CHARLOTTE — There’s something brewing here at Quail Hollow. We sense it, but can’t quite define it—is it good, bad, excitement, nervousness, outrage, or indifference? It’s too early to tell with this PGA Championship only halfway home. The crowds feel it too, carrying a frenetic energy they haven’t yet channeled in any particular direction. So Read more…
Rory McIlroy had to switch drivers at the PGA Championship after his ‘gamer’ was deemed non-conforming, according to a report by SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio’s Jason Sobel.
Unlike his leaderboard neighbours who’ve ridden hot putters – which are prone to overnight cooling – Michael Thorbjornsen has constructed his position on overpowering driving statistics.
CHARLOTTE — You stare at the leaderboard in disbelief. Don’t. You’ve fallen victim to the fiction orchestrated by golf’s crooked media—fake news, as our modern parlance would have it. Thursday’s revelations at Quail Hollow weren’t anomalies but rather confirmations of an established pattern: Contrary to some of the things you’ve heard, this course has an Read more…
At this week’s PGA Championship, the former Players champ is rocking a bag doused in teal, dark purple and white, a nod to Quail Hollow’s local NBA franchise, the Charlotte Hornets
CHARLOTTE—The PGA of America made a bold statement Wednesday evening that will delight golf purists: despite days of drenching rain at Quail Hollow, Thursday’s opening round of the 107th PGA Championship will proceed without preferred lies. “We do not plan to play preferred lies,” read a message from PGA of America officials. “The playing surfaces Read more…
CHARLOTTE— Sahith Theegala has withdrawn from the PGA Championship due to injury. Theegala was announced as a late scratch Wednesday afternoon at Quail Hollow. According to the PGA of America, Theegala cited a neck issue as the reason for the WD. Alex Smalley will replace Theegala in the field. The news is not necessarily a Read more…
CHARLOTTE — Critics of this week’s PGA Championship venue have found their perfect rallying cry, courtesy of Justin Thomas’s unguarded moment of brutal honesty. Quail Hollow commands the spotlight as it hosts the PGA of America’s flagship event, marking its second coronation as a major championship venue. The Charlotte mainstay has steadily climbed golf’s hosting Read more…
New PGA of America CEO Derek Sprague announced at Quail Hollow that his organisation has awarded its flagship event to a former Tiger Woods victory site in 2032.
CHARLOTTE — Rupe Taylor awoke in a hospital room, immediately registering the restraints binding his arms and legs to the bed. In the chair beside him, his mother sat crumpled, her face hidden in her hands. He didn’t know what had happened as he asked the only question that might forever divide his life into Read more…
Of the many remarkable chapters in Scottie Scheffler’s historic 2024 season, none were more surprising than a Friday morning in Louisville that began in a jail cell and ended with him in contention at the PGA Championship. An incident forever shattering the notion that the world’s top-ranked golfer was “boring.” It was 6:15 a.m. when Read more…
The highest compliment to Brooks Koepka is that assertions which would be dismissed as false bravado from anyone else are accepted as stone-cold truth when they come from him. This was illustrated at the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black, where Koepka would ultimately claim his fourth major title. When questioned about his stance that Read more…
One of the best golf clubs in the world is receiving massive overhaul to its property. Royal Dornoch, consistently ranked among the world’s premier links golf destinations, revealed ambitious expansion plans on Wednesday. The historic Scottish club has partnered with King Collins Dormer Golf Course Design to develop a masterplan that includes: -Complete renovation of Read more…
Urban legends are a barstool currency, traded among sports fans to inform and debate but mostly to entertain. Many of them are surreptitious in nature and border on the apocryphal, such as Michael Jordan’s really retiring from basketball because of a gambling suspension, Cassius Clay’s phantom punch of Sonny Liston and the 1985 NBA Draft’s Read more…
Billy Horschel announced on Tuesday that he will undergo surgery for a hip injury. Horschel, 38, had previously pulled out of the Zurich Classic late last month because of the ailment. On a video posted on X, the eight-time PGA Tour winner said he will undergo a procedure next week to fix the issue, which Read more…
Scheffler authored a week for the ages, his final-round 63 tying the lowest 72-hole score in PGA Tour history (253) to capture the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in his hometown of Dallas.
Will Zalatoris’ inauspicious start to 2025 continues. Zalatoris was announced as a late departure from his hometown event on Wednesday, pulling out of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson outside of Dallas. The 28-year-old captured the tour’s Rookie of the Year award in 2021 after finishing runner-up at the Masters in his Augusta debut, and followed Read more…
The R&A will have a record crowd when the Open returns to Royal Portrush this summer. The governing body announced Tuesday that 278,000 will be in attendance for this year’s championship at the Dunluce Links. It is a massive increase from Portrush’s 2019 Open, which drew 237,750 spectators, and will be the largest gathering for Read more…
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