Celine Boutier held off Benyapa Niphatsophon on Sunday in the Symetra Tour's Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge to wrap up an LPGA Tour card. Boutier bogeyed the final two holes for an even-par 71 and a one-stroke victory. The 23-year-old former Duke star from France opened with rounds of 69, 70 and 63.
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Thomas fires a 63, shares lead at TPC Boston
The best players are on top of their games for the second straight week of the FedEx Cup playoffs.
Now there’s just a lot more of them. Justin Thomas failed to birdie any of the par 5s on the TPC Boston and still turned in a tournament-best round of 8-under 63 on Sunday, giving him a share of the lead with Marc Leishman and setting up a Labor Day finish with some of the biggest names in golf at the Dell Technologies Championship.
Jordan Spieth’s University of Texas course set to open
Jordan Spieth's University of Texas course set to open. The par-3 course will be a short-game facility for the Longhorns
McCarron wins Shaw Charity Classic by 1 shot
Scott McCarron won the Shaw Charity Classic on Sunday for his fourth PGA Tour Champions title of the season.
McCarron closed with a 3-under 67 to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez by a stroke at Canyon Meadows. After Jimenez missed a long eagle putt en route to a birdie on the par-5 18th, McCarron holed a 3-footer for par.
South African overcomes a year full of struggles to claim Czech Masters title
Haydn Porteous has struggled just to make cuts in the last year on the European Tour, but his fortunes changed at the Czech Masters
Sergio forced to improvise after breaking putter
Sergio Garcia sinks a 14-foot birdie putt with a 3-wood after smashing his putter out of frustration and rendering it unusable for the rest of the round.
Sergio Garcia damages putter, uses 3-wood and makes birdie putt anyway
Sergio Garcia damages putter, uses 3-wood and makes birdie putt anyway
Porteous wins Czech Masters for 2nd European Tour title
VYSOKY UJEZD, Czech Republic (AP) Haydn Porteous shot a 3-under 69 Sunday to win the Czech Masters by two strokes for his second European Tour title.
Starting two shots behind overnight leader Lee Slattery, the 23-year-old South African birdied six holes in the final round – together with three bogeys – to close at 13-under 275 at the Albatross Golf Resort near Prague.
”To get my second European Tour win under the belt just feels amazing,” Porteous said.
Porteous won the Joburg Open last year but was struggling since. Last week’s top 10 finish at the Made In Denmark event was his first of the season.
”It’s been a really torrid time through the last eight, nine months and I’ve really started doing the right things and slowly but surely the golf has got a little bit better,” Porteous said.
Second-place Slattery shot a 73 for the Englishman’s worst round in the tournament.
In a tight contest, Porteous birdied the first two holes to erase Slattery’s lead after the third round, ..
Stars shining during FedEx Cup playoffs
The FedEx Cup playoffs have become the domain of superstars. The journeymen, the up-and-comers, the one-hit wonders — those guys must win during the regular season. Once it’s playoff time, only the biggest of big-time players prevail.