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Toronto Sun
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
GOLF ROUNDUP: Potgieter wins in playoff for first PGA Tour victory
Published Jun 29, 2025 • 5 minute read Aldrich Potgieter, of South Africa, celebrates his winning putt in a playoff during the final round of the Rocket Classic golf tournament at the Detroit Golf Club, Sunday, June 29, 2025, in Detroit. Photo by Paul Sancya / AP Photo DETROIT — Aldrich Potgieter made an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole, outlasting Max Greyserman to win the Rocket Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The 20-year-old from South Africa is the youngest player on the tour and its biggest hitter. He became the ninth player to win for the first time this season. Chris Kirk, who closed with a 5-under 67, missed a 9-foot putt for the win on the first playoff hole and was eliminated on the second extra hole when he missed a 4-foot par putt. Greyserman missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole in regulation, missing his chance to win and closing with a 67. Potgieter, who started with a two-shot lead, shot 69 to join Kirk at 22-under 266. Michael Thorbjornsen (67) and Jake Knapp (68) finished a stroke out of the playoff. Padraig Harrington of Ireland hoists the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy after winning the U.S. Senior Open Championship 2025 at Broadmoor Golf Club on June 29, 2025 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Photo by Andrew Wevers / Getty Images PGA Tour Champions Padraig Harrington came out on top of a major championship that felt more like match play in Colorado Springs, Colo., closing his round with seven straight pars at the U.S. Senior Open for a 3-under 67 to beat Stewart Cink by one shot. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Playing alongside Cink for the fourth straight day, Harrington finished at 11-under 269 on the tricky, heavily sloping Broadmoor. The Irishman sealed this match by hitting his approach to 8 feet on No. 18, putting pressure on Cink, who trailed by one but sat 30 yards in front of him on the fairway. Cink's approach landed on the precipice of a ledge, but spun back to 35 feet away to set up a two-putt. Harrington took two putts for the win, his second U.S. Senior Open title in four years that gets him in the U.S. Open next year at Shinnecock Hills. Patrick Reed of Aces GC holds the individual champion trophy on stage on day three of LIV Golf Dallas at Maridoe Golf Club on June 29, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Photo by Sam Hodde / Getty Images LIV Golf League Patrick Reed lost the lead with a 3-over 75 and then atoned for it by making a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a four-man playoff to win LIV Golf Dallas in Carrollton, Texas, for his first title since joining the Saudi-funded league in 2022. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Reed, who started the final round with a three-shot lead, fell behind late in the day at Maridoe Golf Club until Jinichiro Kozuma made bogey on the 18th hole and then made par on his final hole at No. 1 for a 68. That got him into a playoff with Reed, Louis Oosthuizen (68) and Paul Casey (72). On the first extra hole, Oosthuizen drove into the water and Casey took four shots to reach the green on the par-4 18th. Kozuma missed his 25-foot birdie try, setting the stage for Reed. Jon Rahm finished out of the top 10 for the first time in LIV, while Sergio Garcia claimed the one LIV spot for the British Open. Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee of South Korea imitate a selfie while posing with their trophies after the final round of the Dow Championship 2025 at Midland Country Club on June 29, 2025 in Midland, Mich. Photo by David Berding / Getty Images LPGA Tour Somi Lee poured in an 8-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to team with fellow South Korean Jin Hee Im to win the Dow Championship in Midland, Mich., denying Lexi Thompson her first LPGA title in six years. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Thompson's partner, Megan Khang, had a chance to extend the playoff, but she missed a 5-foot birdie putt that was on the low side of the hole from the start. The final round was fourballs, but switched to foursomes for the playoff. Thompson made an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-3 18th hole for the American duo to finish with a 10-under 60 in fourballs. They were the first to post at 20-under 260. Lee made a 10-foot birdie putt to tie for the lead on the 17th. They shot 62. RECOMMENDED VIDEO European Tour Adrien Saddier claimed his first European tour title in his 200th start with a back-nine charge in the Italian Open in Tuscany, closing with a 4-under 66 for a two-shot victory over Martin Couvra. Couvra, the 54-hole leader, closed with a 69 and appeared headed for victory until Saddier had five birdies over the final seven holes at the Argentario Golf Club on the Tuscan coast. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Saddier and Couvra earned places in the British Open field at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland next month. Calum Hill of Scotland and Dan Bradbury of England finished tied for third, four strokes behind. Read More Korn Ferry Tour Austin Smotherman holed out for eagle to take the lead for the first time and closed with an 8-under 63 for a one-shot victory over Alvaro Ortiz at the Memorial Health Championship in Springfield, Ill. It was the second Korn Ferry Tour victory this year for Smotherman, who moved to No. 1 on the points list and is virtually certain of returning to the PGA Tour next year. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ortiz had a four-shot lead going into the final round and his lead was down to one when he bogeyed the 11th hole. Smotherman followed by holing out for eagle on the 408-yard 12th hole. Both players made birdie on the par 5s coming in and Smotherman held on for the win. Sandy Scott shot 60, with pars on the last two holes, to tie for third. Other tours Jillian Hollis rallied from a three-shot deficit with a 4-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Kelli Ann Strand in the Otter Creek Championship on the Epson Tour. …Tatsunori Shogenji closed with a 6-under 65 for a one-shot victory over Ryuichi Oiwa (62) in the Japan Players Championship, his second Japan Golf Tour victory this year. … Shannon Tan of Singapore captured her second Ladies European Tour title with a 5-under 68 and a one-shot victory over Helen Briem of Germany in the Amundi German Masters. … David Horsey birdied the final hole for a 3-under 69, and then made birdie again to win a four-man playoff against James Allan, Joseba Torres and Daniel Young in Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge in France. … Shuri Sakuma closed with a 2-under 70 and won the Earth Mondahmin Cup by one shot over Nana Suganuma on the Japan LPGA. … Jiu Ko closed with a 5-under 67 to hold off Hyungjo Yoo (62) for a two-shot victory in the McCol-Mona Youngpyong Open on the Korea LPGA. 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Irish Independent
29-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Pádraig Harrington upbeat after ‘nice bonus' as final hole chip-in gives him share of US Senior Open lead
Pádraig Harrington overcame a mini back-nine wobble by chipping in for birdie at the last to snatch a three-way share of the lead heading into the final round of the US Senior Open Championship in Colorado Springs. Winner of the title in 2022, Harrington's pitch from just short of the 18th green looked to be going long when it hit the pin dead centre and dropped. 'I was pleased with the chip,' said Harrington, who matched Stewart Cink by racing to the turn in 32 before a double bogey at the 12th and a three-putt bogey at the 15th left him trailing the American by one and Australian Mark Hensby by two. 'And it was a big bonus that it went in.' Cink and Hensby went on to card two under 68s as Harrington matched them with his chip to leave the halfway leaders still tied at the top on eight under, a shot clear of Dane Thomas Bjorn, who shot 66. 'Obviously we would have all liked if we got a little bit more under, but it did get tricky there with that wind start swirling around, and I certainly lost a bit of trust on the green,' Harrington said. 'It was tough coming home, so it was a nice bonus for me. 'As I said to the three lads, we could have taken the day off and just gone out as the three leaders tomorrow.' There was a 32-minute weather delay at The Broadmoor's East Course, where wind and temperature switches led to several lead changes. Cink (52) also shot a four-under 32 on the front nine and briefly held the outright lead early on the more difficult back nine before making bogeys at the 13th and 16th. 'We had it going,' said Cink. 'We were confused about whose tee it was after the little delay because we'd all made so many birdies. 'We'd forgotten who made birdies on what holes. That was a good thing.' ADVERTISEMENT Learn more Hensby, who wants to celebrate his 54th birthday today by hoisting the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy, briefly took the outright lead at the 16th only to bogey the 534-yard, downhill 17th, which is the longest par-four in US Senior Open history. 'When you get two great players like that who start off as well as they did, especially Pádraig, you kind of expect it to a certain extent, but I just felt like I've just got to play my game and try and just do the best I can do all day and see what happens,' said Hensby, who missed a six-footer for birdie on the last to take the outright lead. 'Fortunately, some things started to go my way, [and I] got a couple of nice breaks.' Bjorn (54), who won the American Family Insurance Championship with Darren Clarke two weeks ago and finished runner-up in last month's Senior PGA Championship, is just a stroke back after matching the lowest round of the week with a 66. 'It's always great to chip in,' said Harrington, who has yet to win on the PGA Tour Champions this season. 'It was great to chip in on the last hole. It was straightforward on the green, but I was chipping against the grain. There was quite a bit of grain on that slope. So getting good contact was never going to be easy.' Clarke shot 73 to share 19th on two over while Ballymena's Chris Devlin, one of four players who made the cut after surviving local and final qualifying, was 62nd on 10 over after a third-round 78. Harrington, Cink and Hensby will tee off at 8:50 a.m. local time (3:50 pm Irish time).
USA Today
28-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Cink, Harrington, Hensby make up 3-way tie for lead after Saturday at 2025 U.S. Senior Open
There's a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship at The Boulder's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Stewart Cink, Padraig Harrington and Mark Hensby all finished the third round at 8 under for the championship, promising an exciting finish Sunday. All three men shot 2-under 68 on Saturday. Harrington fired a 4-under 32 on the front nine and appeared as if he might run away with it before making double bogey on the par-3 12th and bogey on the par-4 15th. Still, a solid round, and it comes just a day after the 53-year-old Irishman got in a confrontation with NBC's Roger Maltbie after taking offense to Maltbie's lack of help in searching for a golf ball. The video of the altercation went viral on social media. Cink, meanwhile, nearly played an identical round to Harrington's. He shot 32 on the front before bogeys on the 13th and 16th dropped him back to 8 under and into a three-way tie with Cink and Hensby, who had a rollercoaster of a third round. The 53-year-old Australian Hensby made back-to-back birdies on Nos. 5 and 6 before making bogey on No. 8 and eagle on No. 9. Two more birdies and two more bogeys on the back nine ultimately led to a 68. Right behind them is Denmark's Thomas Bjorn, who sits at 7 under for the championship after a really stellar 4-under 66 on Saturday. It figures to be a four-horse race on Sunday, with Steve Fisch sitting in 5th place at 4 under, three shots back of Bjorn and four shots behind the leaders. The winner of the 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship on Sunday will take home Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy as well as $800,000, or 15 percent of the $4 million purse.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Check out the full field for this week's 2025 U.S. Senior Open in Colorado Springs
USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. The U.S. Open at Oakmont provided an incredible finish to a challenging week for the world's best players. Now, it's the seniors' turn. The 2025 U.S. Senior Open starts Thursday and runs through Sunday at The Broadmoor Golf Club's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Advertisement There are 155 players set to compete for the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy, but that list doesn't feature the defending champion, Richard Bland, who is playing at LIV Golf Dallas this weekend instead. It does, however, include 2023 and 2010 U.S. Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer, as well as 2022 champion Padraig Harrington, and Angel Cabrera, who has already won two senior major championships this season. Here's the full list of golfers competing in Colorado Springs this week. Bernhard Langer of Germany reacts after making a putt on the 10th hole during the final round of the U.S. Senior Open Championship at SentryWorld on July 02, 2023 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. U.S. Senior Open 2025 field Steven AlkerSteve AllanRobert AllenbyStephen AmesBilly AndradeThomas AnsbroStuart ApplebyTomas ArliaArjun AtwalWoody AustinEric AxleyPeter BakerJohn BalfanzCraig BarlowDoug BarronNotah Begay IIIShane BertschThomas BjørnDavid BranshawPaul BroadhurstOlin BrowneBrad BryantDave BunkerJohn BushkaÁngel CabreraChad CampbellMichael CampbellJason CaronJim CarterAlex CejkaGreg ChalmersK.J. ChoiStewart CinkDoug ClappDarren ClarkeRobert ColesBurke CromerRod CurlAdilson da SilvaGlen DayClark DennisChris DevlinChris DiMarcoKen DukeScott DunlapJoe DurantErnie ElsBoomer ErickBob EstesMichael FerginDarin FisherSteve FleschHarrison FrazarHiroyuki FujitaFred FunkStephen GallacherBrian GayRyan GioffreMatt GogelThomas GögeleMathew GogginRicardo GonzalezRetief GoosenJason GorePaul GoydosRichard GreenTom GrellerSimon GriffithsKelly GrunewaldJoakim HaeggmanPadraig HarringtonRyan HelminenScott HendJ.J. HenryMark HensbyKeith HorneScott HunterGreig HutcheonFreddie JacobsonThongchai JaideeLee JanzenJoe JaspersMiguel Angel JiménezBrandt JobeBrendan JonesMarcus JonesTakashi KanemotoRobert KarlssonBrad KayJerry KellyJames KingstonEddie KirbySøren KjeldsenMark KnowlesCliff KresgeBernhard LangerRichard LeeTom LehmanJustin LeonardThomas LevetJeff MaggertAndrew MarshallLen MattiaceScott McCarronRocco MediateEric MeichtryTerrence MiskellKatsumasa MiyamotoColin MontgomerieTim O'NealDarrin OversonGreg OwenRod PamplingScott ParelPerry ParkerCameron PercyTom Pernice PerryTim PetrovicTracy PhillipsVanslow PhillipsDicky PrideTed PurdyBrett QuigleyChristian RaynorTag RidingsEric RollandRoger RowlandPeter Samborsky IIAndrew SappGene SauersMatt SchalkSteve SchneiterKevin ShieldsRobert ShieldsVijay SinghJeff SlumanStuart SmithPaul StankowskiSteve StrickerMark StricklandDaniel SullivanKevin SutherlandChanning TamKen TanigawaDavid TomsKirk TriplettBo Van PeltScott VerplankDuffy WaldorfBoo WeekleyMike WeirTodd WhiteWillie WoodY.E. Yang How to watch the 2025 U.S. Senior Open All times eastern. Advertisement Thursday Friday Saturday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. on NBC Sunday 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. on NBC This article originally appeared on Golfweek: US Senior Open 2025: Who's in the field, how to watch
USA Today
24-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Check out the full field for this week's 2025 U.S. Senior Open in Colorado Springs
The U.S. Open at Oakmont provided an incredible finish to a challenging week for the world's best players. Now, it's the seniors' turn. The 2025 U.S. Senior Open starts Thursday and runs through Sunday at The Broadmoor Golf Club's East Course in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There are 155 players set to compete for the Francis D. Ouimet Memorial Trophy, but that list doesn't feature the defending champion, Richard Bland, who is playing at LIV Golf Dallas this weekend instead. It does, however, include 2023 and 2010 U.S. Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer, as well as 2022 champion Padraig Harrington, and Angel Cabrera, who has already won two senior major championships this season. Here's the full list of golfers competing in Colorado Springs this week. U.S. Senior Open 2025 field Steven AlkerSteve AllanRobert AllenbyStephen AmesBilly AndradeThomas AnsbroStuart ApplebyTomas ArliaArjun AtwalWoody AustinEric AxleyPeter BakerJohn BalfanzCraig BarlowDoug BarronNotah Begay IIIShane BertschThomas BjørnDavid BranshawPaul BroadhurstOlin BrowneBrad BryantDave BunkerJohn BushkaÁngel CabreraChad CampbellMichael CampbellJason CaronJim CarterAlex CejkaGreg ChalmersK.J. ChoiStewart CinkDoug ClappDarren ClarkeRobert ColesBurke CromerRod CurlAdilson da SilvaGlen DayClark DennisChris DevlinChris DiMarcoKen DukeScott DunlapJoe DurantErnie ElsBoomer ErickBob EstesMichael FerginDarin FisherSteve FleschHarrison FrazarHiroyuki FujitaFred FunkStephen GallacherBrian GayRyan GioffreMatt GogelThomas GögeleMathew GogginRicardo GonzalezRetief GoosenJason GorePaul GoydosRichard GreenTom GrellerSimon GriffithsKelly GrunewaldJoakim HaeggmanPadraig HarringtonRyan HelminenScott HendJ.J. HenryMark HensbyKeith HorneScott HunterGreig HutcheonFreddie JacobsonThongchai JaideeLee JanzenJoe JaspersMiguel Angel JiménezBrandt JobeBrendan JonesMarcus JonesTakashi KanemotoRobert KarlssonBrad KayJerry KellyJames KingstonEddie KirbySøren KjeldsenMark KnowlesCliff KresgeBernhard LangerRichard LeeTom LehmanJustin LeonardThomas LevetJeff MaggertAndrew MarshallLen MattiaceScott McCarronRocco MediateEric MeichtryTerrence MiskellKatsumasa MiyamotoColin MontgomerieTim O'NealDarrin OversonGreg OwenRod PamplingScott ParelPerry ParkerCameron PercyTom Pernice PerryTim PetrovicTracy PhillipsVanslow PhillipsDicky PrideTed PurdyBrett QuigleyChristian RaynorTag RidingsEric RollandRoger RowlandPeter Samborsky IIAndrew SappGene SauersMatt SchalkSteve SchneiterKevin ShieldsRobert ShieldsVijay SinghJeff SlumanStuart SmithPaul StankowskiSteve StrickerMark StricklandDaniel SullivanKevin SutherlandChanning TamKen TanigawaDavid TomsKirk TriplettBo Van PeltScott VerplankDuffy WaldorfBoo WeekleyMike WeirTodd WhiteWillie WoodY.E. Yang How to watch the 2025 U.S. Senior Open All times eastern. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
