Sabbatini with early RBC Heritage lead, Johnson 5 shots back

HOUSTON — A Lim Kim made her first U.S. Women’s Open appearance a memorable one Monday, closing with three straight birdies to tie the record for the largest comeback and win the biggest event in women’s golf. And in the final major of this pandemic-disrupted year in sports, she won wearing a mask. Starting the final, frigid round at Champions Golf Club five shots behind, the 25-year-old South Korean wore a heavy down jacket between shots and delivered a 4-under 67 for a one-shot victory over Amy Olson and Jin Young Ko. Kim became the seventh player to rally from five shots behind in the final round of the U.S. Women’s Open, and the first since Annika Sorenstam at The Broadmoor in 1995. Olson held her own amid the grief of learning her father-in-law died unexpectedly in North Dakota on Saturday night. She was in tears Sunday morning on the range, before rain pushed the final round to Monday. Olson, winless in seven years on the LPGA Tour, had a two-shot lead on the back nine after 54-hole leader Hinako Shibuno faltered. But she couldn't do anything about Kim's late charge, and Olson fell back when her hybrid on the par-3 16th bounded over the green and into thick, brown rough, leading to bogey. She birdied the final hole for a 72 after Kim had already secured the title. Ko, the No. 1 player in the world who only recently returned from South Korea where she rode out the COVID-19 pandemic, also birdied the 18th when it was too late to catch Kim. Ko closed with a 68, one of only six players to break par in the final round. Shibuno closed with a 74 and finished two shots back. Kim finished at 3-under 281 and won $1 million. She added to South Korean dominance of this major, the ninth winner in the last 13 years.

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2022 Shriners Children’s Open, Round 1 Scoring Conditions: Overall: -2.63 strokes per round Morning wave: -3.11 Afternoon wave: -2.15 Current cutline (top 65 and ties): 82 players at -3 or better (T60) Top 3 projected cutline probabilities: 1. 5 under par: 38.4% 2. 4 under par: 35.3% 3. 6 under par: 13.9% Top 10 win probabilities: 1. Sungjae Im (T2, -8, 10.1%) 2. Charley Hoffman (T2, -8, 8.1%) 3. Louis Oosthuizen (T10, -6, 5.6%) 4. Sam Burns (T17, -5, 4.8%) 5. Hideki Matsuyama (T10, -6, 4.8%) 6. Matthew Wolff (T5, -7, 4.1%) 7. Talor Gooch (T5, -7, 3.9%) 8. Matt Jones (T5, -7, 3.6%) 9. Chad Ramey (T2, -8, 3.4%) 10. Sung Kang (1, -10, 2.8%) NOTE: These reports are based off of the live predictive model run by @DataGolf. The model provides live “Make Cut”, “Top 20”, “Top 5”, and “Win” probabilities every 5 minutes from the opening tee shot to the final putt of every PGA TOUR event. Briefly, the model takes account of the current form of each golfer as well as the difficulty of their remaining holes, and probabilities are calculated from 20K simulations. To follow live finish probabilities throughout the remainder of the Shriners Children’s Open, or to see how each golfer’s probabilities have evolved from the start of the event to the current time, click here for the model’s home page.

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Round 4 of the TOUR Championship begins Monday from East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Dustin Johnson leads by five looking for his first FedExCup title with 2017 FedExCup champ Justin Thomas and 2017 TOUR Championship winner Xander Schauffele tied for second. Who will win the season finale and win the TOUR’s ultimate prize. The opening round began with a staggered leaderboard (click here to see the starting leaderboard). RELATED: Tee times | Staggered start | FedExCup 101 Here’s everything you need to know to follow the action. HOW TO FOLLOW Television: Friday-Saturday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel). Sunday, 1 p.m.-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (NBC). Monday, 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC). PGA TOUR LIVE: Friday, 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups). Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Groups). Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. (Featured Groups), 3 p.m.-7 p.m. (Featured Holes). Monday, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Featured Groups), 1:30 p.m.-6 p.m. (Featured Holes) Radio: Friday-Saturday, 12 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 2 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. (PGA TOUR Radio on SiriusXM and PGATOUR.com/liveaudio). FEATURED GROUPS Kevin Na, Cameron Champ Monday: 11:55 p.m. ET Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland Monday: 12:15 p.m. ET MUST READS Small change helps DJ take control at East Lake JT ties personal record What happened? McIlroy explains second shot on No. 18 Eight things to know about East Lake CALL OF THE DAY

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