There will be a mix of old and new faces among the Australian contingent when the 108th staging of the PGA Championship begins in Philadelphia on Thursday.
The 32-year-old, who was the world’s second-ranked golfer four years ago, decided after a difficult Masters campaign to split from long-time coach Grant Field, the mentor who first shaped his game from the age of 9.
The event returns to the Aronimink Golf Club for the first time in 64 years. While performance data from that PGA Championship is understandably limited, there is recent data from the course that could serve to suggest some trends.
The last foreign-born player to win the PGA Championship was Australia’s Jason Day in 2015. So after decade of American dominance, will the trend continue? Or might one of the world’s best break-through at Aronimink Golf Club, where South Africa’s Gary Player lift the Wanamaker Trophy the last time it hosted a major championship in Read more…
What if the PGA Championship returned to matchplay? How would it look? Who would get in? How many rounds would they play? Armed with a spreadsheet and love for head-to-head showdowns created by matchplay golf, we went to work.
An uncertain future awaits the two-time major winner as he ponders continuing with LIV Golf, jumping back to the PGA Tour or becoming a full-time YouTuber.
Phil Mickelson withdraws from the PGA Championship due to a family health matter, with Max Homa moving into the field as late changes reshape the lineup.
Fulfilling the customary tradition that calls for each Masters champion to donate a club to Augusta National Golf Club, Rory McIlroy left behind his 7-iron. Or so he found out days later.
Adam Scott may no longer be “Scotty”, but at the PGA Championship on Sunday at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, he showed he’s still part of the conversation.
Scheffler confirmed he was among the 50 players whose drivers were tested early in the week at Quail Hollow, and that the TaylorMade Qi10 driver that he planned to use in the championship did not pass testing.
When the pressure crystallised by Sunday afternoon at the PGA Championship, only Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau remained—all former major winners, all luminaries of the sport.