Thompson addresses mother’s cancer fight

Woods says it’s too early to be thinking about Augusta, but he’s also dropping hints about the year’s first major — one that he won four times between 1997 and 2005. There’s a lot of work to do between now and April.

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Dustin Johnson holds a 4-shot 54-hole lead over Rory McIlroy after a 66 on Saturday. Patrick Reed, Patrick Cantlay, Sergio Garcia and Cameron Smith are seven strokes behind in a tie for third. The final round of the WGC-Mexico Championship gets underway today from Mexico City. Here’s everything you need to follow Sunday’s action. Round 4 tee times Round 4 leaderboard HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN (ALL TIMES ET) TELEVISION: Thursday-Friday, 2-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Saturday, noon-2:30 p.m. (GC), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC). Sunday, noon-1:30 p.m. (GC), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Thursday-Friday, noon-7 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday-Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3-6 p.m. (Featured Holes). International subscribers (via GOLF.tv): Thursday-Friday, 17:00 to 00:00 GMT. Saturday-Sunday, 16:30 to 23:00. PGA TOUR Twitter window is Thursday-Friday from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 10:45 a.m. On Saturday the window is from 10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. On Sunday the window will be 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Sunday. A Fan Vote on Twitter will determine the second Featured Group on Friday, with final results announced at the end of Thursday’s first round. GOLFTV: International fans can stream PGA TOUR LIVE coverage from Thursday-Friday, 14:30 to 23:00 GMT. Saturday-Sunday, 16:30 to 23:00 via subscription to GOLF.TV. RADIO: Thursday-Friday, 1-7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.COM). NOTABLE PAIRINGS (ALL TIMES ET) 1:10 p.m.: Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Patrick Reed 12:58 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Sergio Garcia, Cameron Smith 12:34 p.m.: Tiger Woods, Louis Oosthuizen, Tommy Fleetwood 12:22 p.m.: Paul Casey, Xander Schauffele, Francesco Molinari MUST READS Johnson rolling toward 20th win at WGC-Mexico Championship Johnson takes 4-shot lead at WGC Mexico Championship CALL OF THE DAY

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Patrick Cantlay won the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on Sunday in a playoff for the first victory in a PGA TOUR career mostly derailed by a severe back injury. The 25-year-old former UCLA star hit from behind a tree and got up-and-down for par from off the back of the 18th green to beat Alex Cejka and Whee Kim on the second extra hole. Cantlay bogeyed the final two holes of regulation for a 5-under 67 to get in at 9-under 275 at windy TPC Summerlin. Cejka birdied the 18th with an 18-footer for 63 more than two hours before Cantlay and Whee — who bogeyed 18 for a 66 — finished the round. The three played the 456-yard, par-4 closing hole twice in the playoff, matching bogeys the first time. Cantlay broke through to win after a remarkable return last season from the back problems. Out of golf since 2013, he didn’t miss a cut and made it to the TOUR Championship while playing only 12 events. Part of that was due to an ankle injury that slowed him for two months. Cantlay earned $1,224,000, a two-year PGA TOUR exemption and a spot in the Sentry Tournament of Champions and Masters. Patton Kizzire (64), J.T. Poston (66) and Chesson Hadley (68) finished a stroke out of the playoff. Hadley bogeyed the 18th in the second-to-last group. Beau Hossler, tied for the third-round lead with J.J. Spaun, had a 73 to drop into a tie for seventh at 7 under with Bryson DeChambeau (67) and Tom Hoge (69). Spaun played the final four holes in 5 over for a 74. He bogeyed the 15th and closed with two double bogeys to drop into a tie for 10th at 6 under.

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