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.