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Brooke Henderson may be having a word with her wand following an agonizingly close call at the Amundi Evian Championship on Sunday. The 28-year-old from Smiths Falls, Ont., fell in a playoff to Haeran Ryu at the LPGA Tour’s major tournament in France after a valiant comeback saw her erase Ryu’s seven-shot advantage to start the day.

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Jordan Spieth was four days shy of turning 24 when he delivered pure magic in the final hour at Royal Birkdale to win the British Open for the third leg of the Grand Slam. It was among the most astonishing finishes in a major championship. Perhaps even more astonishing? He has only two PGA Tour victories since. He has played in the final group at a major only once.

The fourth major championship of the LPGA Tour season takes centre stage this week at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. Elevated to major status in 2013, the Amundi Evian Championship is the youngest of the five major championships in women’s golf. Canada will be represented by four players this week. Two-time major champion Brooke Henderson leads the way alongside young professional Anna Huang and amateurs Lauren Kim and Aphrodite Deng.

The PGA of Canada scramble has become one of the premier amateur golf events in Canada. (Courtesy: Kody McWilliams)

Beaconsfield Golf Club in Montreal recently unveiled its completed renovation by architect Jeff Mingay, whose work touched all parts of a golf course originally conceived by Willie Park, Jr., in 1904 and overhauled by Stanley Thompson in the 1940s. Mingay restored Beaconsfield’s bunkers to Thompson’s distinctive style, removed trees, adjusted fairways and implemented new tee decks.

A text message arrived last week in the guise of a birthday greeting. Was it welcome? I guess it was, even though it was a putting tip. What can I say? Friends care about my golf game. Here’s the message from a friend of mine named Evan who I suspect is overwhelmed with tips. Evan gets around in planet golf. “As Gary Player said to me: ‘I’ve been trying to keep my head still for 75 years.

Drew Nesbitt went from being an alternate on Monday, with short odds of even getting into the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship, to the man in the winner’s circle come Sunday. The 30-year-old from Horseshoe Valley, Ont., opened the tournament with an 11-under 60 and followed that with rounds of 67-65-66 to win by one shot over American Cole Sherwood. It was the rookie KFT member’s first victory on the Triple-A circuit and moved him 122 spots up the points list to 22nd.

Change is coming for the PGA Tour. On Tuesday morning, the PGA Tour announced a new two-tier competition structure that will go into effect in 2028. The new format includes a Championship Series (Track 1) for the game’s top players and a Challenger Series (Track 2), which will serve as a feeder series to the top flite Also, a reimagined postseason (which will feature match play), a shorter overall schedule and promotion and relegation elements are all part of the PGA Tour’s new competitive model.

CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The PGA Tour has approved a major shakeup to its model that effectively creates two tours, expanding the field for the elite tier and cutting in half prize money for the secondary tier.

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