on Stage 17
Jonas Vingegaard took a giant stride toward a second consecutive Tour de France title when rival Tadej Pogacar cracked in unexpected and spectacular fashion during Stage 17, the toughest of the race, on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Jul 23, 2023
Champion-in-waiting Jonas Vingegaard leads Tour de France back to Paris
Vingegaard, who also won in 2022, described the race as 'the best in the world' after three intense weeks that started in Bilbao, Spain, on July 1.
Japan Times
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Jul 23, 2023
'Euphoric' Jonas Vingegaard targets another Tour de France triumph
Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar won the 20th stage, but Vingegaard leads the Slovenian by more than seven minutes ahead of Sunday's ceremonial ride to the finish line on the Champs Elysees.
Japan Times
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Jul 14, 2023
Ion Izagirre charges late to win Stage 12 of Tour de France
Ion Izagirre gave his Cofidis team, and Spain, its second victory in this year's Tour de France by winning the 12th stage with a late, brutal attack on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jul 13, 2023
Jasper Philipsen sprints to fourth stage win of Tour de France
Belgian Jasper Philipsen sprinted to his fourth stage victory on this year's Tour de France with a powerful final burst on Stage 11 from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins.
Japan Times
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Jul 10, 2023
Jonas Vingegaard maintains Tour de France lead in Stage 9
The 26-year-old former fish factory worker, who won last year and was second in 2021, said he tries only to focus on his own race.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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