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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
LPGA becomes third major golf circuit to tackle El Camaleon at Playa del Carmen
El Camaleon Golf Course Mayakoba was the first official venue to host a PGA Tour event outside of the United States and Canada, but it's 16-year run as a PGA Tour stop ended in November 2022. The tournament had a few names over that stretch but the World Wide Technology Championship moved to Tiger Woods' golf course in Cabos San Lucas, El Cardonal at Diamante, at the same time that El Camaleon decided to welcome LIV Golf. In 2023 and 2024, LIV hosted events at El Camaleon but then that circuit moved on to a different Mexican golf course, Club de Golf Chapultepec, which is another former home for the PGA Tour. Rickie Fowler plays his second shot on the seventh hole at the 2017 OHL Classic at El Camaleon Golf Course Mayakoba in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Here in 2025, it's the LPGA's turn to take up tournament residence in Playa del Carmen, about 35 miles south of Cancun on the eastern side of Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. Advertisement It's the first LPGA event in the country since 2017. Many of the world's best women's golfers will use the event as final prep for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open. While doing so, they'll have to navigate one of the more unique features to be found anywhere in competitive golf. El Camaleon is famous for a cave bunker in the fairway You'll hear the term cave bunker or perhaps sinkhole, but that large opening in the fairway at El Camaleon is called a cenote (pronounced see-NOTE-ay), and it is indeed a giant natural sink hole. These are mostly found on the Yucatan Peninsula. Course designer Greg Norman, who designed the layout and opened it in 2004, built the golf course with these cenotes in mind. How does the El Camaleon Golf Course rank? According to the 2025 Golfweek's Best: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba ranks 24th. Who's in the field for the LPGA's Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba? There are 136 golfers in the field, headlined by Sei Young Kim, Linn Grant, Charley Hull, Leona Maguire, Gaby Lopez, Ruixun Liu, In Gee Chun, Sophia Popov, Yani Tseng and Albane Valenzuela. New title sponsor of LPGA Mayakoba event has signed on According to a news release: This is the first and only sporting event in Mexico that will have the MEXICO brand as title sponsor. MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba will be the official name of the event, which will be held May 22-25 at the emblematic El Camaleón course at Mayakoba. In recent days, Gustavo Santoscoy Arriaga, Chairman of GS Sports Management, met with Josefina Rodríguez Zamora, Secretary of Tourism of the Federal Government, and with Bernardo Cueto, Secretary of Tourism of Quintana Roo, to discuss the organization of the event and reached a title sponsorship agreement. The MEXICO brand is based on the cultural and touristic richness that positions Mexico as a country of great wealth that has a lot to offer to national and international tourists. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: El Camaleon at Playa del Carmen hosts LPGA for first time in 2025
USA Today
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
LPGA becomes third major golf circuit to tackle El Camaleon at Playa del Carmen
LPGA becomes third major golf circuit to tackle El Camaleon at Playa del Carmen El Camaleon Golf Course Mayakoba was the first official venue to host a PGA Tour event outside of the United States and Canada, but it's 16-year run as a PGA Tour stop ended in November 2022. The tournament had a few names over that stretch but the World Wide Technology Championship moved to Tiger Woods' golf course in Cabos San Lucas, El Cardonal at Diamante, at the same time that El Camaleon decided to welcome LIV Golf. In 2023 and 2024, LIV hosted events at El Camaleon but then that circuit moved on to a different Mexican golf course, Club de Golf Chapultepec, which is another former home for the PGA Tour. Here in 2025, it's the LPGA's turn to take up tournament residence in Playa del Carmen, about 35 miles south of Cancun on the eastern side of Mexico on the Yucatan peninsula. It's the first LPGA event in the country since 2017. Many of the world's best women's golfers will use the event as final prep for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open. While doing so, they'll have to navigate one of the more unique features to be found anywhere in competitive golf. El Camaleon is famous for a cave bunker in the fairway You'll hear the term cave bunker or perhaps sinkhole, but that large opening in the fairway at El Camaleon is called a cenote (pronounced see-NOTE-ay), and it is indeed a giant natural sink hole. These are mostly found on the Yucatan Peninsula. Course designer Greg Norman, who designed the layout and opened it in 2004, built the golf course with these cenotes in mind. How does the El Camaleon Golf Course rank? According to the 2025 Golfweek's Best: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba ranks 24th. Who's in the field for the LPGA's Mexico Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba? There are 136 golfers in the field, headlined by Sei Young Kim, Linn Grant, Charley Hull, Leona Maguire, Gaby Lopez, Ruixun Liu, In Gee Chun, Sophia Popov, Yani Tseng and Albane Valenzuela. New title sponsor of LPGA Mayakoba event has signed on According to a news release:
Japan Times
10-03-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Henley snatches Arnold Palmer win after Morikawa stumble
MIAMI – Russell Henley fired a two-under-par 70 to snatch victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday, mounting a late charge down the stretch to reel in Collin Morikawa. The 35-year-old Henley bagged the fifth and biggest PGA Tour win of his career after erasing Morikawa's three-shot lead over the final five holes at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge in Orlando, Florida. Henley's closing 70 left him on 11 under for the tournament, with Morikawa's final-round 72 putting him on 10 under. After being congratulated by his watching wife and children on the 18th, Henley admitted he had been "unbelievably nervous" before sealing his win. "I can't breathe right now," Henley told NBC Sports. "It's just so hard and difficult around this place. "I just tried to hang tough and keep committing to every shot. This game is just so hard and that was unbelievably difficult." Henley, whose last tournament win came at the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico in 2022, looked set for another near-miss with Morikawa seemingly in control through 13 holes. But Morikawa's lead was slashed to one shot on the 14th when he missed a difficult 12-foot putt for par before Henley rolled in an awkward 10-foot birdie putt to complete a two-shot swing. After both players parred the 15th, Henley then edged ahead on the par-five 16th with a stroke of genius, chipping in for eagle from the back of the green to take the lead. Morikawa had a birdie putt to reclaim a share of the lead but could not sink it and the two men headed to the par-three 17th with Henley leading by one. Both men missed long birdie putts on 17, but calmly drained their par putts to leave Henley one shot clear with one to play. Morikawa made a challenging 10-foot putt on 18 to leave Henley with a nervy four-footer to seal victory, which he duly rolled in. Canada's Corey Conners finished third on nine under after a closing 71, while Michael Kim was fourth on eight under with a three-under-par 69. Further down the leaderboard, world number one Scottie Scheffler finished his preparations for The Players Championship next week with a two-under-par 70 to finish tied for 11th on four under. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy was a further shot adrift on three under in a three-way tie for 15th.
USA Today
10-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Russell Henley secures win at Arnold Palmer invitational with late chip-in eagle
Russell Henley secures win at Arnold Palmer invitational with late chip-in eagle One stroke was all that separated golfer Russell Henley from runner-up Collin Morikawa at the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational. The 35-year-old American finished the final day of play with two pars to secure the victory, but it's what happened on the Par 5, 16th hole that stole the show. Henley's chip-in eagle gave him the lead –one that he wouldn't relinquish in the final two holes – and secured his fifth career PGA Tour victory and first in nearly 2½ years. That eagle really was the difference. Prior to the 16th hole, Henley sat at even par for the day. He finished Sunday with a 2-under 70. Morikawa, meanwhile, finished Sunday with a 72, allowing Henley to leap frog him and take the trophy. Henley's back nine was solid. He trailed Morikawa by three strokes at the turn, and after a bogey on 10, he settled into a groove, scoring two birdies and the knockout eagle in the final eight holes. "Hats off to Collin," said Henley. "He played great today, he played super-steady and sometimes golf is mean like that." How long had it been since Henley won a PGA Tour event? 854 days. Henley's last win came at the World Wide Technology Championship at El Camaleón Golf Course at Mayakoba in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on Nov. 6, 2022. At 23-under, Henley won that tournament by four strokes over second-place Brian Harman. Henley was carried by stellar performances in the first two rounds, shooting 63 on both days, coasting to victory over the weekend. Since then, Henley has struggled to win an event. Since 2024, Henley had been tied with Sungjae Im for the most top-10 finishes without a win (10) until he ended that run with his victory today on the Bay HIll Golf Course in Orlando. LIV GOLF: Garcia makes statement to European Ryder Cup captain with win in Hong Kong How much did Henley win? The first-place finish netted Henley $4 million. Morikawa earned a little more than half that with his second-place finish, walking away with $2.2 million. Third-place Corey Conners ($1.4 million) and fourth-place Michael Kim ($1 million) were the only other golfers to earn more than a million over the weekend.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Henley pips Morikawa to Arnold Palmer title
Arnold Palmer Invitational: Final leaderboard -11 R Henley (US); -10 C Morikawa (US); -9 C Conners (Can); -8 M Kim (US); -7 K Bradley (US), S Straka (Aut); -6 S Lowry (Ire); -5 B An (Kor), J Rose (Eng), J Day (Aus) Selected others: -4 T Fleetwood (Eng), S Scheffler (US), R MacIntyre (Sco), A Rai (Eng); -3 R McIlroy (NI); E M Fitzpatrick (Eng) Russell Henley chipped in for an eagle with two holes to play to pip Collin Morikawa to the biggest title of his career at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The American shot a two-under-par final round of 70 to finish on 11 under at Bay Hill in Orlando, with compatriot Morikawa one stroke back. Henley was two over through 10 holes before birdies on the 12th and 14th brought him back into contention. He trailed Morikawa by one shot before his eagle chip from just off the 16th green moved him clear of the two-time major champion, who then missed a birdie putt. "Hats off to Collin, he played great, super-steady, but sometimes golf is just mean like that," Henley, 35, told CBS. "I was so nervous, so unbelievably nervous. I can't breathe right now. It's so hard and so difficult around this place. "I just tried to stay really tough. I've watched Tiger [Woods] make a lot of putts on this green. I've watched Rory [McIlroy], Fran [Francesco Molinari] and Bryson [DeChambeau] make winning putts here, and it's cool to know I did it too." The victory was his first since the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship, his fifth on the PGA Tour and his first at a signature event. Canada's Corey Conners placed third on nine under, qualifying him for the Open at Royal Portrush, with American Michael Kim fourth, one shot behind. His compatriot Keegan Bradley had recorded the lowest front-nine score in course history at seven-under 29, but finished on 64 - tied for fifth with Austria's Sepp Straka. Ireland's Shane Lowry - the leader at the tournament's halfway point - shot 70 and finished seventh at six under.
