Somi Lee poured in an 8-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to team with fellow South Korean Jin Hee Im to win the Dow Championship on Sunday, denying Lexi Thompson her first LPGA title in six years.
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Patrick Reed lost the lead with a 3-over 75 and then atoned for it by making a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a four-man playoff Sunday to win LIV Golf Dallas, his first title since joining the Saudi-funded league in 2022.
Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old rookie from South Africa, made an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic in Detroit on Sunday and secure the first PGA Tour title for the tour's youngest player.
A video of Padraig Harrington arguing with NBC on-course reporter Roger Maltbie for not helping him look for a lost ball during his opening round is generating buzz at the U.S. Senior Open.
Aldrich Potgieter, 20, the PGA Tour's youngest player and biggest hitter, rolled up five straight birdies to surge into the third-round lead and finished with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot edge in the Rocket Classic at the Detroit Golf Club.
Adrien Saddier shot a 4-under 66 to win the Italian Open for his first European tour title in his 200th start. He also earned a spot in the Open Championship.
Patrick Reed and Harold Varner III each shot 5-under 67 on Friday at Maridoe Golf Club to share the first-round lead in LIV Golf Dallas.
Patrick Reed shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-stroke lead at LIV Golf Dallas in a bid for his first victory on the Saudi-funded tour.
Padraig Harrington salvaged an up-and-down day with a chip-in birdie from 20 yards out on the 18th hole to pull back into a tie for the lead with Stewart Cink and Mark Hensby at the U.S. Senior Open.
Padraig Harrington and Stewart Cink endured the ups and downs of the U.S. Senior Open together for a second straight day Friday and found themselves tied for the lead with Mark Hensby.
Padraig Harrington came out on top of a major championship that felt more like match play, closing his round on Sunday with seven straight pars, for a 3-under 67, at the U.S. Senior Open, topping Stewart Cink by one shot in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Sarah Schmelzel and Albane Valenzuela took a one-shot lead Saturday in the Dow Championship after shooting a 2-under 68 in alternate-shot play.
Jennifer Kupcho and Leona Maguire shot a 10-under 60 in better-ball play Friday to take the second-round lead in the Dow Championship, the LPGA Tour's only team event.
Jake Knapp shot an 11-under 61 to break a Rocket Classic record that stood for less than a day, becoming the first PGA Tour player to break 60 and shoot a 61 or lower in the same season.
Cassie Porter and Gemma Dryburgh teamed in foursomes for a 4-under 66 to lead the Dow Championship in the LPGA Tour's only team event.
Padraig Harrington made four birdies Thursday, though it was the bogey he saved on the 15th hole that helped him keep a share of the first-round lead with Mark Hensby at the U.S. Senior Open.
Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter each shot 10-under 62 to break the Rocket Classic record and share the first-round lead.
Min Woo Lee tied a course record Thursday, carding a 9-under 63 in first-round play at the Rocket Classic at the Detroit Golf Club.
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Richard Bland will not defend his title this week at the U.S. Senior Open, choosing instead to play at LIV Golf's stop in Dallas.