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Twenty-second is comfortable until it isn’t Viktor Hovland walks into the BMW Championship sitting 22nd in the FedEx Cup standings. That is a decent enough number. It is not a safe one. Thirty players advance to the Tour Championship after Bellerive. The Norwegian is inside the cut, with a queue of players behind him who…

A bunker, a short putt, a win He started the day four shots back. He still won. Stewart Cink took the Boeing Classic on Sunday in Snoqualmie, Washington. It needed a playoff to separate him from Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez. On the replay of the par-5 18th, Jimenez dumped his third into a greenside bunker.…

66th out of 68 Rory McIlroy finished the FedEx St. Jude Championship 66th out of 68 players. Eight over par. Cards of 74, 70, 72, 72. He never got a round under par at TPC Southwind in Memphis. It was his first start since the Open Championship, nearly a month back. The world No. 2…

Behind at lunch, champion by the finish Jack Whaley won the US Amateur overnight at Merion, just outside Philadelphia. He beat American Jay Leng Jr. 4 and 3 in a 36-hole final. The 22-year-old Englishman from Doncaster is heading into his final year at Florida State. His father, Andy, carried his bag. The match swung…

A 68 is enough Scottie Scheffler did not need anything special. A 68, two under par, was enough for the world No. 1 to keep top spot at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis. He sits on 197, 13 under. He leads by two shots. Sam Burns and South Korea’s Sungjae…

Two players tied at 16 under, neither has won before Between them, Arpichaya Yubol and Sophia Schubert have zero LPGA Tour titles. One of them may not be able to say that by Sunday evening. The Thai and the American share the lead at the Standard Portland Classic, two clear of everyone else at 16…

Two birdies in three holes, four more coming home Steven Alker did his damage at both ends of the card. Two birdies inside his first three holes, four more across the closing eight. The New Zealander signed for a 68 on Saturday at the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Washington. Four under. He is on 135,…

Four months into his senior career, Rory Sabbatini put together a bogey-free 65 at Snoqualmie Ridge. He leads the Boeing Classic by two and wants his first PGA Tour Champions title.

Arpichaya Yubol needed 47 putts across two rounds at Columbia Edgewater. That number explains why the Thai player leads the Standard Portland Classic by one.