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Rahm surges back into contention at Spanish Open. Ryder Cup winner Lowry misses the cut
2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 2:17 PM CDTMADRID (AP) — Jon Rahm made seven birdies to get back into contention for a fourth title at the Spanish Open on Friday, but fellow Ryder Cup winner Shane Lowry couldn't fully recover from a poor opening day as he missed the cut.
Rahm's 5-under 66 but him five shots behind leader Marco Penge of England (67) after the Spaniard had opened with a 72 on Thursday at his home tournament.
Lowry had an even worse start with a 75 in the opening round — two weeks after making the clinching putt to win the Ryder Cup for Europe — and a 68 on Friday wasn't enough to avoid missing the cut by one stroke.
Penge hit four birdies in a flawless round to sit one shot ahead of a trio made up of Jeff Winther of Denmark, Joel Girbach of Switzerland and Canada’s Aaron Cockerill, of Stony Mountain, Man.
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Minami Katsu sets course record with 11-under 61 to lead LPGA Shanghai
2 minute read Preview Updated: Yesterday at 6:26 AM CDTMax Greyserman tries again in Japan to win his first PGA Tour event
2 minute read Preview Updated: Yesterday at 3:23 AM CDTIna Kim-Schaad outlasts Hanley Long in longest title match in US Women’s Mid-Amateur history
2 minute read Updated: Yesterday at 3:46 PM CDTPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ina Kim-Schaad outlasted Hanley Long in the longest championship match in U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur history Thursday, winning with an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth extra hole on Monterey Peninsula Country Club’s Dunes Course.
The 42-year-old Kim-Schaad, from Jupiter, Florida, also won in 2019. She’s the fourth-oldest winner in event history and the first two-time winner since Julia Potter-Bobb in 2016. The tournament is open to players 25 and older with a Handicap Index that doesn’t exceed 9.4.
“I’m overwhelmed with emotion, honestly,” Kim-Schaad said. “I truly love this place, and my husband and I got married in Carmel. To do it at such a special place, golf course, with my family here and my husband on the bag, his birthday day week, and for a second time, it’s like there’s not even enough language to put around just all the feels that I’m feeling.”
The 28-year-old Long, from Clarksville, Tennessee, squared it with a par on the par-4 17th when Kim-Schaad’s approach flew the green and she had to play her third shot from a cart path. Both players bogeyed the par-4 18th to send it extra holes. They parred the first four playoff holes, with Long holing an 18-footer on the second extra hole.
Frustrated Rahm argues with marshal during 1-over round at Spanish Open, Lowry struggles
3 minute read Preview Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025Greyserman, Cauley and Campbell sit atop the leaderboard after 1st round of PGA Tour event in Japan
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2 minute read Preview Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025LPGA Tour’s streak of a different winner every tournament heads to Shanghai
7 minute read Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025The story all year on the LPGA Tour is parity like it has never seen in its 75 years. The LPGA has completed 25 official tournaments with different winners every week.
What has kept the streak going?
For starters, Nelly Korda has gone from a seven-win season in 2024 to still searching for her first LPGA win this year and running out of time. She was runner-up in the season opener.
And then there's Jeeno Thitikul, the new No. 1 player for a reason.
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1 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025MacIntyre wins again in Scotland. Fisk wins 1st PGA Tour title in Mississippi
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4 minute read Preview Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025Tommy Gainey goes from qualifier to his first PGA Tour Champions title
2 minute read Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tommy Gainey holed a long eagle putt from off the green at the par-5 13th to take the lead, and he closed with a 6-under 66 for a two-shot victory in the Constellation Furyk & Friends for his first PGA Tour Champions title.
Gainey had to go through qualifying just to get into the field at Timuquana Country Club. He started the final round four shots behind Matt Gogel, and then pulled away in the middle of the back nine to hold off Cameron Percy of Australia.
Percy was one shot behind when he was fooled on a 15-foot birdie chance on the par-17th. He missed another birdie chance from 15 feet on the final hole, and Gainey rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt to finish at 14-under 202.
Gainey had gone through four Monday qualifiers this year. He now is exempt and moves to No. 37 in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
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