After several months overhauling his training and diet, the 21-year-old, hard-hitting South African is down about 35 pounds from where he ended last season.
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The world’s top 3 players all made the same, horrible score on the 16th hole Thursday at the PGA Championship.
Smalley didn’t get into the PGA Championship field until Wednesday afternoon.
Tee times and groupings for the opening round of the 107th PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club.
The weather forecast calls for sun and no rain, and there’s also no preferred lies in Round 1.
Johnson Wagner tries a couple chips onto Quail Hollow’s brutal par-3 13th green the day before the PGA Championship. He’s hit better shots.
Theegala will miss his first major championship since the 2022 U.S. Open.
Mired in what passes for a slump for the seven-time PGA Tour winner, Viktor Hovland contemplated not playing last year’s PGA Championship at Valhalla.
The simple but demanding test that Quail Hollow requires is a familiar one for many players at this 107th PGA Championship, especially Rory McIlroy.
Rory McIlroy said Wednesday that his silent treatment of Bryson DeChambeau in the final group at the Masters wasn’t personal.
McIlroy said Wednesday at the PGA, “I dreamed as a child of becoming the best player in the world and winning all the majors. I’ve done that.”