French amateur Lucie Malchirand and England’s Ellie Givens tied for the lead on the opening day of the Ladies Italian Open at Golf Club Margara. Malchirand set the early pace posting a six-under-par 66 to take the clubhouse lead while two birdies on the final two holes ensured Givens matched the Frenchwoman.
Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu won her first LPGA Tour by two shots from Thailand’s Moriya Jutanugarn with 2021 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions winner Jessica Korda a further shot back in third.
Sam Burns earned his maiden win on the PGA Tour at his seventy-sixth attempt at the Valspar Championship in Tampa. The American closed with a final-round three-under 68 to finish on seventeen-under-par, three shots clear of countryman Keegan Bradley.
Ryan Fox posted his second consecutive round of 65 after just beating the fading light to lead the weather-affected second round of the Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers.
Harris English leads the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii by two shots heading into the weekend. English added a bogey-free six-under-par round of 67 to his opening 65 to put a bit of daylight between him and the chasing pack on fourteen-under-par.
After day one at the CME Group Tour Championship, Lexi Thompson made a statement early in her home state, shooting a 65 which included eight birdies to lead the 72-player field on seven-under at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida.
Maybe this whole “experience” thing is a bit overrated. This week at Champions Golf Club, Hinako Shibuno is doing her part to debunk that major-championship theory.
Denmark’s Emily Kristine Pedersen closed with a sensational eagle at the 54th hole to post a bogey-free four-under round of 68 to leapfrog Spain’s Nuria Iturrioz and assume a one-shot lead atop the Andalucía Costa Del Sol Open De Espana leaderboard.
Camilo Villegas carried his excellent form into Friday at the RSM Classic. The 38-year-old from Colombia shot a six-under 66 to add to his opening 64 but it was Robert Streb who grabbed a two-stroke lead after a nine-under 63. “I don’t want to be the one that breaks it,” Streb said. “There’s still a lot of golf left, and we’ll see what happens.”
For a moment, there was a doubt. Dustin Johnson had just made back to back bogies at the 5th hole and he suddenly looked human. Surely, we were not going to see another Masters meltdown or Johnson falling at the final hurdle once again. Some fifteen minutes later, it was panic over and back to business as usual. DJ clicked into overdrive and the pack had no chance of catching him.
Matt Wallace carded a brilliant bogey free round of 66 to open up a three shot lead heading into the final round of the Scottish Championship presented by AXA. Porteous also signed for a round of 66 at Fairmont St Andrews as he sets his sight on a first European Tour title, after earning his card for the 2020 season at Qualifying School.
Two-time LPGA Tour champion Mi Hyang Lee and second-year LPGA member Lauren Stephenson share the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer first round lead in Galloway, New Jersey, after each shot 8-under-par 63 on the Bay Course at Seaview, A Dolce Hotel. Sitting one shot back on seven-under is the duo of Nasa Hataoka and Ryann O’Toole.
