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Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa staged a tour de force showdown on Sunday in the Twin Cities, with Wolff edging out his fellow fledgling star with an eagle on the final hole. For his bravado, Wolff earned a two-year exemption in just his third professional start, along with invites to the 2020 Masters and PGA

8:38 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — Shanshan Feng hit a 7-iron to 3 feet for a birdie on the final hole Sunday to close with a 9-under 63 and a one-shot victory over Ariya Jutanugarn in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. Feng won for the first time since November 2017. Jutanugarn had a

Welcome to the Dew Sweeper, your one-stop shop to catch up on the weekend action from the golf world. From the professional tours, trending news, social media headlines and upcoming events, here’s every golf-related thing you need to know for the morning of July 8. Wolff wins in just third pro start His voice went

BLAINE, Minn. — Nursing a sore wrist but keeping his confidence intact, Justin Suh could smile Sunday at the 3M Open. Actually, the USC All-American began smiling on Friday when he made his first cut in a PGA Tour event. That’s not to say that he felt relief, though. “You know, I’ve been expecting a

7:33 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Matthew Wolff shot a 9-under 62 Saturday to share the lead with Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau at 15 under after three rounds of the inaugural 3M Open. Morikawa shot a 64 at the TPC Twin Cities, while DeChambeau had a 70. Wolff, 20, who won the

BLAINE, Minn. — Ricky Elliott is the hardest-working caddie in golf these days. No one else even comes close. You’d think that goes with the territory when working for the No. 1 player in the world. And, sure, Elliott, one of the game’s best caddies and a fine golfer in his own right, is a

9:38 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — A late slip saw Sung Hyun Park fall into a four-way tie for the lead going into the final round of the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. Park, who returned to No. 1 in the world after winning last weekend in Arkansas, made double-bogey on the par-5 15th

BLAINE, Minn. – Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa grew up 40 minutes apart in Southern California, Wolff in Simi Valley and Morikawa in Los Angeles. When earthquakes struck just north of L.A. on Friday and Saturday, they made hurried calls home to make sure family was all right. On Saturday, the two rookie professionals shook

John Daly will be in the field at Royal Portrush for the 2019 Open Championship. And he will traverse the venerable links on foot. Daly, who was granted permission by the PGA of America to ride in a cart during the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black under the Americans with Disabilities Act, said on Saturday

10:34 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — Yealimi Noh began her week trying to qualify for the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. She played the opening two rounds alongside an amateur whom she beat by 73 shots. And now she goes into the weekend paired with the No. 1 player in women’s golf. Noh believes

BLAINE, Minn. – For a guy who has made $18,066 in his last two years combined on the PGA Tour and hasn’t had the status to play more than eight events in any season since he lost his card in 2012, Arjun Atwal sounds like a guy whose big weekend plan is shaving the family

8:20 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Bryson DeChambeau figured a score well into the double digits below par could win the inaugural 3M Open. He’s already there, halfway through. DeChambeau dominated the second round, racking up nine birdies to finish Friday at a career-low 62 and vault into the lead with a 14-under-par

Andrew “Beef” Johnston’s rise to fame was a quick one, so fast that one couldn’t help but wonder how he was able to handle all the attention as well as he did. While competing, Johnston could be seen smiling and thumbs-upping fans as he strutted up fairways so much that Phil Mickelson was jealous. Apparently,

Changes are coming to the Open Championship. Or there was a misunderstanding. Either way, someone at the social reins of the R&A’s flagship event appears to have gotten a tad trigger happy. On Friday morning, the Open’s Twitter account posted the following message: “The Open will have a three hole play-off at The Open. If

9:20 PM ET Associated Press BLAINE, Minn. — Scott Piercy went on a late birdie binge en route to a 9-under 62 and the first-round lead at the inaugural 3M Open on Thursday. Adam Hadwin and Hideki Matsuyama are each two shots back after a 7-under 64 at the TPC Twin Cities. Seeking his fifth

BLAINE, Minn. – After a disappointing U.S. Open at Pebble Beach – where he had just won his 44th PGA Tour title in February – followed by a dreadful second round that resulted in a missed cut at the Travelers Championship, Phil Mickelson arrived at TPC Twin Cities with what he described as “a lot

10:12 PM ET Associated Press ONEIDA, Wis. — One year after Yu Liu shot her lowest round on the LPGA Tour at Thornberry Creek of Oneida, she tied the course record with a 10-under 62 for a one-shot lead in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. “I really like the golf course, apparently,” Liu said. “So

BLAINE, Minn. — More sensible than he is sentimental, Brooks Koepka seems like the kind of guy who would gladly give the shirt off his back to help a charity. But he decided his shoes might be worth more. These aren’t just any shoes. Koepka on Thursday at the 3M Open wore the white Nike