Golf

Ryder Cup winner Thorbjorn Olesen says he was "embarrassed and felt horrible" after being accused of drunkenly sexually assaulting a woman on a British Airways flight in 2019.

Thorbjorn Olesen "grabbed and rubbed the breast" of a woman and urinated in the aisle during a flight in 2019, a court is told.

Norway's Viktor Hovland cards a six-under final-round 66 to win the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas by one shot.

Collin Morikawa is closing on the world number one spot after going five shots clear before the final round at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas.

Bryson DeChambeau cards an eight-under-par 64 to move into a one-stroke lead after round two of the Hero World Challenge.

Leona Maguire says she is targeting more time near the top of major leaderboards next year after having played her part in a "phenomenal year for Irish women in sport" in 2021.

Rory McIlroy fires a six-under-par 66 to share the first-round lead with Daniel Berger and Abraham Ancer at the Hero World Challenge.

Rory McIlroy believes players are being used as "pawns" in golf's global power struggle and fears legal action could be required to resolve the issues.

Tiger Woods says the Old Course at St Andrews is his favourite golf course in the world and he hopes to be there in July for the 150th Open Championship.

Tiger Woods says he does not expect to return to the tour full time following his car accident in February.

Lee Elder, the first black man to play at the Masters at August, dies at the age of 87.

Bryson DeChambeau and seven of Europe's Ryder Cup team will play next year's Saudi International, putting them on a collision course with their home tours.

South African Thriston Lawrence takes victory in the Joberg Open after it was shortened twice because of the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant.

Brooks Koepka said "it was fun to come out and settle this" after he beat long-standing rival Bryson DeChambeau in charity exhibition The Match.

Ko Jin-young clinches the biggest prize in women's golf as she wins the LPGA Tour Championship to secure the player of the year title.

Former world number one Tiger Woods shares the first footage of him hitting golf balls since he was seriously injured in a car accident in February.

Collin Morikawa wins the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai on 17 under par and clinches the European Tour's season-long Race to Dubai title.

Ireland's Leona Maguire will start the final round of LPGA's Tour Championship two behind the leaders after a superb third-round 66.

Rory McIlroy regains the lead at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai as a third round of 67 puts him one ahead of England's Sam Horsfield.

Shane Lowry shoots a second round 65 to move into a three-way share of the lead with John Catlin and England's Sam Horsfield in Dubai.