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In 2015, Jason Day was on top of the golf world. The Australian star had won five times on the PGA Tour, including a maiden major at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. He also made his debut as World No.1 in the fall. His success was built on long, straight driving and a delightful

ROCHESTER—John Daly has pulled out of the 2023 PGA Championship. Daly, 57, has been a mainstay at the event since earning his breakthrough win at the 1991 PGA Championship. Getting a spot in the field at Crooked Stick as the ninth alternate, Daly had to drive through the night to reach the course in time

May 15, 2023, 10:36 AM ET Past winner John Daly has withdrawn from the PGA Championship, tournament organizers said Monday, and will be replaced in the field by German Stephan Jaeger. The larger-than-life Daly, who won the tournament in 1991, has played only a handful of PGA Tour events in the past two years but

Do a Google search for “Jon Rahm Basque,” and you’ll get a few hits, but nothing very substantial beyond a story about the Basque population of Boise, ID celebrating his Masters win. The situation would be better if you spoke Spanish, but still, there’s a dearth of information on the cultural heritage of the No.

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 15, 2023, 08:24 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia The 105th PGA Championship is returning to Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, for the fourth time. The East Course will play much different this

Looking at the PGA Tour’s career money list to determine the relative success of a player’s career is mostly a futile endeavor. Sure, Tiger Woods at No. 1 with $120-plus million makes sense, but Jack Nicklaus with $5,734,031—which ranks him a mere 346th all time—does not. The clearest evidence at how skewed prize money has

Neither Austin Eckroat or Marty Dou accomplished the main objective on Sunday at the AT&T Bryon Nelson: win their first PGA Tour title. Yet the 24-year-old Eckroat and 26-year-old Dou both walked away pleased with their performances, even if it didn’t end quite as happily as they hoped after starting the final round in a

Associated Press May 14, 2023, 08:41 PM ET BROKEN ARROW, Okla. — Dustin Johnson overcame a triple bogey Sunday by making birdie on the 18th hole to join a playoff and another birdie on the 18th to win LIV Golf Tulsa for his first win this year. The victory was Johnson’s second since he joined

Are you ready for the 2023 PGA Championship? No, we mean it: Are … you … ready? As in ready to watch more than 250 hours of live coverage across all the broadcast, cable and digital assets that will be showcasing the action this week at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. Once again,

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:29 PM ET BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Robert Karlsson and defending champion Steve Stricker surged into the lead Saturday at the Regions Tradition, with Karlsson shooting a 9-under 63 to match the low score since this PGA Tour Champions major moved to its current venue. Stricker closed with four straight birdies

Once known as the black sheep of golf’s four big events, the PGA Championship has arguably been the most entertaining major championship over the past decade, and the tournament will look to continue that good fortune as the golf world descends on Rochester, N.Y., for the 105th edition of the championship. No, there will be

The shot that summed up Scottie Scheffler’s entire third round of the AT&T Byron Nelson came at the par-5 18th at TPC Craig Ranch, which is the type of hole where par feels like bogey and bogey feels like triple bogey for PGA Tour-level players. Up to the point Scheffler arrived at the tee, only

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 07:42 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Defending champion Minjee Lee of Australia overcame an opening bogey for a 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Saturday, heading in the final round of the Founders Cup. No. 6 in the world, Lee had four birdies and an eagle after dropping a stroke

There is something about the PGA Championship, a quality that doesn’t make the event any less entertaining than the Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship, yet provides it with its own distinct identity. Often this is viewed pejoratively—the cliché is to call the PGA “the “Ringo” of men’s majors. But the PGA counts every bit

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:11 PM ET CLIFTON, N.J. — Two-time LPGA Tour player of the year Jin Young Ko shot her second straight 4-under 68 on Friday in the Founders Cup and shared the halfway lead with 37-year-old non-winner Sarah Kemp. Kemp, whose best finish on tour is a tie for second in

Every year, some tourists still arrive in the town of Woodstock, N.Y., hoping to see where the legendary rock ‘n roll festival took place in 1969. When they get there, they’re disappointed to learn that the “three days of peace and music” that featured 400,000 rain-soaked members of the counterculture generation grooving to the sounds

Another day, another tournament Scottie Scheffler may end up winning. Scheffler followed his seven-under 64 in the first round of the AT&T Byron Nelson with another 64 in his second to vault into the 36-hole lead. Both Scheffler and Jon Rahm, unlike any players we’ve seen for a good while, have an air of inevitability

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 08:31 PM ET McKINNEY, Texas — Scottie Scheffler says he tries not to put too much emphasis on winning one tournament over another, even when his hometown AT&T Byron Nelson is in play. Ryan Palmer isn’t keeping any secrets. Win the Nelson not far from his home in another Dallas-Fort