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Here’s how the $6 million purse will be paid out at the PGA Tour’s World Wide Technology Championship.
Golf Central unpacks Nasa Hataoka’s win after an improvised playoff that ensued at the LPGA Tour’s Toto Japan Classic, where poor weather conditions led to the final 18 holes being cancelled.
Cara Banks and Brandel Chamblee react to Rory McIlroy’s “sublime” final round in Abu Dhabi and how his display of golf may have been the best he’s shown on Sunday.
Aaron Rai clawed back from a late deficit at Yas Links with clutch birdies on 16 and 17, including a stunning 200-yard approach, as he forces a playoff and outduels Tommy Fleetwood to win in Abu Dhabi.
Rai birdied the first playoff hole Sunday at Yas Golf Links to capture his third career DP World Tour title while McIlroy’s closing 62 equaled his best round ever on the tour.
The event was reduced to 54 holes, leaving Hataoka and fellow Japanese player Yuna Araki to face off in sudden death.
Displaying supreme confidence with his putting, Garrick Higgo flashed a hot hand on Saturday at the World Wide Technology Championship, where he took over the top spot on Moving Day.
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Ben Griffin breaks down his third round 66 at the World Wide Technology Championship in Cabo, how a new putter helped him play more freely, and what he learned chasing Scottie Scheffler at the Pro Circuit Championship.
Higgo fired a career-best, 11-under 61 Saturday to vault to 22 under through three rounds on Diamante’s generous El Cardonal layout, a shot clear of Carson Young, who co-led here a year ago.