Women take their shots at Olympic medals at Kasumigaseki
By The Associated PressAugust 3, 2021 GMT
Prize: Gold, silver and bronze medals.
Television (all times EDT): Wednesday-Saturday, 6:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. (Golf Channel).
2016 gold medal: Inbee Park.
Notes: The nature of the field is entirely different from the men last week. All three medalists from Rio de Janeiro are back for their second Olympics none of the 2016 male medalists qualified this time. There are 29 women in the field who competed in Rio, compared with nine men. . The U.S. and South Korea are the only countries with the maximum four players. Lexi Thompson is the only returning American. She tied for 19th in Rio. Inbee Park and Sei Young Kim return for South Korea. Kim tied for 25th in Rio. . Nelly Korda is the No. 1 player in the world and coming off her first major a month ago in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Atlanta. . Nasa Hataoka is Japan’s highest-ranked player. . Minjee Lee of Australia is comin
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World No. 2 Dustin Johnson entered the week as the betting favorite, listed at +700 by PointsBet, but headed home before the weekend after shooting 70-72 to miss the cut by two shots. It marked just the third missed cut in 16 starts this season for Johnson, who made three bogeys over his final seven holes Friday including a bogey at 18 after putting his tee shot in the water. … Rickie Fowler (+4000 entering the week), jockeying to keep his position inside the top 125 of the FedExCup standings and looking for his first win in more than two years, continued his trend of better play after opening with a bogey-free, 7-under 64 in the opening round in Minnesota. After sharing the first-round lead, Fowler faded to T-34 following rounds of 73-70-71, which were unfortunately highlighted by a triple bogey at 18 on Saturday and a bogey-bogey finish on Sunday. … World No. 174 Keith Mitchell, listed at +20000
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PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) Rafael Campos holed out for birdie with a putter from off the front of the 18th green for birdie and a share of the lead Saturday with Joel Dahmen in the PGA Tour’s windy Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship.
Campos, the 32-year-old Puerto Rican player whose family has a home in the Dominican, shot a 3-under 69 to match Dahmen at 10-under 206 at Corales Golf Club.
“I didn’t want to chip it, so I’m like, `Just hit a putt and hopefully lag it up there close,” Campos said about his closing birdie. “It was one of those days. That was a bonus for sure. I was struggling all day and I’m really happy where I’m at right now. I’m glad it’s done.”