Brooke Henderson back in contention T3 at Women's PGA Championship

Maybe it was sister Brittany announcing the arrival of her daughter Sahalee on Thursday this week, or the fact she started her amazing career here 10 years ago as a still growing teenage 17 year old,  but a proud aunt Brooke Henderson, now 28, finally played some of her best golf this season to eventually (4 hour rain delay) T3 at this KPMG Women's PGA Championship

It is only her second T10 of 2026 and her best major result since 2024.

A South Korean, Haeran Ryu the 2023 LPGA Rookie of the Year won it, her first major at -13 two shots ahead of another Korean, Ina Yoon.

Brooke with Dewi Webber were at -10.

When she finally did get to play on the iconic Hazeltine National GC in Minnesota at 2pm, Brooke did manage birdies at 9th and 10th, but with her worst statistical ball striking day of the week, which had been exceptional, she didn't give herself any good birdie chances on the back nine.

After her first top 10 here since 2020, Brooke was her usual quiet, reserved but relieved self post round.

"Hopefully I can continue this trend, and continue to improve and get the ball striking in a good spot. So happy to get a T3 in a major, makes this whole season feel a little better, and gives me a lot of confidence going forward to my next two events which are also majors. 

I feel like I'm in better form, close to being really good again "....

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Hovland wins playoff at Travelers...full leaderboard..

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EDIT >>>> 2026/06/29   Viktor Hovland delighted his Norwegian fans when made a 6 footer on the first playoff hole while Scheffler missed his 4 footer. He can now stand them all the beer they want with his $3,600,000 first prize !!

There will be a sudden death playoff this morning to decide the final standings at this years Travelers Championship after a torrential weather delay on Sunday meant play was called due to darkness.

Both Scheffler and Hovland had putts to win on the 72nd hole, both missed, so will return in front of friends and family I would think to the 18th tee to resolve the issue. Both are at -21, Collin Morikawa with the day's best 61 will be 3rd at -20.

I dare say with Norway and the USA in the round of 32 this week, 32 nations just waiting to explode just like Canada did yesterday with their emotional 1-0 historic win over a brave South African team, this little playoff in a quiet corner of Connecticut on a private TPC River Highlands course won't get that kind of exposure or response form either Scott Scheffler or Viktor Hovland, but we sure know who these guys are "pulling" for !! 

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Chacarra at the double, wins Italian Open....Final results

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Eugenio Chacarra produced a superb display of front-running to win the DS Automobiles 83° Open d'Italia for back-to-back titles on the DP World Tour.

The Spaniard backed up his KLM Open win in the Netherlands earlier this month with another National Open at Circolo Golf Torino.

Matt Wallace made a valiant attempt to overhaul Chacarra's two-stroke 54-hole lead but Chacarra's 64 ensured a winning margin of five at -24.

He said: "I'm feeling great, winning's always fun but that's what we work for. I'm very proud of myself.

"It was a good fight, two world-class players. That's what I've been dreaming of since I was little, to play against those kind of players down the stretch and I'm very proud of how I played and how I managed myself today."

Victory also earned him a place in next month's 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and he added: "I'm very excited. I've never played there, I've always dreamed of playing it and been watching on TV since I was little. Excited to be out there, now it's time to celebrate and then we can focus on that."

Chacarra remained five clear and three ahead of Wallace, despite his birdie attempt at the 13th hanging stubbornly on the lip of the hole.

Wallace birdied the next to cut the margin to two but Chacarra, whose own birdie putt horseshoed out, virtually closed out the title at the following par five with a superb eagle putt from 35 feet.

Wallace gamely made his birdie to stay within three but came up inches short of another at the 16th and bogeyed the 17th, leaving Chacarra with a four-stroke cushion.

He serenely parred the last and said: "I think it's been 20 rounds in a row under par. I'm doing an incredible job with my caddy and staying patient and enjoying golf.

"Like I said, I proved myself already. When I was an amateur, I was one of the best, in America (in college), I was one of the best, and I want to be one of the best players in professional golf so that's what we're working for.”

Chacarra is only the fifth player to win the Dutch and Italian Opens in the same year and the first since Ramón Sota - the uncle of Seve Ballesteros - in 1971, with the other three instances all in the 1950s.

Wallace, who finished with a bogey for a 67 and second place on his own, had the consolation of the US$40,000 Nexo Course Record Award for his 62 on Friday.

Niemann pipped Lagergren to third with a birdie at the last, with Angel Ayora completing the top five at -16 to win the Franco Chimenti Memorial Award.

Jeff Winther, Richie Ramsay, Oliver Lindell and Daniel Rodrigues were a shot behind Ayora on -15. 

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Norway's Viktor Hovland taps play in Canada as return to form at Travelers.. 54 hole results

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His recent 3rd at the RBC Canadian Open has given Norway's Viktor Hovland the confidence he has carried into this week at the Travelers Championship where he leads by a shot at 65 61 64 -20 

Norway fans perform the "Viking row" cheer in the stands during the FIFA World Cup 2026 match between Norway and Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Monday.

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He wasn't playing well after WD from the Memorial, having MC at the PGA Championship, and again at the US Open, however his play at Osprey Valley gave him a swing thought he says he could trust.

"As soon as I find a certain feel i can trust the produces a reliable shot shape, I know I can score pretty well from there. So no matter whether i score -2 or -9 that's not the most important thing. As soon as I see the shot shapes I am trying to execute, that is what gives me confidence".

Viktor is also buoyed by the performance of Norway who play the Ivory Coast African team in the round of 32 today in Dallas at the 2026 FIFA World Championships !!

He is followed by Scott Scheffler 64 60 67 -19 as expected on this vulnerable TPC River Run course, and the rest of the field is next at -15 when play begins at 845am.

Keep in mind this is the last signature event of 2026 worth $20,000,000 so even though the following Canadians are not in contention, a low round on Sunday is worth a lot of money.

Canadians

Corey Conners T22 -10  65 68 67  12.50pm

Nick Taylor T40 -7  68 71 64        11.35am

Taylor Pendrith T55  67 67 72 -4   9.35am

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Spaniard Chacarra leads Italian Open....54 hole results TEE TIMES

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Eugenio Chacarra earned a two-stroke lead to take into the final round of the DS Automobiles 83° Open d'Italia.

The Spaniard reeled in long-time leader Joaquin Niemann at Circolo Golf Torino and pulled ahead at -17 with a late run of three straight birdies.

He will play with Niemann and Matt Wallace, both -15  in Sunday's final three-ball, with the start times brought forward due to the weather forecast.

Niemann went out in 32 with five birdies and was briefly five strokes ahead just before the turn, and stood over a long eagle putt at the ninth with a chance to extend his lead back to at least that margin.

He rolled the 51-foot effort just three feet past but missed that second attempt and the three-putt par was followed by three successive bogeys.

Wallace and Chacarra duly moved to within two, only to both bogey the 13th as Wallace found the water in front of the green and Chacarra three-putted from 44 feet.

Wallace bounced back with a birdie at the next and Chacarra made three in a row from the 15th. Niemann, who dropped another shot at the 15th, made a much-needed birdie at the 17th but then went through the green at the last as he and Wallace both finished two shots behind.

Chacarra said: “I think I did a great job staying patient like I did all week. I think just playing my game, control what I can control, have a good, positive attitude and just go from there.

“I have enough with myself that if I need to focus on Joaquin or what other guys are doing, I think I'll be crazy.

“That's one of the things I work a lot with my team and with my mental coach, just control what I can control, and that's my game, my decisions, my swings, that's what I'm focusing on and trying to do my best..

“Tomorrow with the early tee time, greens are going to be a little more receptive and better also. So obviously people can go low - and not even those, there's a lot of guys behind that played low this morning and they can have another low one tomorrow.

“So there's a lot of golf left. I need to just focus on what I can control, and hopefully I can perform as good as well and have a chance down the stretch.”

Wallace followed up Saturday's course-record 62 with a solid 67 and said: “Yesterday I had to make a few putts to shoot that score. Today was that sort of round that kept it going, one of those days that wasn't perfect but it was also really good to keep me in the hunt for tomorrow.

Niemann added: “I played great on the front nine. I hit great shots, great putts, and I feel like kind of that same way on the back nine. Obviously, the scores didn't reflect that.

Ayora shared fourth place on -13 under with Nicolai von Dellingshausen, who surged into contention with a 64, as did Dylan Frittelli, one stroke behind -12

Jeff Winther went one better with a 63 to reach -11, alongside Richie Ramsay, while Italian amateur Filippo Ponzano produced another of the rounds of the day with a 66 which began with five straight birdies.

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TPC River Highlands is no test worth $20,000,000.. 36 hole results

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They say TPC River Highlands can be "tricky" if the wind blows......

Viktor Hovland needed to birdie his last 2 holes to shoot 59. He settled for his career low 61 2nd at -14. Akshay Bhatia had a shot, settled for 62 T2 with first round leader Eric Cole who shot 65 because he only made straight pars on his last 8 holes....

Scottie Scheffler reacts after finishing the second round of the Travelers Championship golf tournament at TPC River Highlands, Friday, June 26, 2026, in Cromwell, Conn. (Jessica Hill/AP)

Scott Scheffler who leads by 2 shots, said it was one of those days when "everything fell in the bottom of the cup" as his bid for 59 failed with a missed 25 footer on the 18th. 

His 64 60 -16 124 and all the other low 60's on this soft, easy course makes a mockery of what is meant to be a signature type course test, worth $20,000,000.

After last week's howling wind on a vey difficult US Open set up on Shinnecock, none of the players this week are daft enough to complain, we forget they are playing to make money, and this is a lot, with many more to come apparently under the new alignment being proposed for 2028 when every week will be worth $20,000,000 as long as sponsors want to cough it up and still get a bang for their buck(s).

The course record at the home of golf St Andrews is 61 by Tyrrell Hatton and Ross Fisher but that was at a flat calm Alfred Dunhill Pro Am with easy pins. The Open Championship record low is still 64 by several.

The greens will firm up with no substantial rain in the hot humid weekend forecast, but whoever wins will need the out putt all the rest who will continue taking aim.

Canadians

Corey Conners T22 -7 65 68

Taylor Pendrith T27 -6 67 67

Nick Taylor T57 68 71 -1

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Joaquin Niemann low 60's leads Italian Open, 36 hole results..

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Joaquin Niemann took a two-stroke lead at the midway point of the DS Automobiles 83° Open d'Italia after a second successive round in the low 60s.

The Chilean followed up his opening 64 with a 63 to reach -15  at Circolo Golf Torino.

Angel Ayora also shot 63 to lie second on -13  while Niemann's playing partner Matt Wallace went one better with a 62 to advance to -11  and put himself in position to take home the US$40,000 Nexo Course Record Award on Sunday.

Niemann started with six pars from the tenth before his round sparked into life, with three straight birdies into the turn followed by an eagle after a perfect approach at the first.

Further birdies at the fourth, seventh and ninth left him with a 63, one better than his first round, and would have equalled the course record - set by Edoardo Molinari on Thursday - but for Wallace's efforts.

Niemann said: "I knew going out in the morning early, with good greens, I needed to go kind of low in the beginning and put a score on

"It was a little bit of a slower start than yesterday and then I got it going on hole 15, I think it was. Then I made a nice eagle also on the first. That helped me out to get that momentum and kind of take off a little bit.

"I hit great shots. I hit a lot of fairways at the beginning of the round, hit good iron shots, had a few lip out. I feel like I could have made two or three putts there but the ball just didn't go in like it did on the rest of the holes.

"It’s a fun course. When you're in the fairway, you're able to score pretty low because the greens are pretty soft. If you are good with your numbers, with the irons, you can go at every pin and you're pretty sure it's going to stay close to the hole. It's fun. A lot of birdies.

Tom Vaillant is yet to drop a shot this week as he and Eugenio Chacarra ended the day alongside Wallace on -11.

Fellow Frenchman Romain Langasque was alone on -10  while Molinari was -9 after a round of 70, tied for seventh with Jorge Campillo, Angel Hidalgo, Joakim Lagergren and Frederic Lacroix.

Another home favourite, Guido Migliozzi, was a shot further back at -8 while amateur Filippo Ponzano, whose second straight round of 69 included a hole-out eagle two at the tenth, was also among seven Italians to make the cut.

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