Teaching pros, club owners and upcoming players alike came out swinging in Las Vegas this week, seeking the latest in golf technology and training at the annual PGA Expo.
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KOHLER, Wis. — Australia’s Jason Day held his nerve to end five years of close calls at the majors with an emotional breakthrough victory by three shots over American Jordan Spieth at the PGA Championship on Sunday.
Woods tied for 17th at the Masters but failed to make it into the weekend at the U.S. Open, the British Open and now the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
John Daly already was dressed like Al Czervik. On the par-3 seventh hole Friday at the PGA Championship, he started playing like Rodney Dangerfield’s “Caddyshack” character, too.
If majors continue to slip from his grasp, Dustin Johnson will be stuck with the label of a career underachiever. The critics will say he squandered his immense talent, that he never could win the big one.
The father of PGA Tour player Billy Hurley III was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Louden County, Va.
Phil Mickelson has long been hosting “Tuesdays with Phil” money matches the week of a major. This Tuesday was no different, as “Lefty” and Rickie Fowler took on Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas for bragging rights and a handful of $100 bills in a practice round at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin, where the PGA Championship tees off Thursday.
These 10 players are worth watching at this week’s PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Professional handicapper Wes Reynolds (@WesReynolds1 on Twitter) is using a mythical bankroll of $200 to bet the PGA Championship futures board at the Westgate Las Vegas:
Obviously, it’s cool to be hip and trending. Most people would prefer that as opposed to being hated and vilified. But there is a danger in becoming too popular, and Bubba Watson is walking that proverbial tightrope this week.
Defending champion Rory McIlroy, the No. 1-ranked player in the world coming off a serious left ankle injury, announced Monday he will return to compete this week in the 97th PGA Championship at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.
Rickie Fowler finished his first round at the Quicken Loans National in style, making a hole-in-one on the 200-yard ninth hole.
Not since Spaulding Smails found a Baby Ruth bar floating in the pool at Bushwood Country Club in “Caddyshack” has there been such a blatant breach of golf etiquette as what’s been going on in Norway.
PGA Tour player Billy Hurley III made an emotional appeal on Tuesday for help in tracking down his father who went missing on July 19.