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Tour Rundown: Scheffler comes up clutch, Rahm snatches LIV season title away from Niemann

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August keeps getting hotter, in terms of golf. A US Amateur champion, all of 18 years of age, was crowned in San Francisco. Professional golf ranged from Baltimore to Calgary, from Portland to Boise. Don’t forget Denmark and Indiana, as they also hosted important events as the season works toward a series of finales. Let’s run them all down, in this week’s Tour Rundown.

PGA Tour @ BMW Championship: Scheffler comes from behind for win

Robert MacIntyre is a gritty guy. He showed one side of that grit over the first three rounds, completed in 194 shots. He held a four-shot margin over the world number one. On Sunday, BobMac had none of the same stuff, and should have disappeared into a tenth-place finish. Scheffler was Scheffler, and posted 67 to reach 15-under par. Macintyre was mired in a malaise of not this swing, not that swing. Somehow, he found a way to 13-under par. It wasn’t victory, but it was worth solo second.

Scheffler did what Scheffler does: hang around. His 66-65 start was overshadowed by Macintyre’s ridiculous 62-64 opening salvo. On Saturday, Schef cooked up a 67, chipping one shot off Macintyre’s menu. On Sunday, the top seed all but clinched the FedEx Cup with another 67. When Macintyre made birdie at 16 to close within one, Scheffler answered. He played the 17th in two shots to reestablish his two-shot margin, the ultimate difference on the week.

LPGA @ Portland Classic: Nice job, sis!

The DP World Tour has its twin Hojgaard brothers, and the LPGA can now salute the Iwai twins. Akie won her first event on the top ladies tour, joining sister Chisato as a tour champion. The first two rounds were wonderful for the winner (67-67) but the weekend brought out the stuff of dreams. On Saturday, Akie posted 64 to seize a two-shot advantage over Grace Kim. On Sunday, the other twin held nothing back. Akie signed for 66, to complete a four-shot win over Gurleen Kaur of the USA. Kaur lit the scoreboard with a 65 of her own, enough to hold off Chisato Iwai. Other other twin posted 64, the low round of the day, to move up six spots, into solo third place.

DP World Tour @ Danish Open: Penge spoils homecountry parade

It was almost a week for two great Danes. Nicolai Hojgaard holed approach shots for eagle on two of three holes on Thursday, while twin brother Rasmus held the tournament lead into Sunday. Nicolai ultimately finished 34th, while Rasmus battled to the final hole.

RH and Marco Penge  came to hole 72 nearly even. Hojgaard thrilled the home crowd with eagle three from ten feet, to reach fifteen under par. Penge, unfazed, pitched from just off the green of the par-five closer, to three feet. His putt for birdie was true, and the Englishman had his second victory of 2025. First April, now August. Penge loves months that begin with “A.”

Korn Ferry Tour @ Boise Open: 61 is the magic number for Emilio

If you’re Jeffrey Kang, all you can do is shake your head and smile a bit. At the Triple A tour’s oldest event, Kang played the week of his life, reached 21 under par, and lost. Emilio Gonzalez came out of nowhere. Nowhere currently is ninth place. Gonzalez made eagle at the opening hole, overcame a bogey at the fourth, and snatched seven birdies and a second eagle from the Hillcrest Club on Sunday. His 61 was the low round of the week, and permitted a surge past Kang and everyone else. The margin of victory was one slim shot, but that’s all that matters at the world’s highest levels of competitive golf.

PGA Tour Champions @ Rogers Charity Classic: Nearly-clean Green scrubs a win

No one turned in a clean card on Sunday in Alberta, but Richard Green came the closest. The latest Australian to earn a first-ever, PGA Tour Champions win, came through a maze of uncertainty to claim victory. Firs there was Miguel Angel Jimenez, overnight leader, who needed 65 to win outright. He stumbled with double at the 12th and too-few birdies on the day. MAJ came third, at 16-under par. Next was Ricardo Gonzalez, who posted that 65, but was undone by a pair of bogeys on the front half. He signed for 17-under and solo second.

Green was not clean, but the bogey six at eleven was his only miscue. The lefty also posted 65 on a day when no one went super-low at Canyon Meadows. Green posted 18-deep to eke out a one-shot win for his first PGAT triumph.

LIV @ Indianapolis: Overtime run continues with Muñoz and Rahm

Sebastian Muñoz may have been stunned by Jon Rahm’s final-round 60 at the vaunted Chatham Hills club, but he stayed upright. The Colombian, owner of a first-round 59, closed with a pair of birdies for 65, then made one more in the playoff to reduce Rahm to playoff runner-up for the second consecutive event. LIV is young, and its system is still unpredictable. How else to explain that Rahm leads the points race, despite zero individual wins in 2025? Meanwhile, Joaquin Niemann, despite FIVE individual titles, holds down second place.

Ronald Montesano writes for GolfWRX.com from western New York. He dabbles in coaching golf and teaching Spanish, in addition to scribbling columns on all aspects of golf, from apparel to architecture, from equipment to travel. Follow Ronald on Twitter at @buffalogolfer.

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GolfWRX is on site this week at the Memorial Tournament, with both Alistair Cameron and Tour Photographer Greg Moore on the ground in Dublin, Ohio, where a strong field is assembled to pay homage to the Golden Bear.

In addition to WITB galleries, we’ve already been treated to an in-hand look at Tommy Fleetwood’s new TaylorMade Spider putters.

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Tour Tech Rundown: Heroic Henley

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Around the world, the golf wheel spun this final week in May of 2026. From New Jersey to Austria, with stops in Korea, Texas, and North Carolina (don’t let me route your next trip) the world’s finest put their golf games on display. There were three playoffs, some known commodities and some new talent. It was the sort of week that we hope to have at this point in the seasons. June and July afford double-digit major events, and perhaps, one of this week’s champions will use this success as a springboard to new heights. Time to run it all down, tech style, in this week’s Tour Tech Rundown.

Thanks to WITBHub, Today’s Golfer, GolfWRX, and Inside Tour Golf for initial research into equipment.

PGA Tour @ Charles Schwab Challenge: Heroic Henley denies Cole

Eric Cole did nearly everything that a fellow can do, to secure a first PGA Tour title. He stayed one shot clear of Ryder Cup player Ben Griffin. He kept US Open champion Gary Woodland and wunderkind Michael Brennan two shots distant. He posted 70 on day four to reach twelve under par. And then, Russell Henley revealed his Dr. Strange cloak. Henley made 47 feet of birdie putts on holes 16, 17, and 18, to jump from minus-nine to twelve-deep, and secured a spot in a playoff with Cole. The duo returned to the final tee, and put on a stripe show.

Both golfers found the fairway off the tee, and Henley improved on his regulation play with an approach to four feet. Cole did himself proud, tucking an iron to a dozen feet, but he was unable to convert the putt for three. Henley is one of the best putters on tour, and he proved it once more by draining a putt for a fourth consecutive birdie, and a sixth PGA Tour title. For Eric Cole, that first victory should come, and soon. He has done everything necessary to earn the chalice lift.

Henley’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Titleist TSi3 at 10 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70g 6.5 TX
  • Metal: Titleist TS3 at 16.5 degrees. Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX
  • Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 at 21 degrees. Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT hybrid 100 TX
  • Iron: Titleist T250 4-iron. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
  • Irons: Titleist T100 5-6 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf AMT Tour White X100
  • Irons: Titleist T100 7-9 irons. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 48 and 50 degrees. Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 at 54 and 60 degrees. Shaft: rue Temper Dynamic Golf Tour Issue S400
  • Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron T5 Tour Prototype

LPGA @ Shoprite LPGA: Welcome back, Celine!

Soo Bin Joo had her eyes on a maiden LPGA title. She held the lead after two rounds, then hit a red light at the intersection of can-I and how-To. Joo posted plus-two on day three in New Jersey, and dropped to a T4 finish, which was still a career-best for the young Korean golfer. Instead of a new face, a familiar face returned to the top of the podium.

Celine Boutier was the It Girl in 2023. She collected four victories, including a major title at Evian. Boutier reached world number one status, then simply faded into the background. No wins came her way over the next 30 months. On Sunday, she collected LPGA victory number seven, at the same trace as LPGA victory number two.

Day three saw Boutier manage the windswept Seaview Bay course with six birdies and a bogey. She was challenged in the end by Thailand’s Arpichaya Yubol, who signed for a 66 of her own. Yubol came up one shot shy of the top ladder rung. Finishing in third place at -7, two back of the winner, was Ireland’s Lauren Walsh.

Celine’s Suitcase

  • Driver: PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 at 9 degrees. Shaft: Graphite Design AD IZ-5
  • Hybrid: PXG 0311 Black Ops at 19 and 22 degrees. Shaft: KBS Hybrid Prototype
  • Hybrid: PXG 0311 Gen5.
  • Iron: PXG 0311 P Gen 4 5-9 irons
  • Wedge: PXG 0311 T Gen 4 PW
  • Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II at 50, 54, 58 degrees
  • Putter: Bettinardi Studio Stock 3 DASS

DP World Tour @ Austrian Alpine: KK? KK!

Kota Kaneko has a rhythmic name. It has strong vowels and a run of voiceless stops in its crunchy K sounds. On Sunday in Austria, Kaneko put a stop to a challenge from Portugal’s Ricardo Gouveia and everyone else, and claimed a first-ever title on the DP World Tour. Gouveia did well to reach 16-under par over four days, but Kaneko held firm, two shots in the clear.

Davis Bryant of the USA also forged a strong challenge for the win. He ended in a tie with Gouveia for second place. Kaneko began and finished his final round in a bit of a malaise, but he caught fire midway through. Birdies at 10, 12, and 13 provided the necessary cushion to cruise to the finish line without breaking a serious sweat.

Kaneko’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping Max G440
  • Metals: TaylorMade Qi4D at 15, 16.5, 21, and 24 degrees
  • Irons: TaylorMade P760 5 and 6 irons
  • Irons: TaylorMade P7TW 7-9 irons
  • Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design at 46, 52, 56, and 60 degrees
  • Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Cruiser Arm Lock #7

Korn Ferry Tour @ UNC Health Championship: Improbably Alvaro

Alvaro Ortiz may have had a bit of scare on the outward nine on Sunday, but he came through in clutch fashion in the end. Ortiz began the day bogey-double, and added another double bogey at the 11th hole. He was mired in a downward trend, spiraling away from the top of the leader’s board. Ortiz found hope at the 14th, where his first birdie of the day tumbled home. Inspired, he closed with birdies and 17 and 18 to catch Ross Steelman at 10-under par, and the duo returned to the 18th deck for overtime.

The extra session concluded in brief time. Ortiz, buoyed by his newly-retrieved confidence, hit the fairway with driver, then approached to six feet and drained the putt. Gobsmacked, Steelman could do little more than smile and applaud, as his run at the top came to a close. The victory was the first for Ortiz on the KFT, and will implant him squarely in the chase for a PGA Tour promotion.

Alvaro’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping G430 MAX driver at 9 degrees loft
  • Metal: Ping G430 MAX 3W
  • Iron: Ping iDi Driving Iron
  • Irons: Ping Blueprint S irons
  • Wedges
  • Putter: Scottsdale TR Piper C

LIV @ Korea: Me llamo Joaquin

Chile’s Joaquin Niemann had been away from the LIV winner’s circle throughout all of 2026. This week in Korea, he reminded us that he is still a force to consider. Niemann chased down Taylor Gooch over the closing holes at Asiad Country Club, then claimed victory with a hole-one birdie in extra time. Bryson DeChambeau claimed solo third, one shot in arrears at minus-eleven. Dustin Johnson finished on fourth, one putt farther back.

Niemann’s Suitcase

  • Driver: Ping 440 LST
  • Metal: Ping G440 Max at 15 degrees
  • Metal: Ping G425 Max at 21 degrees
  • Hybrid: Ping G430 at 25 degrees
  • Irons: Ping Blueprint S 5 through PW
  • Wedges: Ping S159 at 52, 56, and 60 degrees
  • Putter: Ping PLD Anser

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Russell Henley’s winning WITB: 2026 Charles Schwab Challenge

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Driver: Titleist TSi3 (10 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 70 6.5 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black 80 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T250 (4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (7-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F @47, 50-08F @51, 54-10S @55, 60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48), S400 (47)

Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X5 Tour Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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