Korda fired a seven-under 65 in an afternoon group on the opening day of the Chevron Championship to put herself atop the leaderboard. She leads by two shots over Somi Lee and Patty Tavatanakit; Cassie Porter’s two-under 70 sees her as the best-placed Australian.
Players have the option to jump in or not, but it’s certainly something that fans and viewers have come to expect from the winner since Amy Alcott spontaneously first took the plunge into Poppie’s Pond at the 1988 Nabisco Dinah Shore in the California desert.
Aussie veteran Adam Scott produced a moment of magic in the final round of the Texas Children’s Houston Open, firing a stunning hole-in-one at Memorial Park Golf Course.
A change in iron shafts played a critical role in Woodland’s first PGA Tour win since the 2019 US Open. For the week he ranked third in strokes gained/approach the green, picking up six-plus shots on the field.
Gary Woodland won a golf tournament, his first win in seven years, in a performance so commanding the outcome was never in doubt over the final three hours. And that matters. Just not as much as what came before it.
The No.1 player in the world withdrawing from a PGA Tour event in his home state two weeks before the Masters might seem like cause for concern. But in the case of Scottie Scheffler, it was expected – and thankfully for him not injury-related.
Jaeger overcame mediocre driving and iron play by making up for it with a solid short game and putting – an area of his game that he has been working on.
The PGA Tour heads to the Lone Star State this week with five Australians teeing up in the Texas Children’s Houston Open. Scottie Scheffler, US Open champion Wyndham Clark and Jason Day are some of the big names teeing up at Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston.
Known for unleashing prodigious drivers, Finau instead was a fairway-finding machine in Texas, ranking fourth in driving accuracy, aided by hitting every fairway during the third round.
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