ST. LOUIS – As Ian Poulter proved on Day 1 at the PGA Championship – and as multiple players have been quick to point out – there’s little local knowledge to be learned at Bellerive. The golf course is right in front of you, and you’re either going to hit the fairway, or you’re going […]
ST. LOUIS – Even though he’s hanging on to the eighth and final automatic spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team by the slimmest of margins, Webb Simpson won’t do much leaderboard-watching this week at the PGA Championship. “I think everybody is thinking about it more than I am,” he said Thursday. “I want to […]
ST. LOUIS – Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau had an opportunity to impress U.S. Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk on Thursday, but neither player made much of it. More to the point, neither player beat him. The two Paris hopefuls played their opening nine a combined 8 over. While Schauffele rebounded on his inward half […]
ST. LOUIS – Rory McIlroy had a new accessory for the first round of the PGA Championship. An anti-inflammatory patch on his right forearm. McIlroy said that he began feeling forearm tightness and discomfort in the crook of his right wrist last weekend at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. He said he’d hit a lot of balls […]
ST. LOUIS – It’s like Grand Slam clockwork. Rickie Fowler goes out and does Rickie Fowler things, moves into the hunt at a major, and then waits patiently for the inevitable. Question: Are you aware of how many majors it took Phil Mickelson to win [his first] major and, if so, does that inspire you […]
ST. LOUIS – Players donned yellow ribbons on Thursday at the PGA Championship to remember Jarrod Lyle, who died on Wednesday following his third bout with acute myeloid leukemia. Rickie Fowler took it a step further. Fowler’s scripting for this week’s championship called for him to wear a blue shirt for the first round. Instead, […]
Tiger Woods would have smashed Jack Nicklaus’ major record if he hadn’t been obsessed with transforming his physique, Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee said Thursday on “The Dan Patrick Show.” Woods has 14 major championship victories compared to Nicklaus’ 18. Woods was considered by many a lock to capture the crown jewel of golf records, […]
ST. LOUIS – Troy Merritt arrived on the range for the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday about an hour before his tee time and slowly began something approaching his normal warm-up. Less than a week removed from emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his left arm, Merritt still wasn’t sure […]
ST. LOUIS – A long, soft golf course with generous fairways sounds like the perfect layout for Dustin Johnson. And for a lengthy stretch Thursday, it was. The world No. 1 ripped off six birdies in an eight-hole stretch from Nos. 6-13 to reach 5 under par and, for a few minutes, a share of […]
ST. LOUIS – Defending champion Justin Thomas looked as though he was going pick up where he left off at the PGA Championship – on top of the leaderboard. Starting on Bellerive’s back nine, Thomas went out in 32 and for a time shared the lead with his good friend Rickie Fowler at 3 under […]