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LIV Golf didn’t generate this much suspense at tournaments when the music was blaring, the Saudi cash was flowing freely and players from the Cleeks and Majestics headed off in carts for the shotgun start.
Austin Smotherman captured his second straight FedEx Cup Fall event Monday morning when he outlasted Seamus Power of Ireland with a par on the third playoff hole to win the rain-shortened Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Yuri Yoshida became the fourth player from Japan to win on the LPGA Tour this season when she closed with a 4-under 68 and won the BMW Ladies Championship on Sunday when Haeran Ryu made bogey on the final hole.
Raging wind at Port Royal canceled golf on Sunday at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, leaving PGA Tour officials to figure out how to conclude a tournament with Austin Smotherman and Seamus Power tied for the lead.
Yuri Yoshida won the LPGA South Korea tournament holding off Haeran Ryu and Hye-Jin Choi in a close finish at Pine Beach Golf Links on Sunday.
Seamus Power made up a two-shot deficit over the windblown closing holes Saturday at Port Royal for a 4-under 67, giving him a share of the lead with Austin Smotherman going into the final round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Yuto Katsuragawa will take a two-stroke lead into the final day of the Genesis Championship after the Japanese golfer tied the course record on Saturday.
Hye-Jin Choi had an eagle and seven birdies on her first 11 holes Saturday on a rain-soaked Pine Beach Golf Links to shoot a 6-under 66 and move into a tie for second place after three rounds of the LPGA South Korea tournament.
LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil was given a retention payment of $6.375 million less than three months before the tour filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Chandler Blanchet turned trouble off the tee into a birdie on the 18th hole, giving him a 4-under 67 on Friday and share of the lead with Kensai Hirata over chasers Corey Conners and Ben Silverman at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship.
Louis Oosthuizen one day, and then Ian Poulter and Tyrrell Hatton. The players departing from LIV Golf seem to be increasing by the day with a Sunday deadline potentially looming for other players to decide if they are staying for the new version that no longer includes Saudi money.
Ian Poulter says he won't be a part of LIV Golf 2.0. The 50-year-old announced on social media that he plans to focus on senior golf and spending more time with his family.
Haeran Ryu had two eagles and birdied her final two holes for an 8-under 64 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after 36 holes of the LPGA South Korea tournament.
Chandler Blanchet made a pair of eagles, one from 50 feet and the other from 5 feet, to post his best score of the year — a 9-under 62 — and hold a one-shot lead after the first round of the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. He led by one shot over Ben Kohles, Danny Walker, and Canadians Corey Conners and Ben Silverman.
Karis Davidson had six birdies in eight holes but bogeyed her ninth Thursday for a 6-under 66 and was tied for the first-round lead at the LPGA’s BMW Ladies Championship.
Austin Lemieux, son of hockey great Mario Lemieux, will tee it up in the Butterfield Bermuda Classic after making it through the Monday qualifier. It will mark the first PGA Tour event for the 30-year-old amateur, Bob Weeks writes.
Add Louis Oosthuizen to the list of golfers who won’t be around for “LIV 2.0.” The 2010 Open winner confirmed his departure from the tour on Wednesday. The 44-year-old South African says he plans to play on the DP World Tour in 2027.
Blades Brown and Ben James are joining PGA Tour rookie Jackson Koivun as new competitors in the third season TGL season.
Adam Hadwin enters this week's PGA Tour tourney sitting 184th in the FedEx Cup ranking and with an uphill battle to retain tour status next season. Bob Weeks has more.
The top 10 players on PGA Tour Americas were named Sunday at the season-ending Dominican Republic Tour Championship presented by Scotiabank, and third-year pro Thomas Ponder finished No. 1 on the points list to headline the 10 players graduating to the Korn Ferry Tour.
Vijay Singh became the second-oldest player to win on the PGA Tour Champions on Sunday when the 63-year-old Fijian closed with a 3-under 69 for a two-shot victory in the SAS Championship.
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