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El capit\u00e1n Joaqu\u00edn Niemann, de Torque GC, ejecuta un golpe desde el tee del hoyo 16 durante la primera ronda del LIV Golf Bedminster en el Trump National Golf Club, el jueves 6 de agosto de 2026, en Bedminster, Nueva Jersey. (Montana Pritchard\/LIV Golf v\u00eda AP)<\/p>\n
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Michael Brennan kisses the trophy after winning the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Michael Brennan made five straight birdies to pull away from Beau Hossler and close with a 6-under 64 to win the Wyndham Championship and reach the PGA Tour\u2019s lucrative postseason.<\/p>\n
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Brennan came into the final tournament of the regular season at No. 105 in the FedEx Cup. Now his season gets extended by at least one week after his second PGA Tour title in two years. The FedEx Cup playoffs start Thursday with the FedEx St. Jude Championship at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Only the top 70 players advance, and Brennan shot up to No. 47.<\/p>\n
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Jackson Koivun, who left Auburn in June and won the 3M Open in only his third start, narrowly hung on to the 70th spot and goes from college to the postseason in only two months.<\/p>\n
Brennan made birdie on the final hole to finish at 22-under 258, matching the tournament record at Sedgefield shot three other times, most recently last year by Wake Forest grad Cameron Young.<\/p>\n
Ben James, the No. 1 player from the PGA Tour University ranking who has a card already secure for 2027, fell out of contention on Saturday but roared back with a 61 to finish third.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n LIV Golf League<\/p>\n BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) \u2014 Joaquin Niemann closed with a 2-under 69 Sunday for a three-shot victory in LIV Golf New York, extending his record with his ninth career victory in the last three years.<\/p>\n Jon Rahm shot 76 and tied for 41st, but that still was enough to win the season points title for the third straight time since the two-time major champion joined LIV Golf.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Niemann, who won earlier this year in South Korea, went wire-to-wire at Trump International. He finished at 16-under 268. Harold Varner III caught Niemann until the Chilean pulled away late with a birdie on the 13th and an eagle on the par-5 15th. Varner shot 70 to finish second.<\/p>\n Bryson DeChambeau shot 71 and tied for 38th, 23 shots out of the lead. He cannot catch Rahm with one tournament remaining.<\/p>\n Korn Ferry Tour<\/p>\n OMAHA, Neb. (AP) \u2014 Frankie Harris made an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 12-under 59 and won the Pinnacle Bank Championship on Sunday with a par on second playoff hole for his first Korn Ferry Tour title in only his sixth start this year.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Harris shot 27 on the back nine of The Club at Indian Creek by making just over 153 feet of putts. Alistair Docherty birdied his last four holes, including a 53-foot putt on the 16th, for a 64 to force a playoff at 22-under 262.<\/p>\n On the 18th for the second playoff hole, Docherty went long of the green, chipped to 6 feet and missed the par putt.<\/p>\n Harris became the fourth player in the last six weeks with a 59. He became the ninth player worldwide to have a sub-60 final round and win the tournament.<\/p>\n United States Golf Association<\/p>\n OOLTEWAH, Tenn. (AP) \u2014 California teen Asterisk Talley picked up her biggest win yet Sunday when she surged past Anna Iwanaga of Japan for an 8-and-6 victory to win the U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The 17-year-old Talley earned her second USGA title before even leaving high school. She also teamed to win the U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur Four-Ball in 2024, the same year she was runner-up in the U.S. Women\u2019s Amateur and U.S. Junior Girls.<\/p>\n Iwanaga, who shared the medalist honors during the 36-hole qualifying, won the ninth hole in the morning for a 1-up lead. But that was the last hole Iwanaga won. Talley squared the match with a birdie on the 11th, and she birdied the next two holes and never looked back.<\/p>\n The victory gets Talley into the U.S. Women\u2019s Open next year at Inverness Club in Ohio.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Other tours<\/p>\n Anna Huang won her fourth Ladies European Tour title when the 17-year-old Canadian closed with an eagle for a 3-under 70 and a two-shot victory over Charley Hull, who four-putted for double bogey on the 17th hole and shot 69. The 17-year-old Huang is the youngest player with four LET wins. … Mirabel Ting closed with a 5-under 67 and made birdie on the first playoff hole against Rachel Kuehn to win the Smoky Mountain Championship for her first Epson Tour title. … Christofer Blomstrand closed with a 3-under 68 for a two-shot victory over fellow Swede Adam Wallin in the Scottish Challenge. … Darren Fichardt of South Africa closed with a 4-under 68 and won the Staysure PGA Seniors Champion by five shots over Mikael Lundberg at Trump International in Aberdeen, Scotland. … Yuzuki Yoshizawa won the Hokkaido Meiji Cup on the Japan LPGA with a 4-under 68 for a two-shot victory over Kana Nagai. … Eunsoo Jang closed with a 3-under 69 for a one-shot victory in Jeju Samdasoo Masters on the Korea LPGA.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/a>
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