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SAVE Recent Evian Championship winners: 2018: Angela Stanford, 272 (-12) 2017*: Anna Nordqvist, 204 (-9); defeated Brittany Altomare on the first playoff hole 2016: In Gee Chun, 263 (-21) 2015: Lydia Ko, 268 (-16) *Tournament shortened to 54 holes Picks: The obvious: …Nelly Korda (+900). The newly ascended world No. 1 faces her first major test in the top spot and arrives in Evian off a T-17 last week at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, where played with sister Jessica in the team event....

SAVE Cameron Tringale ($9,500): I admit I was a little shell-shocked when I saw the initial betting odds that included Tringale priced behind only a handful of players despite still searching for his first career PGA Tour win. Theres a better argument to be made for him on a DFS roster this week, with some solid results in recent weeks and a T-3 showing here last year. But this price is still a little too steep for my liking on a player who isnt used to being among the short list of favorites. ...

  World No. 4 Collin Morikawa made it very clear ahead of his tournament debut at The Open Championship that he was not looking to simply gain experience or learn how to play links golf.  He was at Royal St. George’s to win. The 24-year-old Californian made that assertion a reality on Sunday in Sandwich, England, carding a bogey-free 66 in the final round of the 149th Open to finish at 15-under 265 and win by two shots over 2017 Open champ Jordan Spieth, and by three shots over world No. 2 ...

by Patrick McDonald Updated On: July 16, 2021, 9:49 pm ET The App is Back!  Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards.  It’s sometimes easy to forget that Collin Morikawa is only 24-years of age. Much is made when young stars break the status quo and perform up to their abilities in the biggest of stages. Whether it is Robert MacIntyre making se...

by Patrick McDonald Updated On: July 15, 2021, 6:03 pm ET The App is Back!  Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards.  6:35 a.m. local time, the 149th Open got underway. A trio of Englishmen held the duty of occupying Game 1, with journeyman, Richard Bland, donning the distinct honor of striking the first tee-shot. In the end, Bland, as well as co...

by Will Gray Updated On: July 14, 2021, 5:28 pm ET The App is Back!  Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards.    Heading into the opening round of the years final major, one name stands out among the favorites in terms of popularity at the window. Brooks Koepka has a quartet of major titles to his credit, and he nearly bagged No. 5 earlier this y...

SAVE DeChambeau breaks silence on caddie-gate, reveals  replacement Although he wasn’t playing this past week, World No. 6 Bryson DeChambeau was still in the headlines thanks to a winning performance with playing partner Aaron Rodgers over Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady in “The Match.” But also, DeChambeau and former caddie Tim Tucker broke their silence on their recent split and announced Tucker’s replacement. To review: DeChambeau and Tucker, who had been together for all of eight of ...

by Patrick McDonald Updated On: July 10, 2021, 9:24 pm ET The App is Back!  Don’t forget to download the NBC Sports EDGE app to receive real-time player news, mobile alerts and track your favorite players. Plus, now you can check out articles and player cards.  It was a moving day for some, but not all at the Renaissance Club. As scoring conditions once again presented themselves, Thomas Detry was the man to answer the call. The former Fighting Illini has had more than his fair share of...

SAVE One newcomer that is getting plenty of attention - and may rival Fish for top pick among the players - is LPGA great Annika Sorenstam. The 10-time major winner has begun to dip her toe back into competitive waters a bit more recently, co-hosting a co-ed event last month in Europe with fellow Swede Henrik Stenson. Among a field of players from other walks of life looking to excel at golf, the addition of an actual pro golfer to the mix has not gone unnoticed by her new peers. "I say Annika....

SAVE Mickelson retaliates with campaign for kindness Phil Mickelson made his tournament debut this week at the Rocket Mortgage and opened at +6600, but it wasn’t his play that put him in the headlines nearly all week long in Detroit. The World No. 31 shot 69-72 to make the cut on the number, and he carded back-to-back 72s to finish T-74 at 3-under 285. Instead, Mickelson garnered attention after taking exception to a Detroit News article that detailed how he had been cheated out of $500,000 i...