Brooks Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his own and gave him a seven-shot lead after two rounds at the PGA Championship.
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The golfer misses the cut Friday at the PGA Championship, and sportsbooks won’t have to sweat out a large number of bets that he would win the 2019 Grand Slam.
Las Vegas PGA Tour Champions player Bob May, who has struggled with his own back issues, is someone who can relate to Tiger’s plight.
For the third straight year, the UNLV men’s golf team has qualified for the NCAA championships.
After helping Coronado capture its second straight team title, Michael Sarro topped Galena’s Ian Gilligan in a one-hole playoff to win the individual title in the Class 4A state golf tournament at Somersett Country Club.
The Masters champion is the 8-1 favorite to win the PGA Championship, the year’s second major, which begins Thursday at Bethpage Black in New York.
The 15-time major champion is the 8-1 favorite to win the PGA Championship and a 20-1 shot to have the lead after Thursday’s first round at Bethpage Black in New York.
There’s little value in his 8-1 odds, so golf handicapper Brian Blessing will look at Sergio Garcia at 50-1 and six others to win the second major of the year.
Ronda Henderson earned a spot in the United States Golf Association senior major by shooting a 79 in a qualifier at Briarwood Country Club in Arizona in April.
The parents of a drunken driver who died in a car crash last year are suing Tiger Woods.
Coronado senior Michael Sarro birdied the 18th hole Monday to grab a share of the lead at the halfway point of the Class 4A state boys golf tournament at Somersett Country Club in Reno.
Alex Kang benefited from the support of his sister Danielle, an LPGA Tour major champion who served as his caddie Monday and helped guide him to a 7-under-par 65 at the U.S. Open local qualifier at the Sun Mountain course at Las Vegas Paiute Resort.
In his 159th career PGA Tour start since his debut in 2011, Sung Kang closed with a 4-under 67 to finish at 23 under.
Eldorado’s Matthew Manganello shot even-par 72 on the second day of the Mountain Region golf tournament to finish with a two-day total of 139 — and his second region championship at Reflection Bay on Wednesday evening.
Wisconsin resident James Adducci placed a $100,000 bet at SLS Las Vegas on Wednesday on the golfer to win the next three majors at 100-1 odds and complete the 2019 Grand Slam.