PGA Championships

FILE - In this May 18, 2019, file photo, jockey Tyler Gaffalione, right, reacts aboard War of Will as they cross the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. The Preakness Stakes, the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown would have been this week if not for the coronavirus pandemic. There is still no new date for the race. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
May 11, 2020 - 2:12 am

What Would Have Been: Another PGA major, Triple Crown race

While NASCAR will resume its season with live racing and the world's No. 1-ranked golfer is part of a televised charity skins match, the sports calendar still remains mostly on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Associated Press takes a look at some of the live sporting events that had...
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FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, goals used by the NHL hockey club Nashville Predators are stored in a hallway in Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. The Ottawa Senators announced late Tuesday night, March 17, 2020, one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, has mild symptoms and is in isolation. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
March 18, 2020 - 8:34 am

The Latest: First NHL player has coronavirus

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic's effect on sports around the world (all times local): ___ 11:55 p.m. An unidentified NHL player has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The Ottawa Senators announced late Tuesday night one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, has mild...
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International team player Abraham Ancer of Mexico plays his second shot on the 6th hole in his singles match during the President's Cup golf tournament at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Melbourne, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)
December 17, 2019 - 12:58 pm

Barrow to step down as CBS prepares for more golf changes

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — CBS Sports, which already has gone through additions and subtractions going into its golf season, had one of the biggest changes when Lance Barrow announced he was stepping down as producer after the 2020 season. Barrow will be succeeded by Sellers Shy, who will increase...
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Tiger Woods reacts as he walks off the 7th green during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Friday, May 17, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 23, 2019 - 1:45 pm

Tiger Woods commits to play Memorial

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods has decided to play in the Memorial next week ahead of his next chance in a major. Woods is a five-time winner at Muirfield Village. He has never missed it when healthy, except in 2006 when he took time off after his father's death. The Memorial is two weeks before...
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Justin Rose drives off the 10th tee during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
May 22, 2019 - 5:01 pm

Long-running Colonial back on solid footing with new sponsor

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Colonial Country Club is the longest-running host of a PGA Tour event played on its original site, a fact that seemed in jeopardy not too long ago. Local companies backed the tournament last year when it was called the Fort Worth Invitational following an upscale grocer's...
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FILE - In this May 25, 2008, file photo, Jay Haas holds up the trophy and celebrates winning the Senior PGA Championship golf tournament at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. It didn't take long for Haas to be reminded of how gusting winds can play havoc on those making their way around Oak Hill Country Club's East Course. "Got here on Sunday night and played nine holes Monday, and it was blowing, what, 25, 30 (miles per hour)," Haas recalled with a laugh Wednesday, May 22, 2019, a day before the Senior PGA Championship opens. (AP Photo/David Duprey, File)
May 22, 2019 - 4:40 pm

Weather, Oak Hill to test field at Senior PGA Championship

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — It didn't take long for Jay Haas to be reminded of how gusting winds can wreak havoc on players attempting to navigate the narrow fairways of Oak Hill Country Club's East Course. "Got here on Sunday night and played nine holes Monday, and it was blowing, what, 25, 30 (miles...
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Jordan Spieth drives off the first tee during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
May 21, 2019 - 6:30 pm

Setbacks motivated Maria Fassi to return, win NCAA title

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Nothing drives Maria Fassi of Mexico like failure. Fassi was the Annika Award last year as the best player in women's golf as a junior at Arkansas, only to play some of her worst golf in the NCAA championships. She returned for her senior season, motivated to atone for the...
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Lucas Bjerregaard, of Denmark, reacts to his putt on the third green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
May 19, 2019 - 10:18 pm

Denmark's Lucas Bjerregaard has 2019 PGA's only hole-in-one

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Lucas Bjerregaard (BEER'-gard) and playing partner Lucas Glover did the old 1-2 on No. 17 at Bethpage Black in the final round of the PGA Championship. Bjerregaard, a 27-year-old Dane, made the first hole-in-one in the tournament on Sunday, one-bouncing a 6-iron into the...
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Dustin Johnson hits out of the rough on the 18th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
May 19, 2019 - 9:24 pm

Johnson 2nd at PGA Championship after late charge at Koepka

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Dustin Johnson has completed the so-close slam. The former world No. 1 erased all but one stroke of a seven-shot deficit in the final round of the PGA Championship — not quite good enough to stop Brooks Koepka from winning the tournament for the second straight year...
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Dustin Johnson reacts after a putt on the 17th green during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament, Sunday, May 19, 2019, at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
May 19, 2019 - 8:37 pm

Gone with the wind: DJ's chance to catch Koepka at PGA

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Brooks Koepka's coronation in this PGA Championship nearly got blown off the golf course. It didn't because his main competition, Dustin Johnson, had just as much trouble keeping his ball in play down the stretch. Johnson was within one stroke of his close friend after a...
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