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In a year that has included a number of drought-breaking victories, including Lee Westwood and Matt Kuchar as recently as a week ago, it’s only fitting that Danny Willett found his way back to the winner’s circle. It’s been a prolonged spiral for the Englishman, one that seemingly started as soon as he slipped into […]

Abraham Ancer’s breakthrough win at the Australian Open brought with it another perk: a trip to Royal Portrush next summer. This week’s event at The Lakes in Sydney was the first of the 2019 Open Qualifying Series, with three spots in The Open available to those players not otherwise exempt who finished in the top […]

The revolving door atop the Official World Golf Rankings keeps spinning. After returning to world No. 1 this week without hitting a shot, Brooks Koepka went to the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan needing to play well to protect his ranking. Because of the metrics by which the rankings are calculated, Koepka needed to finish in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. – Patrick Rodgers made the cut on the number at the RSM Classic and began the weekend at Sea Island Resort a dozen strokes off the pace. What he did from there was historic. Rodgers posted rounds of 61-62 on the weekend to get into a playoff with Charles Howell III at […]

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 […]

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 […]

Charles Howell III won on the PGA Tour for the first time since 2007 and earned over $1.1 million in the process. The earnings bumped him to No. 20 on the Tour’s all-time earnings list with a career total of $37,048,795. Here’s how the purse was paid out at the RSM Classic: 1.   Charles Howell […]