Former world number one Tiger Woods missed the cut for only the third time in a major tournament as American duo Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley lead the way after the second round of the U.S. PGA at Johns Creek, Atlanta.
Ernie Els took full advantage of his unexpected invitation to the PGA Grand of Golf by claiming a one-shot victory in Bermuda.
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CNN's Patrick Snell one-on-one with PGA Championship leader Matt Kuchar.
In May, two years ago, Isaac Klosterman, 26 years old, a fine young man, a former college volleyball player, was riding his motorcycle one night in Florida when a hit-and-run driver pounded the bike from the rear. Isaac never saw what hit him.
This week marks one of the most-exciting non-major events of the golf season -- the Players Championship at the famed TPC Sawgrass.
Golf has always had the ability to inspire players and fans alike, but now the sport's motivational qualities are being used to attract and help those on the fringes of the game.
Should a man have to choose between his golf drive and his sex drive?
Just as there are many choices of drivers, putters, balls, and other equipment; there are just as many choices of golf instructors.
South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun's historic victory over Tiger Woods in the U.S. PGA Championship ensured he became the first Asian-born male winner of a major and prompted an excited reaction across the world of golf.
South Korea's Yang Yong-Eun's historic victory over Tiger Woods in the U.S. PGA Championship ensured he became the first Asian-born male winner of a major and prompted an excited reaction across the world of golf.
The world's third-ranked golfer, Paul Casey, was forced to withdraw from the U.S. PGA Championship ahead of Thursday's opening round due to a rib injury.
The best golfers on the planet can expect beautifully manicured greens and perfect fairways when they take to the Hazeltine National Golf Club course in Minnesota for the U.S. PGA Championship next month.
A first-place prize among the largest of any PGA Section event is the cornerstone of a new golf tournament exclusively for PGA Professionals at the 2009 PGA Fall Expo.
U.S. Masters -- April 9-12, 2009
New Zealand left-hander Tim Wilkinson shot a fine six-under-par 66 to take a one-shot clubhouse lead after the first round of the weather-hit Australian PGA Championships in Queensland.
Top Australian golfer Adam Scott will miss his country's PGA Championship after injuring his knee in a surfing accident.
As one thrilling season draws to a close, it's time to look toward next year and what is set to be a packed calendar.
Greg Norman says he has to tell the U.S. PGA by Thursday whether he will accept their invitation to play in the final major of the year, the PGA Championship.
Through the mist he appeared in a doorway of the Augusta National clubhouse, his forehead creased, his eyes heavy from haunted sleep. Out stepped Lee Elder, dressed in shades of green, carrying his thoughts into the moist Georgia morning. For months the hate mail had said he would never make it to this day in April 1975. Watch your step when you get to Augusta, other letter writers warned him. There will be blood.
Asian tour golf chiefs are furious over plans by the PGA of Australia to expand its activities in their region and are to appeal to the international federation to stop the proposed rival tour.
British Open champion Padraig Harrington and local favorite K.J. Choi will lead the field for the European tour's inaugural Ballantine's Championship on the southern resort island of Jeju in March.
British Open champion Padraig Harrington fired a three-under-par 67 to take a one-stroke lead over U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera of Argentina in the first round of the 36-hole PGA Grand Slam at Mid-Ocean in Bermuda.
The U.S. PGA Tour's inaugural FedExCup playoff series starts on Thursday with the Barclays Classic, and golfers like Woody Austin are hoping that the four-tournament season finale will get off to a good start.
British Open champion Padraig Harrington and U.S. Open winner Angel Cabrera will compete at the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth in October, organizers said on Friday.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- At times Tuesday, it was hard to tell if Phil Mickelson was a promoter for the PGA Tour or a contender for the PGA Championship.
TULSA, Okla. -- Phil Mickelson was just off the course Tuesday when he was asked if Southern Hills, site of the 89th PGA Championship this week, reminded him of Colonial Country Club, the cozy little track in Ft. Worth, Texas, that also features more doglegs than the Westminster Kennel Club.
We've all hit so-so shots around the green, then plopped down a second ball and hit that one absolutely perfect. The reason you play your second ball so well is the power of hindsight -- you know how the ball and clubface will react given the lie, how far the ball will fly, how soft or firm it will land, and how far it will roll. That information, coupled with a fresh understanding and feel for the shot, makes it much easier to hit a second shot from the same place with better results.
TULSA, Okla. -- It seemed like 2000 again in Akron, Ohio, on Sunday, when Tiger Woods won the Bridgestone Invitational by eight strokes, lapping the field at Firestone Country Club. It was the sixth time he's won on Firestone's South Course.
The PGA's modern era has produced a litany of wild and wonderful moments. Here's a look at a few of each.
AKRON, Ohio -- The Presidents Cup logo hasn't appeared on the side of a milk carton yet under the headline, "Missing!" But it's close. In what constitutes a great piece of trivia, the Presidents Cup is going to be held -- shhhh! -- next month in Montreal.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- No longer affiliated with Tiger Woods or the tournament he won five times, American Express signed an endorsement deal Friday with the PGA of America that showed how it has shifted its strategy in golf.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- No longer affiliated with Tiger Woods or the tournament he won five times, American Express signed an endorsement deal Friday with the PGA of America that showed how it has shifted its strategy in golf.
We asked the PGA Tour's biggest stars to name the female celebrity they'd most like to, ahem, give a lesson to. No one was brave (or foolish) enough to pick Tiger's wife, but these dream dates are more at home being knockouts on the red carpet than hitting knockdowns on the range. Click here to find out which PGA pro has a 'Rollergirl' fantasy.
The knock on Woods
Two things to know about Southern Hills: (1) Contrary to its name, it's notall that hilly, and (2) Come summer, it can be hotter than a habanero in adeep fryer.
Editor's note: We asked SI.com writers to share their memories from the best game they've ever seen. Here are their stories:
When I read the golf news Wednesday, I had to double check to make sure I wasn't reading an Onion article. Or a legitimate news story written by a reporter who had been duped by an Onion article -- like the time a Beijing newspaper journalist, after seeing the Onion and not recognizing it as a parody, wrote that the American government was moving from Washington D.C. to Memphis in an effort to attract better talent.
Colin Montgomerie looked like missing the cut at the PGA Championship for only the second time in his career after tumbling to a four-over-par 76 in the second round on Friday.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C.(AP) A gas explosion inside the kitchen of the new clubhouse at Kiawah Island Golf Resort injured four construction workers Friday, course officials said.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- Former British Open champion Greg Norman has withdrawn from next week's Senior PGA championship for personal reasons.
World number seven Vijay Singh will be going for a unique double in the PGA Championship at Wentworth next month.
SERVICE
European number one Henrik Stenson is taking great care to live up to his own expectations, and not those of others.
The PGA Tour will return to Washington D.C. this year as part of a new long-term agreement, officials have confirmed.
A record prize fund of 4.35 million euros ($5.72 million) will be on offer at this year's PGA Championship, the European Tour has announced.
You may be shocked to learn that The International, a first-class stop with one of the loveliest courses on Tour in Castle Pines, is dead. Tournament founder Jack Vickers and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem joined forces Thursday in Denver to make the announcement.
The shadow of Tiger Woods is a black hole from which nothing can escape. Maybe that's why the world's golfers under 30 years of age aren't getting much respect -- because your aging Tiger is now 31 and no longer a twenty-something.
The situation
Briton Luke Donald led a birdie assault on the softened Medinah course to take a two-shot lead over Tiger Woods, Mike Weir and Shaun Micheel midway through Saturday's third round of the PGA Championship.
Former champion Steve Elkington is one of four players to withdraw from the 88th PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club.
Phil Mickelson, who will defend his PGA Championship title next week at Medinah Country Club's No. 3 Course in Illinois, does not expect the ultra-long, tree-lined layout to favor any particular style of player.
South African Retief Goosen defends his title at the £5.5 million PGA tour event in Castle Rock, Colorado but the main domestic focus will center on U.S. players looking to seal their places in their Ryder Cup team.
David Toms has withdrawn from this month's British Open, the 2001 PGA Championship winner's nagging back problems preventing him from making the trip to England.
Australian Geoff Ogilvy edged into a one-stroke lead at two under par after eight holes of the final round of the U.S. Open at Winged Foot.
The Canadian PGA Championship, which lists Arnold Palmer and Lee Trevino among its former winners, has been cancelled for this year, the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association (CPGA) said on Wednesday.
Phil Mickelson believes strategy rather than power will decide this year's U.S. PGA Championship at the ultra-long Medinah Country Club in Illinois.
Arnold Palmer has withdrawn from the U.S. Senior PGA Championship because he fears he would not be sufficiently competitive.
Teenage prodigy Michelle Wie will take on the men again in a PGA tour event in September, the organizers of the PGA 84 Lumber Classic announced.
New Masters champion Phil Mickelson will have to defend his U.S. PGA title on the longest course in major history when Medinah Country Club hosts this year's championship.
Getting a hand on the golf course has never been quite so easy. At CordeValle, a Rosewood Resort in San Martin, Calif., a masseuse will meet you at any hole for the new $45, 15-minute Pre-Shot Rout...
American Pat Perez birdied his last three holes for a sizzling 12-under-par 60 to take a three-shot lead in the Bob Hope Classic first round.
Greg Norman has been named Australia's golfer of the century, after a vote by members of the country's PGA.
U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell has confirmed he will play the Australian PGA Championship in Coolum, Queensland in December.
A falling tree limb injured a man Friday at the Professional Golfers' Association championship.
Tiger Woods has been drawn with U.S. Open champion Michael Campbell and veteran Greg Norman for the first two rounds of next week's U.S. PGA Championship.
World number one Vijay Singh, golf's top player over the last 18 months, has been named the 2004 PGA Tour player of the year.
Tiger Woods has equalled Greg Norman's record total of 331 weeks as world number one after the American again topped the rankings list announced on Monday.
Shaun Micheel would be delighted to prove that his first Major victory was no fluke by successfully defending his title at the PGA Championship next week.
Michelle Wie has the potential to leave Tiger Woods in the dust -- in economic impact on the sport, if not on the golf course itself.
New Zealand's Craig Perks fired a flawless six-under-par 64 to take the lead after the first round of the Colonial PGA tournament.
European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer has pulled out of next week's Volvo PGA Championship with a wrist injury.
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