The PGA of America has announced its eligibility requirements for the 2023 PGA Championship, and despite past signals about LIV defectors possibly jeopardising their status for the tournament, members of the Saudi-backed circuit will indeed get to compete for the Wanamaker Trophy.
Stolz didn’t play or even own a set of golf clubs for five years before his looming 50th birthday instigated a nagging thought in the back of his mind that couldn’t be ignored.
According to Thomas’ Whoop strap – a digital performance and recovery tracking band – he recorded a 100-percent sleep score the night before his victory.
The Chilean will have plenty of thoughts and regrets to deal with later, but for now he deserves credit for standing up and treating this as it should be treated – like an unfortunate sports result, and not a world tragedy.
In the annals of golfing weirdness, here’s a double whammy for the ages: the PGA Championship will be played this week not where it was originally scheduled to be played and without its 51-year-old defending champion in the field.
There will be no repeat of the will-he-or-won’t-he saga that dominated headlines leading up to the Masters. He’s playing competitive golf this week. The question now: how good will that golf be?
The eight-time PGA Tour winner had surgery to repair the hamate bone in his left wrist on April 14 and was expected to be sidelined for upwards of two months.
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