Aug 3, 2020 The PGA Championship was supposed to take place in May. But the coronavirus pandemic shut down golf — and sports. So here we are, in early August with golf’s first major of 2020. There will be no fans on site at TPC Harding Park, but there will be drama. Tiger Woods makes
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9:00 PM ET Associated Press The LPGA Tour made it through its second week without any of its players testing positive for the coronavirus at the Marathon Classic. That still didn’t keep two players from withdrawing in Sylvania, Ohio, because of their caddies. The LPGA Tour says the caddies for Perrine Delacour and Allie White
7:59 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Golf shut down for three months in America, leading Ryder Cup organizers to adjust the selection criteria to allow U.S. captain Steve Stricker to use wild-card picks for half of the 12-man team. Now that the matches have been postponed until 2021, nothing has changed. The PGA
6:47 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Tiger Woods appears set to make a rare putter switch on Thursday when the PGA Championship begins at TPC Harding Park. Woods has been practicing this week with a different version of the Scotty Cameron Newport II putter he has used for a majority of his career, one that
2:27 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Bryson DeChambeau has gained some 50 pounds in less than a year, has added muscle to his body and is hitting his tee shots on average more than 20 yards longer. He’s been the talk of the game since the PGA Tour resumed its schedule in June, and some
10:13 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — American golfer John Catlin and his caddie Nathan Mulrooney have been removed from this week’s English Championship by the European Tour after they breached its COVID-19 protocol. The European Tour said in a statement on Wednesday that the pair dined a local restaurant on Tuesday evening outside the
7:18 AM ET Even though there will be no fans and no roars, this PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park won’t lack drama. There’s Tiger Woods, and whether his back will hold up. There’s Brooks Koepka, and whether he can win the Wanamaker Trophy for the third straight year. Here’s a look at all the
9:47 PM ET Associated Press A shorter PGA Tour season because of the pandemic has led the PGA of America to modify its two major awards for tour players. The Vardon Trophy, which dates to 1937 and is given to the PGA Tour player with the lowest adjusted scoring average, required a player to complete
7:20 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — It became a talking point as soon as he lifted the Claret Jug in victory three years ago at Royal Birkdale. It remains one today for Jordan Spieth: completing golf’s career Grand Slam, with victories in all four major championships. The PGA is the only tournament separating Spieth from
2:53 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The damp, foggy, chilly surroundings at TPC Harding Park on Tuesday are not exactly the type of conditions Tiger Woods is embracing heading into the PGA Championship. But Woods is well aware of summertime conditions in the Bay Area, and despite his lack of tournament preparation of late, he