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Fox Sports
10 hours ago
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- Fox Sports
PGA Tour has its last signature event. Majors for the LPGA and PGA Tour Champions
Associated Press TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Cromwell, Connecticut. Course: TPC River Highlands. Yardage: 6,844. Par: 70. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6:30 p.m. (CBS); Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler. FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler. Last week: J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open. Notes: This is the final $20 million signature tournament of the PGA Tour season. Still to come are $20 million fields at two FedEx Cup postseason events. ... Jordan Spieth is playing a signature event for the first time this year without needing a sponsor exemption. He is No. 37 in the FedEx Cup, high enough to fill the field. ... Scottie Scheffler has won five signature events since they began in 2024. He is the defending champion. ... Luke Clanton picks up his first professional paycheck this week. The Florida State star missed the cut in his pro debut at the Canadian Open. The Travelers Championship does not have a cut. Clanton is playing on a sponsor exemption. ... The other sponsor exemptions went to Tom Kim, Gary Woodland and Rickie Fowler. ... Five players from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup standings after this week get into the British Open if not already eligible. Next week: Rocket Mortgage Classic. Online: ___ LPGA Tour and PGA of America KPMG WOMEN'S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Frisco, Texas. Course: Fields Ranch (East) at PGA Frisco. Yardage: 6,604. Par: 72. Prize money: $12 million. Winner's share: $1.8 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6:30 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Amy Yang. Race to CME Globe leader: Jeeno Thitikul. Last week: Carlota Ciganda won the Meijer LPGA Classic. Notes: The third of five majors in the LPGA season features the top 100 in the CME Race to the Globe. ... KPMG announced a purse increase to $12 million, tied with the U.S. Women's Open for largest in women's golf. The USGA pays out $2.4 million to the winner. The Women's PGA winner gets $1.8 million. ... Mao Saigo of Japan (Chevron Championship) and Maja Stark of Sweden (U.S. Women's Open) have won the first two majors. ... Amy Yang last year won her first major in the Women's PGA in her 75th start in a major. ... Field Ranch East is at the new PGA of America headquarters. It hosted the Senior PGA Championship in 2023 and will host the PGA Championship next year. ... Mimi Rhodes, with three wins on the Ladies European Tour, was given a sponsor exemption. Stacy Lewis, who has a corporate relationship with KPMG, got the other. ... Nelly Korda is still trying to win for the first time this year. Next week: Dow Championship. Online: and ___ PGA Tour Champions KAULING COMPANIES CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Akron, Ohio. Course: Firestone CC (South). Yardage: 7,248. Par: 70. Prize money: $3.5 million. Winner's share: $525,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-5 p.m. (NBC Sports app); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Ernie Els. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Miguel Angel Jimenez. Last tournament: Thomas Bjorn and Darren Clarke won the American Family Insurance Championship. Notes: The PGA Tour Champions has major championships in consecutive weeks. The U.S. Senior Open is next week in Colorado. ... Firestone South held the PGA Championship three times. It is best known for holding the World Series of Golf, which later became a World Golf Championship that Tiger Woods won eight times. ... This is the halfway point of the PGA Tour Champions. Miguel Angel Jimenez leads the way with three wins. ... Ernie Els, the defending champion, is among six World Golf Hall of Fame members in the field. ... Angel Cabrera has won the first two majors of the year. ... The winner of the Kaulig Companies Championships earns a spot at The Players Championship next year. The tournament began as the Senior Players Championship. ... Padraig Harrington is playing the tournament for the first time. ... Bernhard Langer is a three-time winner but never at Firestone South. Next week: U.S. Senior Open. Online: ___ Korn Ferry Tour WICHITA OPEN Site: Wichita, Kansas. Course: Crestview CC. Yardage: 6,910. Par: 70. Prize money: $1 million. Winner's share: $180,000. Television: None. Previous winner: Taylor Dickson. Points leader: Johnny Keefer. Last tournament: Austin Smotherman won the BMW Charity Pro-Am. Next week: Memorial Health Championship. Online: ___ European Tour Last week: J.J. Spaun won the U..S. Open. Next week: Italian Open. Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy. Online: ___ LIV Golf League Last tournament: Joaquin Niemann won LIV Golf Virginia. Next week: LIV Golf Dallas. Points leader: Joaquin Niemann. Online: ___ Other tours Royal and Ancient GC: British Amateur, Royal St. George's GC, Sandwich, England. Previous winner: Jacob Skov Olesen. Online: Epson Tour: Island Resort Championship, Sweetgrass GC, Harris, Michigan. Defending champion: Soo Bin Joo. Online: Ladies European Tour: Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, Royal Beroun GC, Beroun, Czech Republic. Defending champion: Marta Martin. Online: Challenge Tour: Blot Play9, Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre, Pleneuf, France. Previous winner: John Parry. Online: Japan LPGA: Nichirei Ladies, Sodegaura CC (Shinsode), Chiba, Japan. Previous winner: Akie Iwai. Online: Korea LPGA: The Heaven Masters, The Heaven Resort, Ansan, South Korea. Defending champion: Sohyun Bae. Online: ___ AP golf: recommended
Winnipeg Free Press
10 hours ago
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Nelly Korda skips champions dinner at Women's PGA with sore neck, says she will be ready Thursday
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda skipped the champions dinner before the KPMG Women's PGA Championship because of a sore neck that flared up after the world's No. 1 player took a shot out of the rough during a practice round. Korda had therapeutic tape on the back of her neck when she spoke to the media Tuesday after playing again at PGA Frisco's Fields Ranch East course. Korda, who late last year skipped two tournaments during the LPGA's Asia swing because of a minor neck injury, said she will be ready for the start of the season's third major on Thursday. 'I hit a shot out of the rough (Monday), and my neck went into a full spasm,' Korda said, adding that she felt better but also acknowledging that it was impacting 'a little' her swing and preparation. Korda said she didn't go to the champions dinner Monday night because she needed prioritize her body. The 2021 Women's PGA winner did send a message to defending champion Amy Yang. 'Obviously with the injury that I had last year, every single time something kind of flares up in my neck now, I think I feel it a little bit more than what I used to,' Korda said. 'But I have a great (physical therapist) who takes care of me. Trying to work through it, but I'll be ready by Thursday.' The 15-time winner was the runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open three weeks ago but hasn't won in nine starts this season, when there have been 15 winners in 15 events. ___ AP golf:
Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Nelly Korda skips champions dinner at Women's PGA with sore neck, says she will be ready Thursday
FRISCO, Texas — Nelly Korda skipped the champions dinner before the KPMG Women's PGA Championship because of a sore neck that flared up after the world's No. 1 player took a shot out of the rough during a practice round. Korda had therapeutic tape on the back of her neck when she spoke to the media Tuesday after playing again at PGA Frisco's Fields Ranch East course. Korda, who late last year skipped two tournaments during the LPGA's Asia swing because of a minor neck injury, said she will be ready for the start of the season's third major on Thursday. 'I hit a shot out of the rough , and my neck went into a full spasm,' Korda said, adding that she felt better but also acknowledging that it was impacting 'a little' her swing and preparation. Korda said she didn't go to the champions dinner Monday night because she needed prioritize her body. The 2021 Women's PGA winner did send a message to defending champion Amy Yang. 'Obviously with the injury that I had last year, every single time something kind of flares up in my neck now, I think I feel it a little bit more than what I used to,' Korda said. 'But I have a great who takes care of me. Trying to work through it, but I'll be ready by Thursday.' The 15-time winner was the runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open three weeks ago but hasn't won in nine starts this season, when there have been 15 winners in 15 events. golf: /hub/golf
USA Today
2 days ago
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- USA Today
Lexi Thompson comes up short at Meijer LPGA Classic, still winless on tour since 2019
Lexi Thompson comes up short at Meijer LPGA Classic, still winless on tour since 2019 Lexi Thompson held a share of the lead when she made the turn at the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday but couldn't hold it together on the back nine. The 30-year-old LPGA star, now a part-time player, made three bogeys in the last five holes to drop into a share of fourth, three strokes back of winner Carlota Ciganda. Still, it was a fine tuneup for her third major championship start of the season at the KPMG Women's PGA in Frisco, Texas. That gets underway on Thursday. Thompson is in the midst of a three-week stretch, signing up for the Dow Championship back in Michigan, following the Women's PGA. Thompson began the 2025 season planning to play about 10 events, and the Meijer marked her sixth start of the season. One of the most well-attended events of the year, Thompson headlined the weekend in Grand Rapids and called it her favorite event on the LPGA schedule. In 11 appearances, the 2015 Meijer champion has seven top-five finishes at Blythefield Country Club. "Not the finish I wanted coming down the stretch there," said Thompson, "but coming into the week I wasn't playing great golf and kind of latched onto something that got me through the week and tried to stay positive with that. "I had my bad shots out there that showed its face, but just happy how I stayed patient and positive out there and pushed through the week and just really enjoy being out here once again." An 11-time winner on the LPGA, Thompson was vying to win for the first time in 2,220 days, with her last victory coming at the 2019 ShopRite LPGA Classic. For Ciganda, the wait was even longer, with her last title coming nine years ago. Since 2017, Ciganda had 46 top-10 finishes coming into this week, the most of any player without a win. Though Thompson didn't walk away with the trophy, the week still turned out beautifully for her caddie James Longman, who is engaged to Ciganda.
USA Today
26-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Three-time major winner In Gee Chun has chance to complete career grand slam at Chevron
Three-time major winner In Gee Chun has chance to complete career grand slam at Chevron THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Lurking on a stacked leaderboard just outside the top 10 at the 2025 Chevron Championship sits three-time major winner In Gee Chun. As golf fans continue to revel in Rory McIlroy's career grand slam achievement, South Korea's Chun could follow in his footsteps this Sunday in steamy Texas and is surprisingly well under the radar. 'After I won the KPMG, it was my goal,' said Chun of her 2022 Women's PGA triumph at Congressional Country Club. The thoughtful Chun then added, 'I always believe it means a lot for me, but at the same time, it can't change anything at the end of my life.' Chun, 30, broke through with her first major championship before she even joined the tour with her 2015 U.S. Women's Open victory at Lancaster Country Club. She followed it with a second major title at the Amundi Evian one year later. Incredibly, three of her four LPGA titles are major championships. Chun, who is currently three back at the Chevron, was on a plane when McIlroy won the Masters Tournament but her manager sent her a video clip. LPGA has five majors but four major wins equals grand slam While the LPGA has five major championships, the tour recognizes a player as having achieved the career grand slam after winning four different titles. 'They said if you make four out of five, it's still the career grand slam,' said Chun, 'but, always, if you make more, it's even more happier.' Chun has battled a number of health issues over the years and has taken breaks to heal both body and mind. Last year she took extended time off after missing the cut at U.S. Women's Open at her beloved Lancaster and didn't play on the LPGA for the remainder of the season. While home in South Korea, Chun reached out to former LPGA player Song-Hee Kim, who opened her own teaching studio last year in Seoul. 'Before we started winter training,' said Chun, 'we talked a lot and we agreed that good rest is first before we start together.' Kim, 36, won five times on what's now the Epson Tour before joining the LPGA in 2007. A neck injury and the driver yips kept her from fulfilling her potential, but the hardships drove her to want to learn more as an instructor. In 2020, Kim was working with Mirim Lee when she won the ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California. In addition to Chun, currently working with longtime LPGA player Jennifer Song and several other KLPGA players. Former LPGA player Song-Hee Kim is back at the Chevron as a coach, this time working with In Gee Chun. She also worked with 2020 ANA winner Mirim Lee. — Beth Ann Nichols (@GolfweekNichols) April 25, 2025 Chun had a two-way miss when she came to Kim last year, and they endeavored to make things simpler. 'She gave me a lot of confidence,' said Chun, who'd worked with Won Park since the age of 16. Park, a longtime mentor, is still part of her team, but it's Kim who's on the ground this week in Texas. There are seven players with the LPGA grand slam The LPGA recognizes seven players as having won the career grand slam, with Louise Suggs (1957) becoming the first and Inbee Park (2015) the most recent. Mickey Wright (962), Pat Bradley (1986), Juli Inkster (1999), Karrie Webb (2001) and Annika Sorenstam (2003) round out the impressive group. Chun is one of four active players still chasing the slam, along with Lydia Ko, Anna Nordqvist and Yani Tseng. The ever-elegant Chun is taking the chase in stride. 'I always believe if I think too much,' she said, 'then it's not good.'
