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After Further Review: Lexi leads American LPGA rally

Each week, GolfChannel.com takes a look back at the week in golf. Here’s what’s weighing on our writers’ minds. On Lexi Thompson claiming ANOTHER event for the U.S. on the LPGA tour … Lexi Thompson delivered another title for American women by winning the CME Group Tour Championship Sunday at Tiburon Golf Club. That’s nine for […]

Ariya Jutanugarn completes unprecedented LPGA awards sweep

NAPLES, Fla. – Ariya Jutanugarn finished a remarkable year with an exclamation point. She completed an unprecedented LPGA sweep burying an 18-foot birdie putt Sunday to end her season at the CME Group Tour Championship. It was, by the way, her 470th birdie of the season, a tour record. Jutanugarn wrapped up the Vare Trophy […]

Howell happy to be done with 'uncomfortable' Masters qualifying

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – It has been a rite of spring along the lines of pimento cheese sandwiches and blooming azaleas. Each year in the run up to the Masters, Charles Howell III tried – and often failed – to qualify for his hometown event. Howell admitted this week at the RSM Classic that he’s struggled in […]

Charles Howell III takes RSM playoff for first his win since 2007

A year full of drought-breaking victories on the PGA Tour ended on a similar note at the RSM Classic. Here’s how things ended up at Sea Island, where Charles Howell III edged Patrick Rodgers for his first win since 2007: Leaderboard: Charles Howell III (-19), Patrick Rodgers (-19), Webb Simpson (-18), Ryan Blaum (-17), Luke […]

Lexi wins LPGA finale; Jutanugarn takes Race to the CME Globe

NAPLES, Fla. – Lexi Thompson was the best this week, and Ariya Jutanugarn was the best all season. Neither left any doubt about that Sunday. Thompson shot a final-round 70 to finish at 18-under 270 and win the LPGA’s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship by four strokes over Nelly Korda. The win makes this the sixth consecutive year that […]

'I thought I'd shot myself in the foot again': Emotional Charles Howell opens up after first win since 2007

“You know, golf is a brutal game and with the highest of the highs, it comes with a lot of really lows,” Howell said. The post ‘I thought I’d shot myself in the foot again’: Emotional Charles Howell opens up after first win since 2007 appeared first on Golf.