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Vijay Singh returned to victory lane on the PGA Tour Champions on Sunday but he needed a big assist from Paul Goydos to get there.

Playing a course where he won three times on the PGA Tour, Singh earned his fourth win overall at Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club in Grand Blanc, Michigan, claiming the 2023 Ally Challenge for his first senior circuit win in five years.

Singh, 60, parred the 18th at nearly the same time some unfortunate circumstances were happening a hole behind him.

Leading by a shot on the 17th hole, Goydos hit the green on the par-3 and then putted to about three feet. From there, however, he needed another four putts to find the bottom of the jar, turning his advantage into a two-shot deficit.

Four putts from 3 feet. Paul Goydos' 1-shot lead became a 2-shot deficit after a triple bogey on the 17th hole @AllyChallenge . pic.twitter.com/KRRdp97iXo — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) August 27, 2023

Goydos blew his first putt past the hole and his comebacker caught a piece of the lip, returning to the spot where it was just a minute prior. After taking a few minutes to collect himself, he jabbed at the next putt, missing right and then he almost hit the tap-in before the ball came to rest. After picking up his ball out of the hole, he looked towards his caddie, crossed his arms, then stared at the hole in bewilderment for several moments. He would par the 18th to shoot a 71. Singh closed with a 68.

“I’m as shocked as anybody,” said Singh. “I guess for some reason I drive the ball very well here. Whenever I come here, tree-lined, I drive it well and I’ve putted well. My putting has been a mystery for a long time, but I’ve found a few things out the last few weeks and I’ve been putting really well.”

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Vijay Singh wins Ally Challenge after Paul Goydos' 5-putt triple bogey

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GRAND BLANC, Mich. -- Vijay Singh won the Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos .

Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at Warwick Hills thinking he would need some help from Goydos, who was in the group behind and had a 1-shot lead. Singh didn't realize the help already had been delivered.

Goydos was leading by 1 and had about an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole. He left that about 3 feet short. He rammed the par putt by the hole. He missed the 3-foot bogey putt. And then he missed again from about 4 feet and tapped in for triple bogey.

Goydos retrieved the ball from the cup and stood on the green, arms crossed, trying to figure out what happened. He closed with a par for a 71, 2 shots behind.

Singh finished at 14-under 202, 1 shot ahead of Jeff Maggert .

The big Fijian walked off the 18th green and stared at a scoreboard, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

"I was 14 [under], Jeff was 13 and no ... no Goydos," Singh said. "I was surprised what he did there."

Singh won for the fifth time on the PGA Tour Champions, his first since the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2018. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to momentarily take the lead, only to bogey the 15th and then fail to birdie the par-5 16th.

He ended his drought on a Warwick Hills course where Singh won three times when it was a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

"For some reason, I drive the ball very well here," Singh said. "I did that this week, and I putted well. Putting has been a mystery for a long time. I found a few things out in the last few weeks and I've been putting really well."

Steve Stricker , playing for the first time in a month, closed with a 68 and tied for eighth to match his worst finish of the year. He has five wins -- three of them senior majors -- and five runner-up finishes.

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Singh wins ally challenge after goydos five-putts 17th hole.

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GRAND BLANC, Mich. — Vijay Singh won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos.

Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at Warwick Hills thinking he would need some help from Goydos, who was in the group behind and had a one-shot lead. Singh didn’t realize the help already had been delivered.

Goydos was leading by one and had about an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole. He left that about 3 feet short. He rammed the par putt by the hole. He missed the 3-foot bogey putt. And then he missed again from about 4 feet and then tapped in for triple bogey.

Four putts from 3 feet. Paul Goydos' 1-shot lead became a 2-shot deficit after a triple bogey on the 17th hole @AllyChallenge . pic.twitter.com/KRRdp97iXo — PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) August 27, 2023

Goydos retrieved the ball from the cup and stood on the green, arms crossed, trying to figure out what happened. He closed with a par for a 71, two shots behind.

Singh finished at 14-under 202, one shot ahead of Jeff Maggert.

The big Fijian walked off the 18th green and stared at a scoreboard, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

“I was 14 (under), Jeff was 13 and no ... no Goydos,” Singh said. “I was surprised what he did there.”

Singh won for the fifth time on the PGA Tour Champions, his first since the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2018. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to momentarily take the lead, only to bogey the 15th and then fail to birdie the par-5 16th.

He ended his drought on a Warwick Hills course where Singh won three times when it was a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

“For some reason, I drive the ball very well here,” Singh said. “I did that this week, and I putted well. Putting has been a mystery for a long time. I found a few things out in the last few weeks and I’ve been putting really well.”

Steve Stricker, playing for the first time in a month, closed with a 68 and tied for eighth to match his worst finish of the year. He has five wins — three of them senior majors — and five runner-up finishes.

Vijay Singh wins PGA Tour Champions thanks to Paul Goydos's five-putt for triple bogey

GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Vijay Singh won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos.

Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at Warwick Hills thinking he would need some help from Goydos, who was in the group behind and had a one-shot lead. Singh didn't realize the help already had been delivered.

Goydos was leading by one and had about an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole. He left that about 3 feet short. He rammed the par putt by the hole. He missed the 3-foot bogey putt. And then he missed again from about 4 feet and then tapped in for triple bogey.

Goydos retrieved the ball from the cup and stood on the green, arms crossed, trying to figure out what happened. He closed with a par for a 71, two shots behind.

Singh finished at 14-under 202, one shot ahead of Jeff Maggert.

The big Fijian walked off the 18th green and stared at a scoreboard, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

“I was 14 (under), Jeff was 13 and no ... no Goydos,” Singh said. “I was surprised what he did there.”

Singh won for the fifth time on the PGA Tour Champions, his first since the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2018. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to momentarily take the lead, only to bogey the 15th and then fail to birdie the par-5 16th.

He ended his drought on a Warwick Hills course where Singh won three times when it was a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

“For some reason, I drive the ball very well here,” Singh said. “I did that this week, and I putted well. Putting has been a mystery for a long time. I found a few things out in the last few weeks and I've been putting really well.”

Steve Stricker, playing for the first time in a month, closed with a 68 and tied for eighth to match his worst finish of the year. He has five wins — three of them senior majors — and five runner-up finishes.

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Vijay Singh wins PGA Tour Champions thanks to Paul Goydos's five-putt for triple bogey

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GRAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Vijay Singh won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos .

Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at Warwick Hills thinking he would need some help from Goydos, who was in the group behind and had a one-shot lead. Singh didn't realize the help already had been delivered.

Goydos was leading by one and had about an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole. He left that about 3 feet short. He rammed the par putt by the hole. He missed the 3-foot bogey putt. And then he missed again from about 4 feet and then tapped in for triple bogey.

Goydos retrieved the ball from the cup and stood on the green, arms crossed, trying to figure out what happened. He closed with a par for a 71, two shots behind.

Singh finished at 14-under 202, one shot ahead of Jeff Maggert.

The big Fijian walked off the 18th green and stared at a scoreboard, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

“I was 14 (under), Jeff was 13 and no ... no Goydos,” Singh said. “I was surprised what he did there.”

Singh won for the fifth time on the PGA Tour Champions, his first since the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2018. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to momentarily take the lead, only to bogey the 15th and then fail to birdie the par-5 16th.

He ended his drought on a Warwick Hills course where Singh won three times when it was a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

“For some reason, I drive the ball very well here,” Singh said. “I did that this week, and I putted well. Putting has been a mystery for a long time. I found a few things out in the last few weeks and I've been putting really well.”

Steve Stricker, playing for the first time in a month, closed with a 68 and tied for eighth to match his worst finish of the year. He has five wins — three of them senior majors — and five runner-up finishes.

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Vijay Singh Wins on PGA Tour Champions With Help From Contender's Nightmarish Five-Putt

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Vijay Singh captured his first PGA Tour Champions win in five years at the Ally Challenge on Sunday, but his victory can largely be attributed to the painful collapse of another contender, Paul Goydos. 

Singh, 60, was one stroke behind Goydos when he stepped onto the 18th tee at Warwick Hills, thinking he’d need some assistance from the leader to have a serious look at the win. 

Singh ultimately got that assist—and more. 

Goydos, who was playing one hole behind Singh, hit the par-3 17th green in regulation, and lagged an 18-foot putt to about three feet. But that’s when things took a turn for the worse for the two-time PGA Tour winner: Goydos needed four more putts to hole out on No. 17. 

He finished the hole with a five-putt and triple-bogey 6, blowing his one-shot lead completely. He finished the tournament tied for third place, three strokes behind Singh.

The video of Goydos's disaster on his penultimate hole is cringe-worthy, to say the least. 

The nightmare on Goydos's 17th hole unfolded while Singh was finishing up on the 18th, so when Singh walked off the course, he looked at the leaderboard in disbelief, attempting to figure out what could have happened. 

“Yeah, I left the 18th and I looked up at the scoreboard and I said, wow, what happened? He dumped a shot on 17, but then his name wasn't on at 14 or 13 under. I was surprised, I said something must have happened there. Once I got into the clubhouse, they said he had a disaster on 17,” Singh said. 

“You don't want to see anyone having a three-putt or a five-putt. I don't know how he did it, but unfortunate.” 

The Ally Challenge was the Fijian pro’s fifth victory on the PGA Tour Champions, but his first under such shocking circumstances. 

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The pro who 5-putt and lost Sunday? The story got good from there

Paul Goydos hits his tee shot on Sunday on the 12 hole at Warwick Hills.

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Lanny Wadkins? He was stunned. 

“I haven’t seen anything like that,” the longtime pro-turned-analyst said on Golf Channel. “… I’m sorry to see that happen to him. Golf is mean. It can be cruel at times. It happens to a lot of good players.” 

John Cook? He was stunned. 

“I don’t believe what I’ve just heard and seen,” another longtime pro-turned-analyst said on Golf Channel. “It’s crazy.” 

And the man in the moment? Maybe the best way to put it is he was not so much stunned, as he was stunning. Read on. Paul Goydos doesn’t disappoint.

To begin here, on the PGA Tour Champions circuit this weekend, they played the Ally Challenge at Warwick Hills. After the 52nd of 54 holes, Goydos was leading by a shot. After one stroke on the 53rd hole, the 155-yard, par-3 17th, he was 35 feet away. After two strokes, he was 3 feet away. 

Goydos missed his third stroke to the right. It went 3 feet past. That one would keep him tied for the lead. “Oh, my goodness,” Wadkins said on the Golf Channel broadcast. “What was that?” Goydos eventually placed his ball mark down. He realigned his ball. He stepped back for a read. He came back to the ball. 

Goydos missed to the left. It went 4 feet past. That one would keep him one shot back with one hole to play. “Groans and gasps from the gallery here,” announcer John Swantek said on the Golf Channel broadcast. “Just a man alone on an island right now.” After this putt, Goydos stepped back and looked. He eventually placed his ball mark down. He realigned his ball. He stepped back for a read. He came back to the ball.   

Goydos missed to the right. It finished hole-high and inches away. That one would put two back. “That’s hard to watch,” Swantek said on the Golf Channel broadcast.  

Goydos tapped in from there. 

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Five putts. 

Four from a yard away. 

He had been up one. Now he was down two.  

Goydos grabbed his ball from the cup. He looked away. He took a few steps back, crossed his arms over his chest and looked at the hole. As he started to walk off the green, he shrugged his arms. He twirled his putter in his fingers before giving it to his caddie. His caddie patted him on the back. 

On the 54th hole, the 435-yard, par-4 18th, Goydos parred, and he was done. Vijay Singh won. 

“It’s going to hurt,” Wadkins said on the broadcast. “This will hurt a lot for Paul. It will hurt tonight especially. I mean, it was his tournament. He makes that little 2-footer at 17, pars 18, and he wins. I’m shocked. Paul’s an experienced player, true veteran, classy man, and I feel for him. It’s tough. But, you know, it’s golf. Happens to all of us at some point in time. 

“Just got to get up tomorrow and try and do it again”

Along those lines, Goydos didn’t disappoint, though Wadkins was off by a half-day.

After five-putting, and four-putting from a yard out, and losing his 52-hole lead, did he sign autographs? 

Goydos did. This is good. 

You stayed and signed every autograph for the fans even after that happened…respect To you! pic.twitter.com/BxH3mLAkWc — Neal Ruhl (@nealruhl) August 28, 2023

Tweeted a fan on Sunday : “You stayed and signed every autograph for the fans even after that happened…respect To you!”

Tweeted Goydos : “I’m not great at signing autographs but I try.”

Did he tweet out a song? Or a meme? 

Goydos did both. This is good. First, the song . It was Harvey Danger’s Flagpole Sitta . There’s a line in there that goes: “I’m not sick, but I’m not well. And I’m so hot, ’cause I’m in hell.” You get the point. The meme was of Jason Alexander’s character, George Costanza, from the sitcom Seinfeld , where he shouted, “Serenity now.” You get the point. 

Did he offer quick perspective? And joke about himself? All in one tweet. 

That, too. This is good. 

Tweeted a fan on Sunday : “Was Watching it. That’s Unbelievable. Feel bad for @PaulGoydosPGA Get Em Next time. Golf is hard” 

Tweeted Goydos : “Don’t feel bad. It’s a game. 

“Good news though, Ping said they will pay me to stop using their putters.”

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Emiliano Grillo

Charles Schwab Challenge

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5 T T10

Key putting stat: Grillo ranked second in strokes gained/putting, picking up 7.439 strokes on the field for the week.

Here are all the clubs Grillo used to win at Colonial

Brooks Koepka

PGA Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Newport 2 SLT T10

Key putting stat: Kopeka was solid on the greens all week, with no three-putts and several clutch makes, including a momentum-saving 10-footer for par on the par-5 13th Sunday.

Here are all the clubs Koepka used to win at Oak Hill

AT&T Byron Nelson

Putter: TaylorMade Itsy Bitsy Spider Black

Key putting stat: Day gained 2.703 strokes on the field on the greens en route to his first victory since 2018.

Here are all the clubs Day used to win at TPC Craig Ranch

Key putting stat: Clark ranked third in strokes gained/putting, picking up 7.465 strokes on the field on the greens.

Here are all the clubs Clark used to win in Charlotte

Mexico Open at Vidanta

Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2

Key putting stat: Finau had the touch on the greens as he ranked eighth in strokes gained/putting.

Here are all the clubs Finau used to win in Mexico

Davis Riley

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Phantom X 7.2 prototype

Key putting stat: Riley knocked in four of the team's seven birdie putts during the final round.

Here are all the clubs Riley used to win in New Orleans

Putter: Swag prototype

Key putting stat: Hardy rolled in a key 33-footer from off the green at the 71st hole.

Here are all the clubs Hardy used to win in New Orleans

Matt Fitzpatrick

RBC Heritage

Putter: Bettinardi DASS prototype

Key putting stat: Fitzpatrick ranked second in putts per green in regulation while only taking 25.4 putts per round.

Here are all the clubs Fitzpatrick used to win at Harbour Town

The Masters

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie S

Key putting stat: Despite four three-putts and a four-putt Rahm still ranked 16th in putts per green in regulation.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win at Augusta National

Corey Conners

Valero Texas Open

Putter: Ping PLD Prime Tyne H

Key putting stat: An 18-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole Sunday proved to be the difference for Conners .

Here are all the clubs Conners used to win in San Antonio

WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play

Putter: Odyssey O-Works 7S Black

Key putting stat: Burns made a astounding 48 birdies in 117 holes during his championship run.

Here are all the clubs Burns used to win at Austin C.C.

Matt Wallace

Corales Puntacana Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist P5 GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Wallace holed 24 birdie putts—one-third of the 72 holes he played.

Taylor Moore

Valspar Championship

Putter: Ping PLD Oslo 4

Key putting stat: A 26-foot birdie putt at the 16th hole Sunday helped propel Moore to victory .

Here are all the clubs Moore used to win at Innisbrook

Scottie Scheffler

Players Championship

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Special Select Timeless Tourtype GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Scheffler dropped a key 18-footer on the par-4 10th hole Sunday, the third birdie in a crucial five-birdie run.

Here are all the clubs Scheffler used to win at TPC Sawgrass

Kurt Kitayama

Arnold Palmer Invitational

Putter: TaylorMade Spider X HydroBlast

Key putting stat: Kitayama rolled in 144 feet of putts on Sunday, the most of anyone in the field during the final round.

Here are all the clubs Kitayama used to win at Bay Hill

Nico Echavarria

Puerto Rico Open

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Eleven

Key putting stat: Echavarria was fifth in putts per GIR at 1.643, impressive when finishing second in greens in regulation

Honda Classic

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Key putting stat: For the week Kirk ranked third in putts per GIR and ninth in strokes gained/putting.

Here are all the clubs Kirk used to win at PGA National

Genesis Invitational

Key putting stat: Rahm was 12th in strokes gained putting for the week but ninth in birdies or better conversion percentage.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win at Riviera

WM Phoenix Open

Key putting stat: Scheffler ranked 13th in strokes gained/putting, picking up 4.157 strokes on the field.

Here are all the clubs Scheffler used to win at TPC Scottsdale

Justin Rose

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

Putter: Axis 1

Key putting stat: Rose ranked fifth in putts per green in regulation, making 17 birdies and three eagles in the process.

Here are all the clubs Rose used to win at Pebble Beach

Farmers Insurance Open

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist X5.5 Tour Prototype

Key putting stat: Homa ranked ninth in strokes gained/putting, picking up 4.595 strokes on the field on the greens .

Here are all the clubs Homa used to win at Torrey Pines

The American Express

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG Rossie

Key putting stat: Rahm ranked 10th in putts per green in regulation, leading to 28 birdies and one eagle.

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win in Palm Springs

Sony Open in Hawaii

Putter: Odyssey 2-Ball Ten Broomstick

Key putting stat: Kim won the event with a critical two-putt birdie from 42 feet on the par-5 finishing hole .

Here are all the clubs Kim used to win at Waialae

Sentry Tournament of Champions

Key putting stat: Rahm ranked first in strokes gained/putting and was second in putting from outside 10 feet, making 11 of 46 tries (23.91 percent).

Here are all the clubs Rahm used to win in Hawaii

Adam Svensson

RSM Classic

Putter: Odyssey Toulon Palm Beach

Key putting stat: Svensson picked up more than eight shots on the field on the greens for the week to rank first in the strokes gained/putting statistic.

Here are all the clubs Svensson used to win on Sea Island

Cadence Bank Houston Open

Key putting stat: Finau ranked first in strokes gained/putting, picking up more than nine shots on the field. On Sunday he made a couple of big bombs, including a 40-footer at the par-5 eighth that was followed by a 19-footer at the next hole.

Here are all the clubs Finau used to win in Houston

Russell Henley

World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist GSS prototype

Key putting stat: Henley dropped enough birdie putts to rank third in putts per green in regulation at 1.500.

Here are all the clubs Henley used to win in Mexico

Seamus Power

Butterfield Bermuda Championship

Putter: Ping PLD 3 prototype

Key putting stat: Power ranked fifth in putts per green in regulation—a handy stat to have when you also rank near the top 10 in greens in regulation (Power finished 12th for the week in that stat).

Here are all the clubs Power used to win in Bermuda

Key putting stat: McIlroy was 15th in strokes gained/putting, gaining more than six shots on the field. He also ranked third in putts per green in regulation.

Here are all the clubs McIlroy used to win in South Carolina

Zozo Championship

Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird Mid

Key putting stat: Bradley ranked sixth in putts per green in regulation at 1.661 putts.

Here are all the clubs Bradley used to win in Japan

Shriners Children's Open

Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist TourType Timeless GSS tour prototype

Key putting stat: Kim was strong on the greens, ranking third in strokes gained/putting at nearly six shots better than the field average.

Here are all the clubs Kim used to win in Las Vegas

Mackenzie Hughes

Sanderson Farms Championship

Putter: Ping Scottsdale TR Piper C

Key putting stat: Hughes picked up nearly four shots on the field on the greens, ranked 14th for the week.

Here are all the clubs Hughes used to win in Mississippi

Fortinet Championship

Key putting stat: Homa ranked 15th in strokes gained/putting, including making three key birdie putts in a row on Nos. 9, 10 and 11 in the final round—the last a 30-footer .

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Finally, another postseason for David Duval: Closing birdie putt seals a spot in Schwab Cup

Duval began the week outside the top-72 that would advance to the schwab cup playoffs, then tied for 11th to jump seven spots.

David Duval is finally back in a post-season playoff in golf. 

The Jacksonville native birdied the final hole last week at the SAS Championship in Cary, N.C., on a 5-foot putt to finish in a tie for 11th and move from 78th on the PGA Tour Champions Charles Schwab Cup money list to 71st with $171,001, inside the top-72 that advanced to this week's Dominion Energy Charity Classic in Richmond, Va., the first leg of the three-tournament Schwab Cup playoffs. 

Duval shot 8-under 208 at the Prestonwood Country Club, seven shots behind winner Rod Pampling. He birdied three of his last six holes and shot 71 in the final round, after rounds of 68-69. 

"With the way the year has gone, I haven't gotten to play as much as I wanted to," Duval said after the round. "So, I shouldn't be in that position [needing a birdie on the final hole to qualify]. All the work is starting to pay off. I'm starting to see some results, starting to see the golf ball do what I want it to do. That's what I do it for, controlling the golf ball and I feel like I'm in control of it again." 

It's only the second time Duval has qualified for post-season golf. He reached the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs only once, in 2010 when he finished 117th on the points list. He won his 13 PGA Tour titles, including the 1999 Players Championship and the 2001 Open Championship, between 1997-2001. The FedEx Cup didn't start until 2007. 

Duval will have some work to do at each step. The top-54 on the money list after this week will head to Boca Raton for the TimberTech Championship Nov. 3-5 and the top-36 following that will play in the Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix Nov. 9-12. Duval is $160,835 behind Woody Austin, who is 54th entering this week, meaning he likely would have to finish among the top-five to have a chance of advancing. 

Two other local players are in the field in Richmond this week, Vijay Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach (12th on the money list) and Jim Furyk of Jacksonville (72nd). 

Andy Bean and the gator

Andy Bean told people he didn’t really wrestle an alligator. 

But that’s what the legend held over the years about the 6-foot-4, gentle giant and 11-time PGA Tour winner, who passed away on Oct. 14 of complications due to double lung replacement surgery. 

Bean, who was 70, was a native of Georgia and moved to Lakeland when he was 15 years old, where he lived the rest of his life. He played golf at the University of Florida with a legendary lineup that included a pair of PGA Tour winners, Jacksonville native Woody Blackburn and Gary Koch, as well as 1976 U.S. Amateur champion and current Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley. 

Bean missed winning two majors by one shot, to Tom Watson at Royal Birkdale in the 1983 British Open and to Payne Stewart in the 1989 PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes. 

Now, about that gator.

The narrative was that Bean wrestled a gator at a Q-school site in Central Florida and threw it into a pond.

But he said he merely swatted it on the tail as he passed by the bank of a water hazard, causing the reptile to scurry into the water. 

“I walked over to the gator, who was more scared of me than I was of him,” Bean said during an interview at the Tour’s stop in Doral in 1977. “I grabbed his tail and he jumped back into the pond. That’s all there was to it."

Steph Curry honored by golf Hall of Fame 

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry is the recipient of the World Golf Hall of Fame’s Charlie Sifford Award, presented each year to those who advance diversity in golf. 

The Sifford Award is named for the Hall of Fame member who was the first African-American to play full-time on the PGA Tour and the first to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The award was created in 2021. 

Curry will be recognized during the 2024 World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Pinehurst, N.C., on June 10, three days before the first round of the U.S. Open at Pinehurst. 

Curry, the all-time NBA leader in three-point shots made, is an avid golfer who has played on sponsor invitations in Korn Ferry Tour events. 

He launched Underrated Golf in 2021, which seeks to provide equity, access, and opportunity to student-athletes from every community by balancing participation in the sport to truly reflect our society. In 2019 he funded the Howard University golf team for six years.  

Korn Ferry schedule released

The PGA Tour unveiled a 2024 Korn Ferry Tour schedule that makes stops in six countries and 17 states. 

There will be 26 events, with the first six taking place outside the U.S. The season begins Jan. 14-17 with the Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, with another event in the Bahamas a week later, then stops in Panama, Colombia, Argentina and Chile. 

The Visa Argentina Open is a 117-year-old event but will be a co-sanctioned Korn Ferry Tour tournament for the first time. The winner also will earn a spot in the British Open. 

The first U.S. tournament is only 90 minutes from the First Coast: the Club Car Championship at The Landings Golf & Athletic Club in Savannah, Ga., April 4-7, with Golf Channel airing portions of all four rounds. 

The four-event Korn Ferry Tour Finals will be in Boise, Idaho, Nashville, Columbus, Ohio, and French Lick, Ind. The top-30 on the Korn Ferry points list will earn PGA Tour cards for the 2025 season. The No. 1 player on the list will be exempt to the 2025 Players Championship and U.S. Open. 

Miguel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly picked

Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly and Steven Alker were announced as the first round of chairman's picks for the World Champions Cup Dec. 7-10 at The Concession in Bradenton. 

The three-team match play event will pit the U.S., Europe and an International team. Furyk is the U.S. captain, Darren Clarke the European captain and Ernie Els the International captain. 

Tournament chairman Peter Jacobsen will make one more selection for each team. The final players on the six-man teams will be drawn from the Schwab Cup points list. 

Already on the U.S. team are Steve Stricker and David Toms. Vijay Singh of Ponte Vedra Beach and Retief Goosen are on the International team and Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie are on the European team. The captains will also play. 

Event: ZOZO Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club, Shiba, Japan. 

At stake: $8.5 million purse ($1,530,000 and 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner).  

Defending champion: Keegan Bradley. 

TV: Golf Channel (Wednesday-Saturday, 11 p.m.-3 a.m.)

Area players entered: Tyson Alexander, David Lingmerth, Keith Mitchell, Sam Ryder. 

Notable: Bradley defeated Rickie Fowler and Andrew Putnam by one shot. … Also playing are Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott and Saith Theegala. 

Event: BMW Ladies Championship, Thursday-Sunday, Seowan Valley Country Club, Korea. 

At stake: $2.2 million purse ($330,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Lydia Ko. 

TV: Golf Channel (Thursday, 5-8 p.m.; Friday-Sunday, 5:30-8 p.m.). 

Area players entered: None. 

Notable: Ko shot 65 in the final round and beat Andrea Lee by four shots. 

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

Event: Dominion Energy Charity Classic, Friday-Sunday, Country Club of Virginia, Richmond. 

At stake: $2.2 million purse ($396,000 to the winner). 

Defending champion: Steve Alker. 

TV: Golf Channel (Friday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.).

Area players entered: David Duval, Jim Furyk, Vijay Singh. 

Notable: Alker beat K.J. Choi by one shot. … This is the first leg of the three-tournament Charles Schwab Cup. The top-72 on the Schwab Cup points list advanced. … The top five on the points list are Steve Stricker, Steven Alker, Bernhard Langer, Stephen Ames and David Toms. 

Goydos’ Five-Putt Hands Champions Tour Victory To Singh

G RAND BLANC, Mich. (AP) — Vijay Singh won The Ally Challenge on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title in nearly five years, mainly because of a five-putt triple bogey by Paul Goydos.

Singh closed with a 4-under 68, and he walked off the 18th green at Warwick Hills thinking he would need some help from Goydos, who was in the group behind and had a one-shot lead. Singh didn’t realize the help already had been delivered.

Goydos was leading by one and had about an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th hole. He left that about 3 feet short. He rammed the par putt by the hole. He missed the 3-foot bogey putt. And then he missed again from about 4 feet and then tapped in for triple bogey.

Goydos retrieved the ball from the cup and stood on the green, arms crossed, trying to figure out what happened. He closed with a par for a 71, two shots behind.

Singh finished at 14-under 202, one shot ahead of Jeff Maggert.

The big Fijian walked off the 18th green and stared at a scoreboard, trying to figure out what happened behind him.

“I was 14 (under), Jeff was 13 and no … no Goydos,” Singh said. “I was surprised what he did there.”

Singh won for the fifth time on the PGA Tour Champions, his first since the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 2018. He had three straight birdies on the back nine to momentarily take the lead, only to bogey the 15th and then fail to birdie the par-5 16th.

He ended his drought on a Warwick Hills course where Singh won three times when it was a regular stop on the PGA Tour.

“For some reason, I drive the ball very well here,” Singh said. “I did that this week, and I putted well. Putting has been a mystery for a long time. I found a few things out in the last few weeks and I’ve been putting really well.”

Steve Stricker, playing for the first time in a month, closed with a 68 and tied for eighth to match his worst finish of the year. He has five wins — three of them senior majors — and five runner-up finishes.

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Golf fans can’t contain themselves after Thomas Detry 5-putts from 6 feet at Cognizant Classic

Thomas Detry’s debacle on the 6th green at PGA National created tremendous reactions from golf fans.

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Thomas Detry did the unthinkable during the second round of the Cognizant Classic .

He five-putted from six feet on the par-4 6th hole, which led to a quadruple bogey eight.

The 6th measures 461 yards, with water all down the left-hand side. After finding the fairway off the tee, Detry hit his second shot 53 feet away from the pin, as it came to rest in the back left portion of the green.

He then lagged his birdie putt to about six feet away, and then the train completely fell off the tracks.

The single greatest putting display in professional golf history pic.twitter.com/biutuTlocI — Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) March 1, 2024

Detry went on to shoot a 9-over 80, missing the cut by 13 shots. He finished at 11-over, four shots back of the closest players.

One of those players at 7-over happened to be Michael Kim, who played alongside Detry at the Cognizant Classic.

Kim, who has a tremendous social media presence, added some perspective on Detry’s debacle on the 6th.

“I asked his caddy Lee what his score was on the next hole since I was keeping Thomas’s score and Lee responds ‘it was an 8... I think,’” Kim posted on X after the round.

I asked his caddy Lee what his score was on the next hole since I was keeping Thomas’s score and Lee responds “it was an 8… I think” https://t.co/7WNHYYSoHb — Michael S. Kim (@Mike_kim714) March 1, 2024

Detry’s blunder made golfers everywhere cringe, but it also produced tremendous reactions across social media:

This is me on like hole 12 just before I rage quit and spend the rest of the back nine just sitting in the cart drinking — College Football Lounge (@CFBLounge) March 1, 2024

My ball would 100% go in the water and putter would in two pieces after that — Let’s Talk Sports (@LTSports80) March 1, 2024

pic.twitter.com/341K2E8XOV — Brent Weisflock (@bweisflock25) March 1, 2024

in real life pic.twitter.com/GbDmTX2gYq — Ace Football Analytics (@js_ace_football) March 2, 2024

Patrick McDonald of CBS Sports also pointed out that Detry changed grips throughout this episode on the 6th:

Everything about this video is so relatable from the putting to alternating grips to Stephan Jaeger awkwardly waiting pic.twitter.com/iNNaZqHPOS — Patrick McDonald (@pmcdonaldCBS) March 1, 2024

Stephan Jaegar awkwardly standing there speechless was a funny sight to see, too.

Have you ever 5-putted like Detry did on Friday? Tell us your stories in the comments below.

Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Be sure to check out @_PlayingThrough for more golf coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @jack_milko as well.

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Bunched leaderboard means a hollywood ending in store at wilshire.

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The fans may be missing Nelly Korda this week, but it’s doubtful that her fellow competitors are. Fresh off her fifth straight win and second career major championship victory, Korda has decided to take a week off. Even though the No. 1 player in the world will be absent, the field is still terrific at the JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro, as 144 competitors are ready to challenge one another for a share of a $3.75 million purse.

Seventeen of the top 25 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings are competing, and the top 65 and ties will play the weekend. The first-place finisher will take home $562,500, which is one of the largest non-major winner’s shares on Tour. Wilshire Country Club has hosted all five previous editions of this event, and the average winning score is 13-under. Wilshire is a classic design and a very tough test. Last year, Hannah Green won with a four-day total of 9-under as the layout played like a true major test.

The weather will be dry and moderately windy this week. Temperatures are forecasted in the mid-70s, and the par-71 layout measuring 6,447 yards will play much like it should. It’s fun to see any Tour compete at a classic venue, and this setting amongst the Hollywood Hills always gives fans tremendous theater. To predict the winner among this betting board, let’s take the traditional approach and look at the last two leaderboards.

The two most impactful strokes-gained categories that correlate to success around Wilshire Country Club are approach play and putting. The top 10 from the 2022 and 2023 leaderboards gained an average of four strokes with their iron game and flat stick. Since classic courses always seem to require great approach play, keep your eye on Minjee Lee, Alison Lee, Megan Khang and Rose Zhang. Minjee Lee won here in 2019 and has earned two more top-seven results at this property.

Putting always helps on greens like those at Wilshire. Classic complexes with putting surfaces averaging 5,000 square feet in size present small targets. This championship course is nestled in a hilly city neighborhood, so when you putt, experience with the breaks and green-reading skills are required. Mao Saigo, Hyo Joo Kim, Sarah Schmelzel and Sei Young Kim lead the field in putting ability. They should have an advantage this week, with Sei Young Kim finishing inside the top six here twice.

The par-71 layout only has three par 5s, and these holes are the key to scoring. Looking at those same two groups of top-10 finishers, each played the par 3s and 4s near par. Surviving those holes will only keep you near the rest of the competitors. To contend, you must take advantage of the par 5s.

Those same 23 athletes who finished in the last two top 10s averaged 4.66 strokes on the 5s. Patty Tavatanakit, Georgia Hall, Xiyu Lin and Charley Hull lead the field in par-5 scoring. In a race to 13- or 14-under, they will have a considerable scoring advantage.

The last characteristic this year’s champion should have is a successful scrambling percentage. Small greens, a layout with 127 bunkers and 13 holes where water comes into play will make players get creative around these tiny targets. The contenders from 2022 and 2023 were successful around the greens 64% of the time, a rate that is well above the Tour average.

In this group, Ayaka Furue, Lin, Khang and Hyo Joo Kim can really score from close range. They will need to because if they don’t hit greens in regulation like Haeran Ryu, Nasa Hataoka and Hull, their short game will be tested. It becomes pretty clear by looking at those past two leaderboards what an awesome exam Wilshire Country Club is. Favor those above who are in fine recent form.

Sei Young Kim has had a sensational spring and Haeran Ryu made a serious run at The Chevron Championship. Who are you picking?

After all, that’s the point. By selecting a couple of names, you create a connection to the action. It’s fun for me to know who’s on my list, so you should definitely write your own. Once you do, the entertainment on Sundays will draw you in like a great Hollywood ending, much like the golf will this week at the JM Eagle LA Championship.

Keith Stewart is an award-winning PGA Professional. He covers the LPGA and PGA TOUR for Golf Digest, The Sporting News, LPGA, and PGA TOUR. If you are looking to raise your golf acumen and love inside information about the game, check out his weekly newsletter called  Read The Line .  

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2024 PGA Championship odds, field: Surprising PGA picks from golf model that won 11 majors

Sportsline's proven model simulated the pga championship 2024 10,000 times and revealed its pga golf picks for valhalla golf club.

The second major of the season will begin on Thursday, May 16, when the 2024 PGA Championship is held at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1986, Valhalla will host its fourth PGA Championship and has also hosted two Senior PGA Championships and the 2008 Ryder Cup. Rory McIlroy was the winner at Valhalla the last time the club hosted a PGA Championship, defeating Phil Mickelson by a stroke in 2014. McIlroy hasn't won a major championship since despite 20 top-10 finishes, but he's one of the favorites at 10-1 in the 2024 PGA Championship odds.

Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 player in the world and the 4-1 favorite in the 2024 PGA Championship futures, followed by two-time major champion Jon Rahm at 9-1. Before locking in any 2024 PGA Championship picks of your own, entering PGA DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings or FanDuel, or finalizing PGA Championship props and PGA Championship Pick Six entries, be sure to see the 2024 PGA Championship golf predictions and projected leaderboard from the proven computer model at SportsLine .

Our proprietary model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has been red-hot since the PGA Tour resumed in June of 2020. In fact, the model is up almost $10,000 on its best bets since the restart, nailing tournament after tournament.

McClure's model correctly predicted Scottie Scheffler would finish on top of the leaderboard at the 2024 Masters, the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and The Players Championship this season. McClure also included Hideki Matsuyama in his best bets to win the 2024 Genesis Invitational. That bet hit at +9000, and for the entire tournament, McClure's best bets returned nearly $1,000.

The model also predicted Jon Rahm would be victorious at the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions and The American Express. At the 2023 Masters, the model was all over Rahm's second career major victory heading into the weekend. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the third round, but the model still projected him as the winner. It was the second straight Masters win for the model, which also nailed Scheffler winning in 2022.

In addition, McClure's best bets included Nick Taylor (70-1) winning the 2023 RBC Canadian Open, Jason Day (17-1) winning outright at the 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson, and Rickie Fowler (14-1) finishing on top of the leaderboard at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

This same model has also nailed a whopping 11 majors entering the weekend and hit the Masters three straight years. Anyone who has followed it has seen massive returns.

Now with the PGA Championship 2024 field taking shape, SportsLine simulated the tournament 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. Head to SportsLine now to see the projected leaderboard.

Top 2024 PGA Championship predictions 

One major surprise the model is calling for at the 2024 PGA Championship: Brooks Koepka, a three-time PGA champion and one of the favorites, stumbles and doesn't even crack the top 10. Koepka has five major tournament wins on his resume and a reputation for elevating his level of play in big events. However, his last two major starts haven't gone well as he was 45th at the Masters, which followed a 64th-place finish at last year's Open Championship. He's failed to shoot par in each of his last seven rounds at major tournaments.

After notching three tournament wins in 2023, including last year's PGA Championship, it has been tough sledding for Koepka in 2024. He has no victories, or even top-fives, and across his six starts, he has three times as many finishes outside the top 25 (three) as he has inside the top 10 (one). He played Valhalla at the 2014 PGA Championship and finished in a tie for 15th place, but that placement ranks just eighth out of his 11 career PGA Championship starts.

Another surprise: Will Zalatoris, a 25-1 longshot, makes a strong run at the title. He's a target for anyone looking for a huge payday. After battling a back injury that held him out of action for nearly nine months, Zalatoris slipped outside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, but is back up to No. 29 following a ninth-place finish at the Masters.

It was already his third top 10 of the season and has become a fixture on the first page of the leaderboard at major championships, finishing top 10 in seven of the 10 majors that he's played since turning professional. Zalatoris finished solo second when he last teed it up at the PGA Championship in 2022 and his iron play is likely to be a deciding factor on a challenging PGA setup. The 27-year-old ranks eighth on the PGA Tour in strokes gained: approach (0.720) and was the fifth-best in that category at Augusta this year.  See who else to pick here .

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The model is also targeting three other golfers with odds of 25-1 or longer to make a strong run at the title. Anyone who backs these longshots could hit it big. You can only see the model's picks here .

Who will win the 2024 PGA Championship, and which longshots will stun the golfing world? Check out the PGA Championship 2024 odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected PGA Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed 11 golf majors, including the last three Masters .

2024 PGA Championship odds, field

Get full 2024 PGA Championship picks, best bets, and predictions here.

Scottie Scheffler 4-1 Jon Rahm 9-1 Rory McIlroy 10-1 Ludvig Aberg 16-1 Brooks Koepka 16-1 Xander Schauffele 18-1 Viktor Hovland 20-1 Patrick Cantlay 20-1 Wyndham Clark 20-1 Cameron Smith 22-1 Joaquin Niemann 22-1 Collin Morikawa 25-1 Sam Burns 25-1 Max Homa 25-1 Matt Fitzpatrick 28-1 Tom Kim 28-1 Jordan Spieth 30-1 Bryson DeChambeau 30-1 Tony Finau 30-1 Dustin Johnson 30-1 Justin Thomas 33-1 Hideki Matsuyama 35-1 Jason Day 35-1 Cameron Young 35-1 Tommy Fleetwood 40-1 Rickie Fowler 45-1 Min Woo Lee 50-1 Sungjae Im 50-1 Shane Lowry 50-1 Tyrrell Hatton 50-1 Brian Harman 55-1 Corey Conners 60-1 Patrick Reed 65-1 Justin Rose 65-1 Russell Henley 65-1 Sahith Theegala 65-1 Keegan Bradley 75-1 Adam Scott 80-1 Talor Gooch 90-1 Gary Woodland 100-1 Kurt Kitayama 100-1 Daniel Berger 100-1 Louis Oosthuizen 125-1 Tiger Woods 125-1 Si Woo Kim 125-1 Keith Mitchell 125-1 Thomas Pieters 125-1 Abraham Ancer 125-1 J.T. Poston 125-1 Sepp Straka 125-1 Mito Pereira 150-1 Harris English 150-1 Phil Mickelson 150-1 Ryan Fox 150-1 Adam Hadwin 150-1 Sergio Garcia 150-1 Seamus Power 175-1 Denny McCarthy 175-1 Robert MacIntyre 175-1 Christiaan Bezuidenhout 175-1 Davis Riley 175-1 Aaron Wise 175-1 Marc Leishman 175-1 Billy Horschel 200-1 Harold Varner III 200-1 Jason Kokrak 200-1 Mackenzie Hughes 225-1 Francisco Molinari 225-1 Joel Dahmen 250-1

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Nelly Korda ties LPGA Tour record with 5th straight victory, wins Chevron Championship for 2nd major

Nelly Korda kisses the trophy while posing for photos after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda, left, holds up the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda celebrates after winning the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda jumps into the lake after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda hits a tee shot on the third hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nelly Korda high-fives young fans while celebrating her win at the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda tees off on the sixth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda watches her shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Nelly Korda poses with the trophy after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Lauren Coughlin hits from the first hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Brooke Henderson, of Canada, hits a bunker shot on the fourth hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Lauren Coughlin watches her shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament Sunday, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Nelly Korda couldn’t have imagined the incredible run she’s put together this season while at home recovering from a blood clot that required surgery in 2022.

“Because obviously then I was just more scared for my health,” she said. “Competing was kind of on the back seat. I was not thinking about competing at all. But I think all of the sad times and the health scares that I have gone through have made me who I am today.”

Fully healthy now, Korda is seemingly unstoppable. The world’s No. 1 player hasn’t lost a tournament since January, and now she’s a two-time major champion.

Korda etched her name in the LPGA Tour record books Sunday, winning her record-tying fifth straight tournament with a two-stroke victory in the Chevron Championship.

Korda joins Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2004-05) as the only players to win five consecutive LPGA events. Her previous major victory was in 2021 at the Women’s PGA Championship.

“It’s been an amazing feeling these past couple weeks knowing that I can go on this stretch and that if I stay in my bubble and I keep golf in a sense simple and let it flow, then I can have so, so much fun out here,” she said.

Korda shot a 3-under 69 in the final to outlast Maja Stark of Sweden, who birdied her final two holes to shoot 69 and pull within one. Korda stayed aggressive on the par-5 18th, easily clearing the lake in front of the green and setting up an easy up-and-down birdie for a two-shot victory.

She had a four-day total of 13-under 275 at Carlton Woods.

Korda nearly aced the par-3 17th , with her tee shot hitting the hole and hopping in the air before settling within 10 feet. She settled for par to maintain her two-shot lead.

Korda wowed the large crowd, which followed her throughout the day, by chipping into the wind for birdie on the par-4 10th hole to take a four-stroke lead. The 25-year-old raised her club above her head with one hand and pumped her fist after the ball rolled into the hole.

Her parents — former Australian Open tennis champion Petr Korda and Regina Rajchrtova — beamed as she was presented with the trophy.

Nelly Korda smiles after winning the Chevron Championship LPGA golf tournament, April 21, 2024, at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

“She had a difficult ’22 and ’23 in certain ways,” Petr Korda said. “She did not win a tournament in ’23 and some things probably made her humble and (she) put a lot of work into where she is right now. Without the work and commitment, she would not be here. So seeing that, I’m very happy.”

Korda’s older sister, Jessica, is a six-time LPGA winner who’s taking a break from golf after giving birth to her first child.

Korda took home $1.2 million from a purse of $7.9 million, a significant increase from last year’s purse of $5.2 million. That brings her season earnings to $2,424,216 and her career earnings to $11,361,489.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie’s Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Korda became the second to do it in Texas by doing a cannonball off a small dock into brown-tinged water. World No. 2 Lilia Vu was first to jump into the pond here after her win last season. Vu withdrew from this year’s tournament before the first round after experiencing “severe discomfort” in her back during warmups.

While still shivering from her post-win plunge Sunday, Korda confirmed she’ll be competing in the JM Eagle LA Championship next week in Los Angeles. She was then asked about the possibility of becoming the first to ever win six straight LPGA tournaments.

“I’m going to enjoy this right now and then I’ll think about that,” she said. “But yeah, it’s been an amazing time. Hopefully keep the streak alive. But I’ve been so grateful to compete week in and week out and get the five in a row, too.”

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler is on a similar tear, on his way to a fourth victory in five starts until rain interrupted the final round of the RBC Heritage . He couldn’t help but check in on Korda.

“I actually was checking the scores this afternoon when we were in the rain delay,” he said. “I’m extremely happy for her and proud of her. That’s some pretty special stuff. It’s been a treat to watch.”

Korda entered the last round one shot off the lead after completing the last seven holes of the weather-delayed third round early Sunday morning on a windy and unseasonably cool day. She was wiped out after her big win because she’d been up since 4 a.m. to prepare for the end of the third round.

She birdied two of her first four holes to take the lead. Lauren Coughlin birdied Nos. 13 and 14 to get within two strokes, but bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes put her four behind. She shot a final-round 68 to finish tied for third with Brooke Henderson.

Coughlin got emotional when discussing her best finish in a major.

“It’s really cool to see all of the work that I’ve put in, especially with my putting and my short game, and putting specifically showed off this week, as well,” she said.

Henderson was tied with Korda for second to start the last round after she shot a 64 in the third round to set a scoring record for the tournament since its move from Mission Hills, California, to Texas last year. But the Canadian, who has 13 LPGA wins with two majors, also faltered early in the final round, with a bogey and a double bogey in the first four holes.

Haeran Ryu of South Korea shot a bogey-free 67 to enter the final round leading Korda by one. But the 2023 Rookie of the Year bogeyed the first two holes of the fourth round. She closed with a 74 and finished fifth.

Eighteen-year-old amateur Jasmine Koo provided an unlikely highlight on the 18th hole. Her second shot bounced off the advertising board in the water and back into play. She ended up with a birdie to shoot 71.

AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, contributed to this report.

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Scottie Scheffler misses 5-foot putt to force playoff in Houston, falls short of third straight TOUR win

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It is said that good things come in threes. Wins do not, apparently.

Scottie Scheffler fell one shot short of his third consecutive PGA TOUR victory on Sunday at the Texas Children’s Houston Open, missing birdie putts of 11 and 5 feet on the final two holes to lose to Stephan Jaeger by one at Memorial Park Golf Course.

Scheffler, the runaway world No. 1, spent much of the afternoon in prime position to make it three in a row. Given how he closed the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and THE PLAYERS Championship, it was almost expected that Scheffler would find a way to outlast a crowded leaderboard filled with players without a PGA TOUR win.

Scottie Scheffler sticks tee shot to set up birdie at Houston Open

But the timely putt or approach shot Scheffler converted en route to his previous two wins didn’t materialize. Scheffler, who entered the day with a share of the lead at 10-under alongside Jaeger, played the final nine in even par to shoot 68. Jaeger played the same stretch in even par, but four birdies on his front nine powered him to a final-round 67 to claim his maiden PGA TOUR title at 12-under.

The putter, which drove Scheffler’s recent success, cost him during the closing holes. He missed three birdie putts inside 20 feet on the back nine and didn’t make a putt longer than 11 feet all day. He lost strokes on the green for just the fourth time in his last 12 rounds.

Despite those mistakes, Scheffler still had a chance to win on the 72nd hole, a testament to his incredibly high floor. He stuffed his approach shot to 5 feet, 5 inches on the closing par 4, seemingly a sign that he was ready to take a stranglehold of a tournament one more time. When Jaeger missed his lengthy birdie putt, Scheffler had the chance to send the event to extra holes. But a putt Scheffler expected to stay straight broke hard to the right: a misread and a missed opportunity.

“I feel like I made the putt, and I looked up, and it was breaking off,” said Scheffler, whose lead in the FedExCup ballooned to over 900 points with the runner-up. Wyndham Clark is the only player within 1200 points. Scheffler has finished in the top 10 in seven of his eight starts this season, including five top fives.

Scheffler could blame any number of shots for leaving Houston empty-handed. His post-round media session mostly focused on the short birdie putt on 18. But the actual reason may have come with Scheffler’s last sentence before he walked off.

“I'm pretty beat now from another long week,” he said.

For the third time in four weeks, Scheffler walked up to the 72nd green with a chance to win. It’s physically taxing, but more so mentally. It’s the part of the game Scheffler loves most but also what takes the most out of him. He captured the moment on the 72nd hole in his previous two times.

On Sunday, he didn’t. He’s onto the next. There will be more opportunities for an undeniable talent like Scheffler. He's won twice this season and eight times in less than three years. The next one will likely come soon.

Scheffler will take a week to rest before returning to action at Augusta National, where he will undoubtedly enter as the favorite, searching for his second Masters title and the start of another win streak.