LPGA Tour in Boston and Europe heads for the hills in Switzerland

FM CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Norton, Massachusetts.

Course: TPC Boston. Yardage: 6,598. Par: 72.

Prize money: $4.1 million. Winner's share: $615,000.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Haeran Ryu.

Race to CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul.

Last week: Brooke Henderson won the CPKC Women's Open in Canada.

Notes: The LPGA now has had a different winner in each of the 21 tournaments to start the year. ... The FM Championship's $4.1 million purse is the largest outside of the five designated majors and the season-ending Tour Championship. It attracted seven of the top 10 players in the women's world ranking. ... Jeeno Thitikul and Nelly Korda, Nos. 1 and 2 in the world, are in the same field for the second week in a row. ... The five major champions are in the field — Mao Saigo (Chevron), Maja Stark (U.S. Women's Open), Minjee Lee (Women's PGA), Grace Kim (Evian) and Miyu Yamashita (Women's British Open). ... U.S. Women's Amateur champion Megha Ganne is playing on a sponsor exemption. ... The TPC Boston previously hosted a PGA Tour event that became one of the original four FedEx Cup playoff events. ... Three players from the top 10 in the women's world ranking have yet to win this year on the LPGA Tour — Korda, Ruoning Yin and Charley Hull.

Next tournament: Kroger Queen City Championship.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS

Site: Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Course: Crans-sur-Sierre GC. Yardage: 6,823. Par: 70.

Prize money: $3.25 million. Winner's share: $541,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Matt Wallace.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Alex Noren won the Betfred British Masters.

Notes: Ryder Cup qualifying for Europe ended last week, but Luke Donald does not announce his captain's picks until Monday. ... Crans-sur-Sierre has the reputation of being among the most scenic of tour courses. ... Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, Patrick Rodgers and Erik van Rooyen are playing under a category for those who finished among the top 70 in the FedEx Cup on the PGA Tour. ... Paul Casey is in the field with the LIV Golf League season over. ... Former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick of England is playing his second straight European tour event. This is his fifth consecutive week playing, dating to the Wyndham Championship on the PGA Tour. ... Ryggs Johnston, the American who won the Australian Open in his second start as a European tour rookie, is in the field. He has not finished better than a tie for 24th since his victory.

Next week: Amgen Irish Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

Last week: Tommy Fleetwood won the Tour Championship.

Next tournament: Procore Championship on Sept. 11-14.

FedEx Cup champion: Tommy Fleetwood.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

Last week: Legion XIII won LIV Golf Michigan.

Next tournament: End of season.

Team champion: Legion XIII.

Points champion: Jon Rahm.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

Last week: Stewart Cink won the Ally Challenge.

Next week: Stifel Championship.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

Last tournament: Emilio Gonzalez won the Albertsons Boise Open.

Next tournament: Simmons Bank Championship on Sept. 11-14.

Points leader: Johnny Keefer.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

Japan Golf Tour: Sansan KBC Augusta Golf Tournament, Keya GC, Fukuoka, Japan. Defending champion: Jinichiro Kozuma. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

USGA: U.S. Senior Amateur, Oak Hill CC, San Antonio. Defending champion: Louis Brown. Online: https://championships.usga.org/ussenioramateur/

Asian Tour: Mandiri Indonesia Open, Pondok Indah GC, South Jakarta, Indonesia. Defending champion: Steve Lewton. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Challenge Tour: Dormy Open, Upsala GC, Upsala Sweden. Previous winner: Joakim Lagergren. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/hotelplanner-tour/

PGA Tour Americas: CRMC Championship, Cragun's Legacy Course, Brainerd, Minnesota. Previous winner: Frederik Kjettrup. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

PGA Tour of Australasia: Tailor-Made Building Services NT PGA Championship, Palmerston Golf & CC, Palmerston City, Australia. Defending champion: Daniel Gale. Online: https://pga.org.au/

Legends Tour: Black Desert NI Legends, Galgorm Castle GC, Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/

Japan LPGA: Nitori Ladies, Hokkaido CC (Onuma), Hokkaido, Japan. Defending champion: Shiho Kuwaki. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: KG Ladies Open, Sunning Point CC, Yongin, South Korea. Defending champion: Sohyun Bae. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Brooke Henderson, of Canada, watches her tee shot on the 18th hole in the final round of the Canadian Women's Open golf tournament at Mississauga Golf and Country Club in Mississauga, Ontario, on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)

MIAMI (AP) — Anfernee Simons scored 18 of his season-high 39 points in the fourth quarter, Jaylen Brown added 27 and the Boston Celtics trailed most of the way before rallying to beat the Miami Heat 119-114 on Thursday night.

Sam Hauser added 17 points for the Celtics, who outscored Miami 36-21 in the fourth quarter and won after facing as much as a 19-point deficit. It was their second-biggest comeback win of the season, after coming from 20 down to beat Indiana on Dec. 22.

Simons had the second highest-scoring game for a reserve this season — Utah's Brice Sensabaugh had 43 on Wednesday night in a loss to Chicago — and became the fourth Celtics player in the last 50 years to score at least 39 off the bench. The others: Larry Bird, Todd Day and Payton Pritchard.

Norman Powell scored 26 points for Miami, which got 22 points apiece from Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro. Andrew Wiggins added 16 for the Heat.

Simons had 11 consecutive Boston points in the fourth quarter to chip away at what was left of the Miami edge, and then Hauser got an open 3-pointer with 5:21 left to give the Celtics their first lead since the opening minute of the game.

The lead changed hands twice more, before Brown's 3-pointer with 4:05 remaining put Boston on top for good.

Miami started the game on a 28-9 run, putting the Celtics in a most unusual early position.

That 19-point margin — only about seven minutes into the game — matched the biggest first-quarter deficit the Celtics faced in a 304-game span since trailing Indiana by 20 early on in a game on Dec. 21, 2022. Boston also trailed Milwaukee by 19 in the first quarter on April 9, 2024.

The Heat played without starting point guard Davion Mitchell (left shoulder contusion) and sixth man Jaime Jaquez Jr. (left knee soreness).

Celtics: At Atlanta on Saturday night.

Heat: Host Oklahoma City on Saturday night.

AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA

Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons, center, is defended by Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons (4) comes under pressure from Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons (4) goes for the basket defended by Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware, obscured, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Miami Heat guard Norman Powell (24) reacts after making a shot during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra watches from courtside during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)