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Kyodo News
3 hours ago
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- Kyodo News
Golf: Takeda finishes 2nd as Stark wins U.S. Women's Open
KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 11:00 | Sports, All Japanese rookie Rio Takeda finished tied for second at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday as overnight leader Maja Stark of Sweden held on for a two-shot victory. Stark closed with an even-par 72 for a 7-under 281 total and her first major title. Takeda also shot a 72 and world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the United States carded a 71, leaving them two strokes back. "I didn't think I would be able to do it this week," Stark said of her win that earned her $2.4 million. "You always kind of know that it's possible, but there are so many good golfers on this tour." "I just had to stay calm. I didn't look at the leaderboard until I was on...I think 17. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be because I felt like I have somewhat control of my game and I kind of know what's going on." A trio of Japanese players, Takeda, Mao Saigo and Hinako Shibuno, tried to make up a two-shot deficit heading into the final round. But they struggled to make birdies on a tough layout at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin. "If I had made a few more putts down the stretch, I think I could have tied for the lead," said Takeda, 22, who is having a strong rookie season on the U.S. tour with one victory in March. "It was a great experience for me to compete on this (tough) course for four days. I want to make use of this experience in my next chance to win." Saigo could only manage a 73 to share fourth place with South Korea's Choi Hye Jin and China's Yin Ruoning at 4 under for the tournament, the second major of the LPGA season. Saigo was the winner of the first major, the Chevron Championship, in late April. Shibuno tied for seventh a shot further back after a 74. Related coverage: Golf: Chisato Iwai wins 1st U.S. tour title in Mexico Golf: Hideki Matsuyama misses PGA Championship cut for 1st time in career Golf: Japan's Mao Saigo wins 1st LPGA major of year in 5-way playoff
USA Today
4 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Former Longhorn Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods as only repeat winners at Memorial
Former Longhorn Scottie Scheffler joins Tiger Woods as only repeat winners at Memorial Scottie Scheffler is dominating pro golf. The Texas Longhorns golf alum, fresh off winning the PGA Championship two weeks ago, has become only the second repeat winner at the Memorial. Only Tiger Woods, who won three times in a row (1999-2001) had repeated at the tournament in Dublin, Ohio is hosted by golf legend Jack Nicklaus. Scheffler surged to the lead at Muirfield Village on Saturday and held on with his trademark machine-like efficiency on Sunday. After celebrating the win on the 18th green, Scheffler was embraced by Nicklaus, sitting greenside. Nicklaus exclaimed, "Well, you did it again." The Dallas native was the only player to break par all four days. He now has three wins on tour this year, which includes his third major championship at Quail Hollow. His season started slow after cutting his hand over the holidays severe enough that it needed surgery. The former "ESPN GameDay" guest picker will play next in two weeks in the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @LonghornsWire.
New Straits Times
4 hours ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Scottie Scheffler rolls to victory at Memorial for 3rd win of year
OHIO: Scottie Scheffler showed once again that he's ready to conquer whatever challenge he's faced with on the PGA Tour. The world's No. 1 golfer had another smooth round and won for the third time in his last four tournaments, successfully defending his title at the Memorial Tournament with Sunday's 2-under-par 70 in the final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. "This is a golf course that is definitely going to expose your weaknesses," Scheffler said. "Did some really good battling today. ... Put up another really good round on this very difficult golf course." At 10-under 278 for the tournament, Scheffler secured a four-shot victory over Ben Griffin -- the only other golfer to win a PGA Tour event that Scheffler started in the past month. Scheffler hadn't won in 2025 until capturing the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which is considered his hometown event in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and followed that with claiming the PGA Championship. He won seven times in 2024. Scheffler and Tiger Woods are the only back-to-back winners of the Memorial Tournament. It's a tournament hosted by legendary Jack Nicklaus, who greeted the current champion as he walked off the green. "It's pretty cool," Scheffler said. "It's always a hard week. It's so challenging to play this tournament." Much like on Saturday, Scheffler was content with pars as he played the front nine in 1 under with eight pars. Griffin (73 on Sunday) led for large chunks of the first three days, but lost a share of the top spot with a bogey on Saturday's final hole. He began Sunday with another bogey, and he was 2 over for the day through 13 holes. "I'll learn from some of my swings down the stretch," Griffin said. "I'll remember some of the good stuff, and I'll bounce back and get right back to it." An eagle on the par-5 15th with a 12-foot putt followed by a birdie on No. 16 allowed Griffin to extend the suspense. Then the margin went from two strokes to four when Griffin was stuck with a double bogey at No. 17. "We battled really hard on the weekend," Scheffler said. "Ben made things interesting down the stretch. Overall, it was a great week." A week ago, Scheffler tied for fourth place as Griffin won the Charles Schwab Challenge. Scheffler has secured seven consecutive top-10 finishes. "The guy's relentless," said Sepp Straka, the tournament's third-place finisher from Austria. "He loves competition, and he doesn't like giving up shots." Griffin said his putting was costly during the weekend. The runner-up spot didn't seem as rewarding as it would have in previous years. "I'd take this finish, like, a year ago, two years ago, three years ago," he said. "I'm definitely a little disappointed to not have made it a little bit closer or gotten it done." Straka (70) was third at 5 under and second-round co-leader Nick Taylor of Canada (73) finished fourth at 4 under. Russell Henley (71) and Maverick McNealy (70) shared fifth place at 2 under. Brandt Snedeker's 65 was the best score of the final round, moving him to 1 under and into a five-way tie for seventh place. "I think I probably made 200 feet of putts today," Snedeker said. "I had the putter working. When you have days like that, it's just get it on the green, give yourself a chance." Also in that cluster at 7 under was Rickie Fowler (73), who qualified for next month's British Open as a result of his finishing spot. "We're heading the right way," Fowler said. "This week still could have been a lot better, but definitely positive is going over to Portrush. That's one I've wanted on the schedule."
Kyodo News
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Golf: Takeda finishes 2nd as Stark wins U.S. Women's Open
KYODO NEWS - 16 minutes ago - 11:00 | Sports, All Japanese rookie Rio Takeda finished tied for second at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday as overnight leader Maja Stark of Sweden held on for a two-shot victory. Stark closed with an even-par 72 for a 7-under 281 total and her first major title. Takeda also shot a 72 and world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the United States carded a 71, leaving them two strokes back. "I didn't think I would be able to do it this week," Stark said of her win that earned her $2.4 million. "You always kind of know that it's possible, but there are so many good golfers on this tour." "I just had to stay calm. I didn't look at the leaderboard until I was on...I think 17. I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be because I felt like I have somewhat control of my game and I kind of know what's going on." A trio of Japanese players, Takeda, Mao Saigo and Hinako Shibuno, tried to make up a two-shot deficit heading into the final round. But they struggled to make birdies on a tough layout at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin. "If I had made a few more putts down the stretch, I think I could have tied for the lead," said Takeda, 22, who is having a strong rookie season on the U.S. tour with one victory in March. "It was a great experience for me to compete on this (tough) course for four days. I want to make use of this experience in my next chance to win." Saigo could only manage a 73 to share fourth place with South Korea's Choi Hye Jin and China's Yin Ruoning at 4 under for the tournament, the second major of the LPGA season. Saigo was the winner of the first major, the Chevron Championship, in late April. Shibuno tied for seventh a shot further back after a 74. Related coverage: Golf: Chisato Iwai wins 1st U.S. tour title in Mexico Golf: Hideki Matsuyama misses PGA Championship cut for 1st time in career Golf: Japan's Mao Saigo wins 1st LPGA major of year in 5-way playoff
The 42
6 hours ago
- Sport
- The 42
Scottie Scheffler defends Memorial title as Lowry endures difficult final round
WORLD NUMBER ONE Scottie Scheffler captured his 16th career PGA Tour victory on Sunday, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to defend titles at the Memorial tournament. The 28-year-old American took his third triumph in a month, firing a two-under par 70 to finish 72 holes on 10-under 278 at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. It was a difficult final round for Shane Lowry as he finished on three-over for the tournament after a five-over 77. The Offaly man was six shots back coming into the final day, and made an encouraging start with a birdie on the first. But by the turn into the back nine, Lowry was on five-over after two bogeys, one double bogey and a triple bogey on the ninth. He went to six-over with another dropped shot on 12 but pulled one back with a birdie on 15th. American Ben Griffin, coming off a victory last week at Colonial, was four strokes back in second on 282 after shooting 73 with Austrian Sepp Straka third on 283, one stroke better than Canada's Nick Taylor. 'It's always a hard week to play this tournament,' Scheffler said. 'I battled really hard over the weekend and Ben made things interesting down the stretch.' The triumph marked the ninth consecutive time Scheffler has turned a 54-hole lead into a victory, this one coming at the event hosted by 18-time major winner Jack Nicklaus. Advertisement 'Overall it was a great week and definitely proud to be shaking Mr. Nicklaus's hand at the end of another good week,' Scheffler said. Scheffler won last month's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow for his third major crown after taking the CJ Cup Byron Nelson two weeks earlier. By winning his first 16 PGA titles in just under 3.5 years, Scheffler became the fourth-fastest to go from his first to 16th tour wins after Sam Snead, Nicklaus and Woods, a 15-time major winner who took the Memorial from 1999-2001. The victory marked the first defended title among the nine crowns Scheffler won worldwide last year, having edged compatriot Collin Morikawa by a stroke at the 2024 Memorial. It also ensured Scheffler will be seen as the man to beat in two weeks at the US Open at Oakmont, where Scheffler seeks a fourth career major victory and second in a row. 'This is definitely a golf course that's going to expose your weaknesses,' Scheffler said of Muirfield Village. 'I've got a few things I can practice on next week. Overall, it was a really solid week, did some really good battling.' Scheffler sank a par putt from just inside 10 feet at the 14th hole and reached 10-under with a tap-in birdie at the par-five 15th. Griffin, however, reached the 15th green in two and sank a 12-foot eagle putt to pull within three strokes with three holes to play. Griffin then followed with a 27-foot birdie putt at the par-three 16th to pull within two of the lead. Scheffler responded by dropping his approach at 17 just inside 20 feet on the way to a routine par while Griffin needed four shots to reach the 17th green on his way to a double bogey, falling four adrift. Scheffler closed out matters with a seven-foot birdie putt at 18. Scheffler, who began the day with a one-stroke lead, birdied the first six holes to keep his one stroke lead while Griffin stayed on his heels by answering bogeys at the first and par-three fourth holes with birdies at the second and par-five fifth. Scheffler left his third shot at the par-five seventh within four feet of the hole and sank the birdie putt to reach nine-under. Scheffler curled in a par putt at the ninth from just inside nine feet to make the turn with a two-stroke lead, but missed a 12-footer for par at the 10th for a bogey that dropped his advantage to one shot once more. At the par-five 11th, Scheffler responded by blasting out of the rough to 14 feet and curling in the birdie putt to restore a two-stroke edge on nine-under. Griffin found a bunker on the way to a bogey at the par-three 12th and never found the fairway at 13 on the way to another bogey that left Scheffler ahead by four with five holes remaining. – © AFP 2025
