Tiger Woods, among the negotiators in PGA Tour merger talks with Saudi backers of LIV Golf, said Tuesday there has been progress but a deal remains a long way off.Speaking after a practice session at Valhalla for the 106th PGA Championship, which starts on May 16, Woods detailed the state of talks nearly a year after a framework merger deal was announced between Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the PGA Tour.
The schedule is filling for Cretin-Derham Hall junior golfer Sam Udovich. Udovich was among five golfers who advanced in U.S. Open qualifying Monday at Troy Burne Golf Club in Hudson, Wis. He shot a 2-under-par 69 and tied for second place in the qualifier. Gophers golfer Jack Wetzel finished first with a 68. Former Gophers standout Angus Flanagan and St. Thomas player Owen Rexing also shot ...
A deeper look at Phillips' pedigree suggests the only fluke about the 5-foot-4 golf instructor teeing it up at the PGA Championship this week is that it took him 40 years longer to get here than anyone expected. “It got to the point where I just didn't like the game at all,” Phillips said in explaining his long, winding road to a Thursday tee time at Valhalla, which included a 20-year break from competitive golf during what would have been his prime. More than four decades after he was ranked as the best junior golfer in America, Phillips is one of the 20 club pros who qualified to play in this year's PGA.
Valhalla has welcomed the world's best (including Woods) back to the Bluegrass State for the first time in nearly a decade.
Thru | Total | Purse | ||
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F | -17 | $3,600,000 | ||
F | -12 | $2,160,000 | ||
F | -9 | $1,360,000 | ||
F | -6 | $880,000 | ||
F | -6 | $880,000 | ||
F | -5 | $695,000 | ||
F | -5 | $695,000 | ||
F | -4 | $601,000 | ||
F | -4 | $601,000 | ||
F | -3 | $501,000 |