Henderson, Sharp paired together final round Ford Championship ...leaderboard / TEE Times

 LPGA : Ford Championship presented by KCC  PAIRINGS

It was a good day for Brooke Henderson and her Olympic Games partner Alena Sharp at a very windy Ford Championship on the Seville GC in Phoenix.

Nelly Korda called the wind brutal so controlling the ball flight and being patient were virtues for those who succeeded.

Canada's Brooke Henderson tees off at the 11th hole during the second round of the women's Olympic golf tournament. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Both Canadians moved up 21 places T22. Alena 67 70 68 -11 and Brooke 67 71 67 -11 as she used 6 less putts 26 compared to 32 on Friday.

Alena Sharp and Brooke Henderson will team up for the second straight Summer Olympics, starting Aug. 4 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club northwest of Tokyo.

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They will play together today with Angela Stanford at 1003am.

Maude- Aimee Leblanc 74th 68 69 75 -4 while Savannah Grewal MC

The lead is at -15 with three players, Carlota Ciganda, Hyo Joo Kim and local woman Sarah Schmelzel all in the final pairing.

Click on my link above for the leaderboard and Tee times.

Bryan Angus

Englishman David Skinns can make a dream come true Texas Children's Houston Open ..leaderboard / TEE Times

 PGA Tour : Texas Children's Houston Open  Leaderboard Tee Times

So Scottie Scheffler quite rightly will get ALL the coverage, publicity again this afternoon down at windy Memorial Park in Houston as he heads for his 3 straight win on the PGA Tour.

He's T1 at -9 with a Belgian,Thomas Detry, an Argentinian, Alejandro Tosti, a German Stephan Jaeger and a relatively unknown 42 year old Englishman David Skinns.

I say relatively unknown over here, but in the UK veteran scribes like Alistair Tait covered him for years when he was a top amateur, losing the final of the 2000 Boys Amateur Championship, representing England in the Men's Home Internationals 2000-2006 and Europe in the Palmer Cup 2003, 2006.

He picked up a bit of a drawl attending University of Tennessee where he met his wife Kristin, turned pro in 2005 and won seven times on the old Hooters Tour between 2008-12.

Then he toiled on the Web.com and Canadian Tours 2012 -16 before playing Web.com Tour in 2017 where he did enough to get full status for the first time in 2018 where he won the Pinnacle Bank Championship, but it wasn't enough to get his PGA Tour card.

Finally in 2021 after all those years he won the Pinnacle Bank again getting enough status to gain his PGA Tour card.

Earlier this year, he made headlines after missing the cut in his first 4 outings, he T4 at the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches (Honda Classic) when he had a share of the lead on Sunday.

He MC at The Players and was 75th at the Valspar but here he is knocking on the door again.

The Masters awaits, 8 signature events next year and full playing privileges for 2 years, it would all be a dream come true for this world traveller, who's wife Kristin has been supporting the family with her job, to enable him to keep playing.

He is in the last pairing with Scheffler and Jaeger at 1230 edt.

Hey come on, Scottie doesn't need another win or the money !!

Canadians

Adam Svensson T22  66 73 68 -3

Mac Hughes T22 66 72 69 -3

Ben Silverman T22  70 68 69 -3

Taylor Pendrith  T48 68 73 68 -1

Roger Sloan T56  68 71 71 E

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Nakajima with a dominant first win, Hero Indian Open...Final Results

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard

Japanese rookie Keita Nakajima has taken this Hero Indian Open by storm, leading from wire to wire for his first win on the DP World Tour by four strokes 65 65 68 73 -17

He has won 4 times in Japan and was the #1 amateur. This time he was the class of the field although with the title in his hands he struggled home with a double and 3 bogey's in his last 5 holes ! The Japanese entered the final round with a four-shot advantage and that was extended to nine he turned in 33 and threatened to blow the rest of the field away at DLF Golf & Country Club.

He could not quite maintain that incredible pace on the back nine but his 17 under par total gave him a comfortable victory over home favourite Veer Ahlawat, Swede Sebastian Söderberg and American Johannes Veerman.

The win in just his 11th start moves Nakajima to 13th in the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and to the top of the Asian Swing standings.

Nakajima becomes the fifth Japanese winner in DP World Tour history and his victory, the seventh by a Japanese player, comes as part of a remarkable purple patch for his nation on Tour. 

 We now have multiple Japanese winners in the same season for the first time after Rikuya Hoshino - who sits second in the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex - won last month's Commercial Bank Qatar Masters.

Hoshino took the same pathway to the DP World Tour as Nakajima, finishing second in the Japan Golf Tour Organisation Order of Merit in 2022, an Order of Merit which Nakajima won in 2023 with the help of three of his four wins on that tour.

Nakajima could now also follow Hisatune's path to the PGA TOUR by obtaining Dual Membership via the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex in another potential chapter in a career that saw him spend 87 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

"It feels amazing," he said. "I was a little nervous and I had a tough back nine but I hit some great shots.

"I want to try and finish on the top ten on this tour and then go to the PGA TOUR in 2025."

French duo Jeong weon Ko and Romain Langasque, Malaysian Gavin Green and Italian Matteo Manassero finished at 12 under, one shot clear of Dane Jeff Winther and two ahead of German Yannik Paul.

Canada's Aaron Cockerill T55 72 67 74 76 +1

The tour is now off for the Masters break and will reconvene in Korea on April 18th.

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Japanese rookie Nakajima in command at Hero Indian Open....full scoreboard / Sunday TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard  Tee Times

Keita Nakajima will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Hero Indian Open as goes in search of a maiden DP World Tour title in New Delhi.

The Japanese has been on top of the leaderboard since day one at DLF Golf & Country Club and followed up back-to-back 65s with a 68 to get to 18 under and match the biggest 54-hole lead of the season so far.

Malaysia's Gavin Green carded a brilliant, bogey-free 64 to sit at 14 under alongside Frenchman Romain Langasque, who signed for a 70.

Italian Matteo Manassero and France's Jeong weon Ko were then five back but all eyes will be on Nakajima as he looks to claim the second wire-to-wire win of the 2024 campaign.

Nakajima may be seeking a first DP World Tour win in just his 11th start but he knows how to get over a line, having claimed four victories on the Japan Golf Tour.

The first of those came as an amateur in 2021 and he spent a record 87 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking before joining the paid ranks.

Three victories in five months last year helped him top the Order of Merit on the Japan Golf Tour and earn his card on the DP World Tour, with his best result so far fourth at the Ras Al Khaimah Championship.

A win would make him the fifth Japanese winner in DP World Tour history and the third in just over six months, after Ryo Hisatsune won last season's Open de France and Rikuya Hoshino - currently second in the DP World Tour Rankings in Partnership with Rolex - triumphed at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters last month.

"One more day," he said. "I will try my best. Keep the same tempo, all the same, just keep going.

"I feel very confident in my game. My ball-striking and swing has been pretty good this week.

"I had great experiences in my amateur career, but I’m a professional now. I played the Japan Tour last year and a few other events where I played well, great experience. I’ll just keep going."

Ko carded a 69, one shot fewer than Manassero, to sit one ahead of local favourite Veer Ahlawat and two clear of England's Sam Bairstow.

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Silverman one Canuck who improved, Finau ties course record 62.. full leaderboard/ TEE TIMES

 PGA Tour : Texas Children's Houston Open Leaderboard  Tee Times

If you watched the highlights from Friday's play at Memorial Park in Texas, first you would delight in the beauty of this public course in full bloom under a clear blue sky, dazzling sunshine on a warm spring day in Houston.

Next defending champion Tony Finau was out early while the shadows were still long and the course apart from the 1st and 18th tees was devoid of spectators. 

With a new shaft in his driver, he reminded us all of how good these guys are especially when in form. He just pounded the driver with a little fade over 325 yards time after time rendering the par 4's to wedge approaches, hit towering high shots, low stingers, sweeping hooks when needed, and putted his brains out making 3 from over 25 feet, chipped in once and made it all just look so damn easy with -8 62 tieing the course record.

He leads 69 62 -9 from, 2nd Argentinian Alejandro Tosti 66 67 -7 and 3rd Belgian Thomas Detry 70 64 -6..... Scottie Scheffler is in a pack T4 at -5 (65 70)

Canadians

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  Ben Silverman plays in the first round of the Canadian Open in Toronto, June 8, 2023. (Bernard Brault/ Golf Canada)
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  A photo taken during the final round of the Canadian Open at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto, June 11, 2023. (Bernard Brault/ Golf Canada)
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  Ben Silverman plays in the first round of the Canadian Open in Toronto, June 8, 2023. (Bernard Brault/ Golf Canada)
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  The third, fourth and eighth holes at Oakdale Golf and Country Club in Toronto. (Courtesy of Golf Canada)

Ben Silverman improved 34 places T20 70 68 -2 

Mac Hughes lost 14 places T20 66 72 -2

Roger Sloan lost 11 places T28 68 71 -1

Adam Svensson lost 22 places T28 66 73 -1

Taylor Pendrith lost 44 places but just made the cut T61 68 73 +1 

For live scoring and Saturday tee times click on my links above

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Henderson falls back on a day of low scoring at the Ford Championship...full leaderboard

 LPGA : Ford Championship presented by KCC  PAIRINGS

On a day where the Seville GC gave up a record low cut -5 and 28 players shot 67 or less and the leader Aussie Hanna Green shot 61 -14 total with American Sarah Schmelzel 63 -13 right behind her with Chinese Peiyun Chien 65 -13, shooting low was in order to stay in contention.

Brooke Henderson was right in there with birdies in her first 6 holes, out in 31 near the lead at -10 on the big scoreboards.

However she gave most of that back with a bogey at 14th, a double at the 15th and another bogey at the 16th, all the rest pars for a 40 and -1 71 now T52 at -6.

Her numbers 12/14 fairways, 15/18 Greens in Reg., 291yds driving average, but 32 putts.

Other Canadians

Maude- Aimee Leblanc T45 68 69 -7

Savannah Grewal MC 69 76

Follow live scoring, and Saturday tee times clicking on my link above

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Wild day for Cockerill at Hero Indian Open..Live scoreboard

 DP World Tour ; Hero Indian Open Leaderboard

Soccer goalies pride themselves on keeping " a clean sheet" while golfers call it a "bogey free round"

It was anything but for Teulon's Aaron Cockerill earlier this morning on the DLF G&CC in New Delhi on moving day

Six bogeys and a double combined with six birdies and just five pars led to +2 74 dropping him 16 places to a T40 at -3

He went out in E, but that consisted of 3 bogey's at 2, 5,6 followed by 3 birdies in a row at 7,8,9 for an unlikely E 36

His 4th birdie at the 10th followed by another at the 13th  had him in good shape at -7 on the leaderboard. Then he got back on the rollercoaster with a double and 3 bogey's from 14-18 sandwiching a birdie at the 17th, home in +2 38 for his 74 and -3 heading into Sunday's final round.

The Japanese rookie Keita Nakajima continues to lead by 3 at -17 with round 3 winding down as I write.

Follow all the live scoring on by clicking on my link above

More to follow...

Bryan Angus

Henderson T20 inaugural Ford Championship, Arizona..full scoreboard, TEE TIMES

 LPGA Tour : Ford Championship presented by KCC PAIRINGS

Brooke Henderson has begun this new Ford Championship on the Seville GC in Gilbert Arizona with -5 67 T20 which is 4 shots behind the leader from Thailand Pajaree Anannarukarn -9 63.

Brooke Henderson 

A group of 5 players are right behind her at -8 64, Isi Gabsa, Gabby Ruffels, Azahara Munoz, Carlota Ciganda, and Lilia Vu.

Other Canadians Maude Aimee-Leblanc T32 -4 68 and Savannah Grewal T52 -3 69.

Bryan Angus

Hughes, Svensson in contention Texas Children's Houston Open..Friday leaderboard, TEE Times

 PGA Tour : Texas Children's Houston Open Leaderboard  Tee Times

Scottie Scheffler is getting all the attention, home in Texas, says he's rusty after opening with -5 65, Taylor Moore and rookie Wilson Furr lead -6 64, all on the Memorial Park GC in Houston where Scheffler holds the course record 62.

Great news for Canadian golf fans as Mac Hughes and Adam Svensson with some stellar play T6 -4 66, while Roger Sloan is T17 with Taylor Pendrith both shot -2 68

Ben Silverman T54 E70.

For all the scores and tee times click on my links above

Bryan Angus

Cockerill surges, Nakajima leads storm delayed Hero Indian Open... full scoreboard

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard  Tee Times

Keita Nakajima is a DP World Tour rookie, having played on the Japan Tour last year and spent 87 weeks on top of the World Amateur rankings leads this Hero Indian Open after 2 rounds, posting 65 65 -14 in spectacular style with 16 birdies and an eagle in 36 holes.

He's two clear of Frenchman Romain Langasque 66 66 -12 then Matteo Manassero 65 68 -11.

Storms (lightning) in New Delhi halted play a 5pm GMT and 46 players will return Saturday morning to complete their rounds before the cut is made

Canadian Aaron Cockerill will be pleased after opening with E72, he went out early this morning and posted 4 birdies, and eagle 3 with a lone bogey for -5 67 to move up the board 40 places T22 -5.

Round 2 is still in progress with the cut projected at -1

To follow live scoring click on my link above.

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Manassero back in form Hero Indian Open, full leaderboard/ TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard Tee Times

Matteo Manassero continued his fine recent form to join Joost Luiten and Keita Nakajima at the top of the leaderboard after day one of the Hero Indian Open.

The Italian created one of the stories of the season earlier this month when he won the Jonsson Workwear Open for his first DP World Tour victory in almost 11 years, completing a remarkable comeback after losing his card in 2018.

His bogey-free 65 saw him sit next to early pacesetter Luiten and they soon had Nakajima for company as the Japanese came home in 30 to also get to seven under at DLF Golf & Country Club.

English pair Sam Bairstow and Jordan Smith were then one shot off the lead alongside Frenchman Romain Langasque.

Manassero may have missed the cut last time out in Singapore but he was back to his South Africa form in New Delhi, missing a good chance to tie the course record on the last.

"Today was a really special day," he said. "Every time a tournament starts there’s a blank page. You prepare but on a course like this things can go the wrong way very easily.

"Today from the tee and into the greens I was extremely solid, so I’m really pleased about that and the result with not making any bogeys on a course like this. Seven under par is really good."

Luiten is something of a specialist at DLF G&CC, having finished in a tie for ninth in 2018 and third last year in his two previous appearances.

After losing his card in 2022 following 12 consecutive years on Tour with six wins, he bounced back to finish 26th on the Race to Dubai Rankings in Partnership with Rolex and has three top-25s from seven starts so far this season.

"I have good memories from last year, I was struggling with my game before that but finished third in Thailand and then third here," he said. "I like this golf course, it’s very demanding and you just have to hit it straight. It’s suits my game, especially today."

Nakajima - who spent a record 83 weeks at the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking - is playing his rookie campaign on the DP World Tour after topping the Order of Merit on the Japan Golf Tour last season.

"I’m very happy with this score and I’m feeling very good," he said. "It’s a great course but I felt a bit nervous over the tee-shots. But I’m very comfortable with my swing and ball-striking.

"I’m very excited to be on the DP World Tour and very honoured to be playing with great players. I like travelling many countries."

Spanish pair Angel Hidalgo and Adrian Otaegui, German Jannik de Bruyn, Swiss Joel Girrbach, Dutchman Daan Huizing, Frenchman Jeong weon Ko and Paraguay's Fabrizio Zanotti were two shots off the lead.

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Three tied for lead, Cockerill E72 at Hero Indian Open... live scoreboard

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Leaderboard  Tee Times

With the opening round of this version of the Hero Indian Open in noisy New Delhi now complete there is a  three way tie at the top, veteran Dutchman Juist Luiten, Japan's Keita Nakajima, and in form Italian Matteo Manassero all at -7 65

It's early and the leaderboard is tightly packed.

Canada's Aaron Cockerill posted a steady 2 birdie, 2 bogey, 14 par E72 to finish T63 and he is out early at 810am (local) off the 10th tee tomorrow.

For the full scoreboard and Friday tee times click on my links above

more to follow

Bryan Angus

LPGA : Ford Championship : TEE TIMES / Leaderboard including 3 Canadians

 LPGA Tour : Ford Championship PAIRINGS

The tour has flown down to Gilbert, Arizona to the Seville G&CC for the new Ford Championship presented by KCC. (Created to be a resource for Kids Closet Connection, this group was designed to answer any questions about consigning including prepping and tagging, providing information about upcoming sales, and just spreading the KCC love.)

The course is a par 72, 6734 yards, purse $2,250,000 and 500 Race to the CME Globe points.

Canadians (times CST)

806   10th  Brooke Henderson, Minjee Lee, Ruoning Yin

1223 10th Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Sarah Schmelzel, Jaravee Boonchant

151   10th Savannah Grewal, Lauren Hartlage, Polly Mack

The featured group 

1256 1st Nelly Korda, Lydia Ko, Celine Boutier

Bryan Angus

 

TEE TIMES Texas Children's Houston Open..Five Canadians

 PGA Tour: Texas Children's Houston Open Tee Times

There are 5 Canadians in Houston this week for the Texas Children's Houston Open on the Memorial Park GC with Tony Finau defending.

This is the last week to qualify for the top 50 who get into the Masters. Both Mac Hughes and Adam Svensson are in the Masters this year as are Mike Weir and Corey Conners.

An early look at the weather shows little chance of rain, mainly sunny and warm/hot with a N breeze topping out at 18mph for the weekend.

Times shown are EDT although Texas is CDT 

904 10th  Adam Svensson, Jake Knapp, Akshay Bhatia

937 10th  Taylor Pendrith, Sung Kang, SH Kim

120 1st    Roger Sloan, David Lipsky, Bud Cauley

215 1st    Mac Hughes, Billy Horschel, Tom Hoge 

248 1st    Ben Silverman, Paul Barjon Kris Ventura

Hughes made that birdie putt on the 72nd hole last week at the Valspar to move into T3 -9 and that was worth nearly $200,000 in prize money...Not even a fist pump !!

Scottie Scheffler is playing this week as is Wyndham Clark, not great news for the rest of the field !!!

Bryan Angus

DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Hero Indian Open Tee Times

The Tour moves to New Delhi, India to the DLF G&CC for this Hero Indian Open,

It's a full field, with 29 home grown Indian players entered or invited by the sponsor Hero, the motorcycle manufacturing giant. 

Canada's Aaron Cockerill now ranked 15th in the Race to Dubai standings and 204 owgr is off the 1st tee in the late wave at 1300hrs with England's Callum Shinkwin 45th in Race to Dubai and 152 owgr along with Indian Manu Gandas ranked 843 owgr.

Some of the bigger names from last week in Singapore, like Shane Lowry, and Mattieu Pavon, have caught flights to Houston for the Texas Children's Houston Open where Tony Finau defends and Scottie Scheffler returns. Paul Casey returns to LIV.

In form players Matteo Manassero, Andy Sullivan, Sam Bairstow and Aphibarnrat Kiradech will look to carry their fine play to the subcontinent.

For full tee times click on my link above.

Bryan Angus

LPGA : Korda wins playoff at Palos Verdes, Canadian scores, final results

 LPGA:  Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship PAIRINGS

Despite staggering home with 3 bogey's in her last 4 holes, Nelly Korda 72 67 67 69 -9 did enough to tie hard charging Ryan O'Toole 73 68 68 66 -9, $186,577 then beat her with a birdie on the 1st playoff hole. She returns to the LPGA #1 spot.

Korda's birdie on the first play-off hole saw her return to the world number one spot

Korda has been off for 7 weeks, visiting family and friends in the Czech Republic, amongst other things, rather than play the Asian swing, She won $300,000

The 3 Canadians were well down the field

Brooke Henderson T27 68 71 70 74 -1 $15,179

Maude Aimee Leblanc T58 64 70 75 73 +7  $5,414

Savannah Grewal T60 69 74 77 72  $5,005

Next week its the Ford Championship in Phoenix.

Bryan Angus

Valspar Championship top 10's Hughes/Hadwin..Final results

 PGA Tour : Valspar Championship Results

If it wasn't going to be one of the Canadians, the winner couldn't have been a nicer guy as 35 year old journeyman Peter Malnati made enough birdies coming down the stretch for his first win since 2015, then with son in arms, broke down and cried for joy through his greenside interview. 

Peter Malnati of the United States reacts after winning on the 18th green during the final round of the Valspar Championship on Sunday in Palm Harbor, Fla. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Malnati 66 71 68 67 -12 was two shots ahead of Cam Young who made a crucial bogey at the last, T2 69 69 68 68 -10 his 7th runner up position, then 3 shots clear of playing partner Mac Hughes T3 68 68 69 70 -9 along with rookie Chandler Phillips 68 68 70 69 -9. each won $495,600

Worth over $1,500,000 Malnati ranked #184 and his family are secure for 2 years at least, will play for the first time in 10 years at Augusta and in upcoming limited field signature events.

Adam Hadwin, the winner here in 2017 played very well again T5 68 71 68 69 -8 $298,725

Adam Svensson had a poor Sunday 77 after opening rounds of 66 72 69 T49 E $21,151

Roger Sloan showed some improved form T49 E 69 72 70 73 $21,151

For a complete rundown of prize money, scoring click on my link above.

Next week its off to the Texas Children's Houston Open, followed by the Valero Texas Open before the big week at Augusta.

Hughes, Pendrith, Silverman, Sloan and Svensson are all playing in Houston.

Bryan Angus

Valspar Championship..Mac Hughes T2 leads Canadians..scoreboard, Sunday TEE TIMES

 PGA Tour : Valspar Championship Leaderboard Tee Times

Mac Hughes is right in contention T2 with a Sunday round to go at this Valspar Championship.

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He may well be in the lead after holing a 4 footer on the 16th, however Keith Mitchell who made the cut at the Players but ended up dead last over the weekend, holed a 7 iron from the fairway on the 18th, while Hughes drive went wide right resulting in bogey, leaving Mitchell with a 2 shot lead at -10.

Hughes 68 68 6 -8 is tied with Peter Malnati 66 71 68 -8 and they are the penultimate pairing at 140pm while Seamus Power 68 69 68 -8 is in the final pair with Mitchell at 150pm.

For all tee times and live scoring use my links above.

Other Canadians

Adam Hadwin T8 68 71 68 -6  (110pm)

Adam Svensson T8  66 72 69 -6 (1pm)

Roger Sloan T38  69 72 70 -2 E

While Mitchell leads by 2, there are 12 players bunched between -8 and -6 and with another SW wind, blustery day ahead they all have a shot at winning and getting into the Masters if they are not already qualified.

Lets see if one of the Canucks can join Adam Hadwin who already won here in 2017 in the winners circle..

Bryan Angus

Jesper Svensson wins Porsche Singapore Classic playoff Final results

 DP World Tour : Porsche Singapore Classic Results

Jesper Svensson won his first DP World Tour title with a play-off victory over Kiradech Aphibarnrat at the Porsche Singapore Classic.

The Swede matched the course record with a closing 63 at Laguna National Golf Resort Club to get to 17 under but extra holes were required as Aphibarnrat eagled the last in a 64.

Both men made a birdie on the first trip up the last and then exchanged a pair of pars before Aphibarnrat went over the back and made a bogey, leaving Svensson two putts for a par and victory.

Svensson may have turned professional nearly five years ago, winning on the Nordic Golf League in 2020, but his big breakthrough came last year with his victory at the B-NL Challenge Trophy on the European Challenge Tour

catch the eye, finishing second at the Investec South African Open Championship this season in just his sixth DP World Tour start.

Another runner-up finish came at the Bahrain Championship presented by Bapco Energies but he has now gone one better to win the opening event of the DP World Tour's Asian Swing.

"It's been a lot of good golf so it was nice to finally come out on top," he said. "It's very hard to win so it's really nice.

"It's been a long journey. To win on my first season out here, I couldn't have dreamt of it. It's always been a dream to be a winner on the DP World Tour and to achieve it feels amazing.

"Combined with Challenge Tour last year and the beginning of this season I've had five second-place spots in the last year. I really wanted to come out on top here.

England's Sam Bairstow carded a fourth consecutive 68 to finish at 16 under, one shot clear of countryman Andy Sullivan and two ahead of Frenchman Matthieu Pavon.

England's Paul Casey was then at 13 under, with overnight leader David Micheluzzi, Spaniard Alejandro del Rey, Wales' Rhys Enoch and Indian Shubhankar Sharma one further back.

edit**** Canada's Aaron Cockerill finished T37 69 71 72 70 -6

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Valspar Championship leaderboard jammed in blustery conditions..Mac Hughes T1... Leaderboard TEE TIMES

 PGA Tour : Valspar Championship Leaderboard Tee Times

Blustery winds with gusts 25mph are expected for this weekend at Innisbrook for this version of the Valspar Championship, and they certainly affected the early wave on Friday, blowing up to 30mph before settling down in the afternoon

Mac Hughes 68 68 is in the pack of five who lead at -6, the others are Cink, Streelman, Phillips and Todd and with the cut set to fall at E you can see how tightly bunched the field is.

It's anyones to win. 12 players return this morning at 9am to finish their rounds. 

Other Canadians

Adam Svensson T15 66 72 -4

Adam Hadwin T21 68 71 -3

Roger Sloan T40 -1 (played 17 holes)

Taylor Pendrith T79 71 72 +1 M/C

Ben Silverman T79 70 73 +1 M/C

Established star players, Spieth, Bradley, Burns, Harman, Finau are all finished for the weekend.

Bryan Angus

LPGA: Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship...Leblanc soars then crashes.. full leaderboard.. Saturday TEE TIMES

 LPGA :  Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship PAIRINGS

Maude -Aimee Leblanc made the headlines for all the right reasons on Thursday -7 64 at the Palos Verdes GC overlooking the Pacific in southern California, today she made them for all the wrong reasons.

(VAUGHN RIDLEY/GETTY IMAGES)

How fickle this game is, how frail one's confidence can be, Today, after being the only player to be bogey free with 7 birdies on Thursday, she went out and posted 9 bogeys, on her way to 79, a whopping 15 shots worse. The shaft of light in her day was she made the cut on the number at T56 +1

Savannah Grewal T56  69 74 +1 and Brook Henderson T13 68 71 -3 are the other Canadian scores.

The leader Hawaiian Malia Nam 65 69 -8 in her 2nd LPGA event has played the course 100 times during her years at USC where she thinks she never brokke par. 

Bryan Angus

Porsche Singapore Classic...Aussie Micheluzzi leads the pack. scoreboard, Sunday TEE TIMES

 DP World Tour : Porsche Singapore Classic Leaderboard  Tee Times

David Micheluzzi produced a birdie-birdie finish in an impressive 66 to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Porsche Singapore Classic.

The Australian was stalking the leaders all day but it did not look like he would finish the round on top when Sam Bairstow opened up a four-shot lead around the turn at Laguna National Golf Resort Club.

A pair of bogeys on the back nine in the Englishman's 68 left the door ajar, however, and it was Micheluzzi who took advantage to move to 13 under and edge ahead.

Andy Sullivan recovered from back-to-back double-bogeys to post a 69 and sit alongside countryman Bairstow, one clear of India's Shubhankar Sharma, who carded a 68.

Rookie Micheluzzi is looking for his first DP World Tour win this week but knows how to get over the line, having claimed four wins on the PGA Tour of Australasia in the last 17 months.

Three of those helped him win the Order of Merit in 2023, earning his place on the DP World Tour, where he has two top tens from 20 starts.

He finished in a tie for 17th at last week's PGA Tour of Australasia 2024 season finale and revealed a change of equipment is helping him after a recent "breakdown" playing Down Under.

"I've basically changed everything," he said. "I've got a whole new set in: new irons, new driver, new three-wood, new grips. I basically did a whole reboot and it's nice."

He added: "Today was very hot, you could see me with the towel over the head basically the whole day. I just try not to get angry because that would make it worse, just be as patient as possible, take as much time as I need and keep a wet towel on me.

"The first eight holes I didn't play so great and then the last ten I really got dialled in and holed some putts which was nice."

Thai amateur TK Ratchanon Chantananuwat, England's Paul Casey, Scot Ewen Ferguson and Austrian Matthias Schwab were at ten under, a shot clear of Thailand's Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Frenchman Matthieu Pavon, England's Jordan Smith and Swede Sebastian Söderberg.

edit***** Canada's Aaron Cockerill posted a clean card in round 1, but today he had a double, 3 bogeys and 5 birdies for E 72 and heads into the final round T44 -4.

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