Viktor Hovland will take a six-shot lead into Sunday’s final round of the PGA Tour’s season-ending Tour Championship after a shooting four-under 66 in round three. The Norwegian, who won last week’s BMW Championship to move into second place in the FedEx Cup standings and start this week on eight under, is 20 under. Xander Schauffele shot a 68 to move to 14 under, one clear of fellow Americans Collin Morikawa and Keegan Bradley. Rory McIlroy, who has been battling […]
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American Patrick Cantlay became the first player to successfully defend a tournament in the FedEx Cup by retaining the BMW Championship. A final-round 69 at Wilmington secured a one-shot victory for the world number four over compatriot Scott Stallings. He birdied 17 and although he found sand off the 18th tee, he scrambled to make a tap-in par for a 14-under total. “I hit a lot of solid shots then I got a couple of breaks,” said Cantlay, who began the […]
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Will Zalatoris beat Austria’s Sepp Straka on the third play-off hole to win at the FedEx St Jude Championship, the third of the tour’s FedExCup series. After both players finished on 15 under par, they could not be separated until TPC Southwind’s par-three 11th. Straka went into the water off the tee, while Zalatoris’ first shot ended on a brick wall above the hazard. Zalatoris took a drop and pitched to seven feet before sinking a bogey putt as Straka only […]
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Three players from the LIV Golf Series have lost a legal battle against the PGA Tour to compete in the FedEx Cup Play-offs. LIV Golf players Talor Gooch, Hudson Swafford and Matt Jones have all been banned from playing in this week’s FedEx St Jude Championship on the PGA Tour after a US District Court judge rejected an attempt by the players to get a temporary restraining order lifted in order for them to play in the opening leg of […]
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