PGA Championship

2022 - 5 - 19

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PGA Championship 2022 live updates: Tiger, Rory and Spieth start ... (GolfDigest.com)

PGA Championship 2022: Follow here for the latest minute-by-minute updates from Day 1.

Yang just chipped in for birdie at the par-3 sixth hole ... JD rolled in a birdie at the par-5 fifth. His wedge spun perfectly to within two feet ... and the X-Man keeps his hot stretch going from the weekend in Dallas. We now have seven players atop the leaderboard at -1. 9:26 a.m.: Tiger, Spieth and Rory all find the green at the par-3 11th hole. 9:34 a.m.: Good runs for birdie for Tiger, Rory and Spieth ... they'll settle for pars at the par-3 11th. And California club pro Michael Block started with a birdie at the 10th. Will Zalatoris just looped in a long birdie at the par-4 12th hole to get to 2-under, tieing Robert MacIntyre, Y.E. Yang and John Daly atop the leaderboard. Tiger was nearly 100 yards further from the hole than Rory, but he still puts it to 20-or-so feet at the 12th. Jordan Spieth thought he lost his tee shot way left ... but the hole doglegs left and his ball bounced into the fairway. Spieth missed his birdie effort from 10 feet and Rory converted his birdie after a nice bunker shot to get to two under. Woods moves to two under with his second birdie of the day, but he trails playing partner Rory McIlroy, who also birdies the hole from a similar spot. And he made up two shots on both his playing partners as Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth bogeyed the par-4 15th. This is a different Southern Hills than in recent major history, plus as we mentioned, there is forecasts for Friday afternoon storms—so will the course play softer on the weekend and make it easier to come from behind?

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2022 PGA Championship leaderboard: Live coverage, Tiger Woods ... (CBSSports.com)

Live scores, updates and highlights from the first round of the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Good morning all and welcome to our coverage of the 2022 PGA Championship. We've already had some excitement here in Tulsa with 56-year-old John Daly, who teed off first to start Round 1, sitting T1 on the leaderboard. Thankful we've arrived at the awesome level of early access and coverage we have today.— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 19, 2022 Oh, and don't forget about Tiger Woods who is 1 under through his first two holes. Great start to the week for him. Homa's had a stellar year -- he won earlier this month at the Wells Fargo -- yet entered this week as a quasi-sleeper given the star power (and Tiger) in the field. The last time Rory McIlroy had 4 birdies in a row in the opening round of a major? His bunker shot missed for birdie and his par putt, well long, he left on the short side. Followed him this morning from the range to the putting green and he was missing just about every other one within 10 feet. Like earlier in his round, he missed his approach -- but this time paid the price. Missing birdie opportunities on his next two holes, the three-time major champion has since made two consecutive bogeys. CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights from the PGA Championship below. Reigning champion Phil Mickelson's curious absence looms over the event like a shadow after a late withdrawal, but the old guard will be well-represented still with Woods. He's six weeks removed from a slow finish to the Masters, where he made the cut in his first appearance in more than a year.

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PGA Championship leaderboard 2022: Live golf scores, results from ... (Sporting News)

The 2022 PGA Championship is underway. Follow here for complete results for each golfer during the tournament.

2:58 p.m. 2:36 p.m. 2:14 p.m. 1:52 p.m. 1:41 p.m. 1-7 p.m. On Thursday and Friday, ESPN+ will handle coverage from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. ET each day before ESPN takes over at 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. ET. 1:30 p.m. 1-7 p.m. 2-8 p.m. 2-8 p.m. He last won the event in 2007, the last time it was held at Southern Hills.

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PGA Championship first round tee times for Thursday, featured ... (USA TODAY)

The PGA Championship will begin Thursday at Southern Hills Golf Club. Tiger Woods will be looking for his fifth PGA title.

3:04 p.m. – Matthew Wolff, Joohyung Kim, Keith Mitchell 2:31 p.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ 9:44 a.m. – Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Davis Riley 9:22 a.m. – Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Bubba Watson 9:00 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Smith 8:05 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, Robert MacIntyre, Alex Noren ESPN+ will carry the entire alternate showing and it will air from 2 to 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2. 2:14 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 2:03 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott 1:52 p.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin 9:50 a.m. – Shawn Warren, Pablo Larrazabal, Ryan Fox 8:55 a.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Davis, Rikuya Hoshino

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Follow Tiger Woods with shot-by-shot updates on Thursday at the ... (usatoday.com)

Follow Tiger Woods with shot-by-shot updates on Thursday at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

His approach was pretty solid, landing in the middle of the green, and running pin-high to the back-right hole. Another low-flying iron on the 405-yard par 4 and he loses this one right into the thick rough. Tiger rolled this one in, center of the cup, for his second birdie of the day. More bunkers guarding this green at all angles and Tiger drops this one into the front trap. Driver off the tee here and he finds the fairway, just a few feet short of a bunker. The second par 3 of the back nine and this one is a BEAST. 221 yards. Some tree branches leaning in the line of flight to the green means Tiger has to lay this one up a bit further out to the right, which he does. Tiger is known for taking his time in majors and attacking at the opportune time, and this par 5 could be one of those times. Tiger pulls driver for the first time today, picked up the tee real quick and looked after this one with a smile. Tried to curl this one in but just had too much pace and misses by a couple inches on the pro side. The Big Cat threw this one high in the air and perfectly lands it just a few feet in front of the pin. From just outside 30 feet Tiger had the right pace but just didn’t match the line, almost rolling his ball over Spieth’s ballmarker.

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2022 PGA Championship live coverage: How to watch Round 1 on ... (Golf.com)

Here's how to watch the 2022 PGA Championship on Thursday, including a full Round 1 TV schedule, streaming times and more.

3:04 p.m. – Matthew Wolff, Joohyung Kim, Keith Mitchell 2:31 p.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ 9:44 a.m. – Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Davis Riley 9:00 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Smith 8:05 a.m. – Ryan Palmer, Robert MacIntyre, Alex Noren The first-round telecast will kick off at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN. 2:14 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 2:03 p.m. – Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott 1:52 p.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin 8:55 a.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Davis, Rikuya Hoshino Sign up for an account to get into the action today. If you buy a linked product, GOLF.COM may earn a fee.

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PGA Championship live updates Thursday: Four-time champion ... (USA TODAY)

The second major championship in men's golf gets underway Thursday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a star-studded field competing for the Wanamaker Trophy.

He will not be able to dodge the pointed questions about the new Saudi-backed golf tour or the unauthorized biography of him that was released this week whenever he does resurface. Mickelson would have hosted the dinner after becoming the oldest major champion last year when he won the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island two months shy of turning 51. Obviously we're going to have difference of opinions, how he sees the Tour, and we'll go from there." Instead of sadness at how far the most beloved golfer since Arnold Palmer has fallen, however, there should be a sense of relief. Woods seeking his fifth PGA Championship. He started off at the back nine at No. 10 with Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. Woods birdied the first hole to get off to a fast start. “It’s an elephant in the room for me. However, two of the biggest names in men's golf will not be in the field. Tiger Woods has won at Southern Hills Country Club, taking home the Wanamaker Trophy in 2007. The story here this week is the PGA.” I believe in major championships. “I think Phil would have been a big distraction. And 2020 U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau withdrew on Wednesday as he continues to recover from wrist surgery.

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Tiger Woods live score: Updated PGA Championship leaderboard ... (Sporting News)

The Sporting News is tracking scores and highlights from Tiger Woods and his group, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, from the first round of the 2022 PGA ...

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2022 PGA Championship live scores: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy ... (The Athletic)

Leaderboard at 10:40 a.m. ETT1 Max Homa -3 (6)T1 Will Zalatoris -3 (6)T1 Rory McIlroy -3 (5)T4 Y.E. Yang -2 (9)T4 Robert MacIntyre -2 (9)T4 Xander ...

He's above the hole and it'll be a difficult shot coming downhill. Tiger hit a poor tee shot on No. 15 and his stinger attempt found the right rough. He had to contend with the lip of the bunker and he'll have an uphill chip to get up-and-down for par. He made a 21-footer on 12 for birdie, and came back on 13 with a long lag putt for eagle that got him to within three feet for another birdie. McIlroy hits a great chip and he taps in for par. His putt coming back misses and he makes his second bogey in a row. McIlroy hit a bad putt from the fringe and left it short. He'll have a long putt for birdie and his frustration is starting to show. Spieth hits a great shot from the bunker, but misses the par putt. It drops him to 2-under on the day, in the large group tied for fourth. The poor iron shot from the fairway comes back to bite him. His par putt was from the fringe and he missed it.

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2022 PGA Championship picks, odds: Expert predictions, favorites ... (CBSSports.com)

Who will win the 104th PGA Championship? Our experts dive into all the twists and turns of the year's second major.

The Aussie is 3rd on the PGA Tour in approaches from 150-175 yards and eighth in approaches from 175-200 yards. He ranks first on the PGA Tour this season in strokes gained off the tee, which should serve him well at Southern Hills, and he should be in the mix down to the end if the other nuances of his game come together. He turned in matching 75s and missed the cut at Augusta, and after that showing, it wouldn't be surprising to see him again this week eject before the weekend. He's said in the past that Southern Hills is one of his favorite courses, and it sets up well for him this week. Sleeper -- Jason Day (70-1): It's been a rollercoaster season for 34-year-old Day, but he enters the week having played some really strong golf of late with two top-15 finishes in his last three outings. Since 2018, he has missed the cut in four of eight major appearances when removing his play at Augusta. Southern Hills is going to be a stern examination and I'm not sure Woods will convert enough momentum-saving pars to pass the test. Star who definitely won't win -- Viktor Hovland: The term "star" implies a top-10 player in the world, and Hovland is the one I'll be picking on. The key will be his putter -- as it so often is -- but these bent grass greens should be to his liking. Top 10 lock -- Dustin Johnson: I honestly like him to win, but Johnson will be the name at the top odds board, which will drift as the week progresses. Tiger Woods prediction -- Finishes slightly better than at Augusta National: Big Cat created the bar at this year's Masters when he made the cut and finished in the top 50, and now that's what will (rightly) be expected going forward. Lowry has been a top-five ball-striker so far in 2022 (Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris and Justin Thomas are the other four), and he's an elite iron player with a tremendous short game who played quite well at the Masters. The only thing not to like is that he's not often talked about as a star or superstar of the sport. Surprise prediction -- Spieth's putter costs him: This won't be surprising to those who have been paying attention for the last few months, but if you haven't, you might be surprised to find out that Spieth is not a good putter right now.

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Tiger Woods Is on the Course at the P.G.A. Championship (The New York Times)

In his first tournament since the Masters in April, Woods finished his first nine holes at even par but soon ran into trouble.

Woods struck back with a birdie on 3, making a long putt that got his big gallery going. As if to illustrate this, John Daly was at even par through 16. He birdied the 14th as well with a 15-footer. But he gave that right back with a bad bunker shot on 4, rolling over and off the green and winding up with another bogey. Toward the end of his first nine holes, he appeared to start limping a little more. Woods returned to the majors at the Masters last month after missing more than 500 days of top-flight golf following the accident.

Phil Mickelson skips PGA championship after he made controversial ... (NPR)

Golf's PGA Championship gets underway Thursday in Tula, Okla., but defending champ Phil Mickelson won't be there after he made inflammatory comments about a ...

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2022 PGA Championship tee times: Round 2 groupings for Friday (Golf.com)

Complete 2022 PGA Championship tee times for Round 2 at Southern Hills on Friday, featuring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and more.

Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert 2:20 p.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Davis, Rikuya Hoshino 8:49 a.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 8:38 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott 9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert 8:27 a.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin 3:09 p.m. – Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Davis Riley If you buy a linked product, GOLF.COM may earn a fee. 9:06 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ McIlroy, already a two-time PGA champion, came out firing on Thursday, going five under over his first 11 holes to take the lead. Pricing may vary.

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Tiger Woods Hobbles to 74 in Opening Round at PGA Championship (Sports Illustrated)

Woods made five bogeys in his final nine holes of the first round and he'll have to battle to make the 36-hole cut on Friday.

He had a shot to the green, but found the front bunker and made his first bogey. He made three straight bogeys starting at the 18th through the second, in each case failing to get up and down from around the green. After a birdie at the third with a nice approach, he bogeyed the fourth when he again hit a poor chip, and then could not get up and down from a bunker at the eighth. He added another birdie at the par-3 14th to get to 2 under par. He took some time to recover afterward, and then began the process of ramping up again. He struggled on bunker shots and had difficulty controlling pitch shots as well.

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Rory McIlroy sets early pace at 2022 PGA Championship with ... (CNN)

Rory McIlroy ended April's Masters with a bang, and he maintained his blistering form at the 2022 PGA Championship on Thursday.

I feel like this course, it lets you be pretty aggressive off the tee if you want to be, so I hit quite a lot of drivers out there and took advantage of my length and finished that off with some nice iron play and some nice putting." It was nice to get off to that good start and sorta keep it going. I've been carrying some good form," he explained.

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2022 PGA Championship leaderboard breakdown: Stars shine in ... (CBSSports.com)

1. Rory McIlroy (-5) · T2. Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge (-4) · T4. Justin Thomas, Matt Kuchar and Abraham Ancer (-3) · T7. Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith and nine ...

Last seen at Augusta National, rust and potentially a hip injury are currently getting the better of Koepka. A pair of Masters champions, other players in contention to have played consistently well at Augusta National include: Rory McIlroy, Will Zalatoris, Patrick Reed, and many more. Four American players in the last 40 years have got their first PGA Tour win at a major championship. Collin Morikawa was the latest victim as he failed to get up and down for birdie on the par-5th. T66. Jordan Spieth and 22 others (+2): Spieth lost more than a stroke to the field putting in Round 1. The 2017 PGA Championship winner put together the best round of the afternoon and is well positioned heading into tomorrow. Justin Thomas was the star of the afternoon with a 3-under 67 but he was one of few under par. Signing for a 1-under 69, the former Oklahoma State Cowboy finds himself only four strokes behind Rory McIlroy. Earlier this season, the 30-year-old made his Masters debut where he finished in a tie for 14th. How he would hold up this week was always a question after he struggled to finish at the Masters last month, and it seems again a relevant concern as he looks to Friday with a real threat of missing the cut. 1. Rory McIlroy (-5): McIlroy's 5-under 65 was his lowest score in an opening round at a major since the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional, an event he went on to win. Tee to green, he was great, and his approach game was good enough to keep him in the hunt. Kuchar had a bogey-free front nine to spur him to an opening-round 67, during which he gained nearly two strokes on approach, which this week is the name of the game.

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PGA Championship 2022: An on-fire McIlroy, an out-of-sorts Spieth ... (GolfDigest.com)

TULSA — Some of the field hasn't teed off at Southern Hills, but the morning wave has already delivered a number of surprises Thursday morning.

But Spieth came in hot and this course was supposed to be tailored to his game, and though he has a chance to bounce back on Friday, he missed a prime-time opportunity to make a move in the gettable conditions Thursday morning in shooting two-over 72. It took him four holes to hit a fairway, and though he also managed a green in regulation on the fourth, he three-putted for his third bogey of the day. A late look at his strokes-gained stats is close to agonizing; he was 144th in the field off the tee, 137th tee to green and 141st around the green. He cooled off on the back nine, but the club pro baton was briefly carried by Alex Beach, who made an appearance on the leaderboard while bouncing back between one under and even par through his first 12 holes. But, physically speaking, Thursday was a reminder this is still a Woods in the recovery process. The Friday forecast indicates that the afternoon-morning side of the draw is about to get doubly stiffed—winds gusting to 20 mph in the morning will give way to calmer conditions in the afternoon, and late rain may soften the greens for the afternoon wave. Those lucky players will all start in the afternoon wave on Friday, and while the concept of switching is to theoretically balance the breaks they get from mother nature, we know that Mother Nature doesn't always cooperate. According to Data Golf, that disparity was a difference of more than a full stroke, and you don't have to get too deep into the numbers to see the results. More difficult conditions in the afternoon meant for tougher scoring; are those from the Thursday afternoon wave victims of the bad side of the draw? Whether it was the heat (ehhh) or the wind (almost definitely), we saw a big disparity in performances between the morning and afternoon waves. Yet even if the first-round landed with a bit of a whimper, it wasn’t without drama and intrigue. Here are the eight biggest surprises from Thursday morning at the PGA Championship.

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2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills featured groups, Friday ... (usatoday.com)

Everything you need to know for the second round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.

3:31 p.m. 3:20 p.m. 3:09 p.m. 2:58 p.m. 2:47 p.m. 2:36 p.m. 2:25 p.m. 2:14 p.m. 2:03 p.m. 1:52 p.m. 1:41 p.m. 1:30 p.m.

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PGA Championship 2022: This might be the best start ever for a club ... (GolfDigest.com)

Jesse Mueller, winner of the PGA Professional Championship, couldn't have asked for a better way to begin his first appearance at the PGA Championship.

Starting on the par-4 10th hole at Southern Hills in this opening round Thursday afternoon, Mueller found the fairway off the tee and left himself 102 years with his approach … which he proceeded to holed out for eagle 2. Clad in a bright-purple get-up repping his school, the Grand Canyon University, where he’s general manager of the school-owned course and a volunteer assistant for the men’s and women’s teams, Mueller got to celebrate the moment with his wife, Jessie. She is on the bag this week in Tulsa, just as she was when Mueller won the PGA Professional Championship last month in Austin. As winner of last month’s PGA Professional Championship, Jesse Mueller is the proud leader of the PGA of America’s #TeamOf20 club pros getting the chance to go shot-for-shot with the best in the world at this week’s PGA Championship. He may not draw the fans of the Tiger/Rory/Spieth pairing, but that doesn’t mean that the 39-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., can’t make some noise of his own.

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2022 PGA Championship: Justin Thomas 'blown away' by high ... (CNN)

Going to watch live sports has been increasing in price as years have gone by, but enough is enough for Justin Thomas.

"I just saw it and I was blown away," he said. He said it was something that had been commented on in the changing room among his fellow players. Gotta treat the fans better than that!"

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2022 PGA Championship tee times, pairings: Complete field ... (CBSSports.com)

Rory McIlroy will look to extend his lead as Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods battle to make the weekend.

8:49 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 9:11 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 8:38 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott All times Eastern 8:49 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 9:11 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 8:38 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott There are a number of star-studded groups, particularly Friday afternoon, but with the potential for thunderstorms, they may be taken on and off the golf course. If that club continues to cooperate, the Wake Forest product should add to his stellar major championship résumé which already boasts four top-10 finishes in only seven starts. There are notable names including Cameron Smith, Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele, but Will Zalatoris looks to be a man possessed this week. Spieth signed for a 2-over 72 and Woods a 4-over 74. Rory McIlroy commands the solo lead at Southern Hills after carding a 5-under 65 in the early hours of Thursday. Playing alongside Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods, the trio's crowd could best be described as a circus.

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Tiger Woods Limps Through a Disappointing Round at PGA ... (The New York Times)

Woods could make only wry jokes after a painful and disappointing first round at the P.G.A. Championship.

The smile that Woods brought to the beginning of his news conference was dissipating. If I would have hit the ball solidly on those two holes and put the ball in the fairway, I would have been fine.” But on Thursday, as McIlroy and the third golfer in the grouping, Jordan Spieth, launched drivers far down the fairway, Woods was hitting long irons and playing for position. Even after Woods rallied for a birdie three holes later, another bunker shot on the next hole sailed over the green and led to yet another bogey. “I wouldn’t have been so far back if I would have hit the iron shot solid and put the ball in the fairway,” he said. While watching Woods play on Thursday, it was easy to wonder if some of his troubles on the golf course were related to a lack of preparation off it, especially for someone like Woods who was once renowned for exhausting work habits. Keep in mind that some people think Woods was the greatest pressure putter of golf’s modern era. Woods with a wedge or a putter in his hands had always been commanding and cocksure. “Yeah, not feeling as good as I would like it to be,” he said with a smile. A couple of holes later, Woods was limping a lot, even sometimes using a golf club like a cane to ascend or descend hills. What was once unthinkable for him — playfully mocking his poor play on the golf course — is one of his new, winsome tools. TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods has a good sense of humor, though it is rare for him to use it in a public setting.

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Everything you need to know for Round 2 at the 2022 PGA ... (ESPN)

Can Rory McIlroy keep it going? Can Tiger Woods and Masters champ Scottie Scheffler figure it out? We look at the big stories heading into Day 2 at the PGA ...

You just have to stick to it and trust where the forecast says it is and just keep that ball low. Like Woods did at the Masters in April, he said his recovery would include several ice baths to try to get the inflammation out of his right leg. "It's a little sore right now, and we'll go back and start the process of getting ready for [Friday]." There's a couple times you feel it coming from one side and then you see the pin blowing the other way. The weather forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms on Friday afternoon, with winds at 15 to 25 mph. He'll have work to do on Friday in trying to make the cut. I'm definitely a lot further back than I had hoped to be, but at the end of the day I'll probably be in 40th place. But on the back nine, he hit just three fairways and he made four bogeys. Schauffele drove the ball extremely well and was one of the best scramblers in the field. "Obviously, it's Thursday. My mind is nowhere near going to be meandering towards that, but that's kind of my general attitude is you get four of these a year, they're special, and I don't want to leave anything to chance." With nine one-putts in his first 12 holes and 10 drives longer than 320 yards, McIlroy posted a 5-under 65 to grab the lead after the first 18 holes. But he led the field in that category on Thursday, even with a 3-putt on No. 18.

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2022 PGA Championship scores, takeaways: Rory McIlroy, Justin ... (CBSSports.com)

McIlroy dominated the early wave, while Thomas fought tougher conditions in the afternoon.

9. Low-energy finish: I was out with the top three players in the world -- Rahm (+3), Scheffler (+1) and Morikawa (+2) -- and the energy around their group was not tremendous. 8. John Daly, 56, injects excitement early: Daly, the 1991 PGA Championship winner, channeled his (much) younger self Thursday and shook up the leaderboard early in Round 1, going out in 34 and making a pair of birdies on the front nine. 5. Cameron Smith saves his round: The 2022 Players champion was 2 over after nine holes before ripping off five birdies in his first seven coming home and finding a spot at 2 under on the leaderboard. "It's definitely the ... most challenging sand I've ever played in just because, first off, it's not very consistent," said J.T. "... Some of them have no sand; some of them are good sand, whatever it is. (He was 139th in driving distance.) Playing partner McIlroy was sometimes 100 yards (!) ahead of him, and Tiger was at a massive disadvantage even to Jordan Spieth, who was also hitting driver (albeit not quite as well as McIlroy). Four American players in the last 40 years have got their first PGA Tour win at a major championship. They're the two to beat right now -- Caesars Sportsbook has McIlroy as the 3-1 favorite and Thomas at 7-1 just behind him -- and they should be in those respective positions. Thursday was a step backwards (literally and figuratively, perhaps) as Woods seemed to be in tremendous pain toward the end of his round. It's been nearly five years since his major win, and in that time, he has just four top 10s and even fewer real chances on the weekend. Thomas had that "I'm bending this course to my will" look in his eye as he birdied the last hole to shoot 32 on the back side after an up-and-down even-par 35 on the front. I felt like I did a good job of that -- just committing, trusting everything I was doing and just trying to make today as easy as I possibly could on myself." TULSA, Okla. -- Rory McIlroy shot the round of the day with his 65 to open the 2022 PGA Championship, but Justin Thomas followed him with an effort that was nearly as impressive.

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John Daly delivers another ride in PGA Championship's 1st round at ... (USA TODAY)

The 56-year-old two-time major champion, whose booming drives propelled him to win the PGA in 1991, drove the slopes and swales of Southern Hills in a golf cart ...

“You want to be able to go into that hole on Sunday — whoever is going to win this tournament — you want to have a cushion. He qualified for the 2012 U.S. Open and finished tied for 51st. The 39-year-old Mueller spent eight years trying to scratch out a career in pro golf before diverting to teaching and club work. His biggest obstacles in Tulsa were a couple of water hazards he could drive around by going under the ropes and briefly into the gallery. Then he dunked the ball straight into the cup from 102 yards out. By the end, Daly's 2-over 72 left him in no mood to talk and he skipped post-round interviews.

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Tiger Woods has uncomfortable opening round at PGA Championship (USA TODAY)

After grabbing an early share of the lead with two birdies on his first five holes, the 15-time major champion and four-time Wanamaker Trophy winner labored ...

“Well, I just can’t load it,” Woods said when asked what his numerous injuries in his right leg, ankle and foot mean to his swing. On the par-4 ninth, he undercut his first flop shot from behind the green and had to hit another mini-flop shot. He had 85 yards for his third shot into the par-5 13th but blew it over into a back bunker (he saved par). On the par-4 first, he three-putted from just off the green from 60 feet. I was struggling trying to get the ball on the green, and I missed quite a few iron shots both ways. Pins, rods and needles were inserted to stabilize the leg, ankle and foot; many remain inside that lower portion of his body. “We’ll start the recovery process and get after it tomorrow.”

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'Pretty amazing': This club pro's PGA Championship got off to the ... (Golf.com)

Jesse Mueller isn't like most golfers at the PGA Championship — but he still had perhaps the best moment of any of them on Thursday.

A bogey on the par-5th was his first substantial mistake, and he compounded the error when he missed a short par putt at the par-3 6th. The reigning PGA Club Pro champion added a birdie at the 17th — sandwiched by two bogeys — to turn in one-under 34. Such is life with golf at the highest level. With just 102 yards into a front pin, Mueller lofted a wedge high into the Oklahoma sky. Those differences didn’t mean a damn thing when he teed it up in the 12:47 p.m. at Southern Hills, though. In lieu of company logos dotting his ensemble, Mueller’s garb features the insignia of Grand Canyon University, where he’s a volunteer assistant coach.

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PGA Championship: Tee times, featured groups, TV and streaming ... (USA TODAY)

Rory McIlroy takes a one-shot lead into Friday's second round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa. Tiger Woods is 9 back.

2:20 p.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Davis, Rikuya Hoshino 8:49 a.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 8:27 a.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin 3:09 p.m. – Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Davis Riley ESPN+ will carry the entire alternate broadcast, which will also air from 2 to 5 p.m. ET on ESPN2. 2:47 p.m. – Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Bubba Watson 2:25 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Will Zalatoris, Cameron Smith 1:30 p.m. – Ryan Palmer, Robert MacIntyre, Alex Noren 9:06 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ Friday’s forecast for Tulsa calls for highs reaching 89 and southwest winds blowing between 15 and 25 miles per hour early before calming down later in the afternoon. ESPN+ will stream the network's main broadcast coverage. Woods, seemingly favoring his injured right leg, bogeyed six of his final 10 holes to finish at 4-over.

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PGA Championship cut line 2022: Projected cut, rules, updates for ... (Sporting News)

Who will miss the cut at the Masters in 2022? Check out the live leaderboard and projected cut line,

The current cut line at the 2022 PGA Championship is 2 over par. The PGA Championship began with a 156-player field in 2022. The PGA Championship cut rules are a bit more forgiving than those on display at the Masters, where only the top 50 (including ties) advance.

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Tiger Woods struggles at PGA Championship: 'Walking hurts and ... (CNN)

On the ninth hole of the first round, Tiger Woods slammed his golf club into the ground in frustration.

"The game is just different," Woods said. "The sand is a lot faster than I thought it would be." If I would have hit the ball solidly on those two holes and put the ball in the fairway, I would have been fine." "Kind of been that way all week, especially if you get up in the areas where it's not raked... I just can't load it. It's just golf.

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2022 PGA Championship leaderboard: Live coverage, Tiger Woods ... (CBSSports.com)

Live scores, updates and highlights from the second round of the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights from the PGA Championship below. McIlroy, Thomas and others will look to separate themselves from the pack while names like Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth will attempt to make the cut. While the trio were unable to handle the difficult afternoon conditions at Southern Hills, Justin Thomas maintained.

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PGA Championship 2022: Why Southern Hills' bunkers are giving ... (GolfDigest.com)

The sand at Southern HIlls has a mix of pebbles in it, and that's causing the competitors to second-guess every bunker shot.

“I didn't feel like there was a lot of sand in the bunkers,” he said after a 68. It's frustrating for sure to get in there and have a pebble kind of shoot your ball off-line, something you can't see. I changed wedges this week and put in much lower bounce, and I figured with the way the sand was, that kind of also helps because it's pretty firm.” “Some of them have no sand; some of them are good sand, whatever it is. "When we did the project with Gil [Hanse] and Jim Wagner, we actually took the sand out out and washed it to get the dirt out of it basically," says Cary Cozby, Southern Hills' director of golf. And then my right foot was pretty good, like normal, and under my ball was like hitting off this,” he said, pointing at the lectern he was standing on. “All the bunker shots sort of came out hot—the sand is a lot faster than I thought it would be," Woods said after a four-over 74. It's like, 'Is there a lot of sand here, is there not, how should I play it?'” The saucer-like, Augusta-esque bunkers have been replaced with sprawling old-school traps whose shape almost resemble a blob of slime. "It's kind of been that way all week, especially if you get up in the areas where it's not raked. He caught another one way too clean from a decent spot on the par-3 eighth, leading to another bogey. TULSA — Bunkers on the PGA Tour tend to be hazards in name only.

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PGA Championship: High winds challenging players Friday at ... (usatoday.com)

Mother Nature has another challenge in store at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Wind, and lots of it.

On Friday, the tee boxes have been moved 19 yards forward, so the hole, which plays directly into the south wind, plays to a yardage of 471 yards. Several hole locations and tee boxes have been adjusted with the wind in mind. The wind brings unpredictability, not just off the tee and with irons, but also on putts.

Black club pro hopes to thrive, inspire at PGA Championship (Shawnee News Star)

Worthington, who spends his working hours giving lessons at The Golf Depot in central Ohio, is among the 20 club professionals who qualified for the ...

It led him to another chance in the PGA Championship, which he sees as an opportunity and a platform — for him and the PGA. When he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame, Woods told of his parents taking out a second mortgage for him to compete in junior golf tournaments. Worthington went to Methodist University in North Carolina for the Professional Golf Management program. His hope is for kids to love golf as much as he does. “Do we have a long way to go? Worthington still recalls his biggest moment in golf, almost down to the minute. He spent probably 10 to 20 minutes with me and it felt like over an hour.” “I think he has a good chance of playing well. Worthington, who spends his working hours giving lessons at The Golf Depot in central Ohio, is among the 20 club professionals who qualified for the PGAChampionship. In five of the last 10 years, no club pro made it to the weekend. The PGA Tour has invested $100 million toward racial equity and inclusion, including $10,000 grants to each of the 50-plus HBCU’s men’s and women’s golf programs for travel and recruiting. Worthington tied for fourth in the Billy Horschel APGA Tour Invitational at TPC Sawgrass two weeks ago. Tom Woodard, now in the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame, was the only other, in 1991 at Crooked Stick.

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PGA Championship 2022 tee times, channel and live updates ... (The Athletic)

Leaderboard1 Rory McIlroy -5 (65)T2 Will Zalatoris -4 (66)T2 Tom Hoge -4 (66)T4 Matt Kuchar -3 (67)T4 Abraham Ancer -3 (67)T4 Justin Thomas -3 (67)T99 Tiger ...

He's now tied with Rory McIlroy at 5-under for the tournament. From that camera angle, it looked like the call was for sure going into the cup on the second bounce. Thomas stood and waited for the right “window” to make his swing on the short par-4 15th. There’s no reason to believe he can’t be a factor this weekend, though. We presume it's reversible and there's a word jumble on the other side. Only $115! A steal to buy something that looks like it was created by whoever creates the coloring menu your child plays with at Applebee's as they wait for their chicken fingers. Is that a unicorn? "Oh look a golf polo with a weird abstract light blue on dark blue design. •2h ago Justin Thomas made par at the very difficult No. 18 hole to make the turn in 34. A great example of this is between Justin Thomas and caddy Bones Mackay. Just listen in. A quick story about Bones Mackay, Justin Thomas’ caddy: Mackay was in Tokyo as the on-course reporter for NBC during the Olympic tournament (ironic, because Thomas was in the field that weekend). Brian Windhorst from ESPN and I were walking with the leaders on Sunday. Now, Mackay and I had never met, but of course he recognized Brian, one of ESPN’s main NBA analysts.

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John Daly is living life to the fullest at the PGA Championship (CNN)

When it comes to living their life, their way, no one does it quite like John Daly.

He begins Friday's second round two-over par, seven shots behind leader Rory McIlroy, so we'll see if Daly's routine of wings and slots will catch on with his fellow players. Daly was in the first group off the tee in the first round, and he started well, birding the first and fifth holes to move close to the top of the leaderboard. And for one of golf's more colorful personalities, Daly celebrated after his first round in the most "John Daly" way.

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2022 PGA Championship Purse, Prize Money, Payouts for Southern ... (Sports Illustrated)

Last year's PGA Championship paid out a tournament-record $12 million, and purses in other significant events have increased this year.

Purses across golf have been on the rise already this year. The Players Championship had a purse of $20 million, a record for pro golf, with Cameron Smith taking a record winner's share of $3.6 million. Only the U.S. Open paid out more in 2021, with a purse of $12.5 million.

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PGA Championship 2022: Justin Thomas grabs lead with second ... (GolfDigest.com)

Good news, golf fans! The 2022 PGA Championship continues on Friday, even if many have already declared Rory McIlroy the winner. The four-time major champ ...

Unfortunately for the Japanese player, he didn't make many birdies on Thursday on his way to a 79. It's been five years since his win at the 2017 PGA, and in that time, shockingly, he has just one other top-5 finish at a major. Another birdie for the two-time PGA champ at the par-5 fifth, which gets him to three under on his round and two over for the tournament. 11:45 p.m.: At four over, Dustin Johnson looks to be around the cut-line, which is currently projected to be between three over and five over, depending on the weather the rest of the day. It just misses to the right and he'll end the hole with a par. 12:06 p.m.: Just a few moments ago, Brooks Koepka drained a lengthy putt for birdie to get it to two under on the day, three over for the tournament. Already four under for the day, JT still has plenty of time to catch him (for the time being) and has certainly put himself in great position heading into the weekend. A birdie at the ninth, his final hole of the day, secures a second straight 67 for the 14-time PGA Tour winner. Remember, Thomas is on the bad side of "the draw," and he's still tied for the lead. Still far too early to discuss the weekend for JD, but if he makes it that far it will be his first made cut in a major since the 2012 PGA Championship. Fitzy is at three under, three back of Justin Thomas. His best finish in a major came at the 2016 Masters, where he tied for seventh. The 27-year-old just birdied the 10th and 11th holes to begin his round, which vaults him to four under and two off the lead.

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Tiger Woods live score: Updated PGA Championship leaderboard ... (Sporting News)

The Sporting News is tracking scores and highlights from the Tiger Woods-Rory McIlroy-Jordan Spieth group in the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills ...

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Justin Thomas, No Longer Doubting, Shoots Second 67 at PGA ... (Sports Illustrated)

The 2017 PGA champion took the clubhouse lead at 6 under after the morning wave of the second round, expertly negotiating windy conditions at Southern ...

A perfect kind of little slider driver and leaving that gap wedge just under the hole there and making that putt right in the middle. “I think it’s because I focus a lot more on what I'm trying to do in terms of the shot I'm trying to hit, the trajectory, the distance, and think less about golf swing,’’ he said. That was a sweet shot.’’ His last victory came at the 2021 Players Championship, where he hit 17 of 18 greens in the final round at TPC Sawgrass to shoot 64. On Saturday at the Players Championship, for example, when temperatures plummeted and winds howled, Thomas had one of the best rounds. But he went into a lull after that, going eight straight tournaments without a top 10.

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Tiger Woods has work to do at the 2022 PGA Championship and ... (ESPN)

Can Tiger Woods make a move at the PGA Championship? Or will he spend his Friday at Southern Hills just trying to make the cut? We follow every step.

Was it the wrong club? Thing was, he couldn't really hit it high because of overhanging branches. He thought, for a moment, he had made the one at No. 3. But the ball landed in the rough and got a good bounce and tumbled into the fairway. He thought, again, at No. 6, he made it. He made the putt for birdie and moved inside the cutline while getting into red numbers for the day. This 3-wood stinger found the fairway and led to a routine par. But after a brutal day out of the sand on Thursday, Woods hit a perfect blast in his first attempt Friday. That touch allowed for a kick-in par. He missed the fairway right, just as he did at the first. Woods spent a lot of time trying to figure out the wind off the tee. Woods was wide off the first tee. He heads into the second round needing to make a move -- to stay within eyesight of contention and avoid spending his Friday just trying to make the cut.

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