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Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Masters hangover: PGA Tour heads to Hilton Head for signature event
PGA Tour RBC HERITAGE Site: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Course: Harbour Town GL. Yardage: 7,213. Par: 71. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Advertisement Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler. FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Rory McIlroy won the Masters. Notes: Rory McIlroy is not in the field and never planned to play. He said earlier in the year Hilton Head was not among his favorite courses. ... Scottie Scheffler won last year a week after he won the Masters. ... Gary Woodland did not need a sponsor's exemption to play. His runner-up finish in the Houston Open made him among the five 'swing' players to earn a spot. Also getting in was Ryan Gerard and Puerto Rico winner Karl Vilips. ... Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler were among those who received sponsor exemptions. They also got exemptions for two other signature events this year. Spieth won at Hilton Head in 2022, his most recent PGA Tour victory. ... Only 14 players in the field were not in the Masters last week. ... This is the 50-year anniversary of Jack Nicklaus winning at Harbour Town over Tom Weiskopf. It was held two weeks before the Masters that year, when Nicklaus again beat Weiskopf. Advertisement Next week: Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Online: ___ LPGA Tour JM Eagle Championship. Site: Los Angeles. Course: El Caballero CC. Yardage: 6,679. Par: 72. Prize money: $3.75 million. Winner's share: $562,500. Television: Thursday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Hannah Green. Race to CME Globe leader: Angel Yin. Last tournament: Madelene Sagstrom won T-Mobile Match Play. Notes: The tournament has moved this year from Wilshire Country Club, which is going through renovations. It is to return to Wilshire in 2026. ... The JM Eagle Championship is the last event before the first major of the LPGA season next week in Houston. ... California teenager Asterisk Talley has received a sponsor exemption. Talley was runner-up at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. ... El Caballero last year held the U.S. Girls Junior. Talley was the runner-up at that event. ... The field features Nelly Korda. She withdrew from the tournament a year ago when it was the week after the Chevron Championship, which Korda won for a record-tying fifth consecutive LPGA title. ... The field features four of the top five players in the women's world ranking, missing only Lydia Ko at No. 3. ... Seven players have won the seven tournaments on the LPGA Tour schedule this year. ... This wraps up the West Coast swing for the LPGA. Advertisement Next week: Chevron Championship. Online: ___ PGA Tour CORALES PUNTACANA CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Course: Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales). Yardage: 7,670. Par: 72. Prize money: $4 million. Winner's share: $720,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel). Previous winner: Billy Horschel. FedEx Cup leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Rory McIlroy won the Masters. Notes: Billy Horschel won last year and started on his path back to the FedEx Cup playoffs. He is playing the signature event at the RBC Heritage this week. ... Ben Griffin narrowly missed out on being top 50 in the world to get into the Masters. He is in the field in the Dominican Republic this week. ... Russell Knox is 13th on the Korn Ferry Tour points list. He is not playing the Korn Ferry this week, instead teeing it up on the PGA Tour. ... Because it is an opposite-field event, the winner does not earn a spot in the Masters. ... Erik Compton, who has gone through two heart transplants, was given a sponsor exemption. ... Andrew Novak is in the Dominican Republic this week. He is No. 32 in the FedEx Cup standings. ... The tournament was part of the Korn Ferry Tour schedule for two years before becoming a PGA Tour stop in 2018. ... Joel Dahmen is playing. He won the tournament in 2021. Advertisement Next week: Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Online: ___ European Tour VOLVO CHINA OPEN Site: Shanghai. Course: Enhance Anting GC. Yardage: 7,168. Par: 71. Prize money: $2.55 million. Winner's share: $425,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 12:30-5:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12:30-5 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12-5 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Adrian Otaegui. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Last week: Rory McIlroy won the Masters. Notes: The field has only two players from the top 100 in the world ranking, with Rasmus Neergaard-Peterson the highest-ranked at No. 80. The other is Shaun Norris of South Africa at No. 100. ... This is the 30th playing of the China Open. It was not part of the European tour schedule until 2004. ... Brandon Wu makes his debut. The former Stanford player is exempt from finishing between No. 126 and No. 200 on the FedEx Cup last season. ... Eight players in the field have won on the European tour this year. That includes Eugenio Chacarra, the former Oklahoma State star who began his career on LIV Golf. ... This is the first of two consecutive tournaments in China, followed by a stop in South Korea and then Turkey before the tour starts playing in continental Europe. ... Alexander Levy of France is the only two-time winner of the China Open. Advertisement Next week: Hainan Classic. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour LECOM SUNCOAST CLASSIC Site: Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Course: Lakewood National GC (Commander). Yardage: 7,133. Par: 71. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Previous winner: Tim Widing. Points leader: Hank Lebioda. Last tournament: Jeremy Gandon won the Club Car Championship. Next week: Veritex Bank Championship. Online: ___ LIV Golf League Last tournament: Marc Leishman won LIV Golf Doral. Next week: LIV Golf Mexico City. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Advertisement Online: ___ PGA Tour Champions Last tournament: Angel Cabrera won the Jim Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational. Next week: Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Online: ___ Other tours Challenge Tour: Abu Dhabi Challenge, Al Ain Equestrian Shooting & GC, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Previous winner: Garrick Porteous. Online: Japan LPGA: KKT Cup Vantelin Ladies Open, Kumamoto Kuko CC, Kumamoto, Japan. Previous winner: Rio Takeda. Online: Korea LPGA: Nexen Saint Nine Masters, Gaya CC, Gimhae, South Korea. Defending champion: Eunwoo Choi. Online: ___ AP golf:
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
LPGA star Rose Zhang pulls out of JM Eagle Championship with nagging neck injury
LPGA star Rose Zhang pulls out of JM Eagle Championship with nagging neck injury Rose Zhang has pulled out of this week's JM Eagle LA Championship with a nagging neck injury. The LPGA star announced the news on Instagram but, in typical Rose fashion, kept it in perspective. "Safe to say things haven't been too hot for me in the golf realm and I found myself struggling to compete in high spirits due to an injury," Zhang wrote. "Just remember, this isn't a sob story. While this period is unique and frustrating, I find great optimism in getting better and working hard to compete at the highest level. Thank you so much to my team, sponsors, family and friends for supporting me in this process. It's going to be a long and patient ride, but it's always a blessing to do what I do and have what I have." Zhang opened the season at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions in January in the midst of Stanford's winter quarter. She skipped the LPGA's spring Asian swing to continue her studies and returned to action in late March at the Ford Championship, where she missed the cut with rounds of 73-70. At last week's T-Mobile Match Play, Zhang conceded her second-round match against Albane Valenzuela due to injury. "I had a problem last week and then it like just extended to this week," said Zhang after she halved a match against Nataliya Guseva at Shadow Creek, "and my neck problems kind of get pretty bad." The LPGA's first major of the season, the Chevron Championship, is in two weeks.
USA Today
07-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Madelene Sagstrom rallies to beat Lauren Coughlin in LPGA's T Mobile Match Play
Madelene Sagstrom rallies to beat Lauren Coughlin in LPGA's T Mobile Match Play The LPGA's lone match-play event came down to the No. 13 seed (Lauren Coughlin) vs. the No. 46 seed (Madelens Sagstrom) in Las Vegas. The tournament's star power was dimmed Friday when eight of the top 10 seeds failed to escape group play. The top two of those 10 who did advance – Jenno Thitikul (2) and Angel Yin (10) – then ended up facing each other in quarterfinal matchup Saturday, with Yin winning 4 and 2. Sunday started with the semifinals, pitting Ariya Jutanugarn (32) against Coughlin and Yin taking on Sagstrom. Jutanugarn on Friday eliminated world No. 1 and tournament top seed Nelly Korda, handing Korda her first match play loss. Coughlin beat Jutanugarn 1 up and Sagstrom went on to beat Yin 4 and 2, setting up the Sunday afternoon final at Shadow Creek Golf Club. Sagstrom took control early in the match with birdies on three straight holes – Nos. 4, 5 and 6 – to go 4 up. But Coughlin hung tough with birdies on Nos. 8 and 9. A Sagstrom double-bogey on the 11th knotted things up and Coughlin took her first lead of the match on the 12th hole with a par to Sagstrom's bogey. Sagstrom then won the 13th to tie it and the 16th to go back to a 1-up lead. She held serve from there and won the match and the $300,000 first-place prize. "I'm exhausted and I bet Lauren is exhausted," she said. "I worked so hard. All of us work so hard. I really struggled quite a lot, especially with my driver end of last year, and I worked so hard with Callaway and my coach, Hans." She then referenced bouncing back from a disappointing week outside Phoenix a week ago at the Ford Championship. "It's just such a nice feeling. I played pretty well last week and didn't make the cut, but it's just like it's hard because everyone works hard because it's tough out here," she said. "It's just fantastic feeling and it's just knowing that all the hard work really did pay off." Coughlin was asked what she would take away from the week as runner-up. "That I can play 72 holes in two days, which I didn't know I could do that," she said. "But, no, again, I think it's just who I am as a player, is a grinder, and I fought all the way to the end." The LPGA has a week off before the JM Eagle Championship in Los Angeles. Then it's the first women's major of the year, the Chevron Championship, April 24-27 at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, outside Houston.
