Golf solutions: July 2022

Full breakdown of Trump Bedminster's LIV Golf Invitational Series prize money payout

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Jediah Morgan finished this week at 16 over, 27 shots behind winner Henrik Stenson at the LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, and for his efforts he’ll take home $120,000.

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Stenson won by two shots at 11 under and earned a whopping $4 million. Since turning pro in 1999, Stenson has eclipsed the $4 million mark just twice in his PGA Tour career. Dustin Johnson and his 4 Aces GC ran away with the team title by eight shots at 25 under, earning his teammates Patrick Reed, Talor Gooch and Pat Perez $750,000 each. The team also won in Portland last month.

Chief among LIV Golf’s selling points is the 54 hole format with team and individual champions, as well as the millions and millions of dollars up for grabs. Check out the full prize money payouts for each player in Bedminster.

Position	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Henrik Stenson	-11	$4,000,000
T2	Matthew Wolff	-9	$1,812,500
T2	Dustin Johnson	-9	$1,812,500
4	Carlos Ortiz	-8	$1,050,000
5	Patrick Reed	-7	$975,000
T6	Paul Casey	-4	$648,000
T6	Sergio Garcia	-4	$648,000
T6	Turk Pettit	-4	$648,000
T6	Lee Westwood	-4	$648,000
T6	Talor Gooch	-4	$648,000
T11	Brooks Koepka	-3	$495,000
T11	Martin Kaymer	-3	$495,000
T13	Branden Grace	-2	$293,333
T13	Ian Poulter	-2	$293,333
T13	Phachara Khongwatmai	-2	$293,333
16	Sam Horsfield	-1	$240,000
T17	Chase Koepka	E	$229,000
T17	Charl Schwartzel	E	$229,000
T19	Matt Jones	1	$200,000
T19	Louis Oosthuizen	1	$200,000
T19	Justin Harding	1	$200,000
22	Travis Smyth	2	$172,000
T23	Shaun Norris	3	$168,000
T23	Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	3	$168,000
T23	Peter Uihlein	3	$168,000
T26	Laurie Canter	4	$160,000
T26	James Piot	4	$160,000
T26	Jinichiro Kozuma	4	$160,000
T26	Jason Kokrak	4	$160,000
T26	Charles Howell III	4	$160,000
T31	Hudson Swafford	5	$151,000
T31	Pat Perez	5	$151,000
T31	Bernd Wiesberger	5	$151,000
T31	Bryson DeChambeau	5	$151,000
35	Phil Mickelson	6	$146,000
T36	Sadom Kaewkanjana	7	$141,000
T36	Graeme McDowell	7	$141,000
T36	Ryosuke Kinoshita	7	$141,000
T36	Kevin Na	7	$141,000
T40	Abraham Ancer	8	$135,000
T40	Richard Bland	8	$135,000
T42	David Puig	9	$131,000
T42	Scott Vincent	9	$131,000
T44	Hennie Du Plessis	10	$127,000
T44	Yuki Inamori	10	$127,000
46	Wade Ormsby	11	$124,000
47	Hideto Tanihara	12	$122,000
48	Jediah Morgan	16	$120,000

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Henrik Stenson holds off charging Matthew Wolff to win LIV Golf debut at Trump Bedminster

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Henrik Stenson said the last few weeks haven’t been much fun, which may be the undersell of the century seeing as the five-time member of Team Europe lost his Ryder Cup captaincy for the 2023 matches after joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series.

The 46-year-old Swede was somehow able to block the outside noise and focus in his debut for the upstart circuit led by Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, taking home the individual title by two shots at 11 under. Stenson last won at the 2019 Hero World Challenge, Tiger Woods’ unofficial event in the Bahamas. His last PGA Tour victory came at the 2017 Wyndham Championship. The victory netted Stenson a cool $4 million.

“Yeah, it has been a bit of a roller coaster, no question. You’ve all seen that, and we talked about it earlier in the week,” said Stenson. “Now it’s about looking forward, for me at least, and yeah, I’m super proud with the focus I managed to have this week and to get my game in – I’ve been working pretty hard to get the game back in shape, and it’s certainly going in the right direction as we know now.”

Stenson was tied for the lead at Trump National Golf Club after the first round, held the solo lead after Saturday’s second round and did just enough to win Sunday, shooting a 2-under 69 for the second consecutive day. A charging Matthew Wolff tied Stenson and Patrick Reed for the low round of the week with a final-round, 7-under 64 to finish T-2 with Dustin Johnson. Carlos Ortiz finished fourth at 8 under, with Reed rounding out the top five at 7 under.

“I think there might have been a little bit of extra motivation in there this week. When we as players have that, I think we can bring out the good stuff. Yeah, I certainly did that this week,” Stenson explained. “I guess that’s been a bit of a theme over the course of my career, I think, when I really want something I manage to dig a little bit deeper, and a lot of times we manage to make it happen.”

Johnson’s 4 Aces have stacked the LIV Golf deck and won for a second consecutive event, claiming the team competition by eight shots over Lee Westwood’s Majesticks. The 4 Aces will split $3 million ($750,000 each) for their efforts, with the Majesticks earning $1.5 million ($375,000 each). Sergio Garcia’s Fireballs finished third and will split $500,000 ($125,000 each).

“Today we knew we needed to play some good golf to finish if we wanted to win this tournament as a team, and also we were both right in the mix trying to chase down Henrik,” Johnson said of his and Reed’s pursuit. “If we wanted to put a little pressure on him, we had to make some birdies and play good coming home, coming down the stretch.”

LIV Golf has long been criticized as a way for the Kingdom to sportswash its human rights record with guaranteed money and multi-million dollar deals. Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. And members of the royal family and Saudi government were accused of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist.

The series will take the month of August off before its fourth event Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 2-4, at The International near Boston.

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2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic prize money payouts for each PGA Tour player at Detroit Golf Club

Tony Finau’s bank account has grown quite larger the past eight days.

On Sunday he won for the second straight week, capturing the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. Finau finished at 26 under, five shots clear of second-place finishers Patrick Cantlay, Taylor Pendrith and Cameron Young. Finau is the first back-to-back winner on the PGA Tour since Cantlay won the BMW Championship and Tour Championship last year.

Finau is taking home a check worth $1.512 million. Check out how much money each player earned this week at the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Rocket Mortgage Classic: Scores | Winner’s Bag | PGA Tour all-time money list

Rocket Mortgage Classic 2022 prize money

Position	Player	Score	Earnings
1	Tony Finau	-26	$1,512,000
T2	Patrick Cantlay	-21	$635,600
T2	Cameron Young	-21	$635,600
T2	Taylor Pendrith	-21	$635,600
5	Stephan Jaeger	-20	$344,400
6	Taylor Moore	-19	$304,500
7	J.H. Kim	-18	$283,500
T8	Wyndham Clark	-17	$254,100
T8	J.J. Spaun	-17	$254,100
T10	Matt Wallace	-16	$203,700
T10	Charley Hoffman	-16	$203,700
T10	Russell Henley	-16	$203,700
T10	Scott Stallings	-16	$203,700
T14	Troy Merritt	-15	$153,300
T14	Cameron Davis	-15	$153,300
T14	Si Woo Kim	-15	$153,300
T17	Jason Day	-14	$128,100
T17	Vincent Whaley	-14	$128,100
T17	Chris Kirk	-14	$128,100
T20	Will Zalatoris	-13	$99,120
T20	Callum Tarren	-13	$99,120
T20	Cameron Champ	-13	$99,120
T20	Kurt Kitayama	-13	$99,120
T24	Hayden Buckley	-12	$68,460
T24	Ben Martin	-12	$68,460
T24	Sam Ryder	-12	$68,460
T24	Max Homa	-12	$68,460
T24	Michael Thompson	-12	$68,460
T24	Adam Svensson	-12	$68,460
T30	Bo Hoag	-11	$50,340
T30	Brandon Wu	-11	$50,340
T30	Justin Lower	-11	$50,340
T30	Richy Werenski	-11	$50,340
T30	Henrik Norlander	-11	$50,340
T30	Nick Watney	-11	$50,340
T30	Brendan Steele	-11	$50,340
T37	Adam Scott	-10	$36,540
T37	Adam Hadwin	-10	$36,540
T37	David Lipsky	-10	$36,540
T37	Russell Knox	-10	$36,540
T37	Seth Reeves	-10	$36,540
T37	Trey Mullinax	-10	$36,540
T37	Sung-Hoon Kang	-10	$36,540
T44	Keegan Bradley	-9	$26,523
T44	Lee Hodges	-9	$26,523
T44	Patrick Rodgers	-9	$26,523
T44	KK Limbhasut	-9	$26,523
T44	Tyler Duncan	-9	$26,523
T49	Luke Donald	-8	$20,622
T49	Rory Sabbatini	-8	$20,622
T49	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-8	$20,622
T49	Jhonattan Vegas	-8	$20,622
T49	Roger Sloan	-8	$20,622
T49	Kevin Streelman	-8	$20,622
T49	Christopher Gotterup	-8	$20,622
T49	Zach Johnson	-8	$20,622
T57	Doc Redman	-7	$18,648
T57	Cameron Tringale	-7	$18,648
T57	Ryan Brehm	-7	$18,648
T57	David Lingmerth	-7	$18,648
T57	Austin Cook	-7	$18,648
T57	John Huh	-7	$18,648
T57	Nate Lashley	-7	$18,648
T57	Wesley Bryan	-7	$18,648
T57	Stewart Cink	-7	$18,648
T57	Sahith Theegala	-7	$18,648
T67	Bo Van Pelt	-6	$17,640
T67	Danny Willett	-6	$17,640
T69	Beau Hossler	-5	$17,136
T69	Chris Naegel	-5	$17,136
T69	Austin Smotherman	-5	$17,136
T69	Webb Simpson	-5	$17,136
73	Peter Malnati	-4	$16,716
74	Patton Kizzire	-2	$16,548
75	William McGirt	-1	$16,380

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Ayaka Furue fires course-record 62, captures first LPGA victory at Trust Golf Women's Scottish Open

Sunday’s final round at the 2022 Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open is one LPGA rookie Ayaka Furue won’t soon forget.

Furue torched Dundonald Links on Sunday in Ayrshire, Scotland, firing a course record and tournament record of 10-under 62 to overcome a four-stroke deficit and capture her first LPGA victory. Japan’s newest LPGA winner finished at 21 under, three shots better than Celine Boutier, who was tied for the 54-hole lead with Lydia Ko.

“My all-around game was really good,” Furue said. “The putts I needed to make, I made. My putting was really good.”

The stats back that up. She hit 17 of 18 greens and 13 of 14 fairways. She putted 26 times, recording 10 birdies and no bogeys en route to her course record. Furue made six straight birdies from Nos. 6-11. She shot 5-under 31 on each side. And she did it without lighting up the par 5s, as she birdied only one of the four three-shotters, the finishing hole.

Ayaka Furue of Japan plays her tee shot at the 18th hole in the final round of the Trust Golf Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links on July 31, 2022 in Troon, Scotland. (Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)

Furue, 22, began the final round four shots behind the leaders but quickly made up that ground. She birdied the par-4 first before recording four straight pars. Then the birdie streak started, and more followed on Nos. 15, 17 and 18 to finish at 21 under.

By the time the final group came to the 18th tee, Furue had locked up the victory.

Course record

Tournament record

First LPGA Tour win

Watch highlights from Ayaka Furue's winning Sunday 62 at the @Womens_Scottish! pic.twitter.com/XW3w0obkw8

— LPGA (@LPGA) July 31, 2022

Boutier shot 3-under 69 in the final round, which included seven birdies. Ko, who led after 36 holes, shot her second straight 1-under 71 after back-to-back rounds of 65 to open the tournament. Ko finished five shots behind Furue in a tie for fifth place.

Hyo-Joo Kim and Cheyenne Knight finished tied for third at 17 under, four shots behind Furue.

The win could be pivotal for Furue heading into the final women’s major championship of the season next week, the AIG Women’s British Open at Muirfield.

“It builds up a lot of confidence,” Furue said. “I look forward to more tournaments and next week.”

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Why is there a DeLorean time machine styled from 'Back to the Future' at LIV Golf's event at Trump Bedminster?

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — When you talk through the fan village at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster for this week’s LIV Golf event, you see everything from various food trucks and golf activities to a merchandise tent and … a DeLorean time machine?

A car styled after the DeLorean DMC-12 made famous by the “Back to the Future” movie franchise might appear to be out of place, but it’s actually right at home. The DeLorean has a unique tie to the course that’s playing host to the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded series, seeing as the property used to be the home of the vehicle’s namesake.

Before he was President of the United States, Donald Trump bought the 500-plus acre former estate of automaker John Z. DeLorean in 2002, which at the time was a golf course construction project on the verge of collapse. Trump kept the same plans for the golf course and was purely the money man to lift the project back on its feet, paying $35 million for the property.

“Those people had a great vision but didn’t quite have the funding,” he said at the time.

Wenyi Ding, 17, wins 74th U.S. Junior Amateur, becomes first male from China to win USGA championship

Wenyi Ding made history on Saturday.

After losing his first two holes during the 74th U.S. Junior Amateur at Bandon Dunes in Oregon, Ding played great en route to his 3-and-2 victory over Caleb Surratt to capture the championship.

Ding is the first male player from China to win any United States Golf Association championship, and he’s the second who made the final of the U.S. Junior Amateur, following Bo Jin in 2019. Ding is also the first international champion since Min Woo Lee in 2016.

With the victory, Ding earned an exemption into the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. He and Surratt, who will attend Tennessee in the fall, were both already exempt into next month’s U.S. Amateur.

Ding, 17, is committed to Arizona State and has one year left before his college career begins.

History has been made at @BandonDunesGolf

Wenyi Ding is the first male golfer from China to win a USGA Championship. #USJuniorAm pic.twitter.com/YyywEBXTVa

— USGA (@USGA) July 31, 2022

The duo came in as the highest ranked players in the World Amateur Golf Rankings competing in the championship (Surratt at No. 19 and Ding at No. 20), and the final match certainly lived up to the hype.

Surratt started the 36-hole championship match great, winning the first two holes to take an early advantage. Ding fought back, winning the fourth hole with a par and the seventh with a birdie to tie it. Then, he won three straight holes on Nos. 10-12 to go 3 up. Surratt stopped the bleeding with a birdie on the par-4 14th, but Ding responded, winning the 15th hole to go into the lunch break 3 up.

That’s when the rout started. Ding won five of the first 10 holes during the pair’s second 18, and Surratt didn’t win any. Ding’s lead reached 8 up with 8 to play after a great second shot into the par-4 10th settled just a couple feet from the hole, giving him an easy birdie.

Surratt wouldn’t go down without a fight. After taking a drop on the par-4 11th, Ding dropped the hole with his first bogey on the second half of the day. Surratt proceeded to birdie the par-3 12th and par-5 13th hole to make it 5 down with 5 to play.

Ding’s approach shot to the 14th hole nearly hit the flag stick and settled just behind the hole. Surratt one-upped Ding, his approach hitting the flag stick and deflecting off the pin just left of the hole. Ding conceded the putt, and his birdie lipped out, extending the match yet again.

On the par-3 15th hole, Surrat’s shot settled on the green while Ding wasn’t on after three shots, so Ding conceded the hole, making it 3 up with 3 to play.

On the par-4 16th, both players hit their tee shots pin high and left of the flag. Ding’s approach settled close to the hole, and Surratt’s was left. His birdie putt missed, and Ding closed with a par of his own to half the hole and clinch the match.

The only other players from China to win a USGA championship are Alice Jo at the 2014 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links and Lei Yi at the 2019 U.S. Girls’ Junior Amateur.

Ding made 11 birdies and one eagle during the championship match. Surratt hadn’t trailed in match play until Saturday.

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'Haters are gonna hate': Graeme McDowell slows down angry Twitter fingers as confidence in LIV Golf grows

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — You know those signs in warehouses that say, It’s been (X-number) of days since last accident/mistake? Graeme McDowell needs one of those for his Twitter outbursts.

It’s been nine days since the 43-year-old clapped back at someone throwing shade his way on the social media platform — where he said he’d give a heckler 10 shots a side on their home course — which may be a record given his recent history on the platform the last few months since joining the LIV Golf Invitational Series.

The Northern Irishman just can’t help himself sometimes.

“Yeah, it still bothers me because I’m not disciplined enough to stay off my social media,” McDowell said of the backlash he and his colleagues have faced for joining the Greg Norman-led and Saudi Arabia-funded series. “Haters are gonna hate. Keyboard warriors are always going to be there and that is what it is. I’m not used to it. And like I said, I haven’t done a good job staying away from it.”

McDowell praised his wife, Kristin, for being his rock over the last few months. She reads every article written about LIV and her husband, but she doesn’t always pass that info along, which he says is for the best.

“I care more about what (the media) think than I care about what the Twitter world thinks, because I know they’re a bunch of idiots,” McDowell explained. “But I know the people writing up on me are a bunch of smart people at times, so that stuff hurts more. But again, it’s only opinion sometimes. It’s not facts. It’s just opinion.”

“It’s been hard. It’s been a hard couple months, but I really believed in London I was in the right place,” McDowell said despite the shellacking he and others have taken for joining the controversial series backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. “That opinion has only strengthened now the last six weeks.”

The 2010 U.S. Open champion said his confidence in LIV grew at the first event in London because of the staging and the way LIV took care of the players. That confidence is only growing the more players that join the series.

“We’re kind of brothers in arms, if you like, because of the negativity that’s come out against us all,” said McDowell. “Everyone’s experienced that in their own way and it brings us all closer together.”

“But I’m getting better. I’m coming through,” he said of his newfound outlook on the situation. “I’m very happy where I am. I think this tour is only going to go from strength to strength.”

But we can still expect him to put some haters in their place from time to time, right?

“No, I’m done.”

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2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic Sunday tee times, TV and streaming info

It’s time to crown the second-to-last winner of the PGA Tour regular season.

This week’s venue is in Detroit, Michigan, for the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club. The course is a par-72 layout measuring 7,370 yards.

Tony Finau continued his strong play. The winner of last week’s 3M Open in Blaine, Minnesota, is searching for another victory, and he played brilliantly during the third round, firing an 7-under 65. He sits at 21 under and is tied with Taylor Pendrith, who has held at least a share of the lead after every round. Pendrith shot 6-under 66 in the third round. Cameron Young, who tied a course record with a 9-under 63 on Friday, shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday and sits in solo third.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s what you need to know for the final round of the 2022 Rocket Mortgage Classic. All times listed are ET.

Rocket Mortgage Classic: PGA Tour Live on ESPN+

Final round tee times

1st hole

Tee time	Players
7:35 a.m.	William McGirt
7:40 a.m.	Patton Kizzire, Luke Donald
7:50 a.m.	Cameron Tringale, Adam Scott
8:00 a.m.	Beau Hossler, Doc Redman
8:10 a.m.	Peter Malnati, Rory Sabbatini
8:20 a.m.	Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Chris Naegel
8:30 a.m.	Adam Hadwin, Jhonattan Vegas
8:40 a.m.	David Lipsky, Ryan Brehm
8:55 a.m.	Austin Smotherman, David Lingmerth
9:05 a.m.	Brandon Wu, John Huh
9:15 a.m.	Austin Cook, Seth Reeves
9:25 a.m.	Trey Mullinax, Bo Hoag
9:35 a.m.	Nate Lashley, Will Zalatoris
9:45 a.m.	Lee Hodges, Russell Knox
9:55 a.m.	Justin Lower, Callum Tarren
10:05 a.m.	Roger Sloan, Webb Simpson
10:20 a.m.	Bo Van Pelt, Kevin Streelman
10:30 a.m.	Hayden Buckley, Wesley Bryan
10:40 a.m.	Stewart Cink, Keegan Bradley
10:50 a.m.	Richy Werenski, Sahith Theegala
11:00 a.m.	Sung Kang, Sam Ryder
11:10 a.m.	Troy Merritt, Jason Day
11:20 a.m.	Ben Martin, Patrick Rodgers
11:30 a.m.	Cameron Champ, Chris Gotterup
11:45 a.m.	Vince Whaley, Danny Willett
11:55 a.m.	Henrik Norlander, Max Homa
12:05 p.m.	Michael Thompson, J.H. Kim
12:15 p.m.	Matt Wallace, Wyndham Clark
12:25 p.m.	Nick Watney, KK Limbhasut
12:35 p.m.	J.J. Spaun, Kurt Kitayama
12:45 p.m.	Charley Hoffman, Cam Davis
12:55 p.m.	Brendan Steele, Zach Johnson
1:10 p.m.	Russell Henley, Tyler Duncan
1:20 p.m.	Adam Svensson, Chris Kirk
1:30 p.m.	Taylor Moore, Si Woo Kim
1:40 p.m.	Patrick Cantlay, Scott Stallings
1:50 p.m.	Cameron Young, Stephen Jaeger
2:00 p.m.	Taylor Pendrith, Tony Finau

How to watch

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Sunday, July 31st

TV

Golf Channel: 1 p.m.-3 p.m.
CBS: 3 p.m.-6 p.m.

Radio

SiriusXM: 1 p.m.-6 p.m.

STREAM

ESPN+: 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.

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