Oct 15th, 2023 Article
Angel Yin beats Lilia Vu to Claim First LPGA Tour Title
Angel Yin beat Solheim Cup team-mate and world number one Lilia Vu in a play-off to win the Shanghai event, her first victory on the LPGA Tour after 159 starts.
Angel Yin beat Solheim Cup team-mate and world number one Lilia Vu in a play-off to win the Shanghai event, her first victory on the LPGA Tour after 159 starts.
Lee Hodges earns his first PGA Tour title in his 65th career start as well as Collecting 500 points and moving from No. 74 to No. 33 in the FedExCup standings.
Keegan Bradley wins the Travelers Championship, earning his sixth PGA Tour title and second of the season meaning he has multiple victories in a season for the second time in his career, with the first coming in 2011. The American's 257 winning total sets new 72-hole tournament record (previously held by Kenny Perry in 2009 at 258)
Never say never. Eleven years and 246 starts later, Jodi Ewart Shadoff is finally an LPGA Tour champion. Ewart Shadoff won the LPGA MEDIHEAL Championship, conquering The Saticoy Club with a fifteen-under 273 score, a new tournament record. She becomes the season’s 10th Rolex First-Time Winner, which ties for the second-most first-time victors in a year.
Almost a quarter of a century ago, Nelly Korda's father Petr won the 1998 Australian Open in tennis. On Sunday in Atlanta, Nelly added a major title of her own, winning the KMPG Women's PGA Championship.
Hollywood is famous for its dramatic scripts and so was fitting that the final round at the Hugel Air Premia La Open provided its own excitement. Canadian Brooke Henderson overcame a four shot deficit to post a total score of sixteen-under-par and sneak past Jessica Korda, who led for the past three days, by a single stroke.
Francesco Molinari produced a masterclass on the greens with his latest Bettinardi putter, holing more than 120 feet of putts during the final round to win his maiden PGA Tour title with an eight-shot victory at the Quicken Loans National.
It was plain sailing for Adam Hadwin yesterdaqy as he took ther Valspar Championship in Innisbrook, Florida. He had a four shot cusion going into the last round so everything was just groovy. Until, that is, Hadwin stepped onto the 16th tee.
Only weeks after picking up his first PGA Tour win at the Wells Fargo championship, Wyndham Clark claimed US Open victory at the LA Country Club on Sunday.
England's Matt Wallace birdied four of his last six holes to win the Corales Puntacana Championship by a shot from Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark. The 32-year-old finished on nineteen-under-par, with Hojgaard claiming sole ownership of second place. The Dane had the chance to force a playoff with a twenty-foot birdie putt on the last but missed to give Wallace a one-stroke victory.
Jess Baker produced an impressive display to claim the biggest title of her career and win the 119th Women’s Amateur Championship at Hunstanton. The Englishwoman, 19, shone in the sun over the Norfolk links to achieve a 4&3 success against Sweden’s Louise Rydqvist, 20, in the 36-hole Final.
Scottie Scheffler confirmed his status as world number one by claiming his first major title in the 86th Masters at Augusta National. The American had the luxury of being able to four-putt the last hole and still win by three shots from a late-charging Rory McIlroy. Scheffler closed with a 71 to finish at ten-under-par ahead of the charging McIlroy who lit up the course with a final round 64.