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Prize money keeps going up at the women’s majors. After The Chevron Championship bumped its purse an additional $1 million two days before the opening round to a record $9 million, the AIG Women’s Open is following suit.
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After carding a 7-over 43 on his opening nine Tuesday, Sam Horsfield decided his chances of qualifying for The Open were wrecked, so he walked off the course.
With just two swings in a 4-for-2 playoff at West Lancashire, one of four final-qualifying sites for The Open, Richard Teder became the first Estonian to ever qualify for golf’s oldest major.
Ian Poulter and his son, Luke, will tee it up Tuesday in hopes of grabbing two of 20 available spots in next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush.
The R&A announced Monday that, beginning next year, it will host an on-site qualifier for the final spot in the Open Championship field at Royal Birkdale.
The rising Cowboys junior captured the 130th British Amateur on Saturday at Royal St. George’s to score three major invites and a likely Walker Cup spot.
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club talks about a feasibility study for The Open to return to Turnberry. Far more serious is whether to take golf’s oldest championship outside the United Kingdom for the first time.
Here are the 72-hole records and lowest rounds in each of the four men’s majors.
Garcia’s miss left him a shot shy of Jason Kokrak, who finished third at the International Series Macau to join winner Carlos Ortiz and Patrick Reed in qualifying for The Open this summer.
A host of LIV players are looking to earn one of three Open Championship spots, including Portrush native Graeme McDowell.
Corey Conners didn’t win the Arnold Palmer Invitational but he did earn a spot into The Open Championship.