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2024 Senior PGA Championship final results: Prize money payout, PGA Tour Champions leaderboard, how much each golfer won

The 2024 Senior PGA Championship final leaderboard is headed by winner Richard Bland, who topped the PGA Tour Champions leaderboard this week with a major win on the 2024 PGA Tour Champions schedule at The Club at Harbor Shores Resort in Benton Harbor, Mich.

Bland closed the second major of the senior season with a 63 to pull away from the field and win by three shots on 17-under 267. The Australian Richard Green finished runner-up on the week, while Greg Chalmers finished in third.

Jason Caron had an incredible week to finish T-4 with Asian Tour regular Scott Hend, who made it three Aussies in the top five.

Bland won the $630,000 winner's share of the $3,500,000 purse.

Senior PGA Championship recap notes

Bland wins the 11th PGA Tour Champions title of the year, getting into the winner's circle on the 50-plus tour.

The money Bland (were he a member) -- and every PGA Tour Champions player in the field -- earned is converted into Charles Schwab Cup points, with every dollar converted into two points during the Charles Schwab Cup playoffs.

There is no cut on PGA Tour Champions-run events, including the major championships they run. Every pro who finished the tournament was paid, though there was a 36-hole cut to the top 70 and ties as this event is run by the PGA of America.

The 2024 PGA Tour Champions schedule continues next week with the Principal Charity Classic in Iowa.

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2024 Tour Championship leaderboard: Scottie Scheffler on top with Collin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele pressing

It has become a three-horse race at east lake golf club with 36 holes remaining at the fedex cup playoffs finale.

Round 2 of the 2024 Tour Championship on Friday brought some drama as Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa cut into Scottie Scheffler's lead in the FedEx Cup Playoffs finale putting pressure on the world's No. 1 golfer entering the weekend. Entering the second round with a seven-stroke lead, Scheffler saw his advantage cut nearly in half to four by day's end with Morikawa sitting right behind him and Schauffele standing five back as Moving Day approaches at East Lake Golf Club.

Morikawa, who was paired with Scheffler in Friday's final grouping, fired a field-best 8-under 63 to improve to 17 under. Schauffele, meanwhile, had the second-best outing of the day in the group as he finished with a 7-under 64 that was better than any score posted Thursday.

Scheffler was the man who posted that score with a Thursday-low 65, and while he was unable to match that score Friday, a 66 with only one bogey and six birdies ensured he still maintained a comfortable cushion between himself and the rest of the field.

With 36 holes to play, time is quickly running out for challengers to unseat Scheffler, but the weekend may bring with it some suspense. Sahith Theegala, Adam Scott and Wyndham Clark also stayed within striking distance; they sit seven strokes off the lead after big Friday rounds. That could set up an eventful finish from East Lake.

Let's take a look at the leaderboard's current form with the weekend on tap.

1. Scottie Scheffler (-20) : Scheffler's lead of seven strokes entering the day dwindled to just five with Morikawa and Schauffele surging. And yet, his second-round 66 Friday felt more impressive than his first-round 65 Thursday. He has previously failed to close out this event in the past despite holding significant leads, but Scheffler showed poise in pounding greens and escaping with just one bogey on the scorecard along with two birdies across his final three holes.

T2. Collin Morikawa (-17) 3. Xander Schauffele (-16) T4. Wyndham Clark, Sahith Theegala (-12)

Morikawa picked up Friday (four birdies on the front nine) where he left off Thursday (six birdies on the back nine). He went out in 31 and proved he would push Scheffler down the stretch. Schauffele, meanwhile, was relentless in his pursuit all day with a bogey-free 65. Theegala and Clark have a ways to go if they hope to make this tournament interesting, but after respective 5-under and 4-under rounds, they sit just seven off the lead and well within striking distance should Scheffler fall back this weekend.  

Biggest movers

Up : Tony Finau quietly set the tone early in the day with a 66 to move up 12 spots on the leaderboard from 20th to T8. At 9 under, it would take quite a collapse from several guys at the top for him to be a real threat this weekend, but he's lurking in the shadows and could perhaps do more than that should he post another number in the mid-60s on Saturday.

Down : Keegan Bradley fell 17 spots down the leaderboard after Friday 74 that featured three bogeys in his final six holes. Bradley is coming off a win at the BMW Championship last weekend that moved him into the top five of the FedEx Cup standings, but a rough outing Friday moved him to 15 shots off the lead and out of contention for the championship.

Rick Gehman and Mark Immelman recap the second round of the 2024 Tour Championship at East Lake. Follow & listen to The First Cut on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify .

Round 2 in the books

Friday's Round 2 play at the 2024 Tour Championship is officially wrapped with Scottie Scheffler -- surprise, surprise! -- once again comfortably leading the field.

Scheffler's lead of seven strokes entering the day shrunk to just four, though, thanks to an 8-under 63 from Collin Morikawa that moved him to within four of the World No. 1. Xander Schauffele got within five and slowly chipped away at Scheffler's lead, too, thanks to a 7-under 64.

Entering the weekend, Morikawa and Schauffele may be the only ones who can chase down Scheffler, but they proved Friday that they're more than just theoretical threats. With both lurking in striking distance and still 36 holes left to play, there's plenty of time for action over the next few days at East Lake to send us off as the FedEx Cup playoffs wrap.

Play set to resume at 6:50 p.m. 

Round 2 of the 2024 Tour Championship, which was suspended at 5:15 p.m. ET due to inclement weather in the area, is scheduled to resume at 6:50 p.m. ET, per the PGA Tour. There are just four groups of two still out on the course at East Lake -- including leader Scottie Scheffler (-19), Xander Schauffele (-15), Collin Morikawa (-15) and Wyndham Clark (-12).

Play suspended in Round 2

Play was suspended at 5:15 p.m. ET in Round 2 at the 2024 Tour Championship due to inclement weather in the area. They blew the horns to get all the players and spectators off the course as a safety precaution, and there is no definitive time yet on potential resumption. 

The pause comes with Scottie Scheffler -- who is part of the last pairing on the course and through 15 holes -- sitting at 19 under and leading by four strokes over Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa. 

Top of the leaderboard looks like so with the round almost completed. 

1. Scottie Scheffler (-19) T2. Xander Schauffele (-15) T2. Collin Morikawa (-15) T4. Sahith Theegala (-12) T4. Wyndham Clark (-12) T4. Adam Scott (-12)

Challengers emerging to Scheffler

Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele are all 5 under on the round today and emerging as the potential challengers positioned best to track down leader Scottie Scheffler. Morikawa and Schauffele are both 14 under, while Clark is 13 under, which comes as Scheffler drops a stroke at the 13th to fall back to 19 under. Could get interesting leading into the weekend. 

Scheffler makes the turn with pep in step

A shaky start to the day could've injected some doubt into Scottie Scheffler's ability to close the FedEx Cup -- which he's failed to do the last two years -- but he's made leading the Tour Championship by multiple strokes look like cake so far. Scheffler just made the turn with a bogey-free 3-under 32 to keep his lead at six strokes on Xander Schauffele and suddenly-surging Collin Morikawa. Schauffele and Morikawa are both at 4 under on the round but still not within striking distance with Scheffler keeping the field at arm's length for now. 

Xander Schauffele has fantastic front nine

Leader Scottie Scheffler's grip on the lead has at the very least been threatened a smidge by World No. 2 Xander Schauffele, who after an opening-round 70 on Thursday just posted a 4-under 31 on the front nine to pull within six of Scheffler's lead. Schauffele made birdies at 3, 4, 6 and 8 and is on pace for the best round of the day, and perhaps the week. He struggled on the back nine in Round 1 yesterday so a good test of his mettle on deck down the stretch as we prep for the weekend ahead. 

Scheffler steady as ever

If Xander Schauffele's fast start has struck a scare into leader Scottie Scheffler, he certainly isn't showing it. Scheffler just birdied No. 6 -- his second on the day after a birdie at No. 3 -- to move to 2 under on the day and again extend his lead back to six strokes. He then turned around and bombed a 363-yard drive on the par-4 7th -- nearly thirty yards deeper than his drive on the same hole in Round 1 -- to put him in position for another birdie before settling for par. Good start to the front nine of Round 2 for the World No. 1. 

Schauffele storming back

Xander Schauffele came ready to rock in Round 2 as he's taken back multiple shots from leader Scottie Scheffler to move to within five strokes. Schauffele is 3 under through six and sitting 12 under with birdies at 3, 4 and 6. That's already matched his total count of birdies from Round 1, where he battled to an opening-round 70. 

Scheffler's lead shrinks by one

Scottie Scheffler is already in the red today at 1 under through four holes but his lead has shrunk from seven strokes to six after a strong start early from Xander Schauffele. Schauffele is two under on the day thus far with birdies at Nos. 3 and 4, moving him to 11 under. Meanwhile, there's a trio of big names -- Collin Morikawa, Wyndham Clark and Sam Burns -- who are all at 10 under, T3 and seven off the lead. 

Rory with two almost-makes with the putter on the front nine. This one at No. 1 was a gem that I thought might drop for birdie. He also just missed a shortie on No. 3 that would've been birdie. He's even on the day and yet somehow already licking some wounds. Going to need those to fall to chase down Scottie Scheffler, who is at 16 under. 

Hovland burning edges early

Viktor Hovland is even on the day and has thus far failed to erase his 12-shot deficit on Scottie Scheffler, but it's not without trying. He's now burned two edges through his first six holes on birdie bids that just missed dropping. He's had a bogey and a birdie to remain at 4 under (even on the day) but he's a few inches away from being top-10 on the leaderboard with a spring in his step. 

Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas begin their days

Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas -- a combined six major championships and four FedEx Cup championships between them -- are off and running in Round 2 to start their day. McIlroy is 10 back of leader Scottie Scheffler and Thomas is 11 back sitting at 6 under and 5 under, respectively.

McIlroy, who is the only golfer to have won the FedEx Cup three times, last won in 2022 after winning in 2019 and in 2016. He has had a stellar season with two wins and a soul-crushing second-place finish at the U.S. Open. Thomas last won the FedEx Cup in 2017. He entered the week No. 30 out of 30 qualifiers for the event at East Lake and has not won on the PGA Tour since his win at the PGA Championship at Southern Hills in 2022.

East Lake showing its teeth early

Round 2 is off to a rough start for a chunk of the morning crew who were off early to kick off Friday. Only one golfer so far -- Christiaan Bezuidenhout -- is in the red at 1-under. Three are 1 over and one 2 over in the early going of the 10 already on the course. 

Round 2 schedule Friday

Good morning and welcome to our Round 2 coverage of the Tour Championship leading into the weekend. We have a fun Friday on tap at East Lake, where Scottie Scheffler has a sizable lead after firing a 66 (-5) on Thursday in Round 1 to extend his lead to seven strokes. 

The second round is officially underway with Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Billy Horschel off the first tee. Scheffler and Collin Morikawa are in the final group slated to go off at 2 p.m. ET. 

The full tee times are as follows:

2024 Tour Championship tee times, Friday pairings

All times Eastern

• 11:16 a.m. — Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Billy Horschel
• 11:27 a.m. — Tommy Fleetwood, Chris Kirk
• 11:38 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, Tom Hoge
• 11:49 a.m. — Tony Finau, Ben An
• 12:00 p.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Viktor Hovland
• 12:16 p.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Sepp Straka
• 12:27 p.m. — Shane Lowry, Sungjae Im
• 12:38 p.m. — Aaron Rai, Matthieu Pavon
• 12:49 p.m. — Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas
• 1:00 p.m. — Russell Henley, Patrick Cantlay
• 1:16 p.m. — Sahith Theegala, Taylor Pendrith
• 1:27 p.m. — Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley
• 1:38 p.m. — Sam Burns, Wyndham Clark
• 1:49 p.m. — Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott
• 2:00 p.m. — Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa

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In 1978, the first Legends of Golf was held at Onion Creek Country Club in Austin, Texas.

Two years later, the Senior PGA Tour had its first two official tournaments. Don January and Arnold Palmer won those first events.

From there, the circuit grew and in 1990, Lee Trevino became the first golfer to win $1 million in a season. In 2002, the tour was rebranded as the Champions Tour. In 2015, it took on its current name, the PGA Tour Champions.

Bernhard Langer became the winningest golfer in Champions history in 2023 when he got to No. 46, breaking a mark long held by Hale Irwin. Langer is also the top money-winner all-time on the tour.

He’s one of three players to reach the $20 million mark. Six players on this list have surpassed the $15 million mark. There are 31 at $10 million.

As you make your way through this list, keep in mind:

• Gary Player is 90th all-time with $6,049,029
• Jack Nicklaus ranks 147th with $3,372,207
• Arnold Palmer is 211th with $1,765,795

There are 649 names listed in all, with Mike Balliet bringing up the rear with $736 in career tour earnings.

Check out this list of the all-time money winners on the PGA Tour Champions. Updated through the 2023 Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Source: PGATour.com .

20 Colin Montgomerie – $12,414,158

Team Europe’s Colin Montgomerie tees off at The Concession Golf Club. (Photo: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports)

19 Jeff Sluman – $12,808,605

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18 Fred Funk – $12,843,703

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17 Jerry Kelly – $12,850,136

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16 Fred Couples - $13,280,234

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15 Allen Doyle - $13,401,250

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14 Tom Lehman - $13,495,032

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13 Loren Roberts - $13,642,664

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12 Tom Jenkins - $13,821,866

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11 Jim Thorpe - $13,936,083

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10 Miguel Angel Jimenez - $14,265,321

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9 Larry Nelson - $14,637,172

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8 Bruce Fleisher - $14,878,986

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7 Dana Quigley - $14,898,463

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6 Tom Watson - $15,074,227

Tom Watson during the final round of the Senior Open played at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. (Photo: Phil Inglis/Getty Images)

5 Tom Kite - $16,303,747

Tom Kite has 19 PGA Tour victories and 10 PGA Tour Champions wins. (Photo: USA TODAY)

4 Jay Haas - $19,922,514

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3 Gil Morgan - $20,631,930

Gil Morgan tees off on the seventh hole during the first round of the Champions tour in 2012 in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo: Getty Images)

2 Hale Irwin - $27,158,515

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1 Bernhard Langer - $35,989,514

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White Comes From Behind to Win LPGA Pros Championship for Second Year in a Row

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After spending three years at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va., the 2024 LPGA Pros Championship headed down south to Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course. Host of the PGA TOUR’s Valspar Championship, this challenging new venue tested 112 players across four divisions over three days of play. 

The Championship Division remained tightly contested over the course of the tournament, with reigning champion Alexandra White   (Lancaster, Ohio) LPGA Professionals Apprentice managing to tame the field, as well as the Snake Pit, to successfully defend her title. Reflecting on both victories, White couldn’t help but recognize the differences between the two.

“Last year was a little different,” White explained. “I came out and played really hot right at the start, but then I started kind of leaking oil down the stretch and ended up in a playoff. This year I pretty much played a similar three rounds of golf, and even though I didn’t strike the ball great today, I putted really well to make up for it.”

Despite not getting off to a quick start, White remained in contention over the first two rounds thanks to scores of 2-over 73 and even-par 71. Trailing by one entering the final round, the former Epson Tour player focused on staying level-headed as she maneuvered her way through the difficult golf course. For example, White knew birdie opportunities were out there, but the real key to success was avoiding big numbers and compounding mistakes. She immediately proved her composure following a bogey on the opening hole by carding four straight pars before getting the stroke back with a birdie on the par-4 No. 6. She rounded out the front nine with three more pars to make the turn at even.

White added a birdie on the par-4 No. 11, but quickly gave it back, and then some, with bogeys on Nos. 12 and 14. At this point in the round, White was tied for the lead with playing partner and round two leader Natalie Vivaldi (Ocean Side, Calif.) PGA Professional. Heading into the snake pit, both players made par on No. 15, but it was ultimately Vivaldi who blinked, carding a triple bogey on the par-4 No. 16. Now with a three-shot lead, White finished out her round with two pars to grab the three-shot win at 3-over 216.

In addition to receiving the winner’s check and trophy, White once again secured the prestigious honor of an exemption into the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship. The exemption is just one of eight handed out each year at the LPGA Pros Championship to the top-eight finishers in the Championship Division. For White, this opportunity is not taken for granted.

“It’s a life goal of mine to play as well as I can at a major, however that stacks up and finishes is however it finishes,” White explained. “In Seattle, I had some good stretches of golf. I played a good nine on the first day and a good nine on the second day, but I just didn’t put it all together. With that said, staying consistent is definitely going to be a goal of mine next year ahead of KPMG. Just trying to work on being better for four days in a row.”

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Despite coming up just short at the end, Vivaldi could not have been happier with the finish, as she secured her place in the 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship field. The PGA Professional has always dreamt of competing in a major, and now she’ll get that chance next year at Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco in Frisco, Texas. The tournament will be held from June 19-22, 2025.

“This will be my first LPGA event and for it to be a major is beyond special to me,” Vivaldi shared. “I think what I’m most excited about is just having family and friends there. I’m gonna bring a bunch of people with me, so we’re going to have some fun and see what I can do.”

Joining White and Vivaldi in the field are Nicole Felce (Clearwater, Fla.) LPGA Professionals Apprentice; Allie Knight(Knoxville, Tenn.) LPGA Class A Professional and PGA A-2; Dr. Alison Curdt (Simi Valley, Calif.) LPGA/PGA Master Professional; Heather Angell (Fort Myers, Fla.) Class A PGA Professional; Sandra Changkija (Daytona Beach, Fla.) LPGA Class A Professional and PGA A-11, and Ashley Grier (Hagerstown, Md.) PGA Professional. Grier secured the final spot after defeating Leslie Cloots (Chapel Hill, N.C.) LPGA Class A Professional in a sudden-death playoff after both players finished T8 at 8-over 221.

“Being from here I kind of had a little home-town advantage,” Felce explained. “I’ve played this course before. It’s tough but I like it. Having my dad on the bag for the last day was very helpful and I think a huge part in qualifying and shooting what I did today. As for the KPMG exemption, it’s just surreal. I don’t think it’s set in yet just how big this opportunity is.”

“It’s a relief to be done with,” said Knight, who will be competing in her fifth KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in 2025. “It was a really tough course out there this week. I’m just glad to make it through. The greens were tough and grainy. There was a lot of water, hazards and trouble everywhere. So it was tight, and you had to place it in the right spots. It was also really long. I had to hit a 6-iron into so many holes. I feel like I only hit two wedges into the holes out here. It played long and tough and with the wind here, those last three holes coming in at the end added a lot of pressure and stress.”

“It makes it so special to play in a major because playing golf isn’t my full-time job,” said Curdt, who will be competing in her eighth KPMG Women’s PGA Championship when she tees it up at PGA Frisco. “My job is being a club pro. It’s teaching the game to young people and old people and helping golfers just play their best. But being a long-time competitor since the age of seven, I’ve never given up being a competitor. To put my foot in the water and be able to play on the LPGA is always so special no matter how many times you do it.”

“The last time a qualified for the KPMG tournament was 2018,” Angell shared. “My caddie for the tournament was PGA Member Bill Abrams, and afterwards we talked about what a fun week we had that year, qualifying again and having him caddy for me. Unfortunately, he passed away a couple years ago, so this week was for him. He won’t be able to caddy for me again but I’m really proud I stuck in there, made a few birdies coming in, and had a great week.”

“Heading to KPMG next year, I might just set my expectations lower,” Changkija explained. “I always set high goals for myself, but that leads to a ton of pressure. So I’m hoping to offset that next year. Like, showing up on the Monday (of tournament week) instead of the weekend before will hopefully be less stressful and cause less anxiety.”

“It feels incredible to make it back to KPMG,” said Grier. “I’ve had a couple of injuries the last few years, so to make it back is really special. With major championships, you feel like you win just by qualifying, and to get to play on the biggest stage against the best players teaches you so much. I know it’s helped my game over the years.” 

*Won in sudden-death playoff

JOHNSTON-FORBES WINS SENIOR DIVISION IN PLAYOFF

Cathy Johnston-Forbes (Powells Point, N.C.) LPGA Class A Professional birdied two of her final three holes to join  Christy Longfield  (Austin, Texas) PGA Professional at the top of the Senior Division leaderboard after three rounds of play. Johnston-Forbes rode that positive momentum right into the playoff, which she won with a par to Longfield’s bogey.

The Senior Division was tightly contested from the very start, with dozens of golfers in the mix up until the final hole. The top of the leaderboard featured legends of the LPGA as well as some of the best teaching professionals in the country, but it was Johnston Forbes who outlasted them all thanks to rounds of 1-over 72, 3-over 74 and 2-under 69, which matched the lowest final round score out of all four divisions. 

“It feels great to win,” Forbes-Johnston said. “I didn’t play well my first two days. My putting was not very good, although I hit the ball well. It’s just a big relief. My goal was to shoot 3-under today, 2-under at the worst, so I accomplished my goal and it feels good to get the win here.”

BOND-PHILO RUNS AWAY WITH SUPER SENIOR DIVISION TITLE

Susan Bond-Philo (Lake Worth, Fla.) PGA Professional took the lead in round one and never looked back at the 2024 LPGA Pros Championship. Bond-Philo previously competed in the Senior Division, but decided to move into the Super Senior Division after turning 62, which is the qualification age. 

This decision clearly paid off, as Bond-Philo won the title by 10 shots at 8-over 221. She started off her 2024 championship campaign with a 3-over 74 in round one, which was good enough for a five-shot lead. That lead would only grow from there, as she posted the lowest score of the tournament in the Super Senior Division in round two with a 1-over 72. Bond-Philo headed into the final round with an 11-shot lead, the largest of any of the four divisions after 36 holes of play. Having such a big cushion to work with, Bond-Philo went out and played a safe round of golf, carding two birdies to six bogeys for a final-round 4-over 75.

“Age means nothing to me,” Bond-Philo explained. “You know as seniors, we have so few events to play in. So it’s really nice when they add another division like this once we do kind of age a little bit more. And to win this honor that’s named after Shirley Spork, one of the founders of the LPGA, is pretty special.”

CROOKS GOES BACK-TO-BACK IN CHALLENGE DIVISION

Joellyn Crooks (Fuquay Varina, N.C.) LPGA Class A Professional jumped out to a huge lead in round one and never looked back, ultimately winning the Challenge Division by 19 strokes at 6-over 219. The change in venues from Kingsmill to Innisbrook clearly had no effect on her game, as Crooks maintained a steady composure throughout the tournament, carding rounds of even-par 71, 6-over 77 and even-par 71. She finished the week with five birdies to 11 bogeys. 

“I’ll tell you what. Anytime you get a win, it feels good, but to do it at this point in my life feels even better because there was quite a drought for many years, so it just feels good to play well and have some success,” Crooks said. “It’s really special to win here too, not only because the competition is good, but because you get to make a lot of friends and revisit old ones.”

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Graeme Robertson enjoyed a procession to a coronation as he retained his Loch Lomond Whiskies’ Scottish PGA Championship title in emphatic style at Dalmahoy.

Leading by four shots heading into the final round over the storied East Course, Robertson signed off with a seven-under 66 for a mighty 19-under aggregate and won by six strokes from Chris Maclean to become the first back-to-back champion since Ross Drummond in 1990.

The 36-year-old’s success also ensured that he would top the Arnold Clark Tartan Tour Order of Merit for the first time as he underlined his standing as the dominant force on the domestic circuit in 2024.

“It’s been a great season, and I’m absolutely delighted to have won again,” said Grangemouth pro Robertson, who also landed the prestigious Northern Open title earlier this season.

“It can be quite stressful sleeping on a lead, but I had such a good front nine in the final round and that took a lot of the pressure off.”

With that healthy overnight advantage, Robertson, who was a relative latecomer to professional golf when he joined the paid ranks in 2021, wasted no time in fortifying his position of authority and birdied his first hole of the day.

I can’t ask for much more. Two Scottish PGAs and a Northern Open win in the last year. I only started my PGA training three years ago, but I wish I’d done it earlier. -

“Every year I’ve been getting better and better and hopefully I can keep kicking on.”

With Robertson so far ahead, the chasing pack were left to fight it out for second place. Maclean, making his debut in the national championship, stole a march on his rivals with late birdies at the 16 th  and 17 th  in a closing 68 for 13-under to claim the runners-up spot.

“I’ll take being the best of the rest,” smiled the Hayston man, who picked up the Abernethy Memorial Trophy as the leading assistant in the field.

“It was always going to be a big ask to catch Graeme. He’s a quality player. I had a look at the leaderboard late on and said, ‘I’m not going to win so let’s try for second’ and fortunately I managed to get a couple of birdies.”

Kingsfield’s Cameron Marr was third on 10-under while 64-year-old Andrew Oldcorn, who was runner-up on his Scottish PGA Championship debut at Dalmahoy in 1984, finished in an admirable share of sixth on seven-under.

Oldcorn also won the Scottish Senior PGA event that was running in conjunction with the main championship.

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The PGA Tour Still Can't Find the Best Way to End Its Season

Bob harig | 22 hours ago.

ATLANTA—The barbs started flying quickly, relentless in their pointedness, predictable if not necessarily full of perspective. The PGA Tour was always setting itself up for derision due to its season-ending Tour Championship format.

It simply took six years for the humorists to become fully armed with the necessary fodder.

When Scottie Scheffler, the best player in the world and on the verge of a historic season, was given a scorecard advantage to begin the last tournament of the season, there were the understandable chuckles.

But when he shot an opening-round 65 at East Lake Golf Club – only one better than the next-best player in the field – to forge a seven-shot advantage in the “ starting strokes ’’ format used at the Tour Championship, the gloves came off and the proverbial haymakers were rampant.

Scheffler added a 66 on Friday during the second round and will take a four-shot lead over Collin Morikawa and a five-shot advantage over Xander Schauffele into the weekend of the season-ending event.

This was always the risk when in 2019 the PGA Tour put in place a plan to have just one winner at the Tour Championship.

Going back to its 2007 beginnings, there were years when the winner of the Tour Championship did not win the FedEx Cup. Among the more interesting came in 2009 when Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship, Tiger Woods won the FedEx Cup and both were presented trophies by then-commissioner Tim Finchem—and Woods was seething that he didn’t win the tournament.

In many years, the player who won the Tour Championship also won the FedEx Cup, which made things nice and smooth for the Tour and benefactor FedEx.

But when Justin Thomas won the FedEx Cup in 2017, he complained that he came up short of winning the Tour Championship, which was won by Schauffele, then a rookie.

The $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup didn’t seem to soothe Thomas, conditioned to winning the 72-hole event in which he was competing.

How to fix that? Don’t have a separate event.

The next year, the Tour announced a changed the format, but Tiger Woods won that 2018 tournament and Justin Rose captured the FedEx Cup.

Understandably, Woods’ victory—his first in five years and his 80th PGA Tour title—got a majority of the attention. Rose’s win, and the $10 million bonus, not so much. And that’s exactly what the Tour wanted to avoid. It was perfect example of why things needed to change.

(An aside, imagine the discourse had today's rules been in place back then; with everything playing out the same, Woods would not have gotten credit for a victory in 2018.)

Hence, today's format has tried to approximate a points reset with the leading points earner starting at 10 under, second place at 8 under and all the way down to even par for the last five players in the field.

Scheffler called the idea of it being a season-long race "silly" a few weeks ago when he noted that he could have been leading the entire way, had an injury this week, and dropped all the way to 30th.

Billy Horschel likened it to American sports' playoffs, like the 2007 New England Patriots, who lost to the wild-card New York Giants in the Super Bowl after not losing a game all year. Nobody flinched.

“If you want to just have a player that's playing the best at the end of the year, I think the playoffs will definitely identify that player,’’ Scheffler said of the three events that end the season—the FedEx St. Jude, the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship. “In terms of the season-long race, it's may not always be the guy that plays the best the whole season; it's going to be the guy that plays the best in these playoff events. That's really what you're identifying is the guy that plays the best in these last three events.

"In terms of when it first got started you had a year (2008) where I think it was Padraig Harrington won two majors and maybe didn't make the BMW, and I know he didn't make this tournament. So arguably it wasn't really a great setup then.

“And then you change the points to be a little lit less valuable in the Playoffs, but you still see a lot of volatility. You look at a guy like Keegan Bradley who shows last week and has a great week and wins the tournament, and now all of a sudden he goes from not being in East Lake to having a really, really great chance to win the FedEx Cup.

“So I think it provides a little bit of volatility, which is good for the fans, and I think it's also good for some players that are at -- didn't have their best years leading up to get into the Playoffs, and all of a sudden turn a year that's not their best into somewhat of a career year in terms of winning the FedEx Cup.”

That has always been the dilemma for the PGA Tour. It’s not really playoffs, because if it were, you’d have a system where someone like Scheffler, in theory, could be eliminated the first week. That can’t happen.

And yet his year-long dominance is not rewarded nearly to the level it deserves, either. The idea that he could tumble halfway down the leaderboard with one or two bad rounds goes against the ideology of a season-long race.

So the Tour came up with this awkward staggered strokes format that makes it easy to follow. And ridicule.

Until this year, it really wasn’t a problem. Starting in 2019, the only points leaders heading into East Lake who won the FedEx Cup, and thus the Tour Championship, were Dustin Johnson in 2020 and Patrick Cantlay in 2021.

Rory McIlroy won it in 2019 and 2022, coming from behind. Same for Viktor Hovland last year. That meant there was at least some drama in the final round. Even two years ago, Scheffler’s six-shot lead over McIlroy evaporated, creating a compelling final day.

If Scheffler steamrolls the field this weekend—still a possibility—there will inevitably be calls for change. Many of the ideas have already been vetted.

Play the Tour Championship as a regular tournament and then take the top four, six, eight players in a one-round event for the FedEx Cup...whittle a stroke-play field down to four or eight players in match play...go back to the old system...add up all the strokes in all three playoff events and have the lowest score count as the FedEx Cup champion.

One simple way might be to take some of the $100 million in bonus money this week and spread it around a bit. Put more of that into the regular season bonus pool that pays 10 players in the Comcast Business race. (Scheffler got an $8 million bonus for winning that). Make the purse for the FedEx St. Jude $25 million (up from $20 million) and the purse at the BMW $30 million (up from $20 million) to reward those who make it there.

Then let the 30 who advance to East Lake simply play for the tournament title, starting at even, with a $50 million purse. Under a typical purse structure, the winner would receive $9 million and 30th place would also get somewhere in the neighborhood of $1 million. A player like Scheffler, even if he has a bad week at East Lake, would have been richly rewarded along the way.

That is more like a true playoff system and eliminates the need for a hokey format that the Official World Golf Ranking won’t even recognize. (The OWGR awards points this week based on the actual 72-hole finish of each player, not how they finish in the FedEx Cup.)

There would undoubtedly be aspects to that plan worthy of ridicule, too. But that’s just par for the course as the PGA Tour attempts to end its season.

Bob Harig is a senior writer covering golf for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 25 years experience on the beat, including 15 at ESPN. Harig is a regular guest on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio and has written two books, "DRIVE: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods" and "Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry." He graduated from Indiana University where he earned an Evans Scholarship, named in honor of the great amateur golfer Charles (Chick) Evans Jr. Harig, a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America, lives in Clearwater, Fla.

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Chase Sienkiewicz holds lead at weather-delayed CRMC Championship

Chase Sienkiewicz in the first round of the CRMC Championship. (Jay Fawler/PGA TOUR)

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BRAINERD, Minn. – The first round of the CRMC Championship presented by Gertens was suspended Thursday due to darkness at 8 p.m. CT, and the second round will resume Friday at 7:45 a.m. CT. Play was initially suspended at 3 p.m. CT due to inclement weather and resumed at 6:30 p.m. CT. Twenty-six groups will finish their opening rounds Friday morning.

Chase Sienkiewicz holds the lead in the first round of the CRMC Championship with five holes left to play and is 7-under through 13 holes. Sienkiewicz holds a one-stroke lead over course-record holder Taylor Funk and U.S. Open and Masters low-amateur Neal Shipley, who is 6-under with five holes remaining in his first round. Three players are tied for fourth at 5-under 65.

Sienkiewicz carded three consecutive birdies to close out his opening nine on Thursday and posted a 4-under 31. Upon making the turn, the second-year professional birdied No. 2 and crucially eagled No. 4, the 580-yard par 5, to take solo possession of the lead. Sienkiewicz will finish the remainder of Round 1 on Friday morning with the opportunity to hold an 18-hole lead for the first time in his career.

The 24-year-old has posted two top-10s this season: T3 at the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship to conclude the Latin America Swing and T6 at the ATB Classic. Sienkiewicz’s first top-10 of the season in Colombia was the best finish of his career and boosted him to No. 18 in the Fortinet Cup entering the North America Swing. Since the ATB Classic, Sienkiewicz has remained inside the top 25 of the Fortinet Cup and will look to further improve his standing heading into the season-finale Fortinet Cup Championship, where the top 10 players in the season-long points list earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2025 season.

The California native graduated from the University of Arizona in 2023 and finished at No. 19 in the 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking, which granted him exempt membership for the PGA TOUR Canada season. In his rookie season, Sienkiewicz posted two top-10s in his first three starts as a professional. He finished No. 49 in the Fortinet Cup to earn exempt membership through the Latin America Swing of PGA TOUR Americas inaugural season.

Second-round tee times are scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. CT and will run until 5:40 p.m. CT off Nos. 1 and 10 tees.

About Chase Sienkiewicz (first/7-under through 13 holes)

Age: 24 Birthplace: Sacramento, California Residence: Frisco, Texas College: University of Arizona Fortinet Cup (start of week): 22nd

• Initially gained exempt membership to the Latin America Swing through a top 60 finish in the 2023 PGA TOUR Canada Fortinet Cup; retained membership through the strength of his career-best finish at the Inter Rapidisimo Golf Championship (T3) to enter the North America Swing No. 18 in the Fortinet Cup
• Graduated from the University of Arizona last spring and was part of the Class of 2023 PGA TOUR University Ranking; finished No. 19 to earn exempt membership into the 2023 PGA TOUR Canada season
• Posted his career-low round twice this season in 6-under 64 at The Beachlands Victoria Open and the BioSteel Championship
• Multi-sport athlete at Jesuit High School, and spent more time focusing on basketball than golf, until the summer before senior year, when he chose golf as his main priority
• Finished second in the Junior World Championships and fourth at the AJGA Juniors the summer before his senior year of high school

Competition notes

Course setup: par 70, 7,001 yards; R1 average: 69.60 Weather: Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms and a high of 81; wind from the southwest at 7-14 mph with gusts up to 29 mph.

• Play was suspended at 3 p.m. CT on Thursday afternoon due to inclement weather and resumed at 6:30 p.m. CT; play was suspended a second time due to darkness at 8 p.m. CT; Round 1 will resume at 7:45 a.m. CT on Friday morning.
• Second-year professional Chase Sienkiewicz holds the first-round lead at 7-under with five holes remaining; 26 groups are left to finish Round 1.
• Five countries are represented in the top 10 and ties: United States (nine), Canada (one), Chile (one), Ireland (one), Denmark (one).
• Agustin Errázuriz (T7/4-under) leads the first round as the low Latin in 4-under 66.
• Team Canada member and Fortinet Cup No. 2 Matthew Anderson (T4/5-under) leads two other Canadians in the top 15 and ties: Lawren Rowe (T14/3-under) and A.J. Ewart (T14/3-under).
• Fortinet Cup No. 1 and CCRP Manitoba Open winner Johnny Keefer is 3-under through seven holes and tied for 14th.
• Hole No. 15 – the 234-yard par 3 – is the most challenging hole at Cragun’s Legacy Courses; averaging a +.460.