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When we say “We’ll have whatever Lottie Woad is having,” we’re not trying to channel Billy Crystal’s character from When Harry Met Sally. You’ll ask the same question when we tell you that yesterday she won her second LPGA title in 19 starts. On the same day, her compatriot, Aaron Rai, etched PGA Championship history — more on that here if you missed yesterday’s special edition — Woad cruised past a stacked leaderboard in Cincinnati. Today, we’ll dive into that, along with some key moments from this week, and shine the spotlight on winners across the globe.

Let’s get started…

Before we start with today’s edition, let's kick things off with the stories that've been making waves.

Justin Thomas credits his wife Jillian for his late-round rise at Aronimink. He revealed how his wife motivated him on Sunday.

Tiger Woods is spotted in public this week. The 15-time major champ was present at Kai Trump’s graduation.

Aaron Rai’s PGA Championship win earned him a chorus of genuine praise from heavyweights like McIlroy, Rahm, and Schauffele.

Playing in the Kroger Queen City Championship is one thing. Competing against the vets and multi-major winners… now that can make you want to crawl out of your skin. But Lottie Woad, just 22, is built differently. She stared down the Kordas, the Kos, and the Thitikuls to claim her second LPGA title in 19 starts.

Aside from your good ol’ hope to win, Woad had two more incentives: first, her caddie, David “DT” Taylor, promised she could pick his next tattoo if she won. Second, she was promised a special gift for every birdie she made. Can you guess what? Nope, it’s not a new club or a vacation. The answer’s hidden in this short clip.

Woad teed off with a three-shot cushion over playing partner Amanda Doherty (-7/T5) and four over Haeran Ryu (-10/2nd). However, she surrendered the lead to Ryu on the front nine. But Ryu bogeyed the 10th and then double-bogeyed the 13th, tumbling three shots adrift. The momentum, however, swung once again.

Ryu’s birdie on the 14th and Woad’s bogey on the 13th left them just one shot apart. The Brit then saved pars over the next three holes before making a birdie on the 17th. Ryu couldn’t erase that gap, and Woad comfortably made a tap-in par on the 72nd hole to sign for 1-under 69 and pocket $300,000.

After last week’s missed cut, Woad realized her putter grip was crooked. So, a new grip steadied her in time. With this victory, Woad became the second-quickest player to win two LPGA titles since Sung Hyun Park (16 starts, 2017).

Amanda Doherty (‑7/T5) earned her first LPGA top‑five. Nelly Korda (-5), the current World No. 1, finished T8 with Lydia Ko (-5), who recorded her third top‑10 of the season. Jeeno Thitikul (-6) was patchy with the putter, but closed the day for solo seventh. And Rose Zhang (-4/) ended up at T12.

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Gluttony, Caution: Justin Thomas (-5/T4) set the clubhouse target in the morning, leaving him with a ton of downtime while the rest of the field finished. Asked for tips on staying focused during the long wait, Thomas instead gave a warning about what NOT to do. It involved a real-life experience and more than a few beers—check it out below.

Dedication: Sanna Nuutinen (+1/T25) chose to dip her toes into freezing cold water to save a stroke. The temperature in Hamburg was hovering in the low 60s. Quite naturally, she backed out once before committing again. Yet she hit an incredible recovery shot, as you will see here.

Queen: At the Kroger Queen City Championship, Jodi Ewart Shadoff (+3/T54) used a 7-iron from 163 yards to make her SEVENTH career hole-in-one. Yes, seventh. Even she couldn’t believe it, as her reaction clearly showed. Shadoff is just four shy of LPGA’s record holder, Kathy Whitworth (11).

Iconic: So what Jordan Spieth (-1/T18) couldn’t complete his grand slam? Look how the gallery rose to their feet, cheered, roared, and clapped as he capped off the week with a 40-foot birdie putt on the 18th.

Breaking sweat: Aaron Rai (-9/1st) sank the week’s second-longest putt — 68 feet on the 17th — and barely blinked. How thin was the margin of error? Tour pro-turned-analyst Johnson Wagner attempted it twice. The results are exactly what you would expect.

Elsewhere:

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Last Poll Result: 45.10% of you would like more frequent updates from us during LPGA majors.

Amundi German Masters: When she was 15, Leonie Harm (-10/1st) met with an accident so serious that doctors gave her a 4% chances of survival. She was put in a medically induced coma. 13 years later, Harm rolled in the birdie putt at Green Eagle Golf Course to claim her first LET title. She finished one shot ahead of Casandra Alexander (-9/2nd). The victory feels downright miraculous, and the hug with her father captured emotions that words hardly could.

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