OAKMONT, Pa. — Traditionalists have rejoiced at what’s been on display this week at Oakmont Country Club. It’s been a week where fans of old-school, par-is-good-score, hug-the-line U.S. Open setups have been able to come out of hiding without recrimination—and with some rejoicing. Count one former winner at Oakmont among the revelers. On Thursday, Ernie Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — It says something about the cockeyed state of prize money payouts in men’s professional golf that players might be disappointed to hear that for the first time in five years the USGA isn’t increasing the payday at the U.S. Open. Hopefully that feeling evaporates fairly quickly as they absorb the fact that Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — One has a PGA Tour card already locked up. Another is a 17-year-old with a year left in high school. Another gave up competitive golf for seven years to become a dentist. And another is making history for his home country. The 15 amateurs competing in the 2025 U.S. Open each have Read more…
OAKMONT, Pa. — The uniqueness of Oakmont Country Club is a big part of its allure, the course having developed a mystique all to itself. Think the dastardly rough, the slick greens, the Church Pew bunker, the Pennsylvania Turnpike running through it. Another lesser-known Oakmont eccentricity—but one that could create an intrigue rules discussion during Read more…
Over the past week, the Pittsburgh area has received upwards of 250 millimetres of rain, according to USGA officials – and even more in the proceeding weeks.
A tee time on Thursday at the 2025 U.S. Open was the dream of every one of the 10,202 golfers whose entries the USGA approved back in April. For 156 lucky players, that dream is about to come true. Each of them set to compete at Oakmont Country Club—from defending champion Bryson DeChambeau to 17-year-old Read more…
The USGA prides itself on making the U.S. Women’s Open the biggest championship in women’s golf. The event’s legacy helps establish that tone—this is the 80th edition—and so do the venues that host it. Part of that is also playing for the richest overall purse in the game. For the second straight year, the USGA Read more…
Deciding the national champion in college golf with match play has brought excitement to the sport since the format was adopted to crown a team winner for the men in 2009 and the women in 2015. Golf Channel came on board to televise the finals, which more often than not come down a dramatic final Read more…
The PGA of America released a statement overnight (Australian time) confirming it had conducted random driver testing on about a third of the field ahead of this week’s PGA Championship and hinting that some of those drivers might have been deemed non-conforming.
Phil Mickelson’s fate at the PGA Championship—his 32nd start in the major—was decided on Thursday, an eight-over 79 at Quail Hollow in the first round essentially guaranteeing a missed cut in his future. That would deny Mickelson the chance to claim some history; he started the week tied with Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd for Read more…
It was a good run for Hideki Matsuyama. The 33-year-old from Japan hadn’t missed a cut in a major championship since the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie—19 straight starts (including his 2021 Masters victory) marking the longest active streak entering this week’s PGA Championship. But a second-round two-over 73 at Quail Hollow Club on Friday—capped Read more…
There are a fair number of jokes made at the expense of the PGA Championship—the “Ringo” of men’s majors being arguably our favorite. But Ringo will forever be a member of the Beatles, and the winner of the PGA Championship will forever be able to call himself a major champion. Just ask Jason Dufner. Bottom Read more…
When Jim Barnes claimed the inaugural PGA Championship title in 1916, he earned a prize money payout of $500 from an overall purse of $2,580. Yes, times have changed. The PGA of America will announce on Saturday how much the 156 players in the 2025 PGA Championship field at Quail Hollow are playing for. The Read more…
The year’s second men’s major championship is just days away, but if your excitement for the event hasn’t started to build, we’ll forgive you. For many golf fans, the curiosity of how the top pros in the world will play Philadelphia Cricket Club in their one-off visit to the venerable course for this week’s Truist Read more…
If you’re not satisfied with the storylines heading into the 2025 PGA Championship, then golf probably isn’t your thing. Entering the second men’s major championship of the year, there are so many plots and subplots to follow at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., we’re afraid we might run out of energy just typing them. Read more…
When Quail Hollow Club welcomes the game’s best players for the 2025 PGA Championship, it will be hosting a major championship for only the second time, nearly eight years removed from Justin Thomas’ maiden PGA win. Yet as the site of an annual PGA Tour stop, the Charlotte, N.C., course is familiar to tour pros Read more…
Less than 24 hours after learning he was a late addition to the field at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson – just his fourth start on the PGA Tour in 2025 – Cameron Champ (remember him?) signed for an opening-round 64 at TPC Craig Ranch, leaving himself three shots behind Scottie Scheffler (remember him??) the Day 1 lead.
Defending champion Auburn, Oklahoma State, Mississippi, Texas, Arizona State and LSU earned top seeds when the NCAA Division I men’s golf committee revealed on Wednesday the 81 schools and 45 individuals who will be playing in the six 2025 NCAA Men’s Regional tournaments being held around the country May 12-14. The top five teams from Read more…
Defending NCAA champion Stanford, Arkansas, Florida State, South Carolina, Oregon and Texas each earned No. 1 seeds as the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee announced its selection of 72 teams and 36 individuals to participate in the 2025 NCAA Women’s D-I Regionals, May 5-7. Twelve SEC and ACC schools earned spots into the regional Read more…
It’s nice to know you already have a spot in the 2025 U.S. Open locked up with more than two months to spare until the championship. That’s the case for 50 golfers who have earned exemptions into the USGA’s marquee event as it heads to Oakmont Country Club for a record 10th time. In February, Read more…
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