After a bit of a light week, tournament golf returned with a vengeance during the second week of July. Each of the world’s principal tours was in action, with a major title in France at stake on the LPGA/LET circuits. Scotland, New York, Kentucky, Spain, Colorado, and Quebec hosted events on PGA Tour, PGA Tour Champions, PGA Tour Americas, Korn Ferry, and LIV.

As the men prepare to travel to Northern Ireland for the 2025 Open Championship, those of us without qualification can revel in the accomplishments of this week’s winners and near-winners. Kick off those crocs and fire up your laptop for a look at this week’s Tour Rundown.

LPGA/LET @ Evian Championship: Crimson Kim wins playoff

Grace Kim does not evoke the concept of poker faced when she hits a shot. Every expression is a tell, although some shot results compel her visage to adjust mid-frown. This week in France, Grace Kim became not just an LPGA or LET winner, but a major champion as well. Kim and Jeeno Thitikul match 67s on Sunday, bringinging them into a playoff for the title.

One shot out of the playoff was the talented duo of Lottie Woad and Minjee Lee. Woad, an amateur, won on the Ladies European Tour last week, the first amateur to do so in some time. Lee won the Women’s PGA last month, her third unique major title. Woad hoped to be the first amateur to win a major since Catherine Lacoste in 1967. Lee hoped to earn the fourth of five women’s major titles. Each will have to wait until next month’s Open Championship, at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.

Kim made up two shots on Thitikul on the 72nd hole, unbelieveable in its own right. The duo returned to the dramatic 18th hole for the overtime session. Each made birdie in the first go-round. For the second playing, Jeeno laid up and pitched her third to fifteen feet. Kim was a wee bit closer with her second, adding to the drama. While Thitikul made her putt for four, Kim trickled her serpentine eagle attempt down, closer, and in for three and the victory.

PGA Tour/DP World Tour @ Scottish Open: Get up and Gotterup!

Hey, Chris, we know that you have that Myrtle Beach Classic win on your resume, so we’re going to pair you with a career grand slam winner and a US Open champion. We know it’s day four of the Scottish Open, but no worries. One of you is going to shoot four-under and win it. You like your chances?

We’re not certain that any of the tournament organizers made that overture to the young man from Maryland, but Gotterup certainly made the most of his opportunity. The former Rutgers and Oklahoma golfer never flinched in his time with Rory McIlroy and Wyndham Clark. McIlroy looked to be the show pony, sitting minus-two after eight holes. He than made ten consecutive pars and finished on thirteen-under. His labor was good for a second-place tie with England’s Marco Penge. Clark could not detrain from the bogey express. He made four on day four, against three birdies, and dropped from third to eleventh.

That left Gotterup to break through. After an opening bogey, Gotterup made six birdies against one bogey. His bounce-back birdie at 16 was the final nail in his shingle. Gotterup won by two shots, thanks to closing pars at 17 and 18.

PGA Tour @ ISCO Championship: William mouws them down

William Mouw began day four in 25th place. A decent paycheck in the alternate-field event in Louisville was in the offing. The Pepperdine alumnus opened with three birdies, added two more near the turn, then tossed in four more on the inward half for good measure. His nine-under 61 rocketed him up the leaders’ board.

Overnight leader Paul Peterson couldn’t buy a birdie when he needed it. Peterson turned in plus-two, but added three birdies over the closing nine. On any other day, he would have raised a trophy. On this day, he came up one shot shy of a playoff. No one else could overtake Peterson, which meant that no one could overtake Mouw.

Korn Ferry Tour @ The Ascendant: Neal’s Ship(ley) comes in

That front-nine 40 was a score that Ross Steelman would prefer to forget. The third-round leader dropped to a fourth-place tie with his 75. There will be a few what-ifs on the day-after, breakfast menu. Steelman’s struggles opened a wide barn door, and a number of challengers took aim.

Austin Smotherman posted 64 on the day, concluded play at minus-fourteen, and rose to a five-way tie for fourth. Jorge Fernandez Valdez and Kevin Dougherty posted scores in the high 60s and jumped up to 17-under par, good for a second-place tie. It was former US Amateur runner-up Neal Shipley who shined brightly on Sunday. Shipley matched Smotherman’s 64 and rose all the way from ninth to first, for his second victory of the year on the Korn Ferry tour.

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— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) July 14, 2025

PGA Tour Champions @ Dick’s: Steve Allan is All-In in Endicott

Stephen Douglas Allan is now a two-time winner on the 2025 edition of PGA Tour Champions. After an inaugural win in March at the Galleri Classic, Allan went start-to-finish at the Dick’s Open in central New York. Allan opened with 63 on Friday, held the lead through round two, and posted 66 on Sunday to win by four.

Tour favorite Boo Weekley stood second through 36 holes, but was able to muster no better than 70 on Sunday. He slipped away to a third-place tie with Notah Begay, five behind the winner. Jason Caron rode a final-round 68 to a solo second finish.

PGA Tour Americas @ Bromont Open: To Be Continued

Bromont sounds like the sort of tournament name that my fraternity brothers would unveil on my birthday. Yo, it’s the Bro Mont Open…get it? The Quebec tournament was beset by stormy weather in the final moments, ensuring a Monday finish.

Dillon Stewart holds a two-shot advantage over Davis Lamb, with one hole remaining for the pair. The 633-yard closer at Golf Chateau-Bromont offers the potential for a two- or three-shot swing, but, alas, we need to wait until later today to report back.

LIV @ Andalucía: Gooch earns title

Talor Gooch earned his second Andalucia win in three years, and fourth LIV title overall, with a final-hole birdie in southern Spain. Gooch held off home-country favorite Jon Rahm, who managed a six-under par final round, to all but steal the title from Gooch. Third place went to Mexico’s Abraham Ancer.

In the team portion of the event, Rahm’s Legion Thirteen side held off Ancer’s Fireballs by two shots for the group title.