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GOLF.GARA: TAN MAKES SWISS DEBUT WITH ORDER OF MERIT HOT ON RADAR

After an early two-horse race in the 2026 Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit, the battle to crown the circuit’s number one player is now wide as we head into the second half of the season with several players closing the gap on South Africa’s Casandra Alexander.

FOOD, Vino, imt: taglio rese e stoccaggio per prossima vendemmia. Parola d’ordine “riequilibrio” della doc Verdicchio castelli di Jesi

FOOD, Vino, imt: taglio rese e stoccaggio per prossima vendemmia. Parola d’ordine “riequilibrio” della doc Verdicchio castelli di Jesi

GOLF.GARA: Rory McIlroy opens ’12-round event’ alongside well-rested Scottie Scheffler at FedEx St. Jude Championship

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, the two best players in the world, will tee off side by side Thursday at TPC Southwind to open the FedEx St. Jude Championship.

For McIlroy, a three-time FedExCup champion, this week is just one leg of a longer race.

“I almost try to view the Playoffs as one big, long tournament, like a 12-round event,” McIlroy said Wednesday. “I’ve been lucky enough to do pretty well on these things over the years, so I’ll try to add another one to the list.”

GOLF.GARA:Field Breakdown: 2026 The Standard Portland Classic

The LPGA Tour returns to Columbia Edgewater Country Club for The Standard Portland Classic, featuring a $2 million purse and a competitive field anchored by defending champion Aki Iwai and an elite group of amateur standouts. All eyes will be on Iwai, ranked No. 19 in the Women’s World Golf Rolex Rankings, as she looks to repeat her victory following her 2025 triumph in Portland. She headlines a list of four past champions in the field, alongside Moriya Jutanugarn (2024), Chanettee Wannasaen (2023), and Andrea Lee (2022).

GOLF.GARA: Anne Chen Cards a Sizzling 9-Under 63 to Seize the 36-Hole Lead at the Inaugural Smoky Mountain Championship presented by Food City

Duke alumna Anne Chen turned in the round of the tournament on Friday, carding a bogey-free-until-the-last-hole 9-under 63 to vault to a two-shot, 36-hole lead at the inaugural Smoky Mountain Championship presented by Food City. Playing on dual LPGA/Epson Tour status this year, Chen made 10 birdies against a single bogey on the 18th hole and sits at 12-under 132 through two rounds at Green Meadow Country Club.

GOLF.GARA: From the Ducks’ Staff to the Race for the Card: Kaleiya Romero’s Oregon Roots Fuel a Career Season

When Kaleiya Romero tees it up this week at The Standard Portland Classic, she won’t just be competing on the LPGA Tour, she’ll be doing it in a state that already feels like home.

The 24-year-old from San Jose, California, arrives at Columbia Edgewater Country Club sitting at No. 2 in the Epson Tour’s Race for the Card, trailing fellow rookie Lauren Olivares in the standings that determine who earns LPGA Tour membership for 2027. It’s the latest milestone in a rookie season that has turned into one of the breakout stories of the year on the LPGA’s official developmental tour, and one that traces directly back to a detour Romero never expected to take: a season on the coaching staff at the University of Oregon.