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Plenty of sunshine for final two rounds of PGA

ST. LOUIS – After a nasty storm suspended second-round play on Friday, the weekend looks clear at the PGA Championship. About a half inch of rain fell Friday afternoon, forcing officials to suspend play for the day as they worked to dry out an already waterlogged Bellerive. PGA Championship: Scores | Live blog | Full […]

Watch: Tiger highlights from Rd. 3 of the PGA

Tiger Woods started his third round at 4 under par, six strokes off the lead at the PGA Championship. And he quickly got to work making up that deficit with a birdie at the first. Tiger fist pumps are out.#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/wtqzkqw09V — PGA of America (@PGA) August 11, 2018 He then made it back-to-back birdies […]

Fowler: Two back, fighting through oblique strain

ST. LOUIS – Through two rounds at soggy Bellerive, Rickie Fowler finds himself just two shots off the PGA Championship lead held by Gary Woodland. Fowler was 2 under on his round, and 7 under for the week, when thunderstorms halted play Friday, prompting Saturday’s early return. After waking up a 4:45 a.m. CT for […]

Bryson, Phil miss cut; now require captain's picks

ST. LOUIS – Bryson DeChambeau made it to the weekend at the PGA Championship. He just won’t be staying for the final two rounds. The Memorial winner and Ryder Cup hopeful bogeyed three of his final six holes Saturday morning to miss the even-par cut by a single stroke. DeChambeau entered the week ninth on […]

Woods (66) six back after 36 holes

ST. LOUIS – Tiger Woods returned to Bellerive early Saturday to complete his weather-delayed second round and will begin the weekend six strokes off the PGA Championship lead. Woods had just hit his drive at No. 8 when the weather warning horn sounded on Friday, and when he returned he made birdie at the par […]

TT postscript: Shoots 66 despite mediocre putting

ST. LOUIS – Here are some things I think I think after Tiger Woods shot a second-round 4-under 66 at the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club: • Momentum is a strange bird. Tiger was 3 under after seven holes when the round was suspended on Friday and it felt like it was going […]

Kisner trying to leapfrog Simpson in Ryder Cup standings

ST. LOUIS – Webb Simpson’s challengers are dwindling. Hanging on to the eighth and final automatic spot heading into the final week of U.S. Ryder Cup qualifying, Simpson survived the 36-hole cut but his closest pursuers weren’t so fortunate. Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson, Matt Kuchar and Kyle Stanley all missed the cut, meaning they’ll need […]

Tough mudder: Koepka eyes more major history

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 […]

Koepka leads stacked field entering PGA finale

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), […]

'Tired' Woods has work cut out for him Sunday

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 […]