Golf

10:12 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — The 14th hole at Southern Hills Country Club is a monstrous par-3, the kind of hole that can demoralize even the best golfers in the world. But Saturday, Rory McIlroy hit a 5-iron there that I would contend was the best shot of the entire PGA Championship. It was

9:38 AM ET Tiger Woods snuck into the weekend at the PGA Championship with a gritty end to his second round. Despite the accomplishment of making the cut just 14 months after a single-car crash that nearly cost him his leg, Woods isn’t just happy to be here. He wants to be a factor. “This

10:13 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — How do you feel, these days, when you watch Tiger Woods tee it up in a major championship? There are no wrong answers, which is one of the reasons we’re so drawn to the drama of sports. We can all watch the same events unfold, the same athletes compete

9:39 PM ET TULSA, Okla. – Phil Mickelson, the defending PGA Championship winner, wasn’t at Southern Hills Country Club this week to defend his title. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world who won the Masters a month ago, won’t be around for the weekend. But there will still be plenty of intrigue

2:10 PM ET Tiger Woods started so well at the PGA Championship, his first round beginning with a smooth, easy birdie on the very first hole at Southern Hills Country Club. But as his day progressed, things got harder — his body started to fail, his game started to falter. Watch Woods, McIlroy, Spieth in

9:42 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for

5:13 PM ET Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Rory McIlroy looked free and easy and saw only opportunity at Southern Hills during the first round of the PGA Championship on Thursday. McIlroy blasted his driver over trees and into fairways, setting up some of his seven birdies that carried him to a 5-under 65 and

5:35 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy do not walk the way they once did, when each was at the height of his powers. Woods, understandably, takes tentative steps these days. He’ll often hold a club in his right hand as he leaves the tee box, gently swinging it like a

8:40 AM ET Nick PietruszkiewiczESPN.com Close Senior editor for college basketball Joined ESPN in 2008 Graduate of the University of Maryland Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Tiger Woods wandering Southern Hills Country Club alone at the PGA Championship would attract interest. But for the first two rounds of the year’s

11:51 PM ET Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — When Adam Scott won the Masters in 2013, the person he thanked most profusely was a larger-than-life character synonymous with golf in Australia. “There was one guy who inspired a nation of golfers and that’s Greg Norman,” Scott said shortly after beating Angel Cabrera in a playoff

7:09 AM ET There is no denying the PGA Championship, which starts Thursday at Southern Hills, has its headliners. That would be the 9:11 a.m. time on Thursday: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth. But there are others worth discussing, from world No. 1 and reigning Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, to previous No. 1

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The second golf major of the year begins Thursday at the 2022 PGA Championship from Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Among those competing are World No. 1 and Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, 2021 U.S. Open champion Jon Rahm and two-time major winner Collin Morikawa. The last time the

8:24 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — Rickie Fowler does not offer many windows into his psyche. It has always been his greatest strength, particularly away from the golf course. He is measured, polite and never controversial — a marketing executive’s dream — which is one reason he’s been such a ubiquitous commercial presence in our

1:15 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — Here are the tee times for the first and second rounds of the PGA Championship at Southern Hill Country Club in Tulsa. All times ET Thursday’s first round 1st tee 8 a.m. — John Daly, Shaun Micheel, Y.E. Yang 8:11 a.m. — Takumi Kanaya, Matt Borchert, Troy Merritt 8:22

7:12 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — The PGA Championship returns to Southern Hills Country Club for the first time since 2007, when Tiger Woods won his 13th major championship and fourth Wanamaker Trophy. Woods will be back here this week trying to win his 16th major championship and 83rd PGA Tour victory, which would be

12:04 PM ET The PGA Championship, the second major of the golf season, starts Thursday at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tiger Woods will be on hand, competing for just the second time in 14 months since his February 2021 car accident. The defending champion, Phil Mickelson, won’t be there, as he remains

6:41 AM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Kevin Van Valkenburg Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior Writer for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Born and raised in Western Montana Spent 11 years as a feature writer for

6:42 AM ET The year’s second major, the PGA Championship, gets going this week at Southern Hills Country Club. Defending champion Phil Mickelson will not be there, his break from golf continuing a bit longer. Get ESPN+ here | Download the app | WatchESPN Tiger Woods, who made his return to the sport at the