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NBC Sports
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Paul Azinger honored by Payne Stewart Award, reflects on Ryder Cup bond
Kim relives Amundi Evian win, Aussie support Grace Kim joins Golf Today to talk about her Amundi Evian Championship and ranks the best moments from the thrilling win. She also talks about the support from fellow Australians and what it means to be a major champion.
Fox Sports
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
PGA Tour's race to the postseason takes focus. Senior British Open goes to Sunningdale
Associated Press 3M OPEN Site: Blaine, Minnesota. Course: TPC Twin Cities. Yardage: 7,431. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.4 million. Winner's share: $1.512 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Jhonattan Vegas. FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler. Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the British Open and Ryan Gerard won the Barracuda Championship. Notes: Only two tournaments remain on the PGA Tour schedule before the top 70 qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. ... Adam Scott and Wyndham Clark are among some three dozen players who signed up for the 3M Open having played the British Open last week. That list includes Chris Gotterup, who finished third in his Open debut, and Li Haotong of China, who played in the final group with Scottie Scheffler. ... Maverick McNealy at No. 18 in the world is the highest-ranked player. Also playing in Minnesota are Sam Burns and past champion Tony Finau. ... Jordan Spieth says he likely will add the Wyndham Championship next week to boost his FedEx Cup standing. ... Among those on the outside with two weeks to go are Scott (No. 85) and Gary Woodland (No. 78). ... Gotterup has gone from No. 158 in the world to No. 27 in two weeks. Next week: Wyndham Championship. Online: ___ LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour ISPS HANDA WOMEN'S SCOTTISH OPEN Site: Irvine, Scotland. Course: Dundonald Links GC. Yardage: 6,538. Par: 72. Prize money: $2 million. Winner's share: $300,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (NBC Sports app), 7-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 7-11 a.m. (NBC Sports app), 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay). Defending champion: Lauren Coughlin. Race to CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul. Last tournament: Grace Kim won the Amundi Evian Championship. Notes: This is the second tournament in a three-week swing in Europe, in the middle of two major championships. Grace Kim won the Evian Championship and the Women's British Open is next week in Wales. ... Hannah Darling of Scotland will be making her professional debut in her home country. ... This is the 19th tournament on the schedule and no one has won more than twice this year. That's the longest the LPGA has gone without a multiple winner to start a new season. ... Dundonald is located just up the Ayrshire coast from Royal Troon. ... The tournament dates to 1986. It has been co-sanctioned by the LPGA and the Ladies European Tour since 2017. Eight courses have been used over the years. This will be the seventh time for Dundonald to best hosting the tournament. ... Nelly Korda is in the field as she goes for her first victory of the year. Korda won seven times a year ago. Next week: AIG Women's British Open. Online: and ___ PGA Tour Champions SENIOR BRITISH OPEN Site: Berkshire, England. Course: Sunningdale GC (Old). Yardage: 6,682. Par: 70. Prize money: $2.85 million. Winner's share: $427,500. Television: Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 2 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: K.J. Choi. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Last tournament: Steve Allan won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. Notes: This is the fifth and final major on the PGA Tour Champions schedule. The winner gets into the British Open next year at Royal Birkdale. ... Sunningdale is hosting the Senior British Open for the fourth time. Previous winners on the English course are Stephen Dodd (2021), Marco Dawson (2015) and Loren Roberts (2009). ... Three players 50 or older made the cut last week in the British Open, including Justin Leonard, who will be at Sunningdale. The other two, Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson, have LIV Golf events to play. ... The tour announced it is adding a tournament in Portugal to the schedule for next year. ... Steve Allan became the third multiple winner this year when he won the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. The others are Miguel Angel Jimenez with four wins and Angel Cabrera with three wins, two of them majors. ... Turnberry has hosted the Senior British Open seven times, but the last one was in 2012. Next tournament: Boeing Classic on Aug. 8-10. Online: ___ LIV Golf League LIV GOLF-UK Site: Uttoxeter, England. Course: JCB Golf & CC. Yardage: 7,276. Par: 71. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $4 million. Television: Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS2); Saturday, 8-10 a.m. (FS1), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS1). Defending champion: Jon Rahm. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Last tournament: Talor Gooch won LIV Golf-Andalucia. Notes: Jon Rahm won his first LIV title at this tournament last year. ... LIV Golf has played in the London area every year since the Saudi-backed league was launched in 2022. ... Eleven LIV players made the cut last week in the British Open, including 55-year-old Phil Mickelson. The only player to register a top 10 at Royal Portrush was Bryson DeChambeau. ... DeChambeau had top 10s in three of the four majors this year. He missed the cut in the U.S. Open. ... This is the final tournament in Europe for LIV. The next three tournaments to close out the season are in Chicago, Indianapolis and Michigan, all the same weeks as the PGA Tour postseason. ... LIV's points leader, Joaquin Niemann, had only one top 10 in the majors this year and missed the cut in the U.S. Open and British Open. ... Niemann's only top 10s in LIV Golf this year are the tournaments he won. Next tournament: LIV Golf-Chicago on Aug. 8-10. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour NV5 INVITATIONAL Site: Glenview, Illinois. Course: The Glen Club. Yardage: 7,236. Par: 71. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Previous winner: Thomas Rosenmueller. Points leader: Austin Smotherman. Last week: Chandler Blanchet won the Price Cutter Charity Championship. Next week: Utah Championship. Online: ___ European Tour Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the British Open and Ryan Gerard won the Barracuda Championship. Next tournament: Nexo Championship on Aug. 7-10. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Online: ___ Other tours United States Golf Association: U.S. Junior Amateur, Trinity Forest GC, Dallas. Television: Friday, 3-5 p.m. (Peacock), 8-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Saturday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel); Previous winner: Trevor Gutschewski. Online: Epson Tour: Greater Toledo Classic, Highland Meadows GC, Sylvania, Ohio. Previous winner: New tournament. Online: PGA Tour Americas: Commissionaires Ottawa Open, Eagle Creek GC, Ottawa, Ontario. Defending champion: Barend Botha. Online: Japan LPGA: Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies, The Queen's Hill GC, Fukuoaka, Japan. Defending champion: Haruka Kawasaki. Online: ___ AP golf: recommended Item 1 of 1
Khaleej Times
20 hours ago
- Sport
- Khaleej Times
From Amateur to LPGA: Lottie Woad turns pro after making history at Evian Championship
Following an impressive tied third finish at the recent Amundi Evian Championship, amateur Lottie Woad has elected to turn professional and accept the LPGA Tour membership she qualified for via the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP). The Englishwoman captured the 20th and final LEAP point she needed to earn Tour status when she finished just one shot out of a playoff with eventual champion Grace Kim and Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings No. 2 Atthaya Thitikul. 'It's really cool,' said Woad about locking up Tour status following the final round at Evian Resort Golf Club. 'It's always nice to be the first to do something. So grateful that I had the opportunity to do it. Just relieved now. It was kind of wearing on me for a bit.' After nearly becoming the first amateur to win an LPGA Tour major since Catherine Lacoste at the 1967 U.S. Women's Open, Woad announced her decision to turn professional on Instagram, sharing the exciting news and thanking those in her inner circle for their support throughout her amateur career. 'I am very excited to announce that I have decided to turn professional and will be accepting membership of the LPGA Tour,' part of Woad's post read. 'I'm delighted to have secured an LPGA Tour card through the LPGA Elite Amateur Pathway (LEAP). It has provided me with an amazing opportunity, and I will have full playing rights for the remainder of the year and the whole of 2026. "I'm also really happy to accept membership of the LET for 2026, following my recent win at the KPMG Women's Irish Open.' Woad went on to thank her family, her swing coach Luke Bone, Farnham Golf Club, Florida State University athletics, and England Golf. Making History The now-former FSU Seminole is the first-ever amateur to earn an LPGA Tour card through the LEAP program, which provides high-level athletes with a pathway to the LPGA Tour based on the accolades they earn as amateurs. The 2025 Amundi Evian Championship marked both her seventh LPGA Tour and major championship appearance. Woad was given exemptions into all of the majors except the KPMG Women's PGA Championship last year because of her victory at the 2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur — a win that saw her become the first European to lift the title. Before playing in France, Woad also competed in The Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women's Open this season, making the cut at the latter at Erin Hills Golf Course in Wisconsin. Woad will have LPGA Tour status for the remainder of the 2025 season and all of 2026 and will be seeded into Category 13 on the LPGA Priority List. Scottish Pro Debut The 21-year-old's professional debut comes this week at the ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open, a berth earned via her victory at the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour the week before the Amundi Evian Championship. She will also tee it up at the AIG Women's Open at Royal Porthcawl, having earned a start through her top-10 finish at last year's championship, played at St Andrews. Beyond those two events, Woad's LPGA playing schedule for the rest of the year is still being finalised. She will be considered a 2025 rookie, bringing this year's class to 22 athletes.
Hypebeast
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Slowing Down, Speeding Up: A Hypegolf Weekend in Évian
Évian-les-Bains is a place that invites you to slow down. Perched above Lake Léman in the French Alps, it's long been a destination for mineral water pilgrims and luxury-minded travelers. But during theAmundi Evian Championship, the pace picks up, especially when there's a major title on the line andPorscheis in the mix. This year, we traveled to the tournament with Porsche to explore their role as a mobility partner and presence on the ground. The course itself is carved into a hillside, with much of the action clustered near the clubhouse. It made for a walkable, almost festival-like layout on holes 15 through 18, where crowds bounced between tee boxes and greens. On the 16th Porsche hosted a hole-in-one challenge, putting aTaycan Turbo Sin play for both pros and amateurs competing in the pro-am. It added just a little more pressure to an already pivotal stretch. Between rounds, we made our way to the Porsche Public Village, where the brand had brought out the 911 Spirit 70. The entire activation carried the iconic Pasha pattern—a checkerboard motif from the 70s—from the car to the signage to the espresso bar where fans queued up for complimentary drinks between swings. It struck the right balance of premium on one hand, and accessible on the other. On Saturday evening, we had the chance to test drive theMacan4S through alpine roads above town. Winding switchbacks, panoramic views and golden hour light against the hillside made for yet another highlight in a weekend full of them. Back on the course, Sunday brought real drama. Lottie Woad made history, shooting the lowest final round ever by an amateur at the Amundi Evian Championship. But it was Grace Kim who held on, battling through a playoff to secure her first career major title. From morning lake views to sunset finishes, Porsche found a way to match the rhythm of the week. Precise when it mattered and easygoing when it didn't. That's a rare gear to have. If you're interested in learning more about the 911 Spirit 70, you can head over to Porsche'swebsite.
ABC News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- ABC News
Australian golf great Karrie Webb credited with helping next generation of major winners
The great Karrie Webb is being credited with inspiring newly crowned major champ Grace Kim as Australia's crop of uber-talented women's golfers stand on the brink of global domination. Kim produced a round for the ages to recover from a four-shot deficit and clinch a dramatic play-off victory at the Evian Championship in France. The 24-year-old joined Webb, Minjee Lee, Hannah Green and Jan Stephenson as only Australia's fifth female major winner. Kim's epic victory also secured Australia a second-straight major after Lee won the Women's PGA Championship only three weeks ago. Major title winners * Then known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship ** No longer a major *** Then known as the LPGA Championship Former professional Karen Lunn, the WPGA Tour of Australasia chief executive, is predicting an Australian could also win the Women's British Open that gets underway at Royal Porthcawl on July 31. As well as Kim's remarkable run, world number six Lee finished in a tie for third just one shot behind, while Gabi Ruffels was co-leader heading into the final round before finishing joint ninth. Throw in 2024 Evian runner-up Steph Kyriacou, who finished 14th, and 2019 Women's PGA Championship winner Green, and Australia has five genuine contenders to win the fifth major of the year. Only the dominant South Korean contingent has been able to conjure three successive victories in a calendar year in the current five-major era; in 2020 and in 2013, when Inbee Park won three in succession. "It can get really, really windy there. But all of our girls, they've grown up in Australia playing in a lot of wind … so they're more than capable of handling the tough conditions," Lunn said. "And when the conditions are tough, you need a good short game, and you know Gracie's got one of the best and obviously Minjee is putting so much better with a long putter this year. "It's not beyond the real possibility that we could get three-straight majors." Lunn credits the golden generation coming through with all having ties to seven-time major winner Webb. Kim was a four-time winner of Webb's scholarship, which gave her the chance to learn from Australia's greatest champion, with Green, Lee and Ruffels also spending a week with the Hall of Famer as part of the prize. "She brings two players to a major championship and they all have dinner with the other Australian players who are playing," Lunn said of 50-year-old Webb. "Grace Kim was a part of that and, when Hannah won her major (in 2019), Grace was one of the scholarship holders that week and was one of the first to run on the green and congratulate Hannah. "Karrie is a mentor and they've all got her phone number and she's at the end of the line whenever they needed advice on anything. "Even though she's retired from playing she's still incredibly involved and I know she was glued to the TV and would've just been so thrilled and so proud of Grace's win." Lunn says the Australians on the LPGA Tour are like a family, often sharing lodging and meals together, and are regularly seen on the side of the green ready to celebrate or commiserate with their contending compatriots. "It's a little bit infectious — they're feeding off each other's success," Lunn said. "Hannah missed the cut this week but she was one of the ones there celebrating with Grace. "Hannah, she's not playing her best golf, but she'll get a big boost seeing Grace win." And with all but Lee and Green aged under 25 and a number of other young rising stars, the glory days could continue for some time. "This next generation are coming into the prime of their golfing career so those names are going to be there for a long, long time." AAP
