LIV golfers given qualification path to The Open:
R&A unveils a qualification pathway enabling LIV Golf players to vie for Open Championship berths via designated qualifiers and ranking adjustments, widening access to golf’s oldest major.
Bryson, Rory eye Bethpage matchup amid rivalry:
Bryson DeChambeau and Rory McIlroy eye a potential Bethpage showdown, trading barbs and strategy as the rivalry intensifies ahead of a high-stakes head-to-head on the demanding New York layout.
Russia’s Maria Guseva shared the first-round lead at the Lotte Championship with amateur Rose Zhang on Friday after firing a sizzling eight-under 67 at Kapolei Golf Club in Hawaii. Guseva, who last month fired a career-low 64 on the LPGA Tour, connected on five of the par-5s on the course and rolled in six birdies, including an almost 20-foot eagle putt on the par-5 18th, her ninth hole of the day. Zhang, last year’s NCAA individual champion who last month won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, was grouped with Guseva and matched her birdie barrage hole for hole with her final birdie – her 11th of the day – coming on the eighth where she drained a 30-foot putt.