ST. LOUIS – Even with ample reason to think about what might have been, Paul Azinger prefers to wonder what’s next. This was one time he reluctantly agreed to celebrate the past. He returned to Inverness Club over the weekend, his first time at the Ohio club since he reached the pinnacle of his career […]
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ST. LOUIS – Wet weather closed Bellerive Country Club twice on Tuesday, as rains made an already soft golf course even more receptive. That rain will be replaced by plenty of heat over the next few days, making for a steamy week in the PGA’s final August hurrah. PGA Championship: Tee times| Full coverage Per […]
ST. LOUIS – In the event No. 9 Bryson DeChambeau fails to crack the top eight on the U.S. Ryder Cup points list this week, one highly influential vice captain will be lobbying to take him to France. Tiger Woods, who has taken to mentoring DeChambeau during multiple practice rounds this year, was quite clear […]
While Jordan Spieth was busy signing autographs Tuesday at Bellerive, Patrick Reed was busy signing Jordan Spieth. This video shows a distracted or maybe just cool-with-it Spieth going about his business while Reed autographs the back of his shirt: Even Spieth is getting autographs @PReedGolf signs @JordanSpieth at the #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/wTfeGN1SXr — PGA of America […]
ST. LOUIS – Justin Thomas is trying to become the first player to win back-to-back PGA Championships since Tiger Woods in 2007, but if JT wants a more recent example of the challenges of defending a title he should look to Brooks Koepka. In June, Koepka became the first player to win the U.S. Open […]
ST. LOUIS – Rory McIlroy had some advice for Jordan Spieth – you know, from one guy searching for the career Grand Slam to another. “Less expectations is better,” McIlroy said Tuesday during his pre-PGA Championship news conference. “Trying to take pressure off yourself, trying to treat it like any normal week, just trying to […]
ST. LOUIS – About the only thing missing from Tiger Woods’ incredible comeback season is a victory. Rory McIlroy said Tuesday that Woods will need to “re-learn” to do it. “There’s a lot of different layers to what Tiger has to go through to win again,” McIlroy said. “He’s learned how to make a swing […]
ST. LOUIS – The new Tiger Woods is engaging, expressive … approachable, even, at least compared to the way he was throughout the lion’s share of his career; but he still has his limits. On Tuesday at Bellerive, that line was drawn clearly in the Ryder Cup sand. Tiger’s answer when asked if he should […]
ST. LOUIS – Jim Furyk won’t just be focused on his own score this week at the PGA Championship. He’ll also pay attention to the positions of all of his Ryder Cup team hopefuls. The PGA marks the final week of qualifying for the U.S. squad. The top 8 players on the points list after […]
ST. LOUIS – Soft greens, the byproduct of hot and humid conditions and putting surfaces that probably wouldn’t handle the stress of tournament speeds, and relatively generous fairways promise to make this week’s PGA Championship something of a scoring frenzy. How low the field assembled at Bellerive will go remains to be seen, but observers […]