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Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland headed to Monday playoff at Travelers
Norway's Viktor Hovland and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler ended regulation tied atop the leaderboard and will return Monday for a playoff at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,They finished at 21-under 259 after Sunday's fourth round at TPC River Highlands, where darkness became an issue ...
Viktor Hovland birdies 18 to overtake Scottie Scheffler at Travelers
Norway's Viktor Hovland birdied the final hole to shoot 6-under-par 64 and snatch the lead from Scottie Scheffler at the end of the third round of the Travelers Championship on Saturday at Cromwell, Conn.,Hovland leads by one stroke at 20-under 190 heading into the final round Sunday at TPC River Hi...
Scottie Scheffler inches from 59, leaps into lead at Travelers Championship
Scottie Scheffler bumped in a par putt at 18 for a second-round 60 to stand atop the leaderboard at 16-under through 36 holes the Travelers Championship with more golf to be played behind him on Friday at Cromwell, Conn. ,Scheffler missed a long birdie by mere inches to the right on the par-4 18th b...
Eric Cole leads packed field at Travelers Championship
Eric Cole's pitch-in eagle at the 13th hole helped him post a 7-under-par 63 and take the first-round lead at the Travelers Championship on Thursday in Cromwell, Conn.,World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, the 2024 winner of this event, posted a bogey-free 64 later on Thursday to join a tie for second with...
Wyndham Clark brings elite form into Travelers Championship
Wyndham Clark has made winning PGA Tour events look easy the last few weeks.,After going over two years between wins dating back to the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February 2024, he's won two of the last four events he played in, including his second U.S. Open championship in four years.,Add a third...
Keegan Bradley seeks third Travelers win in 4 years at 'hometown' event
The focus this week on the PGA Tour was CEO Brian Rolapp's announcement that the tour will introduce a two-tiered competitive model beginning in 2028, meaning more events with elite fields on the newly named "Championship Series" and a "Challenger Series" for the rest., ,Players likely hope this wee...
LIV golfers Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton set to play in Scottish Open
LIV players Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton are officially part of the field for next month's Genesis Scottish Open, a co-sanctioned event by the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.,The announcement from the DP World Tour came down Wednesday for the July 9-12 tournament at The Renaissance Club in North Berwick....
Scottie Scheffler on PGA Tour overhaul: 'It's really good'
Scottie Scheffler was still absorbing the PGA Tour's new two-tiered system Wednesday on the eve of the first round of the Travelers Championship, where his primary focus was on attempting to win the event for the second time in three years.,"I have had a little time to digest it. I don't really have...
Shane Lowry turns to familiar face in caddie switch
Shane Lowry returns to a familiar face on the bag ahead of this week's Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.,Lowry summoned caddie Dermot Byrne, who held that role for the first 10 years of the Irishman's career. Lowry said he reached out to Byrne because he needed a caddie on short notice.,"We'...
Golf Glance: Nelly Korda seeks major history; PGA Tour's final signature event
Nelly Korda seeks history as she chases her third consecutive major title to begin 2026 while the PGA Tour holds its final signature event of the year.,PGA TOUR,THIS WEEK: Travelers Championship, Cromwell, Conn., June 25-28,Course: TPC River Highlands (Par 70, 6,844 Yards),Purse: $20M (Winner: $3.6M...
Tiger Woods makes public appearance in support of new PGA plan
Tiger Woods made his unofficial return to golf with a public appearance alongside PGA Tour commissioner Brian Rolapp at a press conference in Connecticut on Tuesday. ,Woods read a prepared statement and didn't take questions, introducing Rolapp to detail the establishment of a new two-track PGA Tour...
Brian Rolapp tabbed as commissioner; PGA Tour has 2-track plan
The PGA Tour approved Brian Rolapp as its fifth commissioner Tuesday and also revealed a new competitive structure that features both a Championship and Challenger Series.,Rolapp, who was appointed PGA Tour CEO in June 2025, will assume the post on Jan. 1, 2027, while the new two-tiered system will ...
Wyndham Clark rises to No. 8 in world rankings after US Open
Wyndham Clark is once again a top-10 golfer in the world after capturing his second U.S. Open title in four years.,Clark jumped 26 spots to No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking on Monday, one day after he won the third major of the 2026 season.,Clark had his first major breakthrough at the 2023 ...
Three Takeaways From Wyndham Clark’s U.S. Open Victory
Wyndham Clark captured his second U.S. Open title at Shinnecock Hills. Here are three key takeaways from a tournament that struggled to generate buzz....
Wyndham Clark hangs on to win second US Open in 4 years
Wyndham Clark refused to stop thinking he could win the U.S. Open on Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,He recovered from a rough front nine and shot 3-over-par 73 to hang on to win the tournament for the second time in four years.,"It comes down to just believing that good things are going to happen and t...
Wyndham Clark hangs on to win second US Open in four years
Wyndham Clark recovered from a rough front nine and shot 3-over-par 73 to hang on to win the U.S. Open for the second time in four years Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,His four-round total of 4-under 276 gave him a one-stroke victory at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.,Clark's six-shot advantage entering th...
Another low round by Joaquin Niemann puts US Open penalty into sharp focus
Joaquin Niemann posted two of the best rounds Shinnecock Hills Golf Club has seen this week at the U.S. Open. It'll be enough for a top-10 finish and an exemption for next year, but the Chilean could be left wondering what might have been.,After shooting a final-round 66 Sunday in Southampton, N.Y.,...
Wyndham Clark up by 6 at US Open, Scottie Scheffler leads chasing pack
Wyndham Clark has a reputation he wants to shake.,Clark outlasted Rory McIlroy to win the 2023 U.S. Open. But just last year at the same championship, he was banned from Oakmont Country Club after destroying a locker in anger when he missed the cut.,Clark is back on the upswing of navigating a fiend...
Wyndham Clark ahead by 6 at US Open, Scottie Scheffler leads chasing pack
Wyndham Clark navigated a fiendish Shinnecock Hills Golf Club course, made a magnificent eagle at No. 16 and posted an even-par 70 Saturday to give himself a six-shot cushion entering the final round of the U.S. Open in Southampton, N.Y.,Clark was in the fairway, 275 yards from the pin at the par-5 ...
Rory McIlroy out of running at US Open after back-nine 40
Rory McIlroy played himself out of contention at the U.S. Open with five back-nine bogeys on Saturday in Southampton, N.Y.,His 40 on the inward nine continued a weeklong trend for the Northern Irishman: McIlroy has played the front nine at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in 5 under par and the back nine ...