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Jim Herman has a plan to keep his PGA Tour career thriving — play more rounds with President Donald Trump. Whenever Herman plays golf with the president, soon after he hoists a trophy. It happened in 2016 with his breakthrough victory at the Houston Open, again before he won the Barbasol tournament last year — and now before Herman's improbable rally Sunday at Wyndham Championship to make the FedEx Cup playoffs. "He's been a big supporter of mine," Herman said about Trump, his regular golf partner while working as an assistant professional at Trump National Bedminster in New Jersey.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Brandt Snedeker predicted low scores at the Wyndham Championship - but not this low. Snedeker shot an 11-under 59 on Thursday, falling one shot shy of matching the PGA Tour record. He made a 20-foot putt on his final hole to become the 10th player in tour history to break 60. Jim Furyk set the record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016. “I better be smiling,” Snedeker said. “I don’t do this every day.” This is the third consecutive year the PGA Tour has had a sub-60 round. Snedeker is...

Wyndham is last chance for players to seize FedExCup points  Aug. 13, 2007 By Dave Shedloski PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent August, and everything after. K.J. Choi already has two victories this year on the PGA TOUR. (WireImage) That's the title of a musical work from the Counting Crows, but it's also a worthy theme for this crucial upcoming stretch of the PGA TOUR season, the first of the new era and the FedExCup playoffs.This week's Wyndham Championship at Forest Oak Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., merges the old and the new into one big event that signals both the end of...