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November 9th, 2026

Five consecutive back-nine birdies for Shuri Sakuma erases 3-shot deficit, helps her win in her native Japan

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September 28th, 2026

Japanese golfer breaks through for first LPGA victory

Yuna Nishimura closed with a five-under 66 to win the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship by five shots for her first LPGA Tour title.

July 10th, 2026

Nelly Korda struggles in Evian opening round with Hall of Fame on the line, is 11 shots back

World No.1 Nelly Korda’s Hall of Fame push has stalled at the Amundi Evian Championship, opening with a three-over 74 and sitting 11 shots off the pace.

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Austin Championship presented by Compliance Solutions - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Trace Crowe	-13	-	3
2	Kevin Yu	-12	-	3
T3	Brian Harman	-11	-	3
T3	Kristoffer Ventura	-11	-	3
T5	Jordan Smith	-10	-	3
T5	Erik van Rooyen	-10	-	3
T5	Sami Valimaki	-10	-	3
T5	Neal Shipley	-10	-	3
T9	Zach Bauchou	-9	-	3
T9	Max Greyserman	-9	-	3
T9	Ben Kohles	-9	-	3
T9	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-9	-	3
T9	Rafael Campos	-9	-	3
T9	Blades Brown	-9	-	3
T9	Miles Russell	-9	-	3
T16	Tommy Morrison	-8	-	3
T16	Chad Ramey	-8	-	3
T16	Mac Meissner	-8	-	3
T16	John VanDerLaan	-8	-	3
T16	Jeffrey Kang	-8	-	3
T21	Vince Whaley	-7	1	3
T21	Zac Blair	-7	1	3
T21	Max McGreevy	-7	-	3
T21	Mark Hubbard	-7	-	3
T21	Rasmus Højgaard	-7	-	3
T21	Aaron Wise	-7	-	3
T21	Jesper Svensson	-7	-	3
T21	Marcelo Rozo	-7	-	3
T21	Haotong Li	-7	-	3
T30	Christiaan Maas	-6	1	3
T30	Pi Coody	-6	1*	3
T30	Austin Smotherman	-6	-	3
T30	Ben Martin	-6	-	3
T30	A.J. Ewart	-6	-	3
T30	Gordon Sargent	-6	-	3
T30	Nicholas Lindheim	-6	-	3
T30	Hayden Springer	-6	-	3
T38	Justin Lower	-5	1*	3
T38	Will Gordon	-5	-	3
T38	Isaiah Salinda	-5	-	3
T38	Chandler Phillips	-5	-	3
T38	Brendon Todd	-5	-	3
T38	Brice Garnett	-5	-	3
T38	Lee Hodges	-5	-	3
T38	Kevin Streelman	-5	-	3
T38	Doug Ghim	-5	-	3
T38	Emiliano Grillo	-5	-	3
T38	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-5	-	3
T38	David Lipsky	-5	-	3
T38	Chandler Blanchet	-5	-	3
T38	Emilio Gonzalez	-5	-	3
T38	Zecheng Dou	-5	-	3
T38	Sam Stevens	-5	-	3
T38	Marco Penge	-5	-	3
T38	Davis Chatfield	-5	-	3
T56	Dylan Wu	-4	-	3
T56	Patton Kizzire	-4	-	3
T56	Austin Eckroat	-4	-	3
T56	Joel Dahmen	-4	-	3
T56	Matt McCarty	-4	-	3
T56	William Mouw	-4	-	3
T56	Johnny Keefer	-4	-	3
T56	John Parry	-4	-	3
T56	Tyler Duncan	-4	-	3
T56	Max Homa	-4	-	3
T56	Billy Horschel	-4	-	3
T56	Hank Lebioda	-4	-	3
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	-3	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	-3	F	2
CUT	Ricky Castillo	-3	F	2
CUT	Cole Sherwood	-3	F	2
CUT	Rikuya Hoshino	-3	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	-3	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-3	F	2
CUT	Davis Thompson	-3	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	-2	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	-2	F	2
CUT	David Ford	-2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	-2	F	2
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	-2	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-2	F	2
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-2	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	-1	F	2
CUT	Jackson Suber	-1	F	2
CUT	Daniel Berger	-1	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	-1	F	2
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	E	F	2
CUT	Nick Taylor	E	F	2
CUT	Jackson Koivun	E	F	2
CUT	Eric Cole	E	F	2
CUT	Jimmy Stanger	E	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	E	F	2
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	E	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	E	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	E	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	E	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Roy	+1	F	2
CUT	William Sides	+1	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	+1	F	2
CUT	Andrew Novak	+1	F	2
CUT	Lucas Glover	+1	F	2
CUT	Alvaro Ortiz	+1	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+2	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	+2	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	+3	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	+3	F	2
CUT	Frankie Harris	+4	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	+4	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+4	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+4	F	2
CUT	Adrien Saddier	+4	F	2
CUT	Michael Thompson	+8	F	2
CUT	Casey Russell	+24	F	2
WD	Karl Vilips	-	-
WD	Seamus Power	-	-
WD	C.T. Pan	-	-

Aki iwai

Five consecutive back-nine birdies for Shuri Sakuma erases 3-shot deficit, helps her win in her native Japan

Japanese golfer breaks through for first LPGA victory

Nelly Korda struggles in Evian opening round with Hall of Fame on the line, is 11 shots back

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