John Daly at the PGA Championship. (Getty) You know, it’s a shame that golf tournaments aren’t 16 holes rather than 18. John Daly certainly would like it if they were right about now. After a promising start, Daly stumbled home with a bogey-triple bogey that left him three-over for the day. Daly’s victory in the […]
Billy Payne will step down as head of Augusta National
August 25, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. Billy Payne, the chairman of Augusta National, has announced he’ll be stepping down from his perch atop the kingdom of green jackets. Payne took over leadership duties at the famed home of the Masters in 2006, following the departure of former chairman Hootie Johnson. It was under Johnson that […]
Watch The Northern Trust live on Yahoo Sports
August 24, 2017 by
The FedExCup playoffs are here, and you can catch the action live on Yahoo Sports. Yahoo will stream PGA Tour Live’s featured holes coverage through the FedExCup playoffs, beginning Thursday with first-round coverage of The Northern Trust from Old Westbury, N.Y., on our golf page. Coverage Thursday and Friday will run from 3 p.m.-6 p.m. […]
Jordan Spieth stumbles, finds footing in PGA Championship first round
August 23, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. From now until whenever he wins a PGA Championship, be that in 2017 or 2037 or never, Jordan Spieth will hear the question: Will this be the year? Will this be the tournament that gives him the career Grand Slam, the achievement that only five other players have achieved […]
Watch Rory McIlroy bounce a ridiculous shot along a cart path and through a bunker
August 22, 2017 by
You don’t get much stranger than the start Rory McIlroy had at the PGA Championship on Friday. Sitting five strokes off the lead and in need of some magic, McIlroy put his second shot on his first hole, the 10th, wide. Very wide. So far wide that this was his only option: Rory McIlroy’s wayward […]
Rickie Fowler moves into contention as Rory McIlroy keeps on keeping on at PGA Championship
August 21, 2017 by
Rickie Fowler, Rory McIlroy challenge the PGA Championship. (Getty) Both of them have won at Quail Hollow. Both of them have been hailed as the future of golf. And both of them could really use a major victory. Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler played together Friday at the PGA Championship, but only one made the […]
Five angles to watch at the PGA Championship on Sunday
August 20, 2017 by
Jason Day hits from behind a tree on the 18th hole during the third round of the PGA Championship. (AP) We’ve got just one day of major season left in 2017, and our list of potential challengers has narrowed from 156 to just a handful. As you prepare for the last day of the PGA […]
Watch: Jon Rahm hits a golf ball backward better than you can forward
August 19, 2017 by
After entering the major season as the most heralded young player in years, Jon Rahm will leave the year emptyhanded. But at least he’s provided us with a few memorable moments, none better than the last hole of the day at the PGA Championship. Check out how he dealt with a hazardously-placed ball on the […]
Justin Thomas wins PGA Championship with dramatic putt, waiting game
August 19, 2017 by
Your browser does not support iframes. The ball hung there on the lip of the 10th hole, three seconds, five seconds, ten seconds. Justin Thomas paced, knowing that he needed it to fall, knowing that he had no room for error at a PGA Championship where half a dozen other golfers lurked all around him. […]
Louis Oosthuizen completes runner-up Grand Slam, celebrates in gloriously dorky way
August 18, 2017 by
Traveling in the footsteps of Robin, Garfunkel, Oates, Jesse Pinkman, and Chewbacca, Louis Oosthuizen is now golf’s most famous second banana, having completed a remarkable feat: with his T2 finish at Sunday’s PGA Championship, Oosthuizen now has notched a runner-up finish in each of golf’s four majors. His most famous second-place showing came in 2012, […]
