The John Deere Classic concluded with Davis Thompson emerging as the champion, marking his first win in 63 PGA Tour starts. The 25-year-old claimed victory at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. He secured 500 FedEx Cup points and a substantial $1.44 million paycheck, the largest of his career. Michael Thorbjornsen, C.T. Pan, and Luke…
Davis Thompson holds a two-shot lead at 21 under over Eric Cole and Aaron Rai after 54 holes of the 2024 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. Thompson and Rai both finished second to Cam Davis last week at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. Hayden Springer and C.T. Pan sit at 17…
Bernhard Langer’s final foray with the DP World Tour after an incredible 50-year run didn’t go as planned as the star missed the cut Friday at the BMW International Open, shooting a 1-over 73 following an opening-round 71 in Munich in his native Germany. “I was able to live that dream for 50 years,” the…
Another birdie-barrage has broken out in Silvis, Illinois, at the 2024 John Deere Classic, where C.T. Pan and Aaron Rai are tied for the lead at 14 under. Pan and Rai have matched each other so far through two days, shooting 6-under 65s on Thursday and 8-under 63s on Friday. Rai, an Englishman, tied for…
It wasn’t long ago that a $20,000 payday was the kind that kept Eric Cole’s dreams of playing professional golf alive. Now, the reigning PGA Tour Rookie of the Year has a little different comfort level when it comes to his finances. After posting seven top-10 finishes this season, Cole has already made over $2…
Xing and Cranston join Team Canada teammates Lauren Kim, Anna Huang, Ellie Szeryk and Brooke Rivers in earning exemptions through She Plays Golf Championship Series Caledon, Ont. – Team Canada athletes Michelle Xing (a) and Katie Cranston (a) earned exemptions into the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open after finishing atop the leaderboard at the ORORO PGA…
Founded in 1971, the tournament now known as the John Deere Classic never has been as big-time as several other stops on the PGA Tour, whether the Players Championship or signature events such as the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, the Genesis Invitational and Bay Hill. And there have been times when organizers of the event,…
To follow golfer Harry Higgs is to be entertained. The 32-year-old SMU product has bounced up and down between the PGA Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour, but has found his way into 120 tournaments on the former, and he now has accrued more than $5 million in career earnings. And although he’d gone five…
The rapid adoption of NEW Titleist GT drivers continued last weekend, as 31 players added a new GT2, GT3 or GT4 model to the bag at the Rocket Mortgage Classic. That includes 25 players who played with a GT driver in their first PGA TOUR start since the new models launched at the Memorial. Titleist…
Jason Day and Jordan Spieth are both making return visits to the John Deere Classic after extended periods away. Day, in particular, last played it in 2011 but his first time to TPC Deere Run was 18 years ago, or to put it another way, 350 starts ago, which made it his PGA Tour debut….
