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Hempfield Township father, son win WPGA event
Arnie Cutrell has won numerous amateur golf events in his career. But probably none was bigger than teaming up with his son Arnie Jr. to win the 101st Western Pennsylvania Golf Association Father-Son Tournament this week at Diamond Run Golf Club by carding a 7-under gross score of 64. The...
Padraig Harrington bogey outshines birdies at U.S. Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Padraig Harrington made four birdies Thursday, though it was the bogey he saved after losing a tee shot deep in a thicket of trees on the 15th hole that helped him keep a share of the first-round lead with Mark Hensby at the U.S. Senior Open....
Kevin Roy, Aldrich Potgieter shoot Rocket Classic-record 62s
DETROIT — Kevin Roy and Aldrich Potgieter each shot 10-under-par 62 on Thursday to break the Rocket Classic record and share the first-round lead. Detroit Golf Club has been one of the easiest courses since the PGA Tour made it an annual stop in 2019. A pair of Korn Ferry...
Gemma Dryburgh, Cassie Porter lead Dow Championship
MIDLAND, Mich. — Cassie Porter drove the green on a reachable par 4 and chipped in to start a streak of three straight birdies Thursday, teaming with Gemma Dryburgh in foursomes for a 4-under-par 66 to lead the Dow Championship in the LPGA Tour’s only team event. The duo dropped...
Easton Renwick wins Pittsburgh Open at Pittsburgh Field Club
For the second consecutive year, Easton Renwick left the Pittsburgh Open with the top money prize for professionals. This time, however, Renwick got to take home the crystal trophy along with a $12,500 check for winning the tournament. Last year, amateur Darin Kowalski won the tournament. Renwick shot back-to-back 3-under-par...
Facing tough course, extreme heat, 3 players tied for Pittsburgh Open lead
Golfers playing in the first round of the Pittsburgh Open on Monday faced not only the tough challenge of The Pittsburgh Field Club but also the need to stay hydrated as temperatures soared into the 90s. Tri-leader Nick Turowski of Harrison City brought along a gallon of water mixed with...
J.J. Spaun's path to U.S. Open title helped by shot onto an umbrella
CROMWELL, Conn. — J.J. Spaun knows as well as anyone how one little shot can make such a huge difference, even if it’s only 85 yards to a green in the shape of a red umbrella floating in the middle of a lake. It wasn’t a shot that won the...
Keegan Bradley stuns Tommy Fleetwood at Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. — Keegan Bradley hasn’t heard roars this loud for him since his Ryder Cup debut at Medinah in 2012, especially when he walked up the 18th green Sunday at the Travelers Championship and turned a one-shot deficit into a stunning one-shot victory over Tommy Fleetwood. On the one-year...
Minjee Lee has 1st bogey-free round, takes Women's PGA lead
FRISCO, Texas — Two-time major champion Minjee Lee took over the lead with the first bogey-free round for anyone during a windy week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a 3-under-par 69 in the third round Saturday to move four strokes ahead of Jeeno Thitikul. Lee got to 6-under 210...
Tommy Fleetwood seizes control at Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. — Tommy Fleetwood avoided the blunders by Scottie Scheffler and Justin Thomas, never missing a fairway Saturday and seizing on the good scoring conditions for a 7-under-par 63 for a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Travelers Championship. At stake for Fleetwood is a chance...
Jeeno Thitikul extends Women's PGA lead; semi-retired Lexi Thompson contending
FRISCO, Texas — Semi-retired Lexi Thompson is going into the weekend contending for her first major title in more than a decade, and in a dwindling group of players under par at the KMPG Women’s PGA Championship, while Jeeno Thitikul extended her lead. Thitikul, the No. 2-ranked player in the...
Scottie Scheffler part of 3-way tie for lead at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler provided hope with a late double bogey. Tommy Fleetwood charged through with two eagles in three holes, and so did Justin Thomas with five straight birdies. They wound up tied for the lead on a blustery Friday at the Travelers Championship. All it took was...
Jenno Thitikul takes 1st-round lead at Women's PGA Championship
FRISCO, Texas — Jenno Thitikul walked off the fifth green after a double bogey in the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship reminding herself to stay patient and that some missed shots are going to happen. “Majors, you’re going to miss anyway,” said Thitikul, who’s No. 2 in...
Scottie Scheffler hits perfect shot to share lead at Travelers Championship
CROMWELL, Conn. — Scottie Scheffler had one of those rare rounds where he hit a shot so pure it makes his confidence soar. So many other shots were pretty good, too, and they added to an 8-under-par 62 to share the lead Thursday with Austin Eckroat in the Travelers Championship....
As advertised: Oakmont No. 17 proves pivotal in U.S. Open
Maybe it was foreshadowing or a prediction or just a fact based on research and evidence. Going forward, though, take John Bodenhamer and Jeff Hall at their word. The USGA’s chief championships officer and managing director certainly knew what they were talking about when, well before the 125th U.S. Open...
Wyndham Clark says he 'deeply regrets' damaging Oakmont locker during U.S. Open 
CROMWELL, Conn. — Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark said he “deeply regrets” the damage done to the century-old locker he was using at Oakmont during the U.S. Open, his second act of frustration that caused damage at a major this year. Reports surfaced over the weekend that Clark damaged...
Peters Township grad waits out storms, birdies 18th to secure West Penn Open win
Connor Schmidt’s three-shot victory in the 122nd West Penn Open on Wednesday was a lot closer than the final score indicated. Schmidt was clinging to a one-shot lead over first-round leader Scott Jordan and Chuck Tragesser and had one hole remaining when a thunderstorm stopped play for an hour. The...
Reporter recap: What it was like covering the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club
J.J. Spaun took home the title of champion of the 125th U.S. Open as the sole golfer under par Sunday night at Oakmont Country Club. The championship rounds during the past week reaffirmed Oakmont Country Club’s reputation as one of the toughest tests of the world’s best. The course’s slick...
Heavy rain suspends play at WPGA Open
Heavy rain Tuesday forced the Western Pennsylvania Golf Association to suspend play during the second round of its 122nd Open Championship at Sewickley Heights Golf Club. It also halted two hot golfers — Connor Schmidt and Nathan Piatt — who were on a record pace. Play was stopped at 11:38...
J.J. Spaun takes long road to become U.S. Open champ
J.J. Spaun faced his first big moment on a big stage in golf, and he wasn’t ready for it. He didn’t even have a club in his hand. Spaun was a 26-year-old PGA Tour rookie at Torrey Pines in 2017. He was not eligible for the pro-am and wanted to...
Jay Monahan to leave next year as PGA Tour turns to NFL exec Brian Rolapp for new leadership 
CROMWELL, Conn. — Jay Monahan is leaving the PGA Tour next year after a decade that ends with a sport fractured by the Saudi riches of LIV Golf. He turns it over to top NFL executive Brian Rolapp in a new role as CEO that Rolapp sees as rife with...
A long goodbye: For U.S. Open crew, the show starts when the golf ends 
For Leighton Schwob, operations director for the U.S. Open, last week’s golf tournament technically could be considered a lull in his work schedule. Sure, there was overnight maintenance on the course and pedestrian pathways, and the rainy weather exacerbated things somewhat. But Schwob’s small army of staff, contractors and vendors...
Oakmont president pleased with difficulty of course, how it handled rain
Before the 125th U.S. Open began, Oakmont president John Lynch wanted a difficult course to challenge the world’s best golfers, with the winner shooting near even-par. Lynch and the Oakmont membership got their wish: a great finish, a worthy champion and a course that stood up to the weather. Despite...
Rain turns Oakmont into 'Soak-mont' for final round of U.S. Open, forces golfers to adjust
When the skies over Oakmont Country Club opened up, one golfer was grateful to see rainstorms interrupt the final round of the U.S. Open. He went on to win. “All I was thinking, and even my whole team, my coach, my caddie, they were like, ‘Oh, dude, this is exactly...
Upper St. Clair grad makes 9 birdies, takes 1st-round lead at West Penn Open
Scott Jordan lost his ball after hitting it into the fescue on No. 18. Besides that miscue, he had an excellent day at the West Penn Open. Jordan led the field by making birdie on half of the holes at Sewickley Heights GC to take a two-stroke lead after the...


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