Phil Mickelson, who turns 51 in June, is now the oldest winner in major history. Prior to Sunday, not a single player won a major championship in their 50s. The previous record was set by Julian Boros when he won the 1968 PGA Championship. Boros, who won three majors, was 48 years old at the time. Mickelson is familiar with […]

Rory McIlroy admitted he still has much work ahead of him to regain his best form as he reflected on a week of “very average” golf at the PGA Championship. McIlroy was nowhere near the player that cruised to a record-shattering eight-shot victory in his last visit to Kiawah Island in 2012, and he never found the consistency to get […]

Phil Mickelson played down a potential controversy involving Louis Oosthuizen after both drove into the same stretch of water on the 13th during the third round of the PGA Championship. Oosthuizen had just closed to within two of the leader when he birdied the 12th as Mickelson dropped his first shot in 21 holes, but the South African then carved […]

Kiawah Island, South Carolina: Canada’s Corey Conners tamed a windswept Ocean course on Friday (AEST), carding the round of the day to lead by two shots after the opening of the PGA Championship, with Australian Cameron Davis and former winners Brooks Koepka and Keegan Bradley giving chase. Trying to join Masters champion Mike Weir as the only Canadians to win […]

Corey Conners seized the first-round lead at the 103rd PGA Championship as Brooks Koepka defied expectations to get into contention at Kiawah Island. Conners fired a five-under 67 to claim a two-shot lead over the field, with Koepka leading the chasing pack along with England’s Sam Horsfield, Viktor Hovland and former champion Keegan Bradley, but it was a tough first […]

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Amid the wind and the havoc at Kiawah Island, there was a semblance of simplicity to the way Corey Conners navigated his way around the Ocean Course for a 5-under 67 and a two-shot lead Thursday in the PGA Championship. He birdied all the par 5s. He made a couple of long putts for birdie. He […]

Tyrell Hatton admits ‘the dummy was out’ and that he was ‘pretty miserable’ at the start of his first round at the US PGA Championship – but soon shines to finish just two shots off the lead Tyrell Hatton has admitted he was in a foul mood when he began his first round  Temperamental Englishman conceded ‘the dummy was out on […]

Senior golf writer for ESPN.com Covered golf for more than 20 years Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — While trying to work his way through a frustrating slump that has seen him drop to 128th in the world rankings, Rickie Fowler has found motivation from an unlikely golf rival: Michael Jordan. The basketball Hall of […]

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USA Ryder Cup skipper Steve Stricker ‘would love’ to have Tiger Woods as a vice-captain at Whistling Straits in September… as 15-time major winner continues to recover from near-fatal car accident in February The pair spoke on Monday and Tiger Woods is determined to be at Ryder Cup  Steve Stricker said Woods was in ‘great spirits’ as he recovers from […]