The player in second would start on eight under, third on seven under, fourth on six under and fifth on five under. The remaining 25 players would be split into groups of five and given their starting score based off their rank. PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement:, external “The Player Advisory...
Tom McKibbin expects that competing in the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush will be something he will remember for the rest of his life. The 22-year-old from Northern Ireland was in the field last year at Royal Troon, as well as for the US Open in 2024 and US PGA last month, but feels playing...
McIlroy joined 18-time major champion Nicklaus as part of an elite group of six players who have completed a career grand slam of all four major tournaments by winning The Masters at Augusta in April. The world number two subsequently tied for 47th place at the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow and is set...
The rule was introduced in 2016 after a spate of majors were won by golfers using extended putter shafts. Keegan Bradley anchored in his midriff to win the 2011 US PGA, as did Ernie Els for his Open triumph the following year. There were broom-handle major wins for Webb Simpson in the 2012 US Open...
Angel Cabrera won the Senior PGA Championship at Congressional to secure his second senior major title in seven days. The 55-year-old from Argentina followed his win at the Regions Tradition on Monday with victory in Maryland. Cabrera, the 2007 US Open winner and 2009 Masters champion, overhauled Padraig Harrington in the closing holes to win...
Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson missed out on a fourth DP World Tour title in a play-off at the Soudal Open in Belgium. The overnight leader looked set for victory but bogeyed his final hole, sending him into a three-way play-off with Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan and Dutchman Darius van Driel. And it was Reitan who triumphed for...
Masters champion Rory McIlroy will miss the Memorial Tournament in Ohio next week for the first time since 2017. The event, hosted by Jack Nicklaus, will be held at Muirfield Village from 29 May-1 June. It will be the third time this year that the 36-year-old from Northern Ireland has not featured in one of...
England’s Matt Wallace is in a tie for second at the Charles Schwab Challenge after hitting a first-round four-under-par 66. He is part of a nine-strong chasing pack that trails PGA Tour rookie John Pak by three shots at Colonial Country Club. Wallace was level par after the front nine, but made three birdies in...
But for now, Bland’s attention will be away from the LIV Tour as he looks to defend his Senior PGA title at Congressional Country Club in Maryland. Last year, he won the tournament on his senior major debut, closing with an eight-under final round of 63 for a three-shot victory at Harbor Shores. It was...
Masters champion Rory McIlroy says he is “excited” to play his first tournament in India in the DP World India Championship later this year. The five-time major winner will be in the field for the new event, which will be held at Delhi Golf Club from 16-19 October. “I’m excited to not only tee it...
Aside from the brilliance of Scottie Scheffler’s imperious third major victory, the next-biggest talking point from the 107th US PGA was the controversy of Rory McIlroy’s “non-conforming” driver. Rumours emerged early in the championship that the recently crowned Masters winner, who was continually struggling to find Quail Hollow’s fairways, had been forced to switch drivers...
While Rory McIlroy’s win at the Masters was an emotional outpouring as a result of his 11-year major drought and career Grand Slam, Scheffler’s win on Sunday felt close to the opposite. McIlroy’s Masters Sunday was a rollercoaster of highs and lows. Scheffler’s US PGA Sunday felt like an inexorable journey towards the inevitable. That...
US PGA Championship 2025: Scottie Scheffler wins by six strokes after holding off Jon Rahm challenge
An emotional Scottie Scheffler held off the rejuvenated Jon Rahm to convert his 54-hole lead into a maiden US PGA Championship title. While the winning margin of five strokes suggest his third major was a formality, a different story threatened to unfold at Quail Hollow. Scheffler began three shots ahead and five clear of Rahm,...
England’s Mimi Rhodes maintained her brilliant start to 2025 with her third consecutive Ladies European Tour title at the Dutch Ladies Open. Rhodes, 23, is playing in her first year on the tour and backed up her wins at the Joburg Open in April and the NSW Open in March. A final-round score of 69...
Phil Daley & Henry Miller BBC Sport, Norfolk Golf England Simpson has already played more than 175 different golf courses since January An avid golfer has given up his business to try and break the world record for the number of golf courses played in a year. Josh Simpson, from King’s Lynn in Norfolk, is...