The 2023 PGA Excursion’s FedEx Cup season is ailing to 2 occasions and 50 golfers.
Upcoming fighting the brutal warmth and humidity at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee, the surviving avid gamers will head to the second one leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs this coming past, the BMW Championship at Olympia Farmlands Nation Membership outdoor Chicago.
Lucas Glover might be there later successful for the second one immediately past. The 43-year-old has climbed to fourth within the FedEx Cup issues standings and put himself into the dialog to put together the U.S. staff for the later Ryder Cup.
“I think I’ve never made it and I want to,” Glover mentioned.
In ladies’s golfing, American Lilia Vu received her 2d primary of the season on the AIG Ladies’s Distinguishable in England. Australia’s Cameron Smith received once more within the LIV Golfing League.
Right here’s what came about in skilled golfing this weekend:
What came about at the PGA Excursion
FedEx St. Jude Championship
TPC Southwind, Memphis
Winner: Lucas Glover
How he received: Heading into extreme past’s Wyndham Championship, Glover was once 112th in FedEx Cup issues and appeared headed house to watch for the autumn time table to start out. However upcoming he picked up his first victory in additional than two years to climb to forty ninth in issues, one spot within the FedEx St. Jude Championship bubble.
On Sunday, Glover held off Patrick Cantlay at the first gap of a playoff, later Cantlay collision his tee shot into the aqua, on the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the primary leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs. With the victory, Glover gathered $3.6 million (he made $4.97 million the week two weeks) and a pair of,000 FedEx Cup issues. He’s fourth in FedEx Cup issues and is confident of taking part in in nearest past’s BMW Championship and the season-ending Excursion Championship.
“I mean, if you would have told me this three months ago, I’d tell you you’re crazy,” Glover informed newshounds in Memphis. “But at the same time, if you asked me legitimately did I think I was capable, I’d say yes, even then. It’s just one of those sad ways athletes are wired. We always believe in ourselves no matter how bad it is.
“I by no means gave that up, however like heart of Might, it was once sun-baked to travel to the field some days and sun-baked to paintings. However we driven via and did it anyway.”
How unlikely is Glover’s red-hot heater? According to ESPN Stats & Information, Glover, who was ranked No. 117 in the world heading into last week, is the second-lowest-ranked player to win in back-to-back starts in the past decade. Brendon Todd did it in 2019 when he was ranked 525th.
Glover, 43, is also the fifth player in FedEx Cup playoff history to win a tournament at 40 or older, joining Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. Glover is the second-oldest player to do it; Singh was 45 when he captured The Barclays and Deutsche Bank Championship in 2008.
What happened on the LPGA Tour
AIG Women’s Open
Walton Heath Golf Club, Surrey, England
Winner: Lilia Vu
How she won: Vu started the final round tied with England’s Charley Hull at 9 under, and the former UCLA star produced a second straight 5-under 67 to win by 6 shots with a 72-hole total of 14-under 274. Hull finished second at 8 under, followed by South Koreans Jiyai Shin (7 under), Hyo Joo Kim (6 under) and Amy Yang (6 under). It was the largest margin of victory at the Women’s Open since Shin won by 9 in 2012.
Vu, 25, picked up her third victory this season. She claimed her first LPGA win at the Honda LPGA Thailand and then her first major championship at the Chevron Championship in April. She is the first woman golfer since Jin Young Ko in 2019 to win two majors in the same season, and the first American to do it since Juli Inkster in 1999. She is only the third American woman to win The Open in the past 20 years, joining Stacy Lewis in 2013 and Mo Martin in 2014.
Celebrating in taste 🍾🎉👏@TheLiliaVu pic.twitter.com/dseIj4WHU9
— AIG Women’s Open (@AIGWomensOpen) August 13, 2023
Vu missed four cuts and hadn’t finished better than 17th after winning the Chevron Championship. She finished 17 over in 36 holes at the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.
“In truth I simply sought after to win golfing tournaments out right here at the LPGA,” Vu told reporters in England. “It’s simply been a lunatic yr for me, simply doing nice-looking smartly initially of the season and simply collision a lull within the heart, simply suffering. I believed on the U.S. Distinguishable later I performed so malicious, I didn’t know if I may ever win once more.”
A second major championship victory caps a remarkable comeback by Vu, who made just one cut in nine starts as an LPGA rookie in 2019. She spent the next two seasons playing on the Symetra Tour before reclaiming her LPGA card in 2022. She admitted she nearly walked away from the game.
Vu will be ranked No. 1 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking for the first time Monday, and she’ll be on the American team that will battle Europe at the Solheim Cup in Spain in September. She also clinched the Rolex Annika Major Award, which goes to the player who has the best record in all five major championships during the season.
What happened in the LIV Golf League
LIV Golf Bedminster
Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster, New Jersey
Winner: Cameron Smith
How he won: Smith, the 2022 Open Championship winner, ran away from the field at Trump Bedminster to win for the second time in three events. The Australian was 12 under after 54 holes, 7 shots better than India’s Anbirban Lahiri. Abraham Ancer, Patrick Reed and Dean Burmester tied for third at 4 under.
Smith picked up his third LIV Golf victory in the past two seasons. He also won outside Chicago last year and outside London in July. Smith’s Ripper GC squad, which also includes Australians Jed Morgan, Matt Jones and Marc Leishman, won the team competition at Bedminster as well with a total of 20 under. That was 11 strokes better than Bryson DeChambeau‘s Crushers GC and Louis Oosthuizen’s Stinger GC.
Smith started the final round with a 4-stroke lead over Phil Mickelson. It was reduced to two shots after Smith opened with a bogey, and Mickelson picked up a birdie on the par-3 fourth. But then disaster struck for Mickelson on the par-3 seventh when he hit two tee shots in the water and carded a quintuple-bogey 8. Smith had five birdies and no bogeys in the final 13 holes. He needed only 76 putts over 54 holes.
LIV Golfing win quantity 3️⃣ for Cameron Smith 🙌#LIVGolf @rippergc_ pic.twitter.com/Db4fqB1Gng
— LIV Golfing (@livgolf_league) August 13, 2023
Smith overtook Talor Gooch for the season-long points lead with two regular-season events left before the individual and team championship in Miami. The next LIV Golf League event isn’t for five weeks, Sept. 22-24 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Smith is the defending champion.
“I don’t assume I’ve performed this constant,” Smith said. “I’ve had a few malicious weeks that I want to whip again, however alternative than that, I think like I’m taking part in essentially the most constant golfing and the most efficient golfing that I’ve performed. It’s great so that you could do this past in and past out. It’s one thing that I’ve labored for, one thing that was once a objective of mine at first of the yr was once to be up there with a minimum of a probability for the extreme tournament.
“Yeah, so it’s nice to do it, and I think it’ll keep me practicing the next five weeks. Five weeks is a long time off. I’ll probably put the clubs down for a couple of weeks and then get right back into it, and then going back to Chicago where I won last year is a nice feeling, as well.”
Who’s out and in of the FedEx Cup Playoffs
Who’s in:
Cam Davis: The Australian golfer entered the past at Disagree. 62 within the issues standings, however fasten for 6th at 11 beneath in Memphis and climbed to Disagree. 45 in issues. He carded a 3-under 67 on Sunday to get the process completed.
Hideki Matsuyama: The 2021 Masters champion battled neck and again accidents all season, however he jumped 10 spots in issues to forty seventh with a tied for sixteenth at 9 beneath at TPC Southwind. He posted a 5-under 65 on Sunday through last with a birdie, eagle, birdie and par in his ultimate 4 holes. He certified for the Excursion Championship in every of his first 9 years at the PGA Excursion.
Tom Hoge: Speak about taking it right down to the cord. Hoge gave the impression to be in jeopardy when he took a double-bogey 5 at the par-3 14th gap. However upcoming he carded 3 immediately birdies at the extreme 3 holes to complete 3-under 67. He fasten for forty third at 4 beneath and is forty eighth in issues.
Harris English: The previous Georgia superstar seemed to be in bother heading into Sunday, however he grinded out a 3-under 67 to tied for 52nd with a 72-hole general of two beneath. That was once excellent plenty to complete forty ninth in issues.
Patrick Rodgers: Rodgers, a former Stanford superstar, was once the extreme guy status at fiftieth in issues. He fasten for 52nd at 2 beneath later carding an even-par 70 on Sunday.
Who’s out
Mackenzie Hughes: The Canadian began the past forty seventh in issues and was once within the height 50 when he finished his spherical Sunday. However later tying for 58th at 1 beneath, he fell to 51st in issues later the extra of the ground completed. He chipped in from off the fairway two times Sunday to provide himself a probability.
Nick Hardy: Hardy, who grew up north of Chicago in Northbrook, Illinois, got here inside of two spots of heading house to compete within the BMW Championship. He began the past at fiftieth in issues and fell two spots later tying for forty ninth at 3 beneath.
Such a lot to be pleased with.
An emotional @NickHardy8 displays on his season coming to an finish. pic.twitter.com/51XaeMwg07
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 13, 2023
Taylor Montgomery: The PGA Excursion rookie went ailing preventing with a 3-under 67 on Sunday. Alas, it was once excellent plenty for best 53rd in issues.
Ryder Cup Book Record
Taking hold of avid gamers who helped themselves — and those that didn’t — in looking to put together the U.S. and Eu squads for the later Ryder Cup.
Lucas Glover: Book up
Within the span of 2 weeks, Glover has climbed from sixty fourth to sixteenth within the U.S. Ryder Cup staff issues standings. Some other win on the BMW Championship would earn him an automated spot. Some other excellent appearing in Chicago will have to put together U.S. staff captain Zach Johnson assume lengthy and sun-baked about together with him.
Patrick Cantlay: Book up
There wasn’t a lot indecision about Cantlay making the staff, however a playoff loss within the FedEx Cup playoffs presentations his sport is trending within the accurate direction.
Jordan Spieth: Book up
Like Cantlay, it will had been a weighty awe if Spieth wasn’t competing for the American citizens outdoor Rome in overdue September. He fasten for 6th at 11 beneath at TPC Southwind, his 7th top-10 end this season.
Max Homa: Book up
Homa’s spot appeared just a little unsure later not-so-great finishes within the first 3 majors. However upcoming he fasten for twelfth on the Scottish Distinguishable, tenth at The Distinguishable and 6th on the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
Sam Burns: Book ailing
It’s been a so-so season for Burns with best 5 top-10s in 23 PGA Excursion begins. A tied for 52nd at TPC Southwind received’t assistance his probabilities.
Tommy Fleetwood: Book up
The Englishman continues to be in search of his first PGA Excursion victory later every other related name. He fasten for 3rd at 14 beneath in Memphis, his twenty second top-five end on excursion. He’s the primary participant in PGA Excursion historical past to earn greater than $20 million in legit profession income and not using a victory.
Séamus Power: Book ailing
The Irishman most likely wanted a powerful playoff efficiency to push his means into the Eu staff dialog. He fasten for 66th, extreme within the ground, at 4 over. He’s within the BMW Championship ground.
Highest of the weekend
Highest spherical
Justin Rose’s 9-under 61 on Saturday fasten the path document at TPC Southwind. He had 9 birdies and refuse bogeys.
A ancient spherical significance documenting 🤩 https://t.co/GqK5Mmthgh pic.twitter.com/98rXKENtXQ
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 12, 2023
Highest bunker shot
Hull’s eagle at the eleventh gap were given her inside of 3 pictures of Vu on Sunday. She didn’t get any nearer.
Eagle for Charley Hull!! 🦅
An international elegance bunker shot 🏝 pic.twitter.com/AEB4JrWo9X
— AIG Ladies’s Distinguishable (@AIGWomensOpen) August 13, 2023
Highest means shot
Vu’s iron shot at the twelfth was once somewhat a solution to Hull’s eagle.
Deja vu!
What a reaction to Charley’s fee. pic.twitter.com/Ip757f4lJc
— AIG Ladies’s Distinguishable (@AIGWomensOpen) August 13, 2023
Highest putt
That’s excellent staff golfing.
Stinger future! @stingergc_ @livgolf_league pic.twitter.com/G3aVZQBsf2
— Bros and Birdies (@BirdiesBro) August 13, 2023
Highest shot off a cart trail
Cameron Smith pulled off this shot en path to a victory.
