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9:42 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for

TULSA — It was at the 18th, and boy, the 18th is a brute. She weighs in at 491 yards but is closer to 600 on the scale. Or at least it feels that way, the hole serpentining its way up the hills that give this course its name. If that wasn’t enough the fairway

5:35 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy do not walk the way they once did, when each was at the height of his powers. Woods, understandably, takes tentative steps these days. He’ll often hold a club in his right hand as he leaves the tee box, gently swinging it like a

TULSA — Bunkers on the PGA Tour tend to be hazards in name only. Gone are the days when bunkers were glorified sand boxes, when good lies were bonuses rather than the expectation. Modern bunkers are pearly-white oases that offer players a blank canvas to do whatever they want with the ball. They’d much rather

The year’s second major is here, and we’re as excited for the PGA Championship as any other major of 2022. Southern Hills is as intriguing of a venue as there is. The classic Perry Maxwell design was restored a few years ago by Gil Hanse and his team, and if conditions are firm and fast

8:40 AM ET Nick PietruszkiewiczESPN.com Close Senior editor for college basketball Joined ESPN in 2008 Graduate of the University of Maryland Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Tiger Woods wandering Southern Hills Country Club alone at the PGA Championship would attract interest. But for the first two rounds of the year’s

TULSA—All eyes will be on Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth on Thursday and Friday at Southern Hills, the PGA of America grouping the three biggest attractions together for the first two rounds of the PGA Championship. Concentrating so much firepower is not new to professional golf, and there’s no doubting the intrigue surrounding

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The second golf major of the year begins Thursday at the 2022 PGA Championship from Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among those competing are World No. 1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, 2021 U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm and two-time major winner Collin Morikawa. The last time the

Sports are unscripted for a reason, one best articulated by the erudite Yogi Berra (edited here to account for the sport), who said, “There’s one word that describes golf—you never know.” The U.S. Amateur Four-Ball final on Wednesday emphatically proved his point. The team of former Wake Forest players Chad Wilfong and Davis Womble seemed

TULSA — PGA Tour players are creatures of habit. Play 25 events at 25 different golf courses in 25 different cities in a year and you’ll quickly learn the importance of normalcy amidst constant change. Most guys have a day they like to arrive at an event and a way they like to prepare for

7:09 AM ET There is no denying the PGA Championship, which starts Thursday at Southern Hills, has its headliners. That would be the 9:11 a.m. time on Thursday: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. But there are others worth discussing, from world No. 1 and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, to previous No. 1

TULSA — The pairings for Thursday and Friday have been released, and man, they are ripe for a countdown. A totally biased, sure to enrage, seat-of-the-pants countdown. Let’s call it a baker’s dozen and start at the top. Honorable mention, just because it could be super weird: John Daly, Shaun Micheel, Y.E. Yang 12. Tyrrell

8:24 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — Rickie Fowler does not offer many windows into his psyche. It has always been his greatest strength, particularly away from the golf course. He is measured, polite and never controversial — a marketing executive’s dream — which is one reason he’s been such a ubiquitous commercial presence in our

TULSA—If you’re looking for parallels between Southern Hills and Craig Ranch, well, that’s an exploration so doomed we won’t bother sending out a search party. However, should Xander Schauffele hoist the Wanamker come Sunday evening, that salvation may be spurred by providence found last Friday at the aforementioned TPC venue. Playing in the AT&T Byron

There’s some mystery in the air this week at the PGA Championship. Southern Hills Country Club hosts the major for the fifth time, but the first since 2007, when Tiger Woods won his fourth Wanamaker Trophy in the scorching Tulsa heat. In 2018, the Perry Maxwell course underwent an extensive restoration from Gil Hanse and

7:12 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — The PGA Championship returns to Southern Hills Country Club for the first time since 2007, when Tiger Woods won his 13th major championship and fourth Wanamaker Trophy. Woods will be back here this week trying to win his 16th major championship and 83rd PGA Tour victory, which would be

TULSA — Despite his struggles over the past three seasons Rickie Fowler remains one of the more popular figures with those in the galleries. But a Fowler comment on Monday won’t be popular down in Ponte Vedra Beach. Though the golf world is gathered in Tulsa for the PGA Championship the sport’s attention is divided,

6:42 AM ET The year’s second major, the PGA Championship, gets going this week at Southern Hills Country Club. Defending champion Phil Mickelson will not be there, his break from golf continuing a bit longer. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app | WatchESPN Tiger Woods, who made his return to the sport at the

Rest up golf fans. You’ve got a lot of viewing ahead of you this week. For a third straight year, the PGA Championship will feature wire-to-wire 72-hole coverage via CBS Sports, ESPN, ESPN+ and Paramount+. And according to the PGA of America, there will be nearly 250 hours of live coverage across all its broadcast,

If you’ve attended a PGA Tour practice round recently, there’s a decent chance you found yourself wondering: Who are all these people inside the ropes, and what do they do? Whereas golf has historically been known as a game of rugged individualism, the modern game is more of a collaborative effort than ever before. The

6:41 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for

One by one, the questions marks entering next week’s PGA Championship are being answered. Phil Mickelson is out, still not ready to face the public in the wake of his Saudi comments. Harris English and Paul Casey, both dealing with injuries, have also sent their regrets. Sungjae Im won’t be in Tulsa, either, after testing

6:47 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Steve Stricker completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Regions Tradition, closing with a 4-under 68 for a six-stroke victory and his fourth PGA Tour Champions major title. Stricker’s second Tradition win at Greystone Golf & Country Club came in his third event since returning from a

There is nothing in the profile of K.H. Lee to suggest he would emerge from this week’s crimson-splashed leaderboard at the AT&T Byron Nelson with a victory over the likes of Jordan Spieth, Hideki Matsuyama and Justin Thomas—all major champions. Nothing in the strokes-gained categories or his scoring average this season, or even his recent

Paul Casey pulled out of the PGA Championship Sunday morning. The news isn’t necessarily a surprise. Casey, 44, has been battling back issues for much of 2022, issues that caused him to miss the Masters and the Valspar Championship (where he is a two-time champ) and forced him out after two holes at the WGC-Match

7:48 PM ET Associated Press CLIFTON, N.J. — Minjee Lee seemed to be more worried about finishing her third round on a dreary, rainy day than keeping the lead at the Cognizant Founders Cup. The 25-year-old LPGA Tour scoring leader did both Saturday, moving within a round of posting her first win of the year

It was as rule change that was considered, voted upon and instituted by the PGA Tour, and it made plenty of headlines over the winter. In December, the USGA and R&A made available Model Local Rule G-11 that allowed governing bodies to limit the detail in green-reading materials. The tour then issued a memo to

8:03 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sebastian Munoz will be the “other” local guy in the final pairing of the final round of the Byron Nelson. It’s cool by the Colombian who now calls the Dallas area home and has at least shared the lead after all three rounds. Munoz shot a 6-under

It was something out of a scene of a sketch comedy, and after seeing it, we’re not sure which was funnier on Saturday: the slapstick way Ladies European Tour Chloe Williams flipped backward over a sign, or her reaction upon seeing replays of it. Call it a dead heat, because Chloe was an awfully good

John Daly and pedestrian aren’t normally words that appear in the same sentence. Yet it’s safe to say that golf folk hero has had a pedestrian season to date on the PGA Tour Champions. In six starts prior to this week’s Regions Tradition, the first major on the senior circuit calendar, the 56-year-old had finished