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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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Åberg played next week’s Open Championship venue on Monday.
The Scot won the BMW International Open on Sunday, a victory that was just enough to earn him an Open exemption via the Race to Dubai.
Garcia came up two shots short of qualifying for the Open at Royal Troon.
The claret jug is arguably golf’s most famous prize, but it wasn’t originally awarded to the Open Championship winner.
The par-5 sixth and the par-3 eighth holes could both make history this year.
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Lilia Vu moved into position to become the first American this century to win multiple women’s majors in the same year.
Ally Ewing rolled in six birdies in her first 11 holes and shot 6-under 66 Friday to establish a five-stroke lead at Walton Heath.
Ally Ewing made eagle from 5 feet at the par-5 16th to leapfrog a five-way tie for first place.