The PGA Championship has seen a youth movement, as nine of the past 11 winners have been in their 20s, including Las Vegas resident Collin Morikawa last year.
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Despite it being a Solheim Cup year, Nelly Korda, Jessica Korda and Lexi Thompson are skipping the match-play tourney.
Rory McIlroy won the 2012 PGA Championship at Kiawah Island by eight strokes and is coming off his first win in two years at the Wells Fargo Championship.
MGM Resorts International’s sports betting platform has been named the first official betting operator of the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour.
Jon Rahm is the 8-1 favorite and Bryson DeChambeau the 9-1 second choice to win this week’s AT&T Byron Nelson tournament at TPC Craig Ranch near Dallas.
Alex Cejka made birdie on the first playoff hole to take down defending champion Steve Stricker on Sunday to win the Regions Tradition, the first major on the Champions Tour.
Bryson DeChambeau is the 14-1 third choice at the Westgate to win the PGA Tour’s Wells Fargo Championship, behind Jon Rahm (11-1) and Justin Thomas (12-1).
Las Vegas resident David Lipsky is headed to the PGA Tour as an official member for the first time next season after his stellar season on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Paul Casey will try to become the first player in 10 years and the 10th since World War II to three-peat at a PGA Tour event at this week’s Valspar Championship.
LPGA Tour officials confirmed Monday that the tour will continue its policy that has been in place since golf resumed during the COVID pandemic last summer.
Tiger Woods was back on the golf course Friday, albeit on crutches with his foot in a walking boot.
Jon Rahm and Ryan Palmer are the 8-1 co-favorites with Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but there’s long shots to consider.
Paiute Golf Resort shined in its debut as the venue for the Korn Ferry Tour’s MGM Resorts Championship last week. The future of the tournament already is being discussed.
Peter Uihlein closed with a 69 to finish at 16-under 272 on the Sun Mountain course at Paiute to win the Korn Ferry Tour’s MGM Resorts Championship by four strokes.
Peter Uihlein, the 2010 U.S. Amateur champion, shot a 68 on Saturday to open a one-shot cushion over Jamie Lovemark, the 2007 NCAA champion, at Korn Ferry event.