Kitayama leads Pebble Beach as the worst of the wind looms

Kurt Kitayama has a one-shot lead at Pebble Beach and now comes the hard part. It's not that Kitayama is going after his first win on the PGA Tour. The conditions figure to be the toughest over the weekend. The starting times for Saturday already have been moved up one hour because of high wind in the forecast. Kitayama has come close to winning. He battled Rory McIlroy in South Carolina and Jon Rahm in Mexico. Only four players from the top 10 at Pebble have won. But with the ever-changing weather, the next 36 holes could be wide open.

Law takes share of golf lead in UAE after strong finish

David Law's strong finish has give the Scot a share of the lead with Adrian Meronk and Rasmus Højgaard at the halfway point of the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. Law's bogey-free 8-under 64 included an eagle and three birdies over the last five holes at Al Hamra Golf Club. He's at 11-under overall. Polish golfer Meronk made seven birdies in his 65 including four straight from the 11th hole. Højgaard's 67 included six birdies and a costly bogey on the 16th when he had briefly been in the lead at 12 under. The Dane is the twin brother of defending champion Nicolai. Nicolai is four shots off the pace.

Ancer takes 1-shot lead over Cameron Young on Asian Tour

Abraham Ancer has the lead at the midway point of the Saudi International on the Asian Tour. Ancer shot a 66 and leads by one over Cameron Young. The field has a majority of players who are with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. Young was the PGA Tour rookie of the year. He's not with LIV but received a release from the PGA Tour to play. He had another 65. Marc Leishman and Louis Oosthuizen were three behind. Among those missing the cut were British Open champion Cameron Smith, Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau.

US Open champ Ogilvy back from Down Under and back to golf

Geoff Ogilvy has been largely missing from the PGA Tour the last four years. The 2006 U.S. Open champion has been in his native Australia working on a golf course design. But after sitting through more video calls than he can remember, Ogilvy realized that playing golf is the best job he ever had. Now 45, he is attempting another full go on tour. Ogilvy is at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this week. He's hopeful of getting into as many tournaments as he can. He's also staying active with OCM design. One of his company's projects is Medinah outside Chicago.