McIlroy doing everything right … but winning

Jordan Spieth now can remember 2017 for a silver jug and a diamond ring. Spieth confirmed Tuesday that he proposed to longtime girlfriend Anne Verret, and while he kept the details to a minimum, she said yes. “It was a fantastic year,” Spieth said. The 24-year-old Texan won the claret jug with a three-shot victory in the British Open at Royal Birkdale to become the third youngest player in history with three legs of the career Grand Slam. He won the Masters and U.S. Open in consecutive majors in 2015. Were the nerves greater at Birkdale or Chambers Bay, or when he proposed? “I was probably most nervous at the British,” he said. “I was pretty confident this past winter. But yeah, it was a good

Tommy Fleetwood’s rise world top-15 golfer has coincided with the use of certain clubs, but he’s down to his last set.

ROGERS, Ark. (AP) – Minjee Lee wasn’t all that concerned when she missed her first cut of the year this month at the ShopRite LPGA Classic. The ninth-ranked Australian has certainly looked at ease and back in form at Pinnacle Country Club in her first event since then. Lee and Japan’s Nasa Hataoka each shot 6-under 65 on Saturday to share the second-round lead in the NW Arkansas Championship 13-under 129. Lee is chasing her fifth victory since turning pro three years ago. It’s also an opportunity to put any lingering frustration over that missed cut two weeks ago behind her for good. “I didn’t particularly hit it bad, even though I missed the cut at ShopRite, I just didn’t really hole any putts,�