7:40 AM ET ESPN Betting Insiders The first major of the season is here, though it isn’t the tournament we’re accustomed to seeing kick things off. For years the final major of the season, the PGA Championship will be the first of three majors contested in 2020. The field is loaded as always, with two-time
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9:47 PM ET Associated Press A shorter PGA Tour season because of the pandemic has led the PGA of America to modify its two major awards for tour players. The Vardon Trophy, which dates to 1937 and is given to the PGA Tour player with the lowest adjust scoring average, required a play to complete
2:53 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — The damp, foggy, chilly surroundings at TPC Harding Park on Tuesday are not exactly the type of conditions Tiger Woods is embracing heading into the PGA Championship. But Woods is well aware of summertime conditions in the Bay Area, and despite his lack of tournament preparation of late, he
7:25 AM ET It’s been an odd year — for golf, for everybody. Before the coronavirus shut down sports and forced golf into a three-month break, Rory McIlroy was on fire. He hasn’t been himself since the restart. Brooks Koepka, who comes in having won back-to-back PGA Championships, looked hurt and a bit lost —
6:36 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — At long last, golf will see a major championship played in 2020. It’s been awhile. When Shane Lowry clutched the Claret Jug at Royal Portrush last summer, it seemed as if it would be a long wait until the Masters. Well, how about adding another four months to that?
7:38 AM ET Finally, after waiting more than a year, we will get to see the first golf major of 2020. And if watching PGA Tour players try their luck at a city-owned municipal course wasn’t enough, we’ll get a rare glimpse of Tiger Woods, who has played only four competitive rounds since February. Woods,
7:41 AM ET The PGA Championship was supposed to take place in May. But the coronavirus pandemic shut down golf — and sports. So here we are, in early August with golf’s first major of 2020. There will be no fans on site at TPC Harding Park, but there will be drama. Tiger Woods makes
10:46 PM ET Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. — Richy Werenski holed a flop shot from the fairway on the par-4 16th for a five-point eagle and birdied the last for a one-point victory over Troy Merritt on Sunday in the Barracuda Championship. Werenski won for the first time on the PGA Tour, scoring 13 points
12:03 PM ET ESPN and ESPN+ will provide comprehensive coverage of the PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. Coverage will start Tuesday, with the reveal of featured groups and tee times, player interviews and news conferences, and continue on through Sunday’s final round of golf’s first major championship of 2020. Here’s the
8:44 PM ET Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio — Danielle Kang returned from a 45-minute rain delay with two straight birdies. By the end of the round Saturday, she was happy to have a share of the lead in the LPGA Drive On Championship. Kang followed her back-to-back birdies with three straight bogeys, another birdie and