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Allisen Corpuz joins 3-way tie for lead at FM Championship
Allisen Corpuz rode a bogey-free 67 into a share of the lead at the FM Championship on Friday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.,Corpuz sits at 9-under-par 135 and is tied with South Korea's Hyo Joo Kim, who also posted a 67, and Japan's Miyu Yamashita, who shot a 70.,They are one stroke ahead of a trio...

Sei Young Kim uses red-hot finish to set pace at TPC Boston
Sei Young Kim of South Korea went 6 under par over a six-hole stretch coming in to take the first-round lead at the FM Championship on Thursday at TPC Boston in Norton, Mass.,Kim played the back nine first and made the turn at 2 under. After birdies at Nos. 2 and 3, she went birdie-birdie-eagle from...

Miyu Yamashita rolls to 9-shot win in Canada, ties LPGA scoring record
Miyu Yamashita tied an LPGA Tour scoring record as she sailed to a nine-shot victory at the CPKC Women's Open on Sunday in Edmonton.,Yamashita was ahead by six shots after the third round and carded a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to finish at 23-under 257 for the week at Royal Mayfair Golf Club. Yuri Yoshi...

Miyu Yamashita expands lead at CPKC Women’s Open
Japan's Miyu Yamashita moved closer to her fourth career win on Saturday in Edmonton, carding a 5-under-par 65 at the CPKC Women's Open.,Her day included six birdies and a solitary bogey at Royal Mayfair Golf Club.,That performance expanded her five-shot lead to six, as she improved to 19 under for ...

Miyu Yamashita builds 5-shot lead at halfway mark in Canada
Miyu Yamashita of Japan extended her lead to five shots at the CPKC Women's Open on Friday in Edmonton.,Yamashita followed her opening-round 62 with a 6-under 64 and will enter the weekend at 14-under 126 at Royal Mayfair Golf Club. Her nearest competition comes from South Korea's Soo Bin Joo (63), ...

Miyu Yamashita cards 8-under 62 and leads by 1 in Edmonton
Japan's Miyu Yamashita and Nasa Hataoka made eight birdies apiece, but Yamashita's round of 8-under-par 62 was one better than her countrywoman's, and she took a one-stroke lead after the first round on Thursday at the CPKC Women's Open in Edmonton, Alberta, Can.,Hataoka got to 8-under with her seco...

Miyu Yamashita beats Lottie Woad in playoff to win Meijer LPGA title
Miyu Yamashita of Japan fired a final-round 64, then defeated England's Lottie Woad on the first playoff hole to capture the Meijer LPGA Classic title on Sunday in Belmont, Mich.,The pair replayed the par-5 18th hole at Blythefield Country Club, where Yamashita got much closer to the pin than Woad o...

Smash GC rebranding as OKGC to represent Oklahoma
LIV Golf team Smash GC is establishing Oklahoma as its home market and officially rebranding as OKGC, the league announced Tuesday.,It is the first time since the Saudi-backed league launched in 2022 that a franchise has been directly aligned with a U.S. market.,OKGC captain Talor Gooch, an Oklahoma...

Lauren Coughlin, Nasa Hataoka, Miyu Yamashita tied for Aramco lead
Lauren Coughlin and Japan's Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita formed a three-way tie atop the leaderboard after one round of the inaugural Aramco Championship on Thursday in Las Vegas.,The leaders posted rounds of 5-under-par 67 at Shadow Creek Golf Course. Three more are on their tails at 4-under 68:...

Harold Varner III officially joins Smash GC
Harold Varner III has been added to the Smash GC official roster for the 2026 season in the LIV Golf League following Brooks Koepka's departure to the PGA Tour.,Varner joins new captain Talor Gooch and returning veterans Jason Kokrak and Graeme McDowell. Gooch was named the team's captain last month...

Talor Gooch: 'Going to be tough' to replace Brooks Koepka
Perhaps more than anyone else in LIV Golf, Talor Gooch is feeling the impact of former Smash GC teammate Brooks Koepka's return to the PGA Tour.,Gooch, 34, takes over as the new team captain ahead of the 2026 season, which starts on Feb. 4 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.,"Brooks is one of the best players ...

Report: Talor Gooch agrees to extension; equity stake TBD
Newly appointed Smash GC captain Talor Gooch agreed to a three-year extension with LIV Golf, Front Office Sports reported.,Gooch's initial four-year contract expired after the 2025 season. He has won four individual titles and earned more than $50 million since joining the circuit.,Gooch, 34, was el...

Jiyai Shin, Nasa Hataoka stand atop leaderboard in Japan
South Korean Jiyai Shin recorded a 5-under 67 to grab a share of the lead at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic on Friday.,She started the round a stroke behind opening-round leaders Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita of Japan at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in the western part of the country. Consecutive birdi...

Nasa Hataoka, Miyu Yamashita share lead at Japan Classic
Nasa Hataoka and Miyu Yamashita each recorded rounds of 65 on Thursday to take the lead in their home country at the LPGA's Toto Japan Classic.,After rounds of 7-under 65, they stand a stroke ahead of Ji-yai Shin of South Korea, who carded a 66 at Seta Golf Course in Otsu in the western part of the ...

Miyu Yamashita charges from 8 shots back to win in Malaysia
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot a final-round 65, then made a birdie putt on the first playoff hole, to come from eight strokes behind to win the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.,Entering play on Sunday, Hye-Jin Choi of South Korea was in control of the tournament, a three-rou...

Miyu Yamashita claims Women's Open title for 1st career victory
Heading into the week, foreign players had taken each of the previous eight LPGA Tour major championships, including three from Japan.,At the AIG Women's Open on Sunday, rookie Miyu Yamashita continued the trend.,A day after celebrating her 24th birthday, Yamashita carded a 2-under-par 70 at Royal P...

Miyu Yamashita takes slim lead into final round at Women's Open
Miyu Yamashita of Japan maintained her lead through three rounds of the AIG Women's Open despite stumbling to a 2-over par 74 on Saturday at Porthcawl, Wales.,After holding a three-shot lead through the midway point of the tournament, Yamashita was at 9-under par through three rounds as her advantag...

Miyu Yamashita rides stellar 65 into Women's Open lead
Miyu Yamashita of Japan shot the round of the week so far, a 7-under-par 65, to jump out to a three-stroke lead at the AIG Women's Open on Friday in Porthcawl, Wales.,Yamashita held third place after the first round at Royal Porthcawl and took control Friday with a bogey-free, seven-birdie round. Sh...

Mammoth sign D Dmitri Simashev to three-year ELC
Defenseman Dmitri Simashev signed his three-year, entry-level contract with the Utah Mammoth, the team announced Wednesday.,Simashev, 20, was selected by the Arizona Coyotes (now Mammoth) with the sixth overall pick of the 2023 NHL Draft.,"We are thrilled to sign Dmitri to an NHL contract," general ...

Scott Vincent’s hole-in-one aids QF upset of Koepka's Smash GC
Iron Heads GC, the 13th and lowest seed at the LIV Golf Team Championship, had the help of a hole-in-one as they upset Brooks Koepka's fourth-seeded Smash GC in the quarterfinals Friday at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.,Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe hit the one-hop ace that turned the Iron Head...