Ryu did it again. Two majors, 13 days.

LPGA . EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Haeran Ryu fired an 11-under 60 on Saturday, the lowest round in major championship history, and took a three-shot lead into Sunday. Then she didn't make a birdie until the 72nd hole. That single putt at the par-5 18th forced Brooke Henderson to answer, and Henderson did, eagling the last for her third eagle of the round after a hole-in-one at the 8th.

Ryu won the playoff on the first extra hole with another birdie. It's her second major in two weeks after the KPMG at Hazeltine, and she did it fresh off a six-week layoff for a medical procedure. Nelly Korda, the other player to sweep majors this year, missed the cut.

Nelly Korda won the first two majors of 2026. Ryu won the next two. Women's golf has a story.

PGA TOUR . GENESIS SCOTTISH OPEN

Tom Kim closed with a flawless 64 to win the Genesis Scottish Open at 17-under, two clear of Min Woo Lee. It's his fourth PGA Tour title and his first win anywhere since October 2023, banking $1.575 million. Rory McIlroy fired a matching 64 to climb into a tie for seventh.

The bigger headline came from who wasn't around on the weekend: Scottie Scheffler missed the cut, his first missed weekend on the PGA Tour since August 2022, ending a 78-event streak. Not the tune-up he wanted heading into Birkdale.

4th PGA Tour Win. $1.575m, jumps to 33rd in the world with confidence restored.

LIV GOLF . BUSINESS

LIV Golf notified U.S. and U.K. employees this week that layoffs are likely, filing WARN Act notices as it "rightsizes" toward a leaner 10-event model. The league calls it responsible planning. It's also what happens when your only backer, Saudi Arabia's PIF, walks away after sinking north of $5 billion.

LIV is hunting for $250 to $350 million in new investment to survive past 2026, and it's facing a lawsuit from the Premier Golf League seeking up to $630 million. Jon Rahm, asked at the Scottish Open whether players might fund the thing themselves, wouldn't rule it out. "Never say never," he said. When the players are being floated as the bailout plan, that tells you where things stand.

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LOOKING AHEAD

The year's final men's major heads to Royal Birkdale in Southport, England, July 16-19. Links golf, coastal wind, and the fescue that separates the field. Names to watch: Rory McIlroy, who closed the Scottish Open with a 64 and looked sharp on similar turf, defending Masters champ; Scottie Scheffler, the world No. 1 fresh off a rare missed cut in Scotland; and Tom Kim, riding the confidence of his first win in nearly three years.

For the first time, Ping put adjustable weighting in a 'K' model without sacrificing MOI, thanks to a carbon-fiber sole plate. Ping claims it's their most stable driver ever, and their high-MOI benchmarks are already tour-proven. At $700 it's not cheap, and it's built for the player who sprays it and wants forgiveness above all. There's an HL build for slower swing speeds with a lighter shaft and back weight. Custom fitting only, which is the point: this is a driver you dial in, not grab off the rack.

If you've been paying premium-ball prices out of habit, the 2026 TaylorMade Tour Response at $45 deserves a hard look. Golf Monthly's testing had it spinning over 6,600 rpm on 50-yard pitches and posting driver ball speeds within shouting distance of the TP5, all with the new Microcoating tech that first showed up in TaylorMade's flagship balls. You give up roughly 13 yards of carry versus the TP5 and the alignment stripe is too fat for some eyes. But for a three-piece urethane ball that competes with $60 offerings on feel and greenside control, that's a trade most 10-to-20 handicaps should take happily.

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Raleigh's Jenna Kim hit the opening tee shot Monday at the U.S. Girls' Junior at Old Chatham in Durham, and she's the one to beat. The 17-year-old Durham Academy senior and Yale commit is a four-time CGA champion, the most in association history, and she lives on a fairway at Brier Creek. Mia Hamm is the event's executive chair. The championship runs through Saturday.

Duke Golf Club is in the planning stages of a "renovation/redesign," GM Ed Ibarguen confirmed to Triadgolf.com. The par-72 Robert Trent Jones design opened in 1957 and got a Rees Jones restoration in 1994, so it's due. No specifics or timeline yet, but file it away, this is one of the better public tracks in the region.

UNC Finley is dark until July 29 while summer maintenance wraps up alongside construction of a new facility for the UNC men's and women's golf programs, expected to open in the coming months. If you play the Triangle college rotation, that's two of the three big ones offline at once. Plan accordingly.

The PGA High School Golf National Invitational is back at Pinehurst for its eighth year. The girls play No. 1 and No. 5 (July 11-13), the boys play No. 5 and No. 6 (July 18-20). More than 500 state champions from nearly every state are in the field. Pinecrest has a girls team competing. If you're near the Sandhills this week, there's serious junior talent to watch.

NC State's Lonnie Poole Golf Course is closed through late August as it converts from bent grass to ultradwarf Bermuda greens. All facilities, including the driving range, shut down entirely July 13 through July 24 for the heaviest work. The upside: no more summer hand-watering and faster greens once it reopens. Play has jumped 15% there since 2019, so the demand is clearly real.

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