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AKRON, Ohio — There are some days in golf when a player just doesn’t “have it,” when the game is hard, the shots are off. The key is to still have “something.” And that’s how Zach Johnson won the Kaulig Companies Championship Sunday at Firestone Country Club.

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Four years ago, a 20-year-old Tom Kim came to Scotland for the very first time and nearly won the Genesis Scottish Open. Four years later, he returned a little older and a little wiser and left with the trophy. “I love links golf,” Kim said on Thursday, after an opening round of 65. “I think you have to be really patient, and it rewards guys who accept results and are mentally tough because it's not fair all the time.” Patience was his mantra for the week. And it paid off.

After missing the cut in the team event in New Orleans, Tom Kim was 118th in FedEx Cup points. After winning the genesis Scottish Open, however, the resurgent Kim has jumped to 32nd, a ranking commensurate with his recent fine play. Nowhere was that more evident than during the final round at The Renaissance Club. Kim shot a no-bogey, six-birdie 64 to take control of the tournament on a day when no other player in the field played bogey-free golf.

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — It all seemed to be going so well. Rory McIlroy arrived in Scotland rested and eager to repeat the success he had here in 2024, just a week before the year’s final major. After rounds of 65 and 66, the Masters champion was tied for the lead heading into the weekend. Then the weather, and, apparently, his swing changed. After fog delayed play early on Saturday, the final group didn’t tee off until 6pm local time at The Renaissance Club.

By Tod Leonard July 12, 2026 Divider This isn't just the Season of Nelly anymore on the LPGA Tour. Not with Haeran Ryu's historic victory on Sunday in the Amundi Evian Championship. Not only did the South Korean shoot the lowest score (60) in majors history on Saturday, she secured a hard-fought victory with a playoff win over Brooke Henderson.

Haeran Ryu had never won a major until two weeks ago. Now, she’s won two. The 25-year-old Korean star has been on an insane stretch of golf. She shot an even-par 71 in regulation Sunday and then birdied the first playoff hole to win the Amundi Evian Championship. Ryu defeated Brooke Henderson, who made an impressive charge from seven shots back by shooting 64 at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France. Each player finished at 19 under.

By Ryan Herrington July 12, 2026 Divider How do you make a comeback run at a major championship? Well, and eagle-ace combo certainly helps. Brooke Henderson started the final round of the Amundi Evian Championship seven back of leader Haeran Ryu, but then picked up four shots when she made an eagle chip-in on the par-5 seventh hole at Evian Resort Golf Club, then made a hole-in-one on the par-3 eighth. A day earlier she made two eagle chip-ins for a Saturday 64 that left her T-3.

Photographs by Tom Shaw The team behind 'all the maintenance' at Royal Birkdale has a pretty cool perk Save for later Did you know there’s an exclusive golf club with its own clubhouse that grants access to play a top-20 course in the world every day, and membership is free? Yes, you read that right. It all started in 1931 when 32 working-class tradesmen came to an agreement with Royal Birkdale Golf Club.

I was nursing a coffee, watching fellow scribes tee off at the Old Course, waiting behind the first tee for a St. Andrews local to arrive for an interview in the middle of a summer spent bouncing around the linksland. Because standing in front of the Old Course never gets old, or because I'm an idiot, I forgot to hit record on my phone, so the word-for-word transcript of that interview is lost to the North Sea winds.

Open Championship season is full of unusual challenges for players making their way abroad—and one annoying swing flaw. That's because every year, the British Open has a nasty habit of breaking players' golf swings. And there are two reasons why: More wind, and firmer ground.