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PGA Championship: Confident club pro has the feel-good story you need to read
Years from now, Michael Block can spin a yarn about his week at the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club, and it’s going to sound like a fairy tale or a tall tale—and probably a little bit of both—but it won’t need any embellishment.
PGA Championship 2024: This year’s low club pro plans to drive 10 hours through the night to make another tee time
We didn’t quite see the magic produced by Michael Block at Oak Hill last year, but the 21 club pros in the field at this week’s PGA Championship did themselves proud. RELATED: Club pro gives most relatable answer ever after making cut Block didn’t make it to the weekend this time, but two players, Braden Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Sahith Theegala isn’t just be battling the field Sunday at Valhalla. He’s also battling his body
Sahith Theegala’s best showing at a major championship in eight career starts was a ninth-place finish at the 2023 Masters. Mind you, the 26-year-old has only been a pro for four years. Even so, championship chances like the one he’s looking at on Sunday at the PGA Championship—one stroke off the lead, having carded just Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Club pro gives most relatable answer ever after making first major cut
Against the backdrop of potentially the most surreal opening two days in major championship history, club professional Jeremy Wells had an uneventful first two rounds at the 2024 PGA Championship. But look a little closer, and Wells’ 69-71 to make his first major championship cut was chaotic. After opening in two under and birdieing his Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Tiger, Phil top list of missed cuts at Valhalla
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson both missed the cut Friday at the PGA Championship. But it was Mickelson who missed out on a chance to break a record. When the six-time major champion tied for 58th place last year at Oak Hill, he tied Jack Nicklaus and Raymond Floyd as players who have made 27 Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Shuttle bus crash reportedly snarls traffic outside Valhalla on Thursday morning
The 2024 PGA Championship is less than a few hours old, and golf fans are already angry. This year, though, their ire isn’t directed at the ludicrous beer prices or even the cringey “Halla” hats, but instead at the shuttle bus situation, which left many paying fans waiting in mile-long lines for a lift to Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: How they determine the 36-hole cut at Valhalla
There’s a mindset that sports psychologists discuss with their golfers that says if you’re thinking about making the cut when you start a golf tournament, then you’re not really thinking about something that will have you playing your best. Rather, you’re limiting yourself with a semi-negative mindset that has a non-successful outcome attached to it. Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Criticized beer prices drop (a bit) at Valhalla with record crowds expected
Highs in the upper 70s and good golf as far as the eye can see call for one thing and one thing only: An ice-cold beer. Suppose you’re lucky enough to find yourself walking around Valhalla this week. In that case, you’ve probably already spent a pretty penny on tickets and accommodations, but you shouldn’t Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: John Daly’s customized golf clubs for Valhalla are somehow even better than expected
More than 30 years after his shocking PGA Championship victory at Crooked Stick, John Daly is still going strong at the revered major. The tournament hasn’t even started yet and Long John has already taken the photo of the tournament, built his own perfect little foursome at Valhalla and did … well, just watch the Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: The PGA of America has the perfect fantasy game for casual golf fans
LOUISVILLE — Attention on golf betting is growing like Scottie Scheffler’s bank account. Even if you haven’t gotten involved yet—or you’ve dabbled just a few times—this might be your week. PGA Championship 2024 power rankings: Our deep dive into every player in the field competing at Valhalla The next step for new and seasoned fans of Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Our idiot prognosticator gets his wrong-way inspiration from Brooks … just not that one
I don’t think we talk enough about Brooks. Not the “brothers,” though I am in need of seersucker and a particularly sporty rep tie. No, not “Garth” or even “and Dunn,” even though both country-music legends would seem ideal for a major championship played in a state famous for consuming distilled spirits surrounded by “friends in Read more…
Anthony Kim takes shot at departing Jimmy Dunne on social media, continues to shoot from the hip
Back in February, Anthony Kim made his shocking return to professional golf after 12 long years in the wind. Not long after, Kim—like seemingly all pros in the modern era—joined X for the first time. RELATED: Anthony Kim is not who you think he was Things started innocently enough, with Kim posting inspirational platitudes and Read more…
PGA Championship 2024: Tiger Woods has a very relatable excuse for rocking the GOATee this week
As is always the case with Tiger Woods, every move he makes at this week’s PGA Championship will be watched, discussed and dissected to the nth degree. From what he’s wearing to how he’s walking to the clubs he’s hitting and beyond. It even extends to his facial hair. Yes, his facial hair. RELATED: The time Read more…
‘I saved my ass’: Chris Gotterup explains how his win bailed him out of a Mother’s Day disaster
While the eyes of the golf world were fixed firmly on Rory McIlroy’s runaway victory at Quail Hollow on Sunday, Chris Gotterup put on an equally dominant performance at the Myrtle Beach Classic, besting the field by six strokes en route to his first PGA Tour win. The former Jack Nicklaus Award winner was thankful Read more…
PGA Championship 2024 tee times: Pairings for the first and second round
The PGA Championship has never been a major where the phrase “par is your friend” necessarily applied. To wit: In the three previous visits the PGA of America has made to Valhalla Golf Club—1996, 2000 and 2014—the average winning score in relation to par has been 15 under. And each successive time the event has Read more…
