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Slightly farther down the odds board at 33-1 sits Tiger Woods, coming off a pedestrian T-40 at the Memorial in his only start since February. His course history is second to none, with a playoff win over John Daly here at the 2005 WGC-American Express and a 5-0-0 record in the 2009 Presidents Cup, which

There will be no cart controversy at TPC Harding Park. On Sunday night the PGA Championship announced that John Daly has withdrawn from the event. Daly rose to fame at the 1991 PGA Championship, capturing the Wanamaker as a ninth alternate at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Ind. However, Daly, 54, has made just three cuts

10:46 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Richy Werenski holed a flop shot from the fairway on the par-4 16th for a five-point eagle and birdied the last for a one-point victory over Troy Merritt on Sunday in the Barracuda Championship. Werenski won for the first time on the PGA Tour, scoring 13 points

Justin Thomas won the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational with a final-round 65 and with it returned to No. 1 in the world. Thomas worked his way back to the top spot in golf by capitalizing on a strong iron game that saw him rank first in strokes gained/tee-to-green and second in strokes gained/approach-the-green, picking up

12:03 PM ET ESPN and ESPN+ will provide comprehensive coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Coverage will start Tuesday, with the reveal of featured groups and tee times, player interviews and news conferences, and continue on through Sunday’s final round of golf’s first major championship of 2020. Here’s the

Every shot counts in golf, as the old saying goes. And so tour pros will often get creative when trying to play a wayward shot rather than take a drop and add a penalty stroke to their score. But we haven’t seen anybody get quite as creative as Joel Sjoholm did during the final round

A bronze statue of Frank “Sandy” Tatum will stand in front of the TPC Harding Park clubhouse for as long as the golf course exists. The wild story—it includes a rollover truck accident and a pseudo hostage situation—of how it finally arrived at its place of honor in advance of next week’s PGA Championship in

8:44 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Danielle Kang returned from a 45-minute rain delay with two straight birdies. By the end of the round Saturday, she was happy to have a share of the lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. Kang followed her back-to-back birdies with three straight bogeys, another birdie and

Ten months ago Brendon Todd didn’t have tour status. He’s a round away from becoming the Player of the Year favorite. Todd survived a four-bogey day thanks to five red figures, turning in a one-under 69 for a one-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. “I’m excited to be in

3:30 PM ET Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Brendon Todd shot a 5-under 65 Friday and grabbed a two-stroke lead through 36 holes of the FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Todd trailed defending champion Brooks Koepka after the first round by two strokes. He quickly erased that deficit and took the lead to himself with a

Nick Faldo was perusing Twitter while relaxing on the beach in Florida earlier this week when he noticed that someone tagged him in a video that showed a teenage girl hitting a golf ball one-handed as her left arm dangled helplessly, if not obstructively by her side. The thought was that perhaps the six-time major

Lions and tigers? To the best of our knowledge, none have encroached on the play at a PGA Tour event. Bears? Maybe not before Friday but add that to the list of wacky animal encounters. The PGA Tour tweeted a photo from the second round of the Barracuda Championship that showed a small bear loping

10:39 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Kyle Stanley had another eagle in a 14-point round Friday to take the lead into the weekend in the Barracuda Championship, the PGA Tour’s lone modified Stableford scoring event. Stanley had a 22-point total for a two-stroke lead over Matthias Schwab, Robert Streb and Branden Grace in

Due to inclement weather in the afternoon forecast in Memphis, the PGA Tour moved the second-round tee times up at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Because of that, and the small WGC field at TPC Southwind, we’re already through 36 holes. That means we have an early edition of takeaways from Day 2, which featured

5:41 AM ET Charlotte GibsonESPN Haley Moore had been waiting three months to start her professional career. It was the first week of February, and the time had finally come. Moore, 21, was finally teeing it up as a member of the LPGA Tour at the third tournament of the season, the ISPS Handa Vic

Major winners Francesco Molinari and Padraig Harrington have withdrawn from next week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park. Harrington, who lives in Dublin, Ireland, is dropping out due to COVID-19 concerns, believing traveling to the United States proved too much a threat. “As COVID-19 currently looks to be under control in Ireland, I am taking

The LPGA reported that a second player has tested positive for COVID-19 as the tour gets set to resume its 2020 season on Friday at the LPGA Drive On Championship. Marina Alex had been scheduled to compete at Inverness Club in Ohio but remained home after getting word that her pre-travel test showed she had

6:51 PM ET MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bryson DeChambeau hits tee shots farther than anyone else on the PGA Tour, thanks to his suddenly beefed-up physique and protein-heavy diet. The six-time Tour winner is apparently no match for a few fire ants. In Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind, DeChambeau

If Bryson DeChambeau wasn’t already familiar with the members of the PGA Tour rules staff, he’s getting more so by the week. During Thursday’s opening round of the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, the 26-year-old five-time PGA Tour winner found himself involved with a rules situation for a second straight start after his tee shot on

7:55 AM ET Given the lack of tournament preparation, it doesn’t say much for Tiger Woods’ confidence in his own body that he is not in Memphis, Tennessee, this week in advance of next week’s PGA Championship. Sure, there are other compelling explanations to skip the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, chief among them the fact

The boy must leave the reservation to play. He pilots an old Toyota Camry, what he affectionately refers to as the “Red Rider,” to drive 90 miles round trip, 50 of which are on dirt roads. Tack on 30 minutes if a storm has turned the dirt into mud. There are mixed-grass prairies and sand

After a successful two-week stint on Matthew Fitzpatrick’s bag, Jim (Bones) Mackay will make a caddie cameo for another one of the world’s best golfers. Golf Channel’s Chantel McCabe reported on Wednesday that Justin Thomas has hired the longtime looper for the next two weeks. And they are a big two tournaments at that with

7:45 PM ET Justin Thomas‘ regular caddie, Jimmy Johnson, is not feeling well enough to work at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational this week, so Phil Mickelson‘s former caddie, Jim “Bones” Mackay, will take over this week, and likely next week for the PGA Championship, as well. Mackay, who worked for Mickelson for 25 years

As the LPGA Tour commences competition after a long pause due to the global spreading of COVID-19, one player came out of mandatory testing with a positive result. Gaby Lopez, who won the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions in January, has withdrawn from the Drive On Championship at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio, and will begin

1:08 PM ET The 120th U.S. Open will be played in September without fans at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, the United States Golf Association announced on Wednesday. Spectators also won’t be allowed at next week’s PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco because of the coronavirus pandemic. “Following months

Looking to defend his title at this week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational—and get his 2020 season back on track—Brooks Koepka leads a loaded field at TPC Southwind in Memphis that features the entire top eight in the Official World Golf Ranking. Koepka, hoping to also build some momentum as he prepares to defend his title

Davis Love III announced on Tuesday he will no longer be working for CBS Sports. In a statement on Twitter, Love thanked CBS for the opportunity but said he wanted to return his primary focus to playing. “Since golf returned in June, CBS has allowed me time to focus on my family, play a few

3:07 PM ET The PGA Tour has made a modification to its health and safety policy that will allow players and caddies who test positive for COVID-19 and have symptoms — but have gone 24 hours without a fever — to return to competition after 10 days. They also will be allowed to use the

Unfortunately, our expert panel didn’t peg him as a dark horse, meaning we’ve now only picked an outright winner in 13 of the 28 events on tour this season, putting us up more than 260 units collectively on the season. For shame. Two of the most intriguing prices that immediately stick out are former winners

9:27 AM ET The PGA Tour announced Tuesday it is expanding its relationship with DraftKings, making the betting site its official betting operator. DraftKings had previously become the official daily fantasy game of the PGA Tour in 2019, but this agreement now gives the company the rights to use PGA Tour trademarks, the rights to