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Tiger Woods might have a new putter for the PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tiger Woods appears to have something new in store for this PGA Championship: his putter. Woods has won all but one of his 15 majors with a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 GSS, the putter he borrowed from Mark O’Meara in 1998 and never returned. The only other time he switched at a...
PGA Championship at a Glance
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A brief look at the 102nd PGA Championship, which starts Thursday: Site: TPC Harding Park. Length: 7,251. Par: 70. Field: 156 players (20 PGA professionals). Prize money: $11 million. Winner’s share: $1.98 million. Defending champion: Brooks Koepka. Glory’s First Shot:...
Harding Park a public course with a history of elite winners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Harding Park is a public golf course with a history of elite champions. Tiger Woods was No. 1 in the world when he won a World Golf Championship here in 2005, and when he went 5-0 in his matches at the Presidents Cup in 2009. Rory McIlroy was No. 1 when he became the first player who...
Column: Big and booming, DeChambeau is PGA Tour must-see TV
It’s hard to find a reason to like Bryson DeChambeau. It’s even harder to take your eyes off him. He smashes jaw-dropping drives that seem to defy the very physics on which he bases his game. Bulked up on protein shakes and M&M’s, DeChambeau has so far this year been making a mockery of...
Club pros at PGA see COVID-related surge in golf back home
As one of the 20 club pros making a start at the PGA Championship this week, Rob Labritz finds himself in possession of one of the most coveted tee times in golf. Getting on the tee sheet back at his home course isn't so easy these days, either. Labritz is the director of golf at the exclusive Glenarbor Golf Club...
Adam Scott back in PGA chase after long break Down Under
Adam Scott took his own sweet time returning to competitive golf. When he finally showed up at the PGA Championship in San Francisco this week, everyone else ranked inside the top 10 had already revved up for the season’s first major by playing at least one tournament somewhere. But Scott, who checked in...
Catlin out of tournament after breaking COVID-19 protocol
LONDON (AP) — American golf player 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...
Spieth chasing Grand Slam and hardly anyone notices
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The spotlight on Jordan Spieth should be bright enough to cut through the marine layer blanketing Harding Park this week at the PGA Championship. Win this major and he joins the most exclusive club in golf with the final leg of the career Grand Slam. Only five other players —...
Column: 'Big Game Brooks' faces major test to his reputation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brooks Koepka now has gone more than a full year without winning, a drought he hasn't experienced since he was still new enough on the PGA Tour that his name was mistakenly pronounced “cupcake.” If it doesn't seem like a full year, that's because it really wasn't. Three...
Woods in a better place heading into this PGA Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The course is one Tiger Woods knows well and where he has winning memories. The PGA Championship is a major he has won four times, more than anyone except Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen. Woods learned last year that brings no guarantee of playing well. Coming off the deep emotions of a...
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