The third round of the Tour Championship was suspended because of lightning with Scottie Scheffler leading by one shot on 19 under par at East Lake in Atlanta. Fellow American Xander Schauffele is his nearest rival with 14 players still to complete their round. Play will resume at 2.45pm (UK time) on Sunday with the final round to follow. Rory McIlroy is four shots behind Scheffler with two holes of his third round remaining. The Northern Irishman five under par for his round, […]
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Xander Schauffele narrowed Scottie Scheffler’s lead to two shots at the PGA Tour’s Tour Championship after carding a seven-under 63 in the second round at East Lake, Atlanta on Friday. Just the top 30 players in the PGA Tour standings qualified for the $75m event, where the winner will claim $18m, with second place receiving $6.5m and last place taking home $500,000. Schauffele started the day five shots behind Scheffler but hit six birdies before holing a putt for an eagle on […]
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The PGA Tour has announced some further major changes to its tournament schedule and its prize money and payment structure as part of its on-going bid to prevent more of the game’s top players deserting the tour to join the LIV Golf Series. Speaking on the eve of the Tour Championship at East Lake, where the winner will pick up an $18m pay out, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan listed four key changes to the 2023 schedule and beyond that […]
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Tom Weiskopf, winner of the 1973 Open Championship, whose talents translated from an impressive playing career to critical acclaim as a golf course designer, has died at the age of 79. Weiskopf had been battling pancreatic cancer after being diagnosed with the disease in late 2020, and died at his home in Montana, USA on August 20. He had been working on course design projects up until a week before his death. Born in Ohio in 1942, and a graduate […]
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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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