Scottie Scheffler part of 7-way tie for the lead at PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE — The biggest logjam in 57 years after the opening round of a major championship still had one name that stood out above the rest Thursday: Scottie Scheffler. Scheffler took advantage of two long birdie putts and one big break on the 17th hole for a 3-under-par 67...
Bryson DeChambeau fails to stay in contention with 6-over 76 at PGA
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Bryson DeChambeau’s attempted climb up the PGA Championship leaderboard took a serious detour when his tee shot on No. 2 plopped on the stairs of a hospitality tent. DeChambeau wasn’t sure how to play that shot, telling officials, “I’m so confused right now.” Confused by the lie,...
Rory McIlroy has a bad finish for a rough start at the PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE — The blister on Rory McIlroy’s right pinky toe was the least of his worries Thursday in the PGA Championship. And it certainly didn’t cause him as much pain as staring a scorecard that featured five bogeys over his last six holes. He struggled mightily off the tee,...
Braden Shattuck keeps his day job teaching golf before playing in the PGA Championship
SPRINGFIELD — Braden Shattuck grabbed a golf club and held it horizontally just above his knees. He stretched the club out about even with his toe line to help show an amateur how to keep her club on the correct swing plane. “I used to do that as a junior...
Rory McIlroy cuts practice short at the PGA with a blister on his right toe
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Good thing Masters champion Rory McIlroy came to Aronimink a few weeks ago for a PGA Championship preview. His first practice round Tuesday didn’t last very long. He stopped after three holes because of ongoing blister issues under his right pinky toe. McIlroy removed his shoe on...
Jon Rahm once fought Scottie Scheffler for No. 1 in the world. A move to LIV Golf changed that
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Scottie Scheffler made a Sunday charge that came too late at the PGA Championship, a 65 that wasn’t enough to catch Brooks Koepka at Oak Hill. The runner-up finish came with a small consolation prize for Scheffler: He replaced Jon Rahm at No. 1 in the world....
Collin Morikawa in search of a 2nd PGA title and hoping his cranky back is up to the task
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Collin Morikawa’s start-and-stop season is a big go at the PGA Championship. For now. The two-time major winner — and 2020 PGA champ — is still dealing with back issues that surfaced after the opening hole of The Players Championship in March, forcing his first withdrawal of...
Alex Fitzpatrick and brother Matt enjoy simultaneous success on PGA Tour
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Alex Fitzpatrick was whisked around Aronimink by golf cart to make some national media hits — life is good when you’re trendy in the golf world — and could only laugh at one stop when asked about comments made by his older brother earlier in the...
PGA Championship at Aronimink largely about the big slopes on big greens
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Justin Thomas had his caddie place hole-sized discs on every corner of the 17th green at Aronimink on Monday, all of them perched on knobs. Whether he was chipping or putting, it was a challenge. Aronimink is marked by its 180 bunkers that frame the landing areas,...
Jeeno Thitikul outlasts Yin to win Mizuho Americas Open for 2nd title this year
WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Jeeno Thitikul fought off one final challenge Sunday and pulled away with a pair of late birdies for a 3-under-par 69 to win the Mizuho Americas Open by four shots over Ruoning Yin, giving the Thai player her second LPGA Tour victory this year. Thitikul was...
Brandt Snedeker wins Myrtle Beach Classic for 1st PGA Tour title in nearly 8 years
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Brandt Snedeker poured in the birdies on the back nine and closed with a 5-under-par 66 to win the Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title in nearly eight years, earning a surprising spot in the PGA Championship. And now the Presidents...
Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan earns 2-shot win at Truist Championship for 1st PGA Tour victory
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kristoffer Reitan was not having much fun early in his career on the DP World Tour, and he began contemplating the idea of leaving competitive golf to become a YouTube golfer. He never followed through, instead sticking with his goal of winning tournaments. He’s glad he did....
Spieth and Scheffler are 1 leg from the career Grand Slam. It looks further away for Spieth
The video began to resurface a couple of years ago when Scottie Scheffler was a two-time Masters champion entrenched at No. 1 in the world, and Jordan Spieth was sliding out of the top 50 and headed for surgery on his left wrist. Dallas television station WFAA posted a clip...
Yurav Premlall wins by 14 shots on European tour to almost tie Tiger Woods record
BARCELONA, Spain — Yurav Premlall, an unheralded South African ranked No. 598, capped one of the most extraordinary performances in European tour history Sunday by winning the Catalunya Championship by 14 shots — one off the all-time biggest margin of victory set by Tiger Woods at the 2000 U.S. Open....
Growing list of stars converge on Aronimink for PGA Championship
In the 32 days between Rory McIlroy holding off Scottie Scheffler to win another Masters and the start of the PGA Championship, golf no longer seems to be a two-man show. Scheffler and McIlroy are still Nos. 1 and 2 in the world, no debate. They remain the betting favorites...
Rory McIlroy shoots 67 to move into contention at Truist Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It took 27 holes, but Rory McIlroy started to return to his Masters form. The No. 2 player in the world heated up on the back nine Friday at Quail Hollow and finished with a 4-under-par 67 to climb into contention at the Truist Championship, four shots...
LIV Golf had a blank canvas. The PGA Tour could use one as it tries to solve a packed schedule
LIV Golf had a seemingly endless supply of Saudi money that suddenly is coming to an end. Overlooked is another of its assets — this one with no price tag — the PGA Tour would love to have. A blank canvas. Even as LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil was trying...
Martin Laird gets in Myrtle Beach as an alternate and leads with a 64
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Martin Laird didn’t find out he was in the Myrtle Beach Classic until Monday. Three days later, he tied his personal-best with nine birdies in a 7-under-par 64 that gave him a one-shot lead Thursday in only his second PGA Tour start of the year. Aaron...
LPGA rookie Green grabs U.S. Women’s Open spot at Shannopin Country Club qualifier
Melanie Green was in the running for her first LPGA title this past weekend at the Riviera Maya Open in Mayakoba, Mexico. She ended up tying for ninth. On her way to the next LPGA event, the Mizuho Americas Open in West Caldwell, N.J., she stopped in Ben Avon to...
Rahm resolves dispute with European tour as LIV Golf faces loss of Saudi funding
STERLING, Va. — Jon Rahm has resolved his financial dispute with the European tour, a move that potentially gives him a place to compete in 2027 and beyond with LIV Golf facing an uncertain future. Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton took questions Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia after LIV CEO Scott...
Woods, Mickelson out of PGA Championship
Tiger Woods is officially out of the PGA Championship. Ditto for Phil Mickelson, who has played only one LIV Golf event this year as he copes with a family health matter and withdrew shortly after the list of 154 players was announced Tuesday for Aronimink Golf Club. And the big...
Jon Rahm resolves his dispute with European tour as LIV Golf faces loss of Saudi funding
STERLING, Va. — Jon Rahm has resolved his financial dispute with the European tour, a move that potentially gives him a place to compete in 2027 and beyond with LIV Golf facing an uncertain future. Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton took questions Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia after LIV CEO Scott...
Cameron Young finishes wire-to-wire win at Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble Sunday was, well, Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par-4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort...
Cameron Young still in control at Doral, leads Cadillac Championship
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young didn’t have as easy of a time in the third round of the Cadillac Championship as he did while building a big lead Thursday and Friday. It didn’t seem to matter, either. Young is still in full control at Trump National Doral, after his round...
Young takes 5-stroke lead into weekend at Doral
DORAL, Fla. — Cameron Young finally made his first bogey of the week at the Cadillac Championship. It barely put a dent into his lead going into the weekend. Young shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday to get to 13-under and take a five-shot lead at the midway point of...
