Author: MAX WINTERS
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 09:23 EDT, 17 May 2025 | Updated: 09:27 EDT, 17 May 2025 Play at the PGA Championship was delayed on Saturday morning because of dangerous weather around Quail Hollow.Rory McIlroy and Xander Schauffele were two of the big names due to go out early in the morning but organizers were forced to suspend play because of the adverse conditions.Organizers later announced that the action should resume at 11:43am but players will be put in groups of three and start on both the first and tenth holes.The news that play was going to be suspended…
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 19:56 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 22:06 EDT, 16 May 2025 Last year, Scottie Scheffler’s preparation for his second round at the PGA Championship started with him in handcuffs in the back of a Louisville police car.This time around he strolled into Quail Hollow without attracting the attention of law enforcement and had exactly the day he would have wanted.There was no chaos and, more importantly, no jailhouse mugshot. Just a round of the typically brilliant golf we’ve come to expect from him.A three-under par 68 has left the leader, still Venezuela’s Jhonattan…
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 22:01 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 22:06 EDT, 16 May 2025 Rory McIlroy was dealt a blow just days before the start of this week’s PGA Championship, it has been revealed.The recently crowned Masters champion was forced to switch drivers here at Quail Hollow after his was deemed to be nonconforming by the USGA on Tuesday, according to XM Sirius PGA Tour Radio.McIlroy is arguably the best driver in golf. Using the TaylorMade Qi10 driver, he came into this week at the top of the rankings for strokes gained off the tee and…
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 13:41 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 13:46 EDT, 16 May 2025 When Max Homa watched his tee shot from 341 yards on the fifth hole of his round land to within 21 inches, he stepped back and probably knew today was going to be his day.Homa gently nudged his putt in for the simplest of eagles, securing back-to-back 2s for the first time in his major career, and didn’t look back for the rest of his round.Such moments have been rare for Homa during a barren run of form this season but it…
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 15:28 EDT, 16 May 2025 | Updated: 15:29 EDT, 16 May 2025 Play on the 10th hole at the PGA Championship briefly came to a halt on Friday when a giant snake made its way onto the course.Shaun Micheel, a surprising winner of this tournament in 2003, looked terrified as he looked up and saw the reptile approaching him.The snake slithered across the fairway at Quail Hollow in North Carolina as Micheel and his group, which also included Jason Dufner and Michael Thorbjornsen, walked past.A tournament volunteer was forced to step in and help…
Source link By MAX WINTERS Published: 19:33 EDT, 15 May 2025 | Updated: 19:34 EDT, 15 May 2025 Adam Scott has revealed that members of the PGA Tour’s player advisory council knew Tiger Woods was visiting the White House last week and hopes Donald Trump’s love for golf will bring the sport’s bitter civil war to an end.A picture of Woods at the White House emerged on social media last week and it has since emerged he went to see Trump to discuss the president’s upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia.According to Golfweek, Woods wanted to make sure Trump would stay ‘on message’ in talks…
Source link The last time the PGA Championship was played here at Quail Hollow, Ryan Gerard was busy moving into his dorm room a few hours away at the University of North Carolina.A week after that tournament in 2017, the Tar Heels golf team left Chapel Hill to make the journey down to Charlotte for a round on the course that had just been graced by golf’s very best.Eight years later, Gerard now stands as one of the early, if surprising, contenders to win that very tournament and the first major title of his career after a shock opening round…
Source link A new picture shows Rory McIlroy’s wife Erica Stoll sharing a warm embrace with the same ‘mystery blonde’ who hugged the golf star after his Masters victory on Sunday.The Northern Irishman had a long line of friends waiting to congratulate him next to the 18th green at Augusta National after finally completing the career Grand Slam on Sunday evening.But one heartfelt moment that caught the eye was McIlroy’s reunion with a mystery blonde shortly after he had celebrated with Erica and their daughter Poppy.McIlroy, 35, was overcome with emotion as he hugged the woman for about 12 seconds in…