7:19 AM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — The pudgy face is gone. So too is the curly hair sticking out from beneath an odd-looking cap. Now, the look is more mature, one of a husband and father, someone whose priorities have evolved. After all these years, Rory McIlroy returns to the same place, but he
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1:00 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, South Carolina — Here are the tee times for the opening two rounds of the 2021 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island: All times ET Round 1 First tee 7 a.m. — Patrick Rada, Adam Long, Cameron Tringale 7:11 a.m. — Dylan Frittelli, Larkin Gross, Matt Jones
12:55 PM ET KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Since winning his second consecutive PGA Championship in 2019 — and his fourth major championship in three years — Brooks Koepka has been plagued by myriad injuries, the latest of which is still impacting him today. Having missed the cut in his past two events after a knee
12:41 PM ET Bob HarigESPN Senior Writer Close Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Defending PGA Championship winner Collin Morikawa is part of a featured grouping — along with reigning Masters
May 13, 2021 John Daly‘s story has always been the stuff of fiction. You just don’t win one of golf’s four major championships having never seen the course, let alone getting into the field as an obscure alternate. Yet, 30 years ago, in 1991, John Daly emerged as the long-hitting “grip-it-and-rip-it” folk hero when he
6:35 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Monday qualifier Dicky Pride won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour Champions title, closing with a 5-under 67 for a 3-stroke victory. Making his 11th senior start, the 51-year-old Pride had six birdies in an 11-hole stretch before dropping a stroke on
6:32 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — K.H. Lee was more than happy to play through a steady downpour in the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson, and didn’t mind waiting out a weather delay of more than two hours Sunday. The reward was the final spot next week in the PGA Championship.
6:43 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Sam Burns still has the lead going into the final round of the AT&T Byron Nelson despite more magic on the 18th green from local favorite Jordan Spieth. Now it’s a race to beat the weather in Texas in the final round with a good number of
6:32 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Paul Goydos shot a bogey-free 3-under 69 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Billy Andrade into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic. Goydos, 56, had an 8-under 136 total at TPC Sugarloaf. He has five senior victories after winning twice
2:53 PM ET Richard Bland won his first European Tour title at the 478th attempt after beating Guido Migliozzi in a playoff at the British Masters on Saturday. Bland, 48, and Migliozzi finished on 13 under par after 72 holes at The Belfry to force the playoff in which the Englishman parred the first extra
8:39 PM ET Associated Press McKINNEY, Texas — Now that Sam Burns has figured out how to turn an early lead into a victory, it’s already time to try again. Burns birdied six of his last eight holes Friday for a 10-under 62 and a two-stroke lead over Alex Noren at 17 under after the
5:52 PM ET Associated Press DULUTH, Ga. — Stephen Ames shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the first-round lead in the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic. The 57-year-old Ames had an opening bogey and seven birdies for a one-stroke lead over Paul Goydos. “I don’t think I had one highlight, I think
6:41 AM ET Omar Uresti has gone from an obscure, little-known PGA Tour player to a full controversial PGA Professional in a very short amount of time. But through everything that’s happened to him, Uresti’s just a guy who wants to play golf for a living. Full disclosure: My journey into the professional golf world
5:25 PM ET Associated Press Local stars Patty Tavatanakit and Atthaya Thitikul carded 8-under 64s to share a stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Thailand on Thursday. Tavatanakit, who became Thailand’s new leading female golfer following her breakthrough win at the ANA Inspiration last month, shot nine birdies against a lone bogey
7:11 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just last week, Phil Mickelson complained about his inability to focus properly as he struggled yet again, missing the cut at the Valspar Championship. It was Joel Dahmen who got Mickelson’s full attention Thursday at the Wells Fargo Championship, when Dahmen mentioned him in a couple of good-natured social
6:22 PM ET Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Darren Clarke took the lead Thursday in the Regions Tradition, opening with a 6-under 66 in the first of five PGA Tour Champions majors. The 2011 British Open champion from Northern Ireland had a one-stroke lead over Stephen Ames and Jerry Kelly at Greystone Golf & Country
11:55 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Phil Mickelson will be 51 next month and admits his golf career his winding down. So the idea of being offered a reported $100-million per year to play in a rival golf league to the PGA Tour is understandably something that would give him pause. Mickelson acknowledged Wednesday that
8:00 AM ET Coming off last week’s Valspar Championship (won by Sam Burns), the PGA Tour heads to Charlotte for the Wells Fargo Championship. Max Homa, winner at The Genesis in February, is the defending champion at Quail Hollow Club. Which players are the favorites this time around, who offers good odds and what props