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5:00 PM ET Associated Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — Former Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker has pulled out of the Senior PGA Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. Stricker revealed his positive test Tuesday on Twitter, saying he was “super bummed” and that it was “just a small setback.” Stricker was out of competition

There are a lot of intriguing facts about Justin Thomas’ landmark victory in the PGA Championship at Southern Hills. No one has come from seven strokes back of the lead to win a major on Sunday since Paul Lawrie at the 1999 Open Championship. Plus, as the champion joked on Sunday, he was probably the

4:14 PM ET PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, a former Alabama star and big Crimson Tide football fan, couldn’t help but weigh in on the Nick Saban-Jimbo Fisher feud after winning a second Wanamaker Trophy on Sunday. Thomas, who rallied from a 7-shot deficit in the final round at Southern Hills Country Club to win

The wait for Bryson DeChambeau’s return continues. The 2020 U.S. Open champ pulled out of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial on Tuesday, as he’s still not ready for competition following hand surgery in April. DeChambeau practiced last week at Southern Hills before ultimately deciding to withdraw from the PGA Championship, so it was a

10:55 PM ET Associated Press DALLAS — Sean Crocker found form at just the right time and qualified for his first U.S. Open, among 13 players in Dallas and three in Japan who earned spots at The Country Club next month. The 36-hole qualifiers were the first of 11 that will fill the field for

These days, it usually takes going exceptionally low to win on the PGA Tour, and it’s apparently no different in qualifying for the U.S. Open. In the first final qualifier played in North America on Monday at two courses in Dallas, 11 under for 36 holes was the number to be the medalist—and there were

8:17 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas‘ long wait to win another major championship is over after he defeated Will Zalatoris in a playoff to win the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Zalatoris will have to wait again for his first PGA Tour victory, along with Mito Pereira, whose costly mistake

It may not have been a performance that was 2008 U.S. Open Tiger-esque, but Bubba Watson apparently gutted out contending in the PGA Championship while playing on a significantly injured knee. In a tweet on Monday, Watson congratulated PGA winner Justin Thomas and said of his 30th-place finish after having a strong first two rounds,

10:07 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. For the first time since 2017, the Wanamaker Trophy belongs to Justin Thomas. Despite entering the final

TULSA, Okla.—One by one, Southern Hills muddled their putting strokes, compromised their swings and stole their souls. The final round of a major championship is supposed to be a war of attrition, but Sunday at this PGA Championship turned into full-blown carnage. Callow Cameron Young took five to get down from the fairway on the

12:32 AM ET TULSA, Okla. — There are some distinct odors that float through the air on Sundays at major championships: cigar smoke, warm beer, mediocre barbecue and freshly cut grass among them. It can be an oddly comforting cocktail as a fan. But if you’re a player trying to win your first major, there

TULSA — During the pro-am at the Genesis Invitational earlier this year at Riviera Country Club, Jim “Bones” Mackay overheard a conversation between his player Justin Thomas and one of Thomas’ playing partners, who was asking if there was anything the young star liked to collect. “Something that really rings in my ears,” Mackay recalled,

TULSA — At 5:17 p.m., Justin Thomas attempted a birdie putt on the 18th hole at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills. If he made it, he would have tied Mito Pereira for the lead at six under. It ran past the hole—uncomfortably past—and about a minute later he made his par. As he

7:39 PM ET ESPN News Services TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas has won his second PGA Championship, rallying from shots seven back on Sunday to force a playoff with Will Zalatoris, then beating him with two birdies and a par in their three-hole aggregate at Southern Hills. Thomas added a second Wanamaker Trophy to the

9:23 PM ET TULSA, Okla. — After several of golf’s biggest stars failed to make up ground on moving day at the PGA Championship on Saturday, six players are in good position to win their first major championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Chile’s Mito Pereira moved to 9 under after the third round and

Consider what Mito Pereira faces Sunday morning. Sitting on the 54-hole lead at the Masters last month caused Scottie Scheffler—the hottest golfer on the planet—to break down crying and require his wife to build him back up. Pereira, the 24-year-old from Chile playing in just his second major, handled the nerves splendidly in the third

TULSA — The third round of the PGA Championship teetered on anarchy, with brand-name players flying up (and mostly down) the leaderboard on an exacting test buffeted by breezes. By day’s end, Mito Pereira had claimed a three-stroke lead at nine under, but this still feels like the most wide-open major championship Sunday in recent

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