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LPGA Tour goes to Portland, Europe has final Ryder Cup qualifying in Switzerland

PORTLAND CLASSIC

Site: Portland, Oregon.

Course: Columbia Edgewater CC. Yardage: 6,467. Par: 72.

Prize money: $1.5 million. Winner's share: $225,000.

Television: Thursday-Sunday, 6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Andrea Lee.

Race to CME Globe leader: Celine Boutier.

Last week: Megan Khang won the CPKC Women's Open in Canada.

Notes: Andrea Lee is defending her first LPGA title right after qualifying for her first Solheim Cup team. ... The tournament began 40 years ago with JoAnne Carner as the inaugural champion. ... The field features 10 of the 12 players on the U.S. Solheim Cup team, missing only Angel Yin and Cheyenne Knight, both captain's picks. ... Paula Creamer received one of the sponsor exemptions. ... Lexi Thompson is in the field. She is outside the top 150 in the Race to CME Globe and is not likely to keep her full LPGA card for next year at this rate. Thompson has made only two cuts this year. ... Megan Khang became the ninth first-time winner this year on the LPGA Tour in Canada last week. She was the first American winner since Brittany Lincicome in 2011. ... Khang became the seventh American to win on the LPGA this year. No other country has more than two LPGA winners in 2023. South Korea only has one, with Jin Young Ko winning twice. ... U.S. Women's Open champion Allisen Corpuz is closing in on the $3 million mark for earnings this year.

Next week: Kroger Queen City Championship.

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

EUROPEAN TOUR

OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS

Site: Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Course: Crans-sur-Sierre GC. Yardage: 6,808. Par: 70.

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, 1:30-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay); Sunday, 2-5:30 p.m. (Golf Channel-tape delay).

Defending champion: Thriston Lawrence.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Todd Clements won the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Notes: This is the final qualifying event for the six automatic spots on Europe's Ryder Cup team. Three players come from the European points list, three others from the world points list based on the world ranking. ... Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Viktor Hovland already have secured spots on the team. ... Former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick is in the field, going from Atlanta to Switzerland. He won the tournament in 2017 and 2018. ... Fitzpatrick's brother, Alex, is playing on a sponsor exemption. He was runner-up in the ISPS Handa World Invitational two weeks ago in Northern Ireland. ... Most of the players with hopes of the Ryder Cup are in the field, including Victor Perez, twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard, and Ludwig Aberg, who turned pro this summer. Also playing is Adrian Dumont De Chassart of Belgium, who has a win among his six top 10s on the Korn Ferry Tour since summer. ... Crans-sur-Sierre is considered among the most beautiful venues on the European tour.

Next week: Horizon Irish Open.

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

ROYAL & ANCIENT GOLF CLUB

Site: St. Andrews, Scotland.

Course: St. Andrews (Old Course). Yardage: 7,297. Par: 72.

Television: Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: United States.

Series: United States lead 38-9-1.

Last time: The Americans had a one-point advantage going to the Sunday singles finale at Seminole Golf Club. Cole Hammer defeated Ben Schmidt to assure the U.S. would retain the trophy, and Stewart Hagestad beat Ben Jones for the final point in a 14-12 victory.

Notes: The Walker Cup returns to St. Andrews for the ninth time, but the first since 1971. The Americans have won five of the previous eight matches on the Old Course. ... The Walker Cup dates to 1922, five years before the Ryder Cup began. ... Stewart Hagestad is playing in his third straight Walker Cup. The 32-year-old Californian is a two-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion. ... The Americans have won the last three times. Great Britain & Ireland last won in 2015 at Royal St. George's. ... The Americans are led by No. 1 amateur Gordon Sargent and U.S. Amateur champion Nick Dunlap. The U.S. team has eight of the top 10 from the world amateur ranking, missing only Michael Thorbjornsen (No. 2), who withdrew with an injury. ... The GB&I team includes 16-year-old Connor Graham of Scotland, the youngest player in Walker Cup history. The highest-ranked player is John Gough of England at No. 13.

Next time: Cypress Point Club in 2025.

Online: https://www.randa.org/

Last week: Viktor Hovland won the Tour Championship.

Next tournament: Fortinet Championship on Sept. 14-17.

FedEx Cup champion: Viktor Hovland.

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

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Last week: Vijay Singh won The Ally Challenge.

Next week: Ascension Charity Classic.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Steve Stricker.

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

KORN FERRY TOUR

Last week: Chan Kim won the Albertsons Boise Open.

Next tournament: Simmons Bank Championship on Sept. 14-17.

Points leader: Ben Kohles.

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

Last tournament: Cameron Smith won LIV Golf-Greenbrier.

Next tournament: LIV Golf-Chicago on Sept. 22-24.

Points leader: Cameron Smith.

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

OTHER TOURS

Challenge Tour: Indoor Golf Group Challenge, Landeryds Golfklubb, Vesterby, Sweden. Previous winner: Mikael Lindberg. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/challenge-tour/

Ladies European Tour: KPMG Women's Irish Open, Dromoland Castle, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Ireland. Defending champion: Klara Spilkova. Online: https://ladieseuropeantour.com/

Japan Golf Tour: Fujisankei Classic, Fujizakura CC, Yamanashi, Japan. Defending champion: Kaito Onishi. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

PGA Tour Canada: CRMC Championship, Cragun’s Resort, Brainerd, Manitoba. Previous winner: Jake Knapp. Online: https://www.pgatour.com/canada

USGA: U.S. Senior Amateur, Martis Camp Club, Truckee, California. Defending champion: Rusty Strawn. Online: https://www.usga.org/

Sunshine Tour: Gary & Vivienne Player Challenge, White River CC, White River, South Africa. Defending champion: Jaco van Zyl. Online: https://sunshinetour.com/

Japan LPGA: Golf5 Ladies, Golf 5 (Bibai), Hokkaido, Japan. Defending champion: Yuting Seki. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

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European Tour 2022 schedule: Tournaments, dates and venues confirmed for the season ahead

European Tour season will kick off in South Africa during the last week of November, just a week after the 2021 campaign concludes at the DP World Tour Championship

By Sky Sports Golf

Tuesday 9 November 2021 12:23, UK

The 2021-22 European Tour season will begin later this month, with the tournament schedule for the forthcoming campaign starting to take shape.

A run of three consecutive events in South Africa, all co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour, take place in November and December and are followed by five tournaments in the Middle East across January and February.

Events in India and Kenya have been confirmed for the early part of 2022, while dates for the men's major schedule and the co-sanctioned events with the PGA Tour had already been announced.

The full schedule for next season is expected to be confirmed over the coming weeks, but here are the tournaments that have already been announced as part of next season's schedule…

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2021-22 European Tour schedule (as of November 5)

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November 25-28 - Joburg Open - Randpark Golf Club, Johannesburg, South Africa

December 2-5 - South African Open Championship - Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa

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December 9-12 - Alfred Dunhill Links Championship - Leopard Creek Country Club, Malalane, South Africa

January 20-23 - Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship - Yas Links Abu Dhabi, UAE

January 27-30 - Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic - Emirates Golf Course, Dubai, UAE

February 3-6 - Ras Al Khaimah Championship - Al Hamra Golf, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE

February 10-13 - Commercial Bank Qatar Masters - Venue TBC

February 17-20 - Middle East event TBC

February 24-27 - Hero Indian Open - Venue TBC

March 3-6 - Magical Kenya Open - Muthaiga GC, Nairobi, Kenya

March 23-27 - WGC-Dells Technologies Match Play - Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas

April 7-10 - The Masters - Augusta National, Augusta, Georgia

May 19-22 - PGA Championship - Southern Hills Country Club, Tulsa, Oklahoma

May/June (TBC) - Soudal Open - The Rinkven International Golf Club, Schilde, Belgium

June 16-19 - US Open - The Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts.

July 7-10 - Genesis Scottish Open - Venue TBC

July 7-10 - Barbasol Championship, Keene Trace Golf Club, Nicholasville, Kentucky

July 14-17 - The 150th Open - St Andrews Links (Old Course), St Andrews, Fife

July 14-17 - Barracuda Championship - Tahoe Mountain Club, Truckee, California

September 22-25 - Open de France - Le Golf National, near Paris

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LPGA, Ladies European Tour closing in on groundbreaking merger pending LET player vote

Ramsey Cardy

NAPLES, Fla. — The global landscape of women’s professional golf appears to be a vote away from a dramatic change.

LPGA Tour Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan confirmed during her “State of the LPGA” press conference Thursday at the CME Group Tour Championship that the Ladies European Tour player body will vote next week on a proposal to merge the two tours that has already received unanimous approval from both the LPGA and LET boards.

The Nov. 21 vote will take place at an annual meeting of LET players ahead of their tour’s season finale, the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, with the LET board recommending to players that they vote in favor of the merger. The proposal requires a 60-percent approval of the LET membership to pass. If it does, Marcoux Samaan said there would be some final details to iron out, but LET players have been told the deal is expected to become official by the end of the year.

Under the initial three-year period of the merger, the two tours would continue much like they do today. The Ladies European Tour would retain its name and maintain its own tournament schedule independent of the LPGA Tour, with a handful of co-sanctioned events continuing to be operated during the year. The LET would maintain a headquarters in Europe.

However, the two would work jointly in oversight of the LET and in developing revenue opportunities that could be mutually beneficial to all. The LPGA intends to pursue enhanced commercial opportunities with existing and new tour sponsors.

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Since Marcoux Samaan took over as LPGA commissioner in 2021, she has openly discussed the potential benefits of a merger as the next step between the LPGA and LET after they entered into a strategic alliance four years ago.

“I think we've been in this joint venture with the LET since 2019. That was obviously before my time, but the goal was to be able to work together to have a collaborative women's golf ecosystem and to build women's golf in Europe,” Marcoux Samaan said. “It’s been really successful.”

Marcoux Samaan did not reveal specifics of what a merger would entail, but the terms, which would be in place for the initial three years, were laid out in detail in a memo sent to LET players on Nov. 3 ahead of the vote, a copy of which was obtained by Golf Digest.

According to the memo, LET assets, including all intellectual property, would be put into the previously created Ladies European Golf Venture Limited (LEGV) created and operated by the LPGA since 2019. The LET, however, would keep its current cash. In turn, the LPGA would ensure that $1.25 million annually is available to the LET during the first three years of the partnership “for tournament prize funds, television, player support services and growth.”

The memo also states that the LET will target a minimum of 30 events annually, focused in Europe and supported by other events in the rest of the world, with a targeted minimum prize fund of €300,000 per event. The schedule would be developed by the LET CEO, subject to the approval of the LPGA commissioner.

In terms of administration, the LPGA Board would establish an LET Committee composed of four LET representatives and five LPGA representatives. There will be two LET player directors, two LET independent directors, two LPGA player directors, two LPGA independent directors, and the LPGA Commissioner. The LET Committee will “provide advice and guidance on the tour’s business, to provide recommendations regarding the operation of the tour (such recommendations will be given due consideration by the LPGA Board).”

After the initial three years, the memo notes that the LPGA “will have the freedom to determine its preferred governance structure in relation to the LET.” The memo states that the LPGA Board intends to diversify its board with representatives from Europe and “continue with the structure of the Players’ Council and the LET committee for as long as the LPGA deems them to be effective and appropriate to support the tour.”

As Golf Digest previously reported, the top four players on the LET Order of Merit at the end of the year who don’t already have status on the LPGA Tour would earn tour cards for the next season . The top 15 would also receive entry into LPGA Q Series, where they would have the opportunity to earn LPGA tour cards.

According to the memo to LET players, the current practices for “the management, qualification and selection of Team Europe” for the Solheim Cup would remain in place with the LET Committee having “oversight of the promoter and location section for European editions of the event. Net proceeds from when Europe hosts the Cup would be reinvested into the LET.

Under the strategic alliance between the LPGA and LET agreed to in 2019, the two tours have run the LET on a 50-50 basis through LEGV. During that time, the LET has experienced rapid growth. Marcoux Samaan recounted that the LET’s total purse in 2019 was £11 million, with less than 20 events. This year, they’re at more than £30 million with more than 30 events.

The successful alliance, however, does not guarantee that the vote of LET members will pass. If the LET did not approve the merger, and either came up with new terms or remained in the current strategic alliance, Marcoux Samaan would not speculate on what happens then.

"The expectation is we hope that they will. I think this makes sense for everybody," Marcoux Samaan said. "If not, we'll get back together with the LET board and figure out next steps. I think at this point we're looking forward to getting that done and moving forward.”

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AVONDALE, La. — Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans team event Sunday, beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer with a par on the first hole of a playoff.

Trainer pushed a 6-foot par putt to the right of the cup to end it, with Lowry and McIlroy sharing a smiling embrace on the green.

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PGA Tour goes to Dallas for same course and new title. LIV Golf plays in Singapore

Shane Lowry, of Ireland, hits out of the sand on the 15th fairway during the final round of the PGA Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., Sunday, April 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON

Site: McKinney, Texas.

Course: TPC Craig Ranch. Yardage: 7,414. Par: 71.

Prize money: $9.5 million. Winner’s share: $1,710,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS).

Defending champion: Jason Day.

FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler.

Last week: Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Notes: Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and Tom Kim lead the contingent of Dallas-area residents playing the tournament. ... CJ Cup takes over as title sponsor after AT&T ended its sponsorship after nine years. CJ Cup started out with a tournament in South Korea, then moved to Las Vegas and South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... The field features only 10 of the top 50 in the world ranking. Spieth is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 20. ... Scottie Scheffler is missing the tournament as his wife is expecting their first child. ... Adam Scott is playing the tournament for the third straight year. He won the Byron Nelson in 2008. ... This is the final week to finish among the top 70 in the PGA Championship points list to assure a spot at Valhalla in two weeks. The points list is PGA Tour earnings the last 12 months. ... Spieth now has gone 43 starts over two years on the PGA Tour since his last victory.

Next week: Wells Fargo Championship.

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

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LIV GOLF SINGAPORE

Site: Singapore.

Course: Sentosa GC (Serapong). Yardage: 7,406. Par: 71.

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

Television: Thursday-Saturday, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. (CW app); Saturday-Sunday, 1-6 p.m. (The CW Network-Tape Delay).

Defending champion: Talor Gooch.

Points leader: Joaquin Niemann.

Last week: Brendan Steele won LIV Golf Adelaide.

Notes: Brendan Steele last week became the third straight first-time winner on LIV Golf, matching the longest such streak since the league launched in June 2022. ... Jon Rahm has yet to win since joining LIV this year, but he is the only player in 2024 to have finished in the top 10 in all six events. ... Ian Poulter and Hudson Swafford were the only players who did not have a round under par last week in Australia. ... Poulter in 2009 and Sergio Garcia in 2018 won the Singapore Open when it was played at Sentosa. ... With the PGA Championship approaching, LIV has three players in the top 100 who are not already eligible — Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and Patrick Reed. ... LIV already has 10 players in the PGA Championship field at Valhalla. ... After back-to-back weeks in Australia and Asia, LIV Golf is off for a month until a week before the U.S. Open.

Next tournament: LIV Golf Houston on June 7-9.

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

EUROPEAN TOUR

VOLVO CHINA OPEN

Site: Shenzhen, China.

Course: Hidden Grace GC. Yards: 7,147. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.25 million. Winner’s share: $375,000.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 12-5 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 12-4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 11:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. (Golf Channel).

Previous winner: Sarit Suwannarut.

Race to Dubai leader: Rory McIlroy.

Last week: Yuto Katsuragawa won the ISPS Handa Championship.

Notes: The China Open returns to the European tour schedule for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was held last year co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the China Tour. ... This is the final event that counts toward the Asian Swing on the European. The top three players get exemptions into the PGA Championship next month at Valhalla. Sebastian Soderberg, Keita Nakajima and Jesper Svensson are currently holding down the top three spots. ... Thriston Lawrence leads the European tour this season with five finishes in the top 10. ... Katsuragawa is the fourth player from Japan in the last seven months to win on the European tour. The others were Ryo Hisatsune, Rikuya Hoshino and Nakajima. ... The tour is off until the PGA Championship on May 16-19. After that begins a stretch in which 17 consecutive events (outside the majors) are staged in European countries.

Next tournament: PGA Championship on May 16-19.

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

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

INSPERITY INVITATIONAL

Site: The Woodlands, Texas.

Course: The Woodlands CC (Tournament). Yards: 7,002. Par: 72.

Prize money: $2.7 million. Winner’s share: $405,000.

Television: Friday, 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel).

Defending champion: Steven Alker.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stephen Ames.

Last week: Stephen Ames won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic.

Notes: Bernhard Langer returns to competition after injuring his Achilles tendon while playing pickleball on Feb. 1. The injury caused him to miss the Masters. ... Langer has won every year since first becoming eligible for the PGA Tour Champions in 2007. He is a four-time winner of the Insperity Invitational. ... Stephen Ames took over the Charles Schwab Cup lead over Steven Alker by winning at the TPC Sugarloaf last week. It was his second win this season. ... Alker is the two-time defending champion at The Woodlands. ... Ames is the only multiple winner on the PGA Tour Champions in 2024. ... The field includes Steve Stricker, who missed the cut last week in New Orleans on the PGA Tour. ... Paul Broadhurst of England has won and finished runner-up in his last two starts. ... This is the last regular event before the first of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions schedule.

Next week: Regions Tradition.

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

Last week: Hannah Green won the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Next week: Cognizant Founders Cup.

Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.

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

KORN FERRY TOUR

Last week: Tim Widing won the Veritex Bank Championship.

Next tournament: AdventHealth Championship on May 16-19.

Points leader: Tim Widing.

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

OTHER TOURS

Epson Tour: Casino Del Sol Golf Classic, Sewailo GC, Tucson, Ariz. Defending champion: Gigi Stoll. Online: https://www.epsontour.com/

PGA of America: PGA Professional Championship, Fields Ranch at PGA (East and West), Frisco, Texas. Defending champion: Braden Shattuck. Television: Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. (Golf Channel); Wednesday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel). Online: https://www.pga.com/

Japan Golf Tour: The Crowns, Nagoya GC (Wago), Aichi, Japan. Defending champion: Hiroshi Iwata. Online: https://www.jgto.org/en/

Asian Tour: GS Caltex Maekyung Open, Namseoul CC, Seongnam, South Korea. Defending champion: Chanmin Jung. Online: https://asiantour.com/

Legends Tour: Barbados Leges, Apes Hills Barbados, Saint James, Barbados. Defending champion: New tournament. Online: https://www.legendstour.com/

Japan LPGA: World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup, Ibaraki GC (East), Ibaraki, Japan. Defending champion: Yuri Yoshida. Online: https://www.lpga.or.jp/en/

Korea LPGA: Kyochon 1991 Ladies Open, Sunsan CC, Gumi South Korea. Defending champion: Bokyeom Park. Online: https://klpga.co.kr/

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Hannah Green defends LPGA Tour title in Los Angeles after brilliant back-nine blitz

Sport Hannah Green defends LPGA Tour title in Los Angeles after brilliant back-nine blitz

Hannah Green has continued her love affair with Wilshire Golf Club to successfully defend her LA Championship crown with one of the most commanding displays of the year.

Australia's former major champion produced a brilliant back-nine blitz to close with a five-under-par 66 and blow away the field in the shadows of Los Angeles' iconic Hollywood hills backdrop.

With a five-under stretch in five holes, Green finished with a 12-under 272 total, three strokes clear of in-form Swede Maja Stark (68).

Green stretched her streak to 16 consecutive sub-par rounds at the course to slam the door shut on her chasers.

"It's really kind to me. I love it here," she said.

In adding to her HSBC Women's World Champions success in Singapore last month, Green joins rampant world No.1 Nelly Korda as only the second player to notch multiple LPGA Tour victories in 2024.

"To obviously already win in Singapore and then win here this week, I hope that I can get closer to my goal being in the top 10 in the world and solidify my spot in the Olympics," the Perth prodigy said.

Green will climb from world No.18 to the cusp of the top 10, as well as soar to third in the season-long points standings behind five-time winner Korda and New Zealand's Lydia Ko.

The 27-year-old also joins greats Karrie Webb (41), Jan Stephenson (16) Minjee Lee (10) and Rachel Hetherington (eight) as only the fifth Australian to win at least five times on the LPGA Tour.

After starting the day sharing the lead with compatriot Grace Kim, Green quickly established a two-shot advantage on the very first hole.

Green's birdie and Kim's bogey left Green with the outright lead, and she retained it all afternoon despite a strong challenge coming from Stark.

Runner-up to Korda at last week's Chevron Championship, the year's first major, Stark was just one shot back after making birdies on the seventh and 13th holes as Green toiled mid-round with seven straight pars.

But a chip-in birdie on the par-3 12th broke the shackles for Green, who picked up another shot on 13 to nudge two strokes clear.

"When I chipped in on 12, I kind of felt like I really snagged one there," she said.

"So I knew what I needed to do to do. I made it really easy on myself so I'm really grateful."

Stark received a huge break on the 15th when her bunker shot clattered into the pin and stopped dead for an easy birdie when a bogey looked more likely.

Green, though, more than held her nerve — she hit the go button with a spectacular eagle three on 15, followed by a fourth birdie of the day on 16.

In collecting a cheque for $US562,500 ($A858,700), the West Australian crashed through the $US5 million ($A7.6 million) career prize money earnings.

While Green rejoiced, Kim's horror weekend continued with a demoralising six-over 77 to slump to a share of 25th.

The 23-year-old had been four shots clear at the halfway point and on track to capture a second LPGA Tour title.

Instead Kim was reduced to a putting wreck, unable to fashion a single birdie all weekend and racking up nine bogeys and a double.

Despite her disappointment, classy Kim was the first to shower her triumphant playing partner with champagne on the 18th green.

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Kris Kim, 16, shoots 68 in PGA TOUR debut at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson

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McKINNEY, Texas – 16-year-old Kris Kim received sound advice before his PGA TOUR debut at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson on Thursday morning.

“At the end of the day, it's just hitting a golf ball around, and then whatever you shoot, whatever you shoot,” Kim’s mom Ji-Hyun Suh, a former LPGA player in the 1990s, told her teenage son.

The accomplishment for the week would be the experience gained for Kim – process over results. But Kim can be proud of the results, too. The English amateur shot a first-round 68 with two chip-ins, beating the field average and setting himself up with a chance to make the cut.

Kim would be the youngest player to make the cut in a PGA TOUR event since Kyle Suppa, 16, made the cut at the 2015 Sony Open in Hawaii.

What’s in Kris Kim’s bag?

“I would say it was pretty good,” Kim said of his 68 at TPC Craig Ranch. “Conditions out there were pretty easy today, especially with the greens having a bit of rain. But, yeah, I would say 3-under I would definitely take.”

Kim opened with a par on the 10th, his first hole of the day, then birdied the 11th, holing a 15-footer. That calmed the nerves, which Kim admitted were “pretty high.” After bogeys on 12 and 15, Kim chipped in for birdie on 16 and birdied the par-5 18th to make the turn in 1-under 34. He offset two bogeys on the inward nine with a pair of birdies, then chipped in again on the par-5 ninth, hooping his pitch from 67 feet away for eagle.

16-year-old Kris Kim eagles final hole to shoot 68 at THE CJ CUP

“I would say short game is my strength, but just got lucky a bit today,” Kim said.

Kim bested Russell 5&4 in a singles match last fall in the 2023 Junior Ryder Cup. While Russell has gained notoriety as the No. 1 junior in the world, Kim’s resume is littered with accomplishments, too.

In 2023, Kim won the Boys’ Amateur Championship, the European Boys’ Individual Championship and the McGregor Trophy. He is the first amateur golfer to be sponsored by CJ Group, which sponsors numerous pro golfers, including Sungjae Im, Si Woo Kim, K.H. Lee and Byeong Hun An. Kim is the first European amateur to sign an NIL contract with Under Armour and the first British amateur to sign an NIL deal with TaylorMade. He went undefeated in the Junior Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club, claiming 3.5 points as Europe won the event for the first time since 2006.

Kim could do one better than Russell if he makes the cut this week in a PGA TOUR event. With an abundance of low scores, it will take another round like Thursday’s for Kim to make it a reality.

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