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Xander Schauffele has captured his maiden major title with victory at the 2024 US PGA Championship at Valhalla.

Schauffele, 30, poured home a birdie putt from six feet on the par-5 18th to seal a narrow one-shot victory over LIV Golf's Bryson DeChambeau.

The World No.3 closed with a gutsy round of 6-under 65 to finish the week on 21-under par , which marks the lowest winning score to par in a major championship.

The previous low winning score at a major was 20-under par (2015 US PGA, 2016 Open, 2020 Masters, 2022 Open).

Schauffele also joins a list of 10 players to go wire-to-wire at a major championship.

The win marks Schauffele's first major title and the eighth of his PGA Tour career. 

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Schauffele drills the birdie putt home on the left side and he seals an emotional first major title. Schauffele finishes the week on 21-under par, one shot ahead of LIV Golf's DeChambeau. What a week. Congratulations Xander Schauffele, 2024 US PGA champion

Schauffele hits a solid chip shot up to six feet. It's about half the distance and on a similar line to the putt DeChambeau just holed. Six feet for a first major title for Schauffele. Can he do it? 

Schauffele grips way down the shaft and hits a fantastic 4-iron just short of the green. It's a great leave straight up the green, some 50 yards from the pin. Up and down for his maiden major title. 

Schauffele gets a tough break down the 18th. His drive finishes just shy of the bunker down the left, but he will be standing in the sand. Very difficult shot now upcoming for him. Birdie for the win, par for a playoff with DeChambeau. 

Schauffele missed just to the right of the green at the par-4 17th but he played a beautiful chip shot down to two feet for a comfortable par. Schauffele needs to birdie the par-5 18th to capture his maiden major title. Will he do it? Let's see. 

Hovland fails to convert his birdie putt missing low left, and he then misses the return putt for par. A closing bogey sees Hovland finish the week at 18-under par. It's now all down to Schauffele and DeChambeau to decide the 2024 US PGA Championship. 

Huge roars at 18 as DeChambeau drops his 12 footer into the cup. The ball was dying of speed but just dropped into the hole on the last roll. DeChambeau joins Schauffele out in front on 20-under par. Now it's the turn of Hovland. He has eight feet for birdie to join them in the lead. 

Schauffele finds trouble off the tee at the 17th. Could be a tough par here for the leader. 

DeChambeau chips up and also comes up short of the hole. The LIV Golf star has about 12 feet for his birdie. It's another must make if he has any intentions of landing a second career major title. Tense times on the 18th green. Schauffele has just two-putted for par on the 16th and is heading to the 17th tee. 

Hovland chips up to some eight feet short of the hole. It's a must make for Hovland if he wants to win his maiden major title. 

Hovland and DeChambeau have both come up short of the green with their second shots at the par-5 18th. Hovland has gone right but in the fairway and has about 40 yards to the pin, while DeChambeau has gone left in the intermediate rough, and has a similar distance. Birdie a must if both players want to win the US PGA. 

Schauffele is playing sensible golf here and finds the heart of the 16th green. Looks like a certain par. 

It's a brilliant finish for Scotland's Bob MacIntyre, who closes with a 10-foot eagle putt to finish the week in T8 on 13-under par. 

Hovland misses a golden chance for birdie at the 17th. He sent a towering iron shot to within 12 feet but he missed on the left side. DeChambeau also made a par. The pair find themselves one back of Schauffele, who has also just made par on 15. 

Home favourite Justin Thomas gets a huge reception down the par-5 18th and he rewards the fans with a birdie to finish the week at 13-under par. That's T8 right now so it could be a top 10 finish for the Kentucky hero who has two US PGA titles to his name. 

DeChambeau converts his short three footer for birdie after an outstanding shot into the 16th. The LIV Golf man moves to 19-under par alongside Hovland, who two-putts for par. Schauffele two putts for par on the par-3 14th to remain one shot clear at 20-under par. 

Schauffele drills a superb long iron into within 20 feet of the pin at the tough par-3 14th. Chance for birdie but a certain par for sure. 

DeChambeau takes full advantage of his big break down the 16th by sending a long iron to within three feet for birdie. It looks like a certain birdie for the LIV Golf man who will move to within one shot. 

DeChambeau's tee shot looked for all the world it was heading for trouble in the trees down the left side of the par-4 16th but the ball bounced back into the middle of the fairway. The LIV Golf star is now two shots back so he will need to go birdie hunting with just three holes left to play. 

Schauffele hits a stunning iron shot straight down the flag on the par-4 12th and he drains the seven footer for birdie to move back in front by one shot on 20-under par. 

Hovland (-19) sends a short iron shot into 20 feet at the par-4 15th, while DeChambeau (-18) has gone left into the greenside bunker. 

Hovland and DeChambeau both make pars at the brutal par-3 14th, which plays some 230 yards. 

Looks like a three-horse race now. Who wins the US PGA Championship? — GolfMagic (@GolfMagic) May 19, 2024

What a ding-dong battle we've got going on here as Schauffele bounces back from the disappointment with a bogey at 10 with a clutch birdie from 12 feet at the par-3 11th. Schauffele and Hovland are now tied at the top on 19-under, one clear of DeChambeau. 

DeChambeau follows Hovland in for birdie to move to 18-under par. The LIV Golf man is just one back of Hovland now. 

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Our new ranking of every PGA Tour course—from best to worst

There are plenty of reasons why a course is selected to host a PGA Tour event beyond its architectural merits. Of course, the layout must sufficiently test the best players in the world, but the regional market, logistics and history all play important roles in landing a tour event as well.

That said, it’s no secret the tour travels to many of our country’s finest courses. Of the 32 events played in the United States during the 2024 PGA Tour season, 16 are currently ranked on at least one of Golf Digest's national rankings— America's 100 Greatest , Second 100 Greatest and 100 Greatest Public .

In this guide, we rank the 32 U.S. courses that will host a PGA Tour event or major championship this season, based on the scores from our 1,800 course-ranking panelists. (This list only includes events played in the U.S.—there are five international events scheduled this season. Also note that we only rank the primary course at multi-course events such as Torrey Pines and Pebble Beach.)

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1. Augusta National Golf Club (Masters Tournament)

Augusta National Golf Club

Augusta, ga, united states.

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There will be no surprise with the No. 1 course on this list. Augusta National has been ranked first, second or third on our biennial America's 100 Greatest Courses ranking in each edition. The club made a significant change in the fall of 2022, lengthening the par-5 13th hole by about 30 yards . No club has tinkered with its golf course as often or as effectively over the decades as has Augusta National Golf Club, mainly to keep it competitive for the annual Masters Tournament, an event it has conducted since 1934, with time off during WWII. All that tinkering has resulted in an amalgamation of design ideas, with a routing by Alister Mackenzie and Bobby Jones, some Perry Maxwell greens, some Trent Jones water hazards, some Jack Nicklaus mounds and swales and, most recently, extensive rebunkering and tree planting by Tom Fazio. The tinkering continued in the summer of 2018 as the club lengthened the par-4 fifth by extending its back tee on newly acquired land. Soon to come, the lengthening of the famed par-5 13th.

RELATED: A Comprehensive History Of Every Change Made To Augusta National Golf Club

2. Pebble Beach Golf Links (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am)

Pebble Beach Golf Links

Pebble beach, ca, united states.

• 100 Greatest Public

Editor's Note: Courses such as Spyglass Hill, which are not the main host courses of tour, were not included in this list. Read our experts' reviews of Spyglass Hill here .

3. Muirfield Village Golf Club (The Memorial Tournament)

Muirfield Village Golf Club

Dublin, oh, united states, 4. the riviera country club (the genesis invitational).

Riviera Country Club

Pacific palisades, ca, united states, 5. pinehurst no. 2 (u.s. open).

Pinehurst No. 2

Pinehurst, nc, united states, 6. tpc sawgrass: stadium (the players championship).

TPC Sawgrass: Stadium

Ponte vedra beach, fl, 7. castle pines golf club (bmw championship).

Castle Pines Golf Club

Castle rock, co, united states.

8. Valhalla Golf Club (PGA Championship)

Valhalla Golf Club

Louisville, ky, united states.

9. Quail Hollow Club (Wells Fargo Championship)

Quail Hollow Club

Charlotte, nc, united states.

• Second 100 Greatest

10. Kapalua: Plantation (The Sentry)

Kapalua: Plantation

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From Golf Digest Architecture Editor emeritus Ron Whitten:  Most golf fans are familiar with Kapalua Golf Club’s Plantation Course, home of the PGA Tour's opening event each year. Located on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Maui, the Plantation was built from open, windswept pineapple fields on the pronounced slope of a volcano and is irrigated by sprinklers pressured solely by gravity. As the first design collaboration by Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, it unveiled their joint admiration for old-style courses. The blind drive on the fourth, the cut-the-corner drives on the fifth and sixth are all based on tee shots found at National Golf Links. So, too, are its punchbowl green and strings of diagonal bunkers. It's also a massive course, built on a huge scale, Coore says, to accommodate the wind and the slope and the fact that it gets mostly resort play.

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11. East Lake Golf Club (Tour Championship)

East Lake Golf Club

Atlanta, ga, united states, 12. harbour town golf links (rbc heritage).

Harbour Town Golf Links

Hilton head island, sc, united states.

13. Colonial Country Club (Charles Schwab Challenge)

Colonial Country Club

Fort worth, tx, united states, 14. torrey pines golf course: south (farmers insurance open).

Torrey Pines Golf Course: South

La jolla, ca, united states.

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15. PGA West: Stadium (The American Express)

PGA West: Stadium Course

La quinta, ca, united states, 16. the dunes golf & beach club (myrtle beach classic).

The Dunes Golf & Beach Club

Myrtle beach, sc, united states, 17. tpc southwind (fedex st. jude championship).

TPC Southwind

Memphis, tn, united states, 18. waialae country club (sony open in hawaii).

Waialae Country Club

Honolulu, hi.

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19. TPC San Antonio: Oaks (Valero Texas Open)

TPC San Antonio Oaks Course

San antonio, tx, 20. sedgefield country club (wyndham championship).

Sedgefield Country Club

Greensboro, nc, united states, 21. arnold palmer's bay hill club & lodge (arnold palmer invitational).

Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge: Challenger/Champion

Orlando, fl.

From Golf Digest Architecture Editor emeritus Ron Whitten:  I've always been fascinated by the design of Bay Hill, Arnold Palmer's home course for over 45 years (although Tiger Woods owns it, competitively-speaking, as he's won there eight times.) For one thing, it's rather hilly, a rarity in Florida (although not in the Orlando market) and dotted with sinkhole ponds incorporated in the design in dramatic ways.

I always thought the wrap-around-a-lake par-5 sixth was Dick Wilson's version of Robert Trent Jones's decade-older 13th at The Dunes Club at Myrtle Beach. Each of the two rivals had claimed the other was always stealing his ideas. But the hole I like best at Bay Hill is the par-4 eighth, a lovely dogleg-right with a diagonal green perched above a small circular pond. OK, I admit that it reminds me of the sixth at Hazeltine National, another Trent Jones product, but I don't think Wilson picked Trent's pocket on this one, as both courses were built about the same time, in the early 1960s.

Check out our architecture editor's complete review, here.

22. Innisbrook Resort: Copperhead (Valspar Championship)

Innisbrook Resort: Copperhead

Palm harbor, fl, united states, 23. pga national resort & spa: champion (cognizant classic in the palm beaches).

PGA National Resort: Champion

Palm beach gardens, fl, united states.

One of five courses at PGA National, the Champion Course has hosted the Honda Classic since 2007. (The event dates back to 1972, though with Honda pulling out as a tournament sponsor, the event is in question going forward.) Originally designed by Tom and George Fazio for tournament play, Jack Nicklaus redesigned the course in 2014, creating the infamous three-hole stretch aptly named "The Bear Trap." Routinely one of the toughest courses on tour, The Champion is a true ball-striking test that plays a lot differently than most courses, where winning scores push over 20 under par.

24. TPC Deere Run (John Deere Classic)

TPC Deere Run

25. tahoe mountain club: old greenwood (barracuda championship).

Tahoe Mountain Club: Old Greenwood

Truckee, ca, 26. tpc river highlands (travelers championship).

TPC River Highlands

Cromwell, ct, 27. tpc scottsdale: stadium (wm phoenix open).

TPC Scottsdale: Stadium

Scottsdale, az, united states.

28. TPC Craig Ranch (The CJ Cup Byron Nelson)

TPC Craig Ranch

Mckinney, tx, 29. memorial park golf course (texas children's houston open).

Memorial Park Golf Course

Houston, tx, 30. tpc louisiana (zurich classic of new orleans).

TPC Louisiana

Avondale, la, 31. detroit golf club: north (rocket mortgage classic).

Detroit Golf Club: North

Detroit, mi, united states, 32. tpc twin cities (3m open).

TPC Twin Cities

Blaine, mn, united states.

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LOS ANGELES -- World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler closed with a flurry in the third round of the 123rd U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club on Saturday.

Rickie Fowler ? Not so much.

Fowler set a U.S. Open record with an 8-under 62 in the first round (as did Xander Schauffele ) and gained only 2 strokes over the next 36 holes. Fowler is tied with Wyndham Clark for the 54-hole lead at 10 under. He would have held the outright lead overnight if he hadn't inexplicably three-putted for bogey on the 18th, including a 3½-footer for par that lipped out.

Still, Fowler is in one of the best positions of his career to win an elusive first major. He'll try to do it in his 48th start.

"We all feel nerves at times, depending on certain shots or circumstances, but I mentioned it yesterday and then still stand by it," Fowler said. "This is the best I've felt, let alone in a normal tournament but especially a major, and I would say really ever in my career."

Clark, the 32nd-ranked player in the world, picked up his first PGA Tour victory at last month's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. That was a designated event, in which he beat most of the PGA Tour's best players in a 4-stroke victory. The Denver native seems confident that he can do it again.

"Obviously, it's just Saturday, but it's a little surreal to be in this situation," Clark said. "Honestly, I'm really looking forward to tomorrow and the challenge it's going to bring, and hopefully it's my day."

Rory McIlroy , the No. 3 player in the world, is only 1 stroke back. He carded a 1-under 69 on Saturday, his third straight subpar round, and is in a prime position to end a nearly nine-year drought without a major championship victory. McIlroy's last win in one came at the 2014 PGA Championship.

McIlroy has been frustratingly close to ending the major drought. He tied for second at the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. Last year, he finished in the top 10 in each of the four majors, including second at the Masters and third at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews in Scotland.

It has been a dozen years since McIlroy won his only U.S. Open title at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, in June 2011. It would be the longest gap between U.S. Open victories in history and fifth longest for any major, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

"It's been such a long time since I've done it," McIlroy said. "I'm going out there to try to execute a game plan, and I feel like over the last three days I've executed that game plan really, really well. I just need to do that for one more day."

Fowler will have to hold off not only Clark and McIlroy but also Scheffler, who seemed too far back until the final two holes of the third round. After dropping to 4 under following a bogey on the 16th, Scheffler holed out from 196 yards for an eagle on the 17th. Then his balky putter came to life when he sank a 22-footer for a birdie on the 18th, which moved him to 7 under.

Just like that, the 2022 Masters champion was in the hunt for his second major championship victory. He'll have to try to win this one from behind.

"You're nervous whether or not you're leading or chasing," Scheffler said. "I want to win the golf tournament. It doesn't matter what tournament it is. I'm showing up and I want to play good and I want to win. Going into tomorrow I'm going to be chasing, but it's not going to feel any different."

Each of the past 24 U.S. Open champions were within 4 shots of the lead entering the final round. All but seven of the past 49 were within 3 strokes heading into the last 18 holes, according to Elias Sports Bureau.

Harris English is 4 strokes back. Dustin Johnson and Schauffele are 5 behind. "Obviously, it would be huge," Fowler said. "It would be great. Especially being here in Southern California, having a lot of people, family and friends that are out here this week. We have a chance tomorrow. After going through the last few years, I'm not scared to fail. I've dealt with that. We're just going to go have fun, continue to try to execute, leave it all out there, see where we stand on 18."

Hello, darkness, my old friend

Clark and Fowler weren't happy about starting so late and having to finish in the near-dark. They didn't tee off until 6:40 p.m. ET and finished more than four hours later. By then, the marine layer had returned and there wasn't much sunlight.

"I mean, it's a little ridiculous that we teed off that late," Clark said. "I would say right around hole 15 or 16 it started getting to where you couldn't see that well. We played twilight golf."

Clark said his bogey on the 17th was "100 percent" because he couldn't see, and he said Fowler's on No. 18 was "because he couldn't see." Clark said he couldn't see his putts on the last two holes, and that he and Fowler "just played off of feel."

"I'd like to see us go off an hour and a half, two hours earlier," Clark said. "If we had a playoff tomorrow we wouldn't even be able to play the playoff tomorrow because it was so dark. With that, I'm not trying to make an excuse, but it definitely was a challenge.

"It's kind of tough and it's crazy to think that we're doing that on the last two holes of a major when we could have teed off two hours earlier. Hopefully tomorrow we don't have that issue."

Clark got his wish. The co-leaders will tee off at 5:30 p.m. ET Sunday, 70 minutes earlier than Saturday.

Treacherous back nine

The back nine of the North Course has been grossly harder than the front all week. South Korean Tom Kim 's third round might be evidence A of the difference in difficulty.

On Saturday, Kim tied a U.S. Open record for the lowest nine-hole score with a 29 on the front. He made birdies on Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9 and didn't card a bogey. Kim made an 18-foot birdie putt on No. 4 and a 10-footer on No. 6.

Kim made the turn and added another birdie on the par-4 10th to move to 6 under and into the top 10, after starting his round tied for 107th at 1 over.

At that point, Kim started thinking about the possibilities.

"It did catch my mind once when I was 7 under, where, man, if I can keep this going, have a good finish, and if the leaders kind of stumble, I might have a chance to be really close up there on Sunday," Kim said. "But it was a really short thought because I still had the hardest part of the golf course right in front of me."

After Kim posted consecutive pars on Nos. 11 and 12, things fell apart. He missed the green on the par-4 13th and made a bogey. His tee shot on the par-3 15th was short and landed in the front bunker, resulting in another bogey.

On the par-4 16th, Kim's tee shot settled in the native area, and he punched out into the rough. Another bogey dropped him to 3 under. He made par on the last two holes to finish 4-under 66. He is 3 under after 54 holes.

"To be honest, that back nine is really hard," Kim said. "You just don't really have any bailouts. Those three bogeys really don't feel like bogeys because I barely missed it by a yard or two. But major championship golf, U.S. Open really brings it out of you."

On Saturday, the front-nine scoring average was 34.970. It was 36.880 on the back. According to Justin Ray of Twenty First Group, players were a combined 86 over par on the front nine through the first three rounds, 595 over on the back.

Changing it up

Golf fans got what they wanted Saturday, as the par-3 15th hole was playing only 81 yards, making it the shortest par-3 in U.S. Open history. The previous shortest hole was the 92-yard seventh hole at Pebble Beach Links in California in 2010.

Just because it wasn't very long doesn't necessarily mean it was easy. There were 11 birdies, 49 pars, four bogeys and one double bogey.

"I mean, it was 76 yards, 80-something to the hole," Kim said. "You have four yards of green to work with. You're long, you're dead; you're short, you're dead. It's a really simple wedge shot, but with the wind kind of going down to left, you've got to really hit it at the right time."

Kim said you couldn't bail out to the left side of the green, or you'd be left with a 40-foot putt down the hill. He wasn't the only player who walked away with a bogey.

"It's a wedge," Kim said. "I think a bogey from 80 yards stats-wise isn't great, but definitely double [bogey] is in play there."

Padraig Harrington had one of the birdies.

"There's a lovely upslope just left of the pin," Harrington said. "As long as you go about four or five yards left of the pin, there's a nice upslope."

Bryson DeChambeau , who hits his golf ball further than just about everybody, was happy to walk away with a par. He hit a 60-degree wedge and teed his ball up higher than usual.

"I'm the happiest man alive that I hit that green," DeChambeau said. "With my wedge game and how fast I can move a golf club, I'm super happy that I was able to control the distance there and get it on the green."

On Sunday, the pin will probably be on the back right of the green. It will play about 135 to 140 yards. Players should be able to fade their tee shots into the green.

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Brooks Koepka isn't the only golfer who isn't too fond of LACC. Defending U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and world No. 5 golfer Viktor Hovland didn't give it rave reviews Saturday, either.

Fitzpatrick, who is ranked No. 8 in the Official World Golf Ranking, tried to be polite. Hovland was a little more critical after carding a 1-under 69. He is 2 under after 54 holes.

LACC's North Course is hosting its first U.S. Open. The tournament is scheduled to return here in 2039.

"You know what, I'm not a big fan of this golf course, to be honest," Hovland said. "I think there's some good holes. I don't think there's any great holes. I think there's a few bad holes. I think No. 9 is probably the best hole out here in my opinion."

Fitzpatrick had some of the same complaints that Koepka had Friday: Too many blind shots and too much slope in the fairways, which causes balls to funnel to the same spots, regardless of the line.

"I just think the golf course is interesting, to be polite, I think," Fitzpatrick said. "There's just too many holes for me where you've got blind tee shots and then you've got fairways that don't hold the ball. There's too much slope.

"Some of the tee shots, I think they're a little bit unfair. You hit a good tee shot and end up in the rough by a foot and then you're hacking it out. Meanwhile, someone has hit it miles offline the other way and they've got a shot. Yeah, not my cup of tea."

LACC members can take solace in that Scheffler likes their course.

"I definitely like the golf course a lot," Scheffler said. "I think it's a very interesting place to play golf. I think some of the setup stuff has been also a little bit interesting. It can be frustrating at times with how firm the greens are and how much softer the fairways are."

It's only a number

Ireland's Harrington, a three-time major champion, is 1 under after 54 holes, becoming only the fourth player at 50 years or older to be under par through three rounds of the U.S. Open, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Harrington carded a 3-under 67 in the third round, including an eagle on the par-5 eighth and two birdies on the back.

"Most of my golf now, which is the way it should always be, is about managing me," Harrington said. "I'm not really trying to worry too much about everybody else. I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing, mainly mentally. ... Physically I'm capable and I know what to do mentally, just sometimes it's a bit of a stumbling block to get myself to do the good stuff mentally."

Harrington, who is playing on PGA Tour Champions, would become the fifth player over 50 to finish under par in a U.S. Open after 72 holes. The others were Steve Stricker in 2017 (5 under), Julius Boros in 1973 (1 under), Raymond Floyd in 1993 (1 under) and Dutch Harrison in 1960 (1 under).

Unfamiliar name on the leaderboard

There's a name you probably don't recognize on the leaderboard: Japan's Ryutaro Nagano , who is solo eighth at 4 under. After posting a 1-over 71 in the first round, he's a combined 5 under in the past 36.

Nagano, 35, has never won on the Japan Golf Tour. The closest he came was a playoff loss in the 2021 Panasonic Open Golf Championship. He's ranked 522nd in the world. He has played in one other major championship, missing the cut at the 2021 Open Championship. He tied for 39th in his only PGA Tour start at the 2021 Zozo Championship.

For whatever reason, Nagano's game came together this week.

"I'm grateful that I've been able to play well for the last three days, and to be here is amazing," Nagano said.

Nagano's favorite memory of the U.S. Open was watching Tiger Woods win at Torrey Pines in San Diego in 2008. Nagano was in high school.

If Nagano finishes in the top 10 Sunday, he'll earn a spot in the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in North Carolina.

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PGA Tour has final signature event as LPGA goes to Sahalee for 3rd major

Bryson DeChambeau holds the trophy in the bunker after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament Sunday, June 16, 2024, in Pinehurst, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Cromwell, Connecticut.

Course: TPC River Highlands. Yardage: 6,852. Par: 70.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $3.6 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Keegan Bradley.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Bryson DeChambeau won the U.S. Open.

Notes: This is the final signature event with a $20 million purse and small field. There will not be a cut at the Travelers Championship. ... Rory McIlroy withdrew one day after he bogeyed three of his last four holes to finish one shot behind in the U.S. Open. ... Adam Scott and Webb Simpson each received a sponsor’s exemption, the fifth one for a signature event for both of them. They serve on the PGA Tour policy board. ... Michael Thorbjornsen, who finished No. 1 in the PGA Tour University ranking, received an exemption. He finished fourth at the Travelers in 2022 while at Stanford. ... The leading five players from the top 20 in the FedEx Cup after this week earn exemptions to the British Open. Christiaan Bezuidenhout currently is the only player from the top 20 not eligible. Thomas Detry is just outside the top 20. ... Xander Schauffele and Bryson DeChambeau are the only players with top-10 finishes in all three majors this year.

Next week: Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

LPGA TOUR AND PGA OF AMERICA

KPMG WOMEN’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Sammamish, Washington.

Course: Sahalee Country Club. Yardage: 6,831. Par: 72.

Prize money: $10 million. Winner’s share: $1.5 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-6 p.m. (Peacock), 6-10 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-6 p.m. (NBC), 6-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 12-3 p.m. (Peacock), 3-7 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Ruoning Yin.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Lilia Vu won the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Notes: The third LPGA major of the year returns to Sahalee for the first time since 2016, when Brooke Henderson of Canada won her first major. ... This is the final week before the women’s world ranking is used to determine the 60 players who qualify for the Olympics. ... The Americans will have only three players for the Paris Games unless Megan Khang has a good week. She is No. 16 in the world ranking, one spot behind Lydia Ko. ... Lexi Thompson moved from No. 75 to No. 33 in the Race to CME Globe after her playoff loss last week. ... Of the four players who already have topped $1 million, Ayaka Furue of Japan is the only one who has yet to win on the LPGA this year. ... Sahalee hosted the 1998 PGA Championship that Vijay Singh won over Steve Stricker. ... Nelly Korda has missed the cut in consecutive tournaments for the first time since the Founders Cup and the KPMG Women’s PGA last year.

Next week: Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/ and https://www.kpmgwomenspgachampionship.com/

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LIV GOLF NASHVILLE

Site: College Grove, Tennessee.

Course: The Grove GC. Yardage: 7,297. Par: 71.

Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million.

Television: Friday, 1-6 p.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (CW Network).

Defending champion: New event.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last tournament: Carlos Ortiz won LIV Golf Houston.

Notes: Bryson DeChambeau plays just one week after he captured his second U.S. Open title by beating Rory McIlroy by one shot at Pinehurst No. 2. ... DeChambeau joined Brooks Koepka as the only active LIV players to win a major. ... LIV had three players finish in the top 10 at the Masters. In the next two majors, DeChambeau was the only player in the top 10. ... Tennessee is the 12th state to host a LIV event. ... The Grove is a Greg Norman design that previous hosted a Korn Ferry Tour event and NCAA men’s regional tournaments. ... DeChambeau has only one finish in the top five at LIV Golf this year. He has two top fives (a win and runner-up) in the majors. ... LIV Golf has six players from four countries who have qualified for the Paris Olympics. ... Dustin Johnson has only one top 10 since winning in LIV Las Vegas earlier this year. He has missed the cut in two out of three majors this year.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Andalucia on July 12-14.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

EUROPEAN TOUR

Site: Amsterdam.

Course: The International. Yardage: 6,914. Par: 71.

Prize money: $2.5 million. Winner’s share: $416,667.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Pablo Larrazabal.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Notes: Six players in the field were in North Carolina last week for the U.S. Open, all but one of them missing the cut. Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland tied for 41st. ... Sebastian Soderberg makes his first start since he took double bogey on the final hole to lose the Scandinavian Mixed by one shot to Linn Grant. He is No. 2 on the Race to Dubai. ... Luke List is not in the PGA Tour’s signature event this week. He is playing in the Netherlands on a sponsor exemption. ... Matt Wallace is in the field, the only player in the field to have won on the European tour and the PGA Tour. ... Henrik Norlander is using one of the spots for PGA Tour players who finished from No. 126 to 200 in the FedEx Cup last year. He also played in Sweden two weeks ago. ... Three players who have competed on LIV Golf this year are among the top 11 in the Race to Dubai. ... Europe has nine players among the top 25 in the world ranking.

Next week: Italian Open.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS OPEN

Site: Endicott, New York.

Course: En-Joie CC. Yardage: 6,994. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.1 million. Winner’s share: $315,000.

Television: Friday, 12-2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.

Last tournament: Ernie Els won the American Family Insurance Championship.

Notes: Padraig Harrington plays for the first time since he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame during the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2. ... This is the last tournament before a pair of majors. The U.S. Senior Open is next week, and then after a bye week, it’s the Kaulig Companies Championship at Firestone in Ohio. ... Steve Stricker is not on the field. He is the only player in the top six in the Charles Schwab Cup standings who hasn’t won this year. ... Ken Tanigawa, Billy Andrade and Paul Broadhurst are the only players on the PGA Tour Champions who have played all 13 tournaments this year. ... Ernie Els and Stephen Ames are the only players with multiple victories this year. ... Angel Cabrera is on the alternate list, unlikely to get in. He won on the Legends Tour in Europe last week. It was his first win since getting released from prison in Argentina last summer for gender violence.

Next week: U.S. Senior Open.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

KORN FERRY TOUR

COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Norman, Oklahoma.

Course: Jimmie Austin OU GC. Yardage: 7,487. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Jimmy Stanger.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

Last week: Taylor Dickson won the Wichita Open.

Next week: Memorial Health Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour

OTHER TOURS

Epson Tour: Island Resort Championship, Sweetgrass GC, Harris, Michigan. Defending champion: Tsai Ching Tseng. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

Japan Players Championship, Nish Nasuno CC, Tochigi, Japan. Defending champion: Hideto Tanihara. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Asian Tour: Kolon Korea Open, Woo Jeong Hills CC, Cheonan, South Korea. Defending champion: Seungsu Han. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Challenge Tour: Blot Open de Bretagne, Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre, Pleneuf, France. Previous winner: Stuart Manley. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, Royal Beroun GC, Beroun, Czech Republic. Defending champion: Diksha Dagar. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: The Beachlands Victoria Open, Uplands GC, Victoria, British Columbia. Defending champion: Etienne Papineau. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Earth Mondahmin Cup, Camellia Hills CC, Chiba, Japan. Defending champion: Jiyai Shin. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: Hankyung Ladies Cup, Fortune Hills CC, Pocheon, South Korea. Defending champion: Minji Park. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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There will no golf on Monday at Pebble Beach.

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The 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am is already over.

Despite initially postponing the final round of the $20 million Signature Event to Monday due to inclement weather, the PGA Tour made an about-face late Sunday night and said “out of an abundance of caution for the safety of all constituents” play would be canceled Monday. The tournament results through 54 holes are now final.

The Pebble Beach area is under Shelter in Place order by Monterey County until early Monday and after consulting with county emergency authorities, the PGA Tour announced the cancelation of the final round in a statement Sunday night.

You can read the PGA Tour’s statement in full below:

“The storm affecting the Monterey Peninsula throughout the day Sunday is forecast to continue into the early hours of Monday with very strong winds.  Although conditions are forecast to improve through the morning Monday, after consultation with Monterey County emergency authorities, who have implemented a Shelter in Place order until early tomorrow morning for the greater Pebble Beach community, and out of an abundance of caution for the safety of all constituents, there will be no play on Monday.  Therefore, in accordance with the PGA TOUR Regulations the tournament results will be final through the conclusion of 54 holes.”

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Shortening the tournament to 54 holes means Wyndham Clark, who started the third round six back of the lead and fired a 60 Saturday to jump into the lead by one over Ludvig Aberg, picks up his third PGA Tour title.

The tournament had been plagued by poor weather all week. The grounds were closed to the public for Wednesday’s practice round and the entire tournament was played under preferred lies after heavy rains saturated the course.

More rain came Saturday night and into Sunday, but the real damage from the storm came from strong winds, some reported gusts over 60 mph, that battered California’s central coast all day. Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis reported Sunday afternoon that there was “extensive damage” to the golf course from falling trees, camera towers and hospitality tents.

The main road in and out of Pebble Beach, 17 Mile Drive, was still closed due to high winds Sunday night.

It’s the first 54-hole event on the PGA Tour since the 2016 Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The Pebble event was shortened six times since 1974 before this week, the last coming in 2009 when Dustin Johnson won.

Knowing the forecast, many players said they had to play the third round with the idea that it could potentially be the final round.

Why there’s a yellow rules sticker on Wyndham Clark’s Pebble-record scorecard

“I definitely thought about it last night and this morning with everyone saying how bad the weather’s going to be,” Clark said Saturday night. “All right, well, you’ve got to have that mentality that today’s the last day so try to go for broke.”

He went out in 28, tying the course front nine record and then finished with a 60, breaking the course record by a shot.

Last year’s U.S. Open winner had an eagle putt for 59 on the 18th green, but it stopped just 7 inches short of the cup. He told CBS afterward that he didn’t want to risk three-putting, knowing he was in contention.

“To shoot 59 would have been amazing, but I also know the tournament is on the line, so I wanted to make sure I had good speed,” Clark said. “But to have a tap-in birdie was pretty special too.”

When Aberg missed his eagle try about an hour and a half later, that gave Clark the one-shot lead that eventually would be the difference.

Editor’s note: Interested in a key to Clark’s victory? Click here for this story from GOLF’s Nick Piastowski. Or scroll below.

Six days ago, Wyndham Clark’s head wasn’t on 60, the number he shot Saturday, a record at one of the country’s most celebrated tracks, Pebble Beach . Nor was it on a lead, the position he held through three rounds at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am , an event now deemed to be “signature” by the PGA Tour. His thoughts were far from the nearly 200 feet worth of putts he dropped. 

Nah, last Sunday, on a Pebble practice green, with some guy he just met, Clark was just staring at nine putters. Wondering.

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He’d broken through last year. A victory at the Wells Fargo . A month later, he won the U.S. Open . There, he sliced and diced L.A. Country Club. But then he dipped. He said his team expected a letdown. You start to think, though. 

Would the slump stay? Would he bounce back? 

Why weren’t these freaking putts dropping?

Irritating. A real golf tee in his saddle. He flew in early for this week’s event, though. His team hooked him up with a new putting guru. The thought was a check-in. A word or two. They worked for three or so hours. Ideas were tossed out. Why not switch up the putting style? Go cross-handed? He’d given that a go in December, at the Hero World Challenge. He went with it again. 

Why not try that no-line putter? It was sitting among the aforementioned nine. They were positioned kinda like a putter version of the Bachelor/Bachelorette shows. 

Clark asked it out. 

Ooh, that’s different, he thought. Nothing revolutionary, of course. But the ball was rolling. Things clicked. Odyssey’s no-line Ai-One Jailbird was in the bag. 

Wyndham Clark switched to @odysseygolf 's Ai-One Jailbird putter at Pebble. Safe to say the change is paying off. pic.twitter.com/1W8yWqFVeD — Jonathan Wall (@jonathanrwall) February 3, 2024

“A lot of big changes,” Clark said, “but when you were as — when you’re in a spot where I was mentally in putting, you kind of needed a change, just something totally different so you couldn’t complain or have those same feels that I had in previous tournaments. 

“So yeah, a lot changed, but I think not having the line on the putter’s been the biggest thing for me.”

And that was that. At least that was the plan. No more putting talk. It was an idea from his sports psychologist, Julie Elion. She’s been key on his run.   

“Yeah, the brunt of our work has been on the putting recently,” Clark said. “We’ve been so focused on it, and she kind of told me — she told me this week, she said let’s stop having goals for putting and let’s just move on. We’re putting too much emphasis on the putting. We were trying to have the best attitude we could possibly have, especially coming into greens like this where they are really bumpy, so slopey and it makes it really hard to make putts. 

“So I was really just trying to focus on making the best stroke I can and regardless of where the ball goes, even though everyone tries to do that, it’s been really hard for me lately. And I’ve done a good job this week of that and I think my patience the first two days on the greens really paid off because obviously I made a lot of putts today.”

Yeah, yeah he did.  

Notably, he started slowly. An even-par 72 during the first round at Spyglass Hill. A five-under 67 during the second round at Pebble, but he had bogeyed two of his last five holes. A par on the 1st hole at Pebble on Saturday. And then? 

The hole looked as big as the nearby Pacific. The putting was graceful as the birds soaring overhead. 

✅ Bunker ✅ Fried egg ✅ Left-handed shot The best bogey you'll see today. pic.twitter.com/bhtXOLk1I2 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) February 3, 2024

A 38-foot, 11-incher on the par-5 2nd. That was for eagle. A 9-foot, 7-incher on the par-4 4th. That was for birdie. A 42-foot, 2-incher on the par-5 6th. That was also for eagle. A 2-foot, 9-incher on the iconic par-3 7th. That was for birdie. A 29-foot, 5-incher on the par-4 8th . That was for birdie. A 24-foot, 7-incher on the par-4 9th . That was for birdie. That equaled 150 feet, 10 inches of putts made — over just the front nine. Stats guru Justin Ray reported that Clark’s total was the most by a pro on the front nine at the event over the past 20 years — by 24 feet, 7 inches. Clark had also fired a front-nine 28, which Ray noted tied the tournament’s front-nine record, recorded three other times (Spike McRoy, during the first round in 2001; Davis Love IIII during the fourth round in 2001; and Brent Schwarzrock, during the first round in 2002.) 

But you saw the score in the first paragraph. There was more. Clark dropped a 3-foot, 8-incher on the par-4 10th . He dropped a 15-foot, 6-incher on the par-4 11th . His putt on the par-3 12th was perhaps his best, though. From the tee, he hit into a greenside bunker. He struggled with his second shot. It finished just above another bunker. The righty opted to hit it lefty . His ball finished on the fringe, 25 feet, 8 inches away. 

He made that. A bogey. But he didn’t spiral.

He followed with birdie putts on the par-4 13th (12 feet, 8 inches) and the par-5 14th (4 feet). Putts on the par-4 16th (5 inches) and the par-3 17th (5 inches) came up agonizingly short. So did his bid on the par-5 18th, for the magical 59. Only 12 players in PGA Tour history have gone sub-60. Clark missed his penultimate putt by 7 inches . But he made his 60th stroke. No one at Pebble has gone that low. The course tournament record is a 62, set four times (Tom Kite in 1983; David Duval in 1997; Patrick Cantlay in 2021; and Matthias Schwab in 2022). Hurly Long shot a 61 during a college event in 2017. Notably, there’ll be an asterisk on Clark’s score, as lift, clean and place was in play, but that’s not to say dude didn’t hit shots, though. He rolled the rock, too. In the end, he made 189 feet, 9 inches of putts.  

Rarely used rule helps keep Wyndham Clark’s Pebble record round alive

And now he might be your winner. A storm is forecast for Sunday. More rain is expected in the days ahead. There’s a chance they’ll call this after 54 holes. 

Nah, six days ago, he wasn’t thinking of any of that, either.  

“Even though sometimes I didn’t know where I was going with the putting, I had to believe that it was eventually going to come back,” Clark said. “It’s honestly more than anything it’s just really rewarding to finally make some putts, see some putts. 

“I feel like I rewarded myself with being patient and then having a great day today.” 

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T he final major championship week of the season is upon us. The 2024 Open Championship will be held at Royal Troon in Scotland, the 1st time this course will host the historic event since 2016 when Henrik Stenson outdueled Phil Mickelson to win the Claret Jug.

Below, we look at BetMGM Sportsbook's 2024 Open Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions .

After skipping last week's Genesis Scottish Open, world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is back in the field this week for the 4th major of 2024 -- he's also No. 1 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings.

Scheffler is once again the betting favorite, coming in with odds of +550. Rory McIlroy has the 2nd-best odds at +800, the only other player in the field under +1000. The reigning Champion Golfer of the Year, Brian Harman , is +6600 to defend his title and retain the Claret Jug.

Royal Troon is a traditional links-style course with strategically placed pot bunkers and mounding fairways that lead to plenty of rollout off the tee. The greens are smaller than other courses on the Open rota, putting an added emphasis on approach accuracy and scrambling ability. It's a par 71 and 7,385 yards long, 195 yards longer than it played in 2016. With the course being on the coast, wind is sure to have a significant impact on the playing conditions, too.

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Open Championship – Expert picks

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Rory McIlroy (+800)

McIlroy is going to win another major at some point ... right? This week feels like a golden opportunity for him to bounce back from the U.S. Open heartbreak at Pinehurst at a course that should suit him well. He just needs to figure out how to close on Sunday and kick the putter into gear in the final round.

Collin Morikawa (+1600)

As due as McIlroy is for a win, so is Morikawa. His worst finish in his last 9 individual events is a T-16 at the Wells Fargo in May. He has 6 top-10 finishes in that span and 5 top-5s, which is incredible considering he didn't manage to secure a win. With Royal Troon being more of a positioning course rather than a bomber's track, it should suit Morikawa and his accuracy well.

Viktor Hovland (+3300)

Hovland seems to have gotten back on track despite falling down the leaderboard Sunday in the Scottish Open and he's always been a strong links player. He's finished 12th, 4th and 13th in 3 career Open Championship starts, so his track record in this tournament is excellent.

Open Championship picks – Contenders

Tom kim (+4000).

Kim was a co-runner-up to Harman last year, albeit 6 shots behind the champion. He's been very good in links tournaments before, including the Scottish Open where he just finished 15th. His play in the last month has been impressive, too, highlighted by a runner-up to Scheffler at the Travelers Championship.

Tony Finau (+4500)

Finau just seems tailor-made for the Open Championship. He's a terrific ball striker and putting isn't as critical on these links-style courses, which has led to some impressive finishes in the Open before. Prior to missing the cut last year, he finished 28th or better in 6 consecutive starts, including a 3rd-place showing in 2019.

Aaron Rai (+5500)

Rai is playing some outstanding golf at the moment, finishing in the top 20 in 5 straight starts – a stretch that includes the U.S. Open (T-19) and Genesis Scottish Open (T-4). His record in links events is strong, too, finishing 19th in the Open in 2021.

Louis Oosthuizen (+5500)

At one point, Oosthuizen was one of the best major players in the world and he's finished runner-up or better in all 4 majors during his career, winning the Open in 2010. A move to LIV Golf has taken the spotlight off of him, but Royal Troon fits his game well because it's a shorter links course. He has 5 top-10s in 11 starts on LIV this season, too.

Open Championship picks – Long shots

Alex noren (+8000).

Noren cooled off with consecutive missed cuts at the U.S. Open and Rocket Mortgage Classic but he got back on track last week in the Scottish Open where he tied for 10th. He has 11 top-25s in 17 starts this season and has 4 top-25s in his last 5 Open Championship starts – a nice combination of recent form and event history.

Dean Burmester (+12500)

Burmester, another LIV player, finished 12th in the PGA Championship and made the cut at the U.S. Open, his only 2 major starts this year. He has a win and 2 other top-5s on LIV this season and finished 11th in the Open 2 years ago.

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Final major for men at British Open as LPGA heads home to Ohio

The final golf major of the year is this week at the British Open

Royal and Ancient Golf Club

BRITISH OPEN

Site: Troon, Scotland.

Course: Royal Troon GC. Yardage: 7,385. Par: 71.

Prize money: $17 million. Winner’s share: $3.1 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 1:30-4 a.m. (Peacock); 4 a.m. to 3 p.m. (USA Network); 3-4:15 p.m. (Peacock); Saturday, 5-7 a.m. (USA Network); 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, 4-7 a.m. (USA Network), 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Brian Harman.

Last year: Harman won his first major by building a five-shot lead and closing with a 1-under 70 at Royal Liverpool for a six-shot victory. Harman never trailed over his final 51 holes.

Notes: The British Open returns to Royal Troon for the 10th time. The last time was in 2016 when Henrik Stenson outdueled Phil Mickelson and set a record score of 264 for all the major championships. ... Six different Americans have won the last six majors dating to Jon Rahm in the 2023 Masters. ... Rahm has yet to win anywhere in the world since that Masters. He joined LIV Golf at the end of last year. ... Scottie Scheffler will try to join Tiger Woods as the only players to win the British Open as the world No. 1. ... Woods is playing Royal Troon for the first time since 2004. He has missed the cut in his last two majors. ... Arthur Havers in 1923 is the only British player to win the claret jug at Troon. ... Rory McIlroy has gone 10 years without winning a major. He missed a 30-inch putt at Pinehurst No. 2 and lost the U.S. Open by one shot. ... Royal Troon features the longest (623 yards) and shortest (123 yards) holes on the current British Open rotation.

Next year: Royal Portrush.

Online: https://www.theopen.com/

BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Truckee, California.

Course: Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood). Yardage: 7,480. Par: 71.

Prize money: $4 million. Winner’s share: $720,000.

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Akshay Bhatia.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Robert MacIntyre won the Scottish Open and Harry Hall won the ISCO Championship.

Notes: This is the only PGA Tour event that uses the modified Stableford scoring system. An eagle is five points, a birdie is two points, a par is worth nothing, a bogey is -1 and a double bogey is -3. ... While the tournament is not co-sanctioned with the European tour, the field includes a category for European tour players. Richard Mansell was planning to play until he shot 61 and qualified for the British Open. ... The winner gets into the Sentry Tournament of Champions and the PGA Championship but not the Masters. ... Billy Horschel is the only player this year to win an opposite-field event while ranked inside the top 100 in the world. He was No. 84 when he won in Puerto Rico. ... The tournament dates to 1999. It switched over to the Stableford scoring in 2012. ... Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa won his first PGA Tour event at the Barracuda Championship in 2019.

Next week: 3M Championship.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/

DANA OPEN FOR CHILDREN

Site: Sylvania, Ohio.

Course: Highland Meadow GC. Yardage: 6,555. Par: 71.

Prize money: $1.75 million. Winner’s share: $262,500.

Television: Thursday-Friday, noon to 3 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 2-5 p.m. (NBC Sports app), 8-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 1-2 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2-4 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Linn Grant.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

Last week: Ayaka Furue won the Evian Championship.

Notes: Ayaka Furue gave Japan two majors in the same season when she won the Evian Championship last week. Yuka Saso won the U.S. Women’s Open. ... Furue was the third Japanese player in the last five years to win a major. ... The tournament comes one week after the LPGA held a major in France. Top LPGA players head back to France in four weeks for the Olympics. ... None of the top 10 in the women’s world ranking is playing in Ohio. Xiyu “Janet” Lin from China is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 15. ... Stephanie Kyriacou of Australia tied for fourth in the Dana Open last year. That was her best LPGA finish until she was a runner-up last week at the Evian Championship. ... Furue now leads the Annika Major Award standings for best finishes in the majors. She tied for sixth in the U.S. Women’s Open. None of the other major champions has a top 10 in another major.

Next week: CPKC Women’s Open.

Online: https://www.lpga.com/

Korn Ferry Tour

PRICE CUTTER CHARITY CLASSIC

Site: Springfield, Missouri.

Course: Highland Springs CC. Yardage: 7,115. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000.

Television: None.

Previous winner: Pierceson Coody.

Last week: Cristobal Del Solar of Chile won The Ascendant.

Points leaders: Steven Fisk.

Next week: NV5 Invitational.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour/

European Tour

Last week: Robert MacIntyre won the Scottish Open.

Next tournament: Czech Masters on Aug. 15-18.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Online: https://www.europeantour.com/dpworld-tour/

PGA Tour Champions

Last week: Ernie Els won the Kaulig Companies Championship.

Next week: Senior British Open.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els.

Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions

LIV Golf League

Last week: Sergio Garcia won LIV Golf Andalucía.

Next week: LIV Golf United Kingdom.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Online: https://www.livgolf.com/

Other tours

Epson Tour: Twin Bridges Championship, Pinehaven CC, Guilderland, New York. Defending champion: Jenny Bae. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

U.S. Golf Association: U.S. Junior Girls.

Challenge Tour: Euram Bank Open, Adamstal GC, Ramsau, Austria. Defending champion: Casey Jarvis. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: Dutch Ladies Open, Hilversumsche GC, Hilversum, Netherlands. Defending champion: Trichat Cheenglad. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

PGA Tour Americas: Bromont Open, Golf Chateau-Bromont, Bromont, Quebec. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/americas

Japan LPGA: Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies, The Queen’s Hill GC, Fukuoka, Japan. Defending champion: Mio Kotaki. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Inside the Field: PGA TOUR Champions Q-School Final Stage

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The PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament offers five cards on the 2024 Champions Tour, allowing career grinders and dreamers the chance to test their game against legends like Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples and John Daly on a season-long circuit.

The Final Stage field features 78 players, 51 of whom advanced via First Stage. Twenty-seven players earned direct access to Final Stage via various exemption categories.

Read below for a look at this week’s field for the PGA TOUR Champions Qualifying Tournament’s Final Stage and how the field was comprised.

Top 75 on 2023 PGA TOUR Champions Money List

Shane Bertsch Jason Bohn David Branshaw Olin Browne Carlos Franco Tom Gillis Matt Gogel David McKenzie Scott Parel Wes Short, Jr. Mario Tiziani

No. 1 on Japan Golf Tour – Senior Tour Order of Merit

Katsumasa Miyamoto

Top five at 2023 Senior PGA Professional Championship

Jeff Brehaut Tracy Phillips Mike Small Bob Sowards

Top 100 all-time money

Boo Weekley

PGA TOUR winners and veteran members / PGA TOUR Champions winners

Eric Axley Craig Barlow Cameron Beckman Notah Begay III Greg Chalmers Daniel Chopra Ted Purdy Chris Riley Ted Tryba Omar Uresti

First Stage of Q-School

Valrico, Florida Kris Blanks Simon Griffiths Andrew Marshall Andrew Johnson Alan McLean Donald Carpenter III Craig Bowden Hank Kim Todd Demsey Guy Boros Tim Weinhart Dennis Hendershott Harold Wallace David Morland IV John Smoltz Jeff LeMaster Chad Proehl Jesus Amaya Neal Lancaster

Saucier, Mississippi Gibby Gilbert III Eric Bogar Fran Quinn Robert Russell Jeff Martin Shaun Micheel Jason Schultz Tim Ailes Steve Holmes Mick Smith Kevin Dillen Mike Stone Tim Bogue Kent Jones

Soboba Springs, California Michael Wright Cameron Percy Brian Cooper Ho Sung Choi David Bransdon Jeff Gove Keith Horne Micah Rudosky John Balfanz Brian Hoops Harry Rudolph Jonathan Kaye Justin Boatman Gordon Burns Steve Allan Christopher Hanell Raphael Jacquelin Brett Melton