After four seasons in one event, The Players Championship concluded on Monday with Cameron Smith becoming the fifth Australian to pick up the coveted trophy and a cheque for a whopping $3.6 million. Overnight leader Anirban Lahiri of India and England's Paul Casey chased the Australian all the way but came up just short.
The Players Championship is set to run into Monday for the first time since 2005 as storms continued to hit the TPC Sawgrass course in Florida. Tommy Fleetwood and American Tom Hoge lead the way on six-under after both managed to finish their rounds as scheduled on Thursday. The rain and storms on the opening resulted in the loss of five hours of play and an evacuation of all spectators.
Big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau has revealed he will arrive at next month’s PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers hitting the ball “further than ever” – prompting tournament organisers to ‘Bryson-proof’ Royal Greens Golf & Country Club.
Denmark’s Joachim B. Hansen fired a nine-under-par 63 to lead by two shots after the opening round of the AVIV Dubai Championship. Hansen took full advantage of the favourable scoring conditions on the Fire Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates, posting five birdies in six holes before the turn before adding four more on the way in.
Golf is a great game but it can still seem an elitist sport. Events like the Aramco Team Series are helping to open golf up to wider participation, writes the winner of this year’s AIG Women’s Open, Anna Nordqvist. For each event on the Aramco Team Series from London, Sotogrande, New York and Jeddah I’ve had brilliant teams but also a whole lot of expectations.
Celine Boutier matched a career-low score on Sunday with a final-round 63 in the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer to reach fourteen-under-par overall and hold off Rolex Rankings number two Jin Young Ko, number three Inbee Park and a charging Brooke Henderson for the second LPGA Tour title of her career.
Major Champion Graeme McDowell will tee it up at the Dutch Open for the first time in 17 years when Bernardus Golf in Cromvoirt plays host to the 101st edition of the prestigious tournament.
Maja Stark will take a three-shot lead into the final day of the Creekhouse Ladies Open after a third round score of 71 (-1) kept her advantage intact. Four birdies and three bogeys during her round was enough for the Swede to lead the way after 54 holes in Åhus and keep the rest of the field at bay heading into the last 18 holes of the tournament.
Maverick Antcliff and Henrik Stenson share the first-round lead at the D+D REAL Czech Masters after carding five-under-par rounds of 67 at Albatross Golf Resort.
Talented English junior golfers, Henry Daly and Lili Rose Hunt, celebrated victories at the record-breaking Faldo Series opener to officially launch the 25th season of the junior golf development pathway.
Min Woo Lee secured a maiden Rolex Series title and second European Tour victory in thrilling fashion as he defeated Thomas Detry and Matt Fitzpatrick in a play-off at the abrdn Scottish Open.
Australian Cam Davis holed from the greenside bunker for eagle at the penultimate hole and then birdied the last to force his way into a three-way playoff in which he prevailed to win the Rocket Mortgage Classic and his first PGA Tour victory. “It’s the only reason I’m sitting here now,” Davis said afterwards. “To be honest, in my head, there wasn’t a thought of trying to hole it.”
