Thompson was battling history’s headwinds, too. A U.S.-born woman hadn’t won a major since Angela Stanford at the 2018 Evian Championship, and in the five men’s Opens held at the Olympic Club, none of the 54-hole leaders held on to win.And then there was Thompson’s personal travails in the majors. …

DUBLIN, Ohio — The leaderboards positioned at critical junctures of a professional golf tournament are more than scoreboards. They are omnipresent yardsticks measuring the rhythm of the contest with hole-by-hole counts for the top golfers, collectively meant to tell the whole story of the event.But on Sunday, in the final …

Stephen Ames edged fellow Canadian Mike Weir by one stroke to win the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. Ames, from Calgary, shot a final round of 5-under 67 to move up eight spots into first at 12 under. Weir, from Bright’s Grove, Ont., shot a third round of 3-under 69 …