ST. LOUIS – After the third and final stop of his post-round media blitz, at the end of a 13-hour workday in 90-degree heat, Tiger Woods trudged up the steps of the Bellerive clubhouse and into the air-conditioned comfort of the locker room. He took a seat in the far corner, tipped back the lid […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Brooks Koepka leads entering the final round of the 100th PGA Championship, but what appeared to be a runaway is now a tight contest with a bevy of big names in the mix. Here’s how the third round played out at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis: Leaderboard: Koepka (-12), Adam Scott (-10), Gary Woodland (-9), […]
ST. LOUIS – The 100th PGA Championship turned out to be exactly what we all thought it would be, a heavyweight title bout masquerading as a toughest man competition. With a heat index north of triple digits and the kind of humidity that makes the championship’s relocation to the more comfortable confines of May starting […]
ST. LOUIS – Gary Woodland’s charge to his first major championship victory took an unexpected detour on Saturday at Bellerive’s 10th hole, the byproduct of a surreal series of events. Woodland’s approach at the par 4 found a greenside bunker and he blasted his next shot into a bunker behind the green. Kevin Kisner, who […]
Tiger Woods was either attending a biker rally or getting ready for the final round of the 100th PGA Championship when he showed up Sunday at Bellerive Country Club. The 4-time #PGAChamp has arrived at Bellerive… pic.twitter.com/N7qaB0XrYZ — Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) August 12, 2018 No collar: Check. Backwards hat: Check. Dark sports shades: Check. This […]
ST. LOUIS – Another major championship season came to a close on Sunday for Rory McIlroy, his fourth since he last won a Grand Slam event in 2014. The Northern Irishman closed with an even-par 70 at the PGA Championship and was tied for 51st, which was not what he had hoped for following his […]
Tiger Woods began the final round of the 100th PGA Championship four shots off the lead and went flag hunting early. He hit his opening approach shot from a left fairway bunker to 7 feet. He missed the birdie putt, but was unfazed. On the second hole, Woods hit this approach shot from a hanging […]
Amidst the roars and the challenges and acute pressure, Brooks Koepka bullied through it all to win his second major of the season at the 100th PGA Championship. Here’s how the action-packed and emotionally charged final round played out at Bellerive Country Club. Leaderboard: Koepka (-16), Tiger Woods (-14), Adam Scott (-13), Stewart Cink (-11), Jon […]
ST. LOUIS – Brooks Koepka won his third major championship Sunday at Bellerive, and he beat his two idols to do it. Koepka fended off Tiger Woods and Adam Scott down the stretch to win the 100th PGA Championship, and it’s unlikely he would have had it any other way. “If you ask Brooks later […]
ST. LOUIS – Sunday’s deadline to qualify for the U.S. Ryder Cup team came and went without any changes, which was not a huge surprise considering that Nos. 9 and 10 on the point list, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson, respectively, both missed the cut at the PGA Championship. There was, however, a shakeup on […]