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Steve Stricker out of Senior PGA with positive COVID-19 test
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has pulled out of the Senior PGA Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. Stricker revealed his positive test Tuesday on Twitter, saying he was “super bummed” and that it was “just a small...
Europe captain Stenson playing PGA with eye on Ryder Cup
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Henrik Stenson came to the PGA Championship trying to squeeze in an late-career bid for a second career major while keeping one eye focused on 2023 and a tournament half a world away. The 46-year-old from Sweden is Europe's captain for the next Ryder Cup in...
Column: PGA Championship delivers strongest field for majors
Even if Lanto Griffin was thinking only about the next shot, his 32 over the final nine holes of the Wells Fargo Championship made him the last man to qualify for the PGA Championship. Maybe. It's hard to tell with the PGA of America, which lacks the transparency of...
English on the mend, hopes to return at PGA Championship
Overlooked on the list of top players who registered for the PGA Championship without knowing if they will be at Southern Hills was Harris English. A two-time winner last year, English reached the top 10 in the world ranking for the first time and made his Ryder Cup debut in...
Wells Fargo Championship makes 1-time detour to Washington
PGA TOUR WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Potomac, Maryland. Course: TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Yardage: 7,160. Par: 70. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). ...
Column: Stricker returns to competition after mystery virus
Steve Stricker was back on the golf course for the first time in six months, walking 18 holes for three days and feeling optimistic as ever after a fifth-place finish. The result belonged to his daughter, Bobbi Maria, who competed on the East Coast Women's Pro Golf Tour at Rio Pinar...
PGA Tour returns to Mexico, LPGA Tour stays in Los Angeles
PGA TOUR MEXICO OPEN Site: Vallarta, Mexico. Course: Vidanta Vallarta. Yardage: 7,456. Par: 71. Television: Thursday-Friday, 3:30-6:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Prize...
Patrick Cantlay, Xander Schauffele hold on in New Orleans
AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele held off Sam Burns and Billy Horschel by two strokes Sunday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans to complete a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory. Cantlay and Schauffele closed with an even-par-72 in late afternoon...
Cantlay and Schauffele open with 59 to lead Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are a good team even when they're playing for cash and not just a flag. Cantlay holed a 25-foot eagle putt early and chipped in from 40 feet for birdie late, while Schauffele contributed six birdies of his own, and their...
Masters Day 1: Tiger Woods returned, and order was restored
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Of all the 6,576 shots that were officially struck at Augusta National on Day 1 of the Masters, only one truly mattered. It didn’t go in the hole. It wasn’t down the center of the fairway. Nothing special about it at all, really. Except for...
