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 […]

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 – Bryson DeChambeau on Tuesday won the PGA’s annual Long Drive Competition, after ripping a 331-yard drive at Bellerive Country Club. DeChambeau’s big blast edged Peter Uihlein (328 yards) and Tony Finau (324 yards). The top three finishers receive charitable donations of $25,000, $15,000 and $10,000, respectively, to a designated U.S.-based 501(c)(3) charity […]

ST. LOUIS – Justin Rose is trying try to cap a strong, consistent season with a second major title this week at the PGA Championship. But the world No. 3 will have to do it without a practice round at Bellerive. Rose is still trying to manage his back after withdrawing before the start of […]

ST. LOUIS – Tommy Fleetwood received a surprise this week when noticed that a $154,480 check from the European Tour had been deposited into his bank account. Because he wasn’t that Tommy Fleetwood. Turns out the European Tour made a clerical error and sent out the winnings from last month’s Open Championship to the wrong […]

ST. LOUIS – On the eve of the year’s final major, Dustin Johnson is the 8/1 solo favorite to walk away from Bellerive with the Wanamaker Trophy. Per the most recent odds released by Jeff Sherman of the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, he is followed by two-time PGA winner Rory McIlroy at 12/1 and defending […]

ST. LOUIS – Tommy Fleetwood will start the week at Bellerive with 14 clubs in the bag, but there’s always a chance he won’t end it that way. The former Nike staffer is down to his final set of VR Pro Blade irons, and since Nike exited the hard goods business in 2016, there’s no […]

ST. LOUIS – Thomas Bjorn will have more time to scout potential picks this week at Bellerive. The European Ryder Cup captain withdrew from the 100th PGA Championship on Wednesday morning, citing his “old back.” Unfortunately having to WD from @PGAChampionship due to reoccurrence of my old back not holding up!!Thank you to @PGA for […]

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 […]

ST. LOUIS – If the fact that Jack Nicklaus has more major runner-ups (19) than major victories (18) was ever lost, it’s certainly been found. These days, it’s an oft-cited bit of trivia, usually invoked in a Jack-or-Tiger debate. But it also speaks to the idea that even the game’s best won’t win every time, […]