AKRON, Ohio – Nobody has a better scoring average Saturday on the PGA Tour than Tiger Woods, and the Bridgestone Invitational would be a good time to keep that up. Woods might not have a choice. Neither will Rory McIlroy, Jason Day or anyone else wanting to keep pace. Tommy Fleetwood took advantage of another […]
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Updated at 8:14 p.m. ET Tiger Woods will play alongside Rory McIlroy and defending champion Justin Thomas in the first two rounds of the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. The PGA of America released featured groupings via social media on Friday. This marquee threesome, which was also a grouping earlier this year at […]
A look at full-field tee times for the first two rounds of the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo. (Note: All times Eastern; p-club pro; *-TBD) Thursday No. 1 tee 7:50 a.m.: p-Michael Block, Eddie Pepperell, Ryan Fox 8:01 a.m.: Austin Cook, p-Craig Hocknull, Alexander Bjork 8:12 a.m.: Yusaku Miyazato, […]
AKRON, Ohio – Asked a question about being paired with Tiger Woods and Justin Thomas at next week’s PGA Championship, Rory McIlroy paused and instead offered his unvarnished thoughts on a much more pressing topic. “I didn’t see it, no,” McIlroy shrugged. “Tell you what I did see after I spoke to you all yesterday, […]
AKRON, Ohio – Bryson DeChambeau caused what amounts to a stir in the golf world when he was a little too gruff for some people’s liking following his loss at last week’s European Open. Maybe DeChambeau should have lingered a little longer over his handshake with winner Richard McEvoy, maybe in the heat of the […]
AKRON, Ohio – After giving slightly conflicting answers on Thursday at Firestone Country Club, Tiger Woods seemed to be more onboard for the made-for-TV match against Phil Mickelson in November. “We’re going to have fun. We’re going to do something that’s never been done before in the game of golf, so that’s always fun to […]
Two down with five holes to play, co-medalist Cole Hammer rallied to defeat Spencer Ralston and advance to the semifinals of the Western Amateur. Hammer, a freshman at Texas, birdied Sunset Ridge’s 14th hole, made par on 15 to square the match and then pulled ahead with a birdie on 16 to win his match, […]
The PGA Championship is next week at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Mo. Here is your guide to getting complete coverage of the men’s final major of the season, on TV and online: (All times Eastern and airing on Golf Channel, unless otherwise noted; live stream link in parentheses) Monday7-9AM: Morning Drive (stream.golfchannel.com)7-9PM: Live […]
AKRON, Ohio – As Tiger Woods stomped down the hill on Firestone’s third hole a fan yelled, “We love you more than LeBron [James], Tiger.” While Woods’ final turn around the South Course will likely be similar to James’ early exit from last year’s NBA Finals – sans the hasty move from Cleveland to the […]
Cole Hammer completed a wire-to-wire week at the Western Amateur. Hammer, who was the co-medalist after shooting a tournament-record 23 under in stroke-play qualifying, led throughout his championship match against Davis Riley to capture one of the most prestigious titles in amateur golf. “Biggest day in my golf career, no question,” he said afterward. “It […]