Tag: PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy took a shot at Brooks Koepka and his trolling of Dustin Johnson

GOLF BEEF!

Hey there, golf fans. It feels like we are in the middle of a new golf beef at the PGA Championship and I gotta say – I’m here for all of this.

And you know what’s crazy? Bryson DeChambeau, the current villain of the PGA Tour, isn’t even involved!

Brooks Koepka, the dude who seems to only win major championships, took a shot at Dustin Johnson after Saturday’s final round, saying the leader of the tournament has only won one major. Koepka loves a good troll and this was an obvious one, as he was implying that DJ and others haven’t done what he has done and shouldn’t be considered favorites because of that.

Then on Sunday, Rory McIlroy jumped in on the beef after playing his final round, saying DJ has 21 wins, which are much more than Koepka’s win total:

Rory McIlroy from out of ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE! McIlroy and Koepka, however, have had some issues in the past so it’s not crazy to see Rory weigh in here.

Now I just need DeChambeau to run into this while double-fisting protein shakes and yelling for challenger match against a PGA Tour official and this golf beef will be the thing of dreams.

But seriously, I love all of this trash talk on the PGA Tour and I want more it every week.

For now, though, this final round of the PGA Championship is pretty darn great.

Tiger Woods having to wear a lanyard at the PGA Championship was so silly

Uh, we all know who Tiger Woods is.

Tiger Woods is arguably the greatest player to ever play the game of golf and is easily one of the most recognizable athletes in the history of sports… which makes this whole lanyard thing at the PGA Championship so funny.

If you don’t know what I’m talking, Woods, like all players at this major championship at Harding Park in San Francisco, was seen wearing his all-access pass throughout the week. He even threw it on for his post-round interview on CBS on Sunday.

It’s for security purposes, obviously, and I’m all for security but here’s a question I, and many others, had upon seeing this – does Tiger freaking Woods really need to wear a credential to prove to anyone who he is? The answer, of course, is no, but seeing him wear this was pretty funny:

Byeong Hun An makes a final-round hole-in-one at PGA Championship

Byeong Hun An aced the 189-yard 11th hole during the final round at TPC Harding Park on Sunday.

Byeong Hun An recorded the first hole-in-one at the 2020 PGA Championship on Sunday.

An got his first-ever ace on the 11th hole during the final round at TPC Harding Park. The hole was playing 189 yards and An’s ball bounced four times on the green before gently rolling into the cup.

With no fans on site, An – as well as the rest of us, for that matter – missed out on what would have been a huge roar from the crowd. But there was one exulted call from someone on the course; watch the video below for the reaction.

It’s the 32nd ace on the PGA Tour this season and the first since Bronson Burgoon had a hole-in-one at the Workday Charity Open at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

An’s ace is the 28th at the PGA Championship since 1983. Lucas Bjerregaard had one during the 2019 PGA Championship.

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PGA Championship tee times: What time do the leaders tee off?

The final day at TPC Harding Park should be epic.

Dustin Johnson took sole possession of the lead with a 65 in his third round at TPC Harding Park, but the loaded PGA Championship leaderboard should deliver an epic afternoon of golf.

Defending champion Brooks Koepka is just two shots off the lead, and Bryson DeChambeau is part of a star-studded group – including Justin Rose, Jason Day, Tony Finau and Tommy Fleetwood – that are just three shots back.

TV coverage of the final round of the 2020 PGA Championship will begin at 7:00 a.m. ET on ESPN+, move to ESPN at 12:00 p.m. ET, and continue at 4:00 p.m. ET on CBS. You can stream the coverage using the ESPN app, or online at Watch ESPN and CBS Sports.

Here’s a list of the notable tee times for Saturday. You can see the full list of tee times here.

11:30 a.m. ET: Tiger Woods (+2)

12:00 p.m. ET: Phil Mickelson (+1)

12:50 p.m. ET: Rory McIlroy (E)

2:50 p.m. ET: Jon Rahm (-3), Webb Simpson (-3)

3:00 p.m. ET: Patrick Cantlay (-3), Ian Poulter (-3)

3:10 p.m. ET: Mike Lorenzo-Vera (-4), Bernd Wiesberger (-4)

3:20 p.m. ET: Hideki Matsuyama (-4), Haotong Li (-5)

3:40 p.m. ET: Xander Schauffele (-5), Matthew Wolff (-5)

3:50 p.m. ET: Si Woo Kim (-5), Joel Dahmen (-5)

4:00 p.m. ET: Daniel Berger (-6), Tommy Fleetwood (-6)

4:10 p.m. ET: Justin Rose (-6), Jason Day (-6)

4:20 p.m. ET: Bryson DeChambeau (-6), Tony Finau (-6)

4:30 p.m. ET: Brooks Koepka (-7), Paul Casey (-7)

4:40 p.m. ET: Collin Morikawa (-7), Cameron Champ (-8)

4:50 p.m. ET: Scottie Scheffler (-8), Dustin Johnson (-9)

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This 95-foot put shows Bryson DeChambeau can do more than crush with his driver

How?

Bryson DeChambeau swings his driver like he’s a designated hitter in MLB. It has become his M.O. and claim to fame on the PGA Tour, especially since he bulked up during quarantine.

But the 6-foot-1, 240 pound golfer can do more than hit for distance off the tee. He closed out an excellent round on Saturday at the PGA Championship with an absurdly beautiful putt from distance on the 18th green. The putt went 95 feet, the longest he’s sunk in his career, and concluded his four-under round of 66.

Even he couldn’t seem to believe it.

“I obviously hit it on a pretty good line,” DeChambeau said with a laugh on CBS. “Sometimes you’ve just got to put it out there. I don’t know what to say!”

DeChambeau (-6) sits three strokes behind the leader, Dustin Johnson (-9), as they head into the final round on Sunday, with the first tee times starting at noon.

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PGA Championship: Final round tee times, TV/streaming info

The PGA Championship concludes Sunday at TPC Harding Park.

Barring a playoff, we are 18 holes away from crowning golf’s first major champion of 2020.

The PGA Championship concludes Sunday at TPC Harding Park. Dustin Johnson and Scottie Scheffler stand atop a jam-packed leaderboard, as 17 players are within four strokes and eight of those among the top 20 in the world.

Should make for an entertaining finish.

ESPN+ has the exclusive streaming, while ESPN and CBS will tag-team the TV coverage starting at 1 p.m. ET. (Details below tee times)

Tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
10 a.m. Sung Kang
10:10 a.m. Ryan Palmer, Jordan Spieth
10:20 a.m. Chez Reavie, J.T. Poston
10:30 a.m. Erik Van Rooyen
10:40 a.m. Danny Lee, Robert MacIntyre
10:50 a.m. Adam Long, Bubba Watson
11 a.m. Joost Luiten, Rory Sabbatini
11:10 a.m. Kevin Streelman, Viktor Hovland
11:20 a.m. Jim Herman, Gary Woodland
11:30 a.m. Tiger Woods, Tom Hoge
11:40 a.m. Sepp Straka, Byeong Hun An
11:50 a.m. Billy Horschel, Abraham Ancer
Noon Phil Mickelson, Russell Henley
12:10 p.m. Luke List, Mark Hubbard
12:20 p.m. Bud Cauley, Louis Oosthuizen
12:30 p.m. Brian Harman, Brandt Snedeker
12:50 p.m. Kurt Kitayama, Rory McIlroy
1 p.m. Doc Redman, Emiliano Grillo
1:10 p.m. Mackenzie Hughes, Cameron Smith
1:20 p.m. Brendan Steele, Alex Noren
1:30 p.m. Denny McCarthy, Adam Hadwin
1:40 p.m. Shane Lowry, Nate Lashley
1:50 p.m. Justin Thomas, Harris English
2 p.m. Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel
2:10 p.m. Kevin Kisner, Victor Perez
2:20 p.m. Brendon Todd, Keith Mitchell
2:30 p.m. Dylan Frittelli, Lanto Griffin
2:40 p.m. Patrick Reed, Harold Varner III
2:50 p.m. Webb Simpson, Jon Rahm
3 p.m. Patrick Cantlay, Ian Poulter
3:10 p.m. Bern Weisberger, Mike Lorenzo-Vera
3:20 p.m. Haotong Li, Hideki Matsuyama
3:40 p.m. Matthew Wolff, Xander Schauffele
3:50 p.m. Joel Dahmen, Si Woo Kim
4 p.m. Daniel Berger, Tommy Fleetwood
4:10 p.m. Justin Rose, Jason Day
4:20 p.m. Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finay
4:30 p.m. Paul Casey, Brooks Koepka
4:40 p.m. Cameron Champ, Collin Morikawa
4:50 p.m. Dustin Johnson, Scottie Scheffler

TV, streaming information

Sunday, Aug. 9

Final round coverage: 10 a.m. – Noon, ESPN+.

Final round Featured Group 1 (one morning, one afternoon): ESPN+.

Final round Featured Group 2 (one morning, one afternoon): ESPN+.

Final round TV coverage: Noon – 3 p.m., ESPN.

Final round TV coverage: 3 – 9 p.m., CBS.

Final round coverage: 3 – 10 p.m., SiriusXM (Channel 208 or 92).

Final round Featured Hole (No. 18): 3 p.m. – 9 p.m., ESPN+.

PGA Championship Clubhouse Report: 9 p.m., CBS Sports Network

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Another day, another slow start, another battle on the greens for Tiger Woods

Golfweek’s Julie Williams discusses Tiger’s third round of play at TPC Harding Park for the PGA Championship.

Golfweek’s Julie Williams discusses Tiger’s third round of play at TPC Harding Park for the PGA Championship.

Phil Mickelson reveals the story behind those cool shades

During an extended visit to the 18th tower during CBS’ coverage of Saturday’s PGA Championship, Phil Mickelson talked about his sunglasses.

After his third round, Phil Mickelson joined Jim Nantz and Nick Faldo in the CBS 18th-hole tower at the PGA Championship.

This was much more than the routine three-minute post-round interview.

Fair to say, Lefty was killing it during his extended appearance. His analysis of the course and players was spot on.

He also took a minute to explain the “State Trooper” style, mirrored sunglasses he’s been wearing lately. It doesn’t appear that he wore then in the second or third rounds this week, but he was seen wearing them during Thursday’s first round.

Nonetheless, they’ve largely become a staple to his golf attire.

“During the COVID break, I did this Carac cream, which is like a skin cancer chemotherapy treatment on your face, for like two weeks, and your skin blotches up and you kill these cancer cells that you can’t see and when I went outside, I had to wear some protection so I wore these glasses to protect the area around my eyes.”

According to goodrx.com, Carac cream is “used on the skin to treat skin cancer and certain types of skin conditions that could become cancer.”

With emphasis, Mickelson then said: “I liked them. They didn’t move around on my face when I was swinging. I went out and played with them, and I thought ‘Oh, I’ll give it a try.’ So that’s kinda where it started and then my eyes were much more relaxed at the end of the day, they weren’t squinting the whole time.”

Mickelson then quipped: “Not everybody can pull that look off.”

Which may be true.

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If you want 2021 PGA Championship tickets, you don’t have much time

A few things to know if you’re thinking about getting yourself some tickets to the 2021 PGA Championship.

The 2020 PGA Championship has moved to the weekend at TPC Harding Park and a champion will likely be crowned around 10 p.m. ET on Sunday.

Fans aren’t allowed on the grounds at Harding Park due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic but it is expected that next May’s PGA Championship will be back to normal, so if you’re looking ahead to next year’s PGA Championship and you’re thinking about getting yourself some tickets, you better move fast.

Regarding tickets for the 2021 PGA Championship, to be held at The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, the event’s official website says:

To ensure widespread access to the most in-demand ticket types, 2021 PGA Championship tickets will be sold exclusively through a free, no-obligation, online registration process. Registrants will be assigned a group and purchase window based upon the date registration is received.

And here’s the you-need-to-move-quickly message:

Registration will close on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at 11:59 p.m.

It’s also noted on the website that when you’re registering, you are signing up for the opportunity to purchase tickets to the 2021 PGA Championship.

There is another way to score tickets to the event. ESPN Radio is giving some away through a sweepstakes. Enter here for a chance to not only win two tickets but also: two round-trip airlines tickets, hotel accommodations, tickets to the PGA Chalet, a dinner for two, an autographed pin flag, a meet-and-greet with ESPN on-air talent and more. You have until Aug. 11 to enter.

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Once almost a half million in debt, Mike Lorenzo-Vera in contention at PGA Championship

If you have Mike Lorenzo-Vera in your PGA Championship office pool, congratulations.

If you have Mike Lorenzo-Vera in your PGA Championship office pool, congratulations.

Lorenzo-Vera shot a second-round 68 and finds himself in a six-way tie for second at 6 under at TPC Harding Park, two shots back of Haotong Li.

The little known Lorenzo-Vera is tied with some of the game’s heavyweights: Brooks Koepka, Jason Day, Justin Rose,Tommy Fleetwood and Daniel Berger.

But getting to this point, two shots back heading to the weekend at a major championship, wasn’t an easy path for Lorenzo-Vera.

He turned pro in 2005 but by 2013, he says he hit a low point in his professional career. He told ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi after his second round that he finished “almost last in the Challenge Tour in 2013 so that was really, really far away to play correct golf.”

Lorenzo-Vera was also really, really far away from a correct bank account. Rinaldi asked Lorenzo-Vera about falling into significant debt.

“Too much,” Lorenzo-Vera said with a laugh. “Way too much considering the money there is on the Challenge Tour.

“It was somewhere like €400,000.” That equates to about $472,000.

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Later, in Q School, the Frenchman found some inspiration with his brother on the bag.

“He started speaking of the lasagna of my mom that we absolutely love and it took my out of the pressure. … he goes, ‘Remind me exactly of the recipe.'”

He says he went on to birdie 16, par 17 and “on the last, I had a really tricky putt, with a break and I don’t know why but I just wanted to chip that over the break. That means that my mind was really gone and he looked at me with the wedge and said ‘OK I’m going to break the wedge if you don’t take the putter.'”

Lorenzo-Vera went with the putter, and put it about “like that” to the hole, holding his hands up about 12 inches apart.

“He looked at me, like, really angry,” Lorenzo-Vera said. “But at least I had a job for the year after, so that was cool.”

Lorenzo-Vera knows how to play TPC Harding Park after two rounds.

“It’s very demanding in terms of strategy and stick to the plan, stick to where you want to put the ball, even if sometimes it’s a bit tempting to be very aggressive on the flag.”

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