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 […]
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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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
ST. LOUIS – Before their third rounds of the PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson wandered into a nearby Life Time Fitness. Only one of them was recognized. “Everybody wanted a picture with Dustin,” Koepka said. “They were talking about him as we left and I was just standing there laughing. They were like, […]
ST. LOUIS – Jon Rahm started the final round at this year’s Masters six strokes off the lead and moved to within two strokes of eventual winner Patrick Reed with a birdie at the 14th hole. Although his title chances didn’t last long – with a bogey at No. 15 – and he finished alone […]
ST. LOUIS – The Tiger Babies – the next generation of stars who grew up idolizing and emulating their boyhood hero – finally got their shot at the king Sunday at the PGA Championship. No surprise, it was Brooks Koepka who stepped up to the challenge. With Bellerive Country Club rocking, with the sunburned and […]
ST. LOUIS – Justin Thomas put up a valiant defense of the Wanamaker on Sunday, but ultimately ceded the trophy to its new holder, Brooks Koepka. Four back to start the final round, Thomas actually caught Koepka and tied him for the final-round lead as he played his first 11 holes in 4 under par, […]