🏌🏻Chaos @ LIV Game

Good morning. Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry teamed up to win the Zurich Classic in a dramatic playoff - check out the equipment they used and the complete prize money breakdown.

Hannah Green had a relatively easier path to victory at the LPGA’s JM Eagle LA Championship - here’s the equipment she used and the prize money she bagged from the tournament.

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Today's Trivia: Rory McIlroy clinched his 25th PGA Tour career victory at the Zurich Classic. Who were the last two players to achieve this feat? Answer at the end of the email.

⛳️ This Day In History: World Golf Hall of Fame member and former NBC golf analyst Johnny Miller was born on this date in 1947 in San Francisco. He won two majors and during his prime was noted as a great iron player and streaky putter.

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Rory-Lowry Reign Supreme In New Orleans

The Irish pair of Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry won the Zurich Classic of New Orleans after beating Chad Ramey and Martin Trainer in a play-off.

🤝 Long-time Friends Win: McIlroy and Lowry have been friends for more than 20 years and their families are also very close. It was a special victory for the pair and they celebrated it pretty much as best friends would do!

🏆 Rory's 25th: The victory was Rory McIlroy's first of the season and 25th of his career on the PGA Tour. He became the first player to reach 25 career PGA Tour wins in 19 years.

🚀 FedEx Top 15: McIlroy and Lowry each banked 400 FedExCup points and $1,286,050.00. Both have now moved inside the top 15 in the FedEx Cup standings.

🎤 Karaoke Night: The pair headed to the tournament’s postround concert at TPC Louisiana to celebrate their victory, where a cover band out of England called “The Molly Ringwalds” was performing.

McIlroy and Lowry joined them on stage with the former singing "don't stop believing" along with fans present at the venue.

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Chaos Descends Upon LIV Golf Adelaide

Brendan Steele held off Louis Oosthuizen to win the LIV Golf Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club by one stroke while Ripper GC, led by local favorite Cameron Smith, won the team event.

But the tournament was much more than just the results.

🤯 Huge Attendance: The event this year drew more than 94,000 fans over the three competition days, exceeding the total crowd of 77,000 for last year's competition.

The untameable crowd noise, which hardly dropped even as the final shots were played, was the soundtrack for the event.

🤦‍♂️ Caddie Hit By Bottle: Lucas Herbert's caddie, Nick Pugh, was hit in the back of the head by a water bottle thrown by a patron while he was replacing the flag in the cup.

Pugh was knocked to his knees but managed to avoid serious injury. He eventually made his way back to the clubhouse at The Grange Golf Club.

🚩 Burmester vs Fans: Dean Burmester slammed a member of the Adelaide crowd on Sunday as he competed in the breakaway league's first ever team playoff, asking him to "shut the f*** up".

The crowd then continued to taunt throughout Burmester's back swing, as he went on to hit his second shot long into the bunker, which was met with one of the loudest cheers of the day.

🥵 DeChambeau Loses Bet: Bryson DeChambeau lost a bet against a fan after failing to make a 10-foot putt.

True to his word, he took off both shoes and socks, signed the socks and gave them to the fan. In the end, DeChambeau was seen walking barefoot into the clubhouse.

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What else is making news

LPGA Tour: Australia's Hannah Green goes back-to-back at JM Eagle LA Championship.

PGA Tour Champions: Stephen Ames celebrated his 60th birthday by posting a four-shot victory at the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the second year running on Sunday.

Merger Update: Newly appointed DP World Tour CEO Guy Kinnings stressed that "significant changes" to the top of professional golf would not be in place until after 2025.

Sponsor Exemption: Youtuber George Bryan IV earns sponsor exemption for Myrtle Beach Classic.

DP World Tour: A course-record-equalling 63 on Sunday helped Yuto Katsuragawa to a three-shot victory at the ISPS Handa Championship.

New Partnership: LIV Golf league signs partnership with Golf Australia; to fund the country's junior program.

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These Golfers Have Most Career Wins On The PGA Tour

Rory McIlroy became the latest golfer to reach 25 career wins with his victory at the Zurich Classic - take a look at those who occupy the top spots.

5. 🏌‍♀Arnold Palmer (62): Palmer had one of the most dominant stretches of all-time from 1960 through 1963, in which he won a whopping 32 times, including five majors.

4. 🏌‍♀Ben Hogan (64): Hogan had his career impeded by serving in the Army during World War II and a near-fatal car accident in 1949 that caused severe injuries but still managed to register 64 wins.

3. 🏌‍♀Jack Nicklaus (73): Nicklaus’ best years came during the 1972 and 1973 seasons when he won seven events each. His overall tally includes six Masters, four U.S. Opens, three Open Championships and five PGA Championships.

T1.🏌‍♀Tiger Woods and Sam Snead (82): At the top of the PGA Tour wins list, there is a tie between Tiger Woods and Sam Snead, who combine for 22 major championship trophies.

Woods can still add to his tally and become the solo leader.

Read the full article.

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