Remember when colored balls were the rage in golf?

Well, they just may make a comeback.

When Shiho Kuwaki (Bridgestone Tour B X) won the AIG Women’s Open – also known as the British Open – it was her first career win on the LPGA Tour. That it happened in a major made it extra sweet.

She also became the first player to win a major with a colored ball.

On the LPGA Tour, she is known as Yellow Baller.

“I’ve been using a yellow golf ball pretty much since I started,” she told Today’s Golfer through a translator. “That’s because it makes it easier to see on the golf course.”

Justin Rose (Titleist Pro V1x) joked on social media that he planned to switch to yellow balls.

Bubba Watson (Titleist Pro V1x) famously used pink and green balls after signing a sponsorship deal with Volvik, though he never won with one in his two majors.

MAJOR BATTLE: You have to give Haeran Ryu (TaylorMade TP5) credit. She certainly made this year’s majors interesting.

The young Korean star needed to win the British Open to become the fifth player in LPGA history to win three consecutive majors and the first since 2013 when her fellow countrywoman Inbee Park (Srixon Z-Star) did it.

After the opening round, when she shot five-under par, it really looked like she could do it.

When asked by the media after the opening round if she thought about winning three in a row, she said: “No, because it’s so hard on this course (Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Course).”

She led the field by one stroke after the second round, but her game cooled off on the weekend, shooting six-over par, tying for sixth overall.

It was certainly intriguing to watch Ryu do what she did, possibly creating a dialogue as to who should be LPGA golfer of the year.

Nelly Korda (TaylorMade TP5x) won the first two majors – remember that tantalizing four-foot par putt to clinch the U.S. Women’s Open? – but Ryu thrust herself into contention when she won her two majors in back-to-back weeks. Those were also her first major wins of her brief LPGA career.

So it was fun while it lasted.

Korda ended up winning the ANNIKA Major Award, finishing with the most points, cemented by a fourth-place finish in the Women’s Open. It was interesting that she recorded rounds of 73 and 68 in the first 36 holes and an identical score in the final 36 holes to tie for fourth. It’s the second time she has won the ANNIKA Award, matching Minjee Lee (Callaway Chrome Tour X).

THORBJORNSEN ALSO WINS FIRST: Michael Thorbjorsen (TaylorMade TP5) has had an interesting year, with a bunch of missed cuts, but he’d also been close at times, including a T3 in the WM Phoenix Open. He entered the final round with the lead. He had a T7 in the Scottish Open.

He finally put it all together to win the Rocket Classic.

THIS AND THAT:

• Ricky Fowler (Titleist Pro V1) hasn’t won a PGA Tour event in three years, the last one happening in the Rocket Classic. When he won that, he snapped a four-year winless drought

• Hard to believe the 2026 PGA Tour season ends this week with the Wyndham Championship. Last year’s winner was Cameron Young (Titleist Pro V1x Double Dot), who finally won his first PGA Tour. It’s interesting just how much confidence Young gained from that win, becoming a member of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team and winning twice this year on the PGA Tour, while also placing second in The Open and third in the Masters

• Nice gesture by Matt Kuchar (Bridgestone Tour B X), who registered a hole in one in the Rocket Classic and let a young fan inside the ropes to pick the ball out of the cup. Kuchar then signed the ball and gave it to the fan to keep.