LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) Jordan Spieth already has won 14 times around the world, which already places him in unique territory. Over the last 75 years, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only other players to have at least 10 victories and three majors before turning 25.

That’s only part of the Spieth profile.

Nearly as impressive are the 15 times he has finished runner-up, which Spieth sees more as opportunity than any measure of failure.

”I know you’re indifferent when you’re asking the question, but I think of it positively,” he said Wednesday. ”There’s been that many tournaments that I’ve been in the thick of things and truly had a chance to win.”

That includes the last two FedEx Cup playoff events.

Spieth lost in a playoff on Long Island when Dustin Johnson smashed a 343-yard drive and a hit a wedge to 4 feet for birdie. Then, he was tied for the lead at the TPC Boston with five holes to play until Spieth missed two greens with long irons and Justin Thomas didn’t miss h..

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The LPGA Tour heads to France and the south shore of Lake Geneva this week for The Evian Championship, in which a stacked field of 22 of the world’s top 25 players will try to win the fifth and final major championship of the season.

World No. 1 So Yeon Ryu, the 27-year-old from South Korea, heads the roster of players that includes newly elevated second-ranked player Lexi Thompson, third-ranked Sung Hyun Park of South Korea (the erstwhile rookie of the year frontrunner) and all four players who have claimed this major championship — Suzann Pettersen of Norway (2013), Lydia Ko of New Zealand (2015) and Hyo Joo Jim (2014) and In Gee Chun (2016) of South Korea.

The field includes 92 of the top 100 players on the LPGA money List, and the winners of a combined 51 majors.

The golfers will tee it up beginning Thursday at the Evian Resort Golf Club, in Evian-les-Bains, France, which will play to a par of 71 and at 6,479 yards. On the line is a total purse of $3.65 million, with $547,500..

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) The LPGA Tour has canceled its event next month in China because of permitting problems.

The Alisports LPGA was set for Oct. 5-8 in Shanghai.

”Unfortunately, we have just received word that the tournament was unsuccessful in obtaining approval from the local district government,” LPGA Tour Commissioner Mike Whan said Tuesday. ”The hardest part about this news is that we have a title sponsor, a tournament operator, a TV production group and a host venue all set to go.”

In-Kyung Kim won the event last year.

In 2015, the Reignwood Pine Valley LPGA Classic in Beijing was called off 10 weeks before it was scheduled to be played.