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1:15 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — John Daly signed his scorecard for the second round of the PGA Championship on Friday, and then for one of the first times all week, walked swiftly to his courtesy SUV in an adjoining parking lot. The 1991 PGA Championship winner, who was allowed to use a motorized cart

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—The range was unusually quiet on Day 2 at the 2019 PGA Championship. During tournament rounds, the practice area doesn’t have the same chatter as the early week. There are fewer jokes, more Trackman checks. All the catch-up conversations have been had. But at Bethpage Black’s temporary range on Friday morning, the mood was

8:11 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — On the fourth hole of his opening round of the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black on Thursday, John Daly drove his cart down the right side of the fairway and stopped unexpectedly. Daly, the 1991 PGA Championship winner, reached into his right pocket and pulled out a cigarette —

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Thursday’s exhibition by Brooks Koepka at Bethpage Black might go down as one of the best rounds of 2019. And we’re only one round into the year’s second major. Koepka’s course-record and tournament-low 63 bettered the field scoring average by more than 10 strokes (the first-round stroke average was 73.064). Sure, there

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Lacey Croom didn’t join her future husband’s gallery until his second hole Thursday morning at Bethpage. That meant she missed one of the highlights of Max Homa’s opening round at the PGA Championship. Homa, who two weeks ago grabbed his first PGA Tour title at the Wells Fargo Championship, started off the

2:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Brooks Koepka got off to a blistering start in the defense of his PGA Championship title, shooting a course record at Bethpage Black to take the early first-round lead. Koepka shot a 7-under-par 63 on Thursday, with seven birdies — including a 35-footer on his final hole — and

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—There are 156 players in the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. But on Thursday morning, all eyes are on one competitor. Granted, Tiger Woods has been the eye of the sport since he told the world hello in 1996. However, the latest iteration of Tiger-mania ramped up to 10 following the 43-year-old’s triumph

4:52 PM ET Associated Press FARMINGDALE, N.J. — John Daly hates having to use a cart in the PGA Championship and probably wouldn’t do it unless the major didn’t mean so much to him. Daly used the cart for nine practice holes Wednesday, arriving at the Bethpage Black clubhouse with an elastic bandage around his

Survive and advance is the motto of every men’s team that qualified for the NCAA Regionals. It’s easier said than done. Just ask Georgia Tech coach Bruce Heppler. In his 24 years with the Yellow Jackets, Heppler’s charges have never missed out making it to Regionals. But for the past three years, his teams have

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — I have this memory of Jordan Spieth—running. It was at the PGA Championship four years ago at Whistling Straits, when Spieth was at the height of his powers and his fame. He had won the Masters that year and the U.S. Open, both before his 22nd birthday. Then he’d finished T-4 at

7:56 AM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — All the talking points are in place: Tiger Woods is coming off his first major title in 14 years. The PGA has moved to May, now positioned second in the major championship batting order. Bethpage Black is long. Bethpage Black will play even longer because it’s cold and wet.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — On Tuesday, Tiger Woods took a good-natured jab at John Daly’s use of a cart this week at Bethpage Black. “Well, I walked with a broken leg, so …” Woods said at his morning press conference when asked about Daly getting an exemption to ride at the PGA Championship, letting out a

11:28 AM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Tiger Woods saw the various elements of his game come together at the perfect time last month, leading to a fifth Masters victory and 15th major championship. Now, after taking time off to celebrate that victory, can he summon those aspects again at Bethpage Black at this week’s PGA

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.—Welcome to the PGA Championship morning rundown, your one-stop shop to catch up on the action from Bethpage Black. Here’s everything you need to know for the morning of May 15. Woods, girlfriend named in wrongful death lawsuit The biggest news of the week has happened away from Farmingdale. Late on Monday, Tiger Woods

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Dave Catalano doesn’t like to take bows. It’s just not who he is. But as he sat with a bottle of water in his hands Tuesday and looked at the sprawl of the PGA Championship, he couldn’t help but smile. “We changed the face of golf here,” he said. “I’m very proud

1:03 PM ET FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Tiger Woods is keen on qualifying for the Olympic golf tournament in Japan next year. And if the qualification period ended now, he would be part of it. Woods, 43, who did not play at all in 2016 when golf returned to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,

Pop-music star Niall Horan’s love for golf has been well-documented, from his receiving Golf Digest’s Arnie Award two years ago for his charitable endeavors, to his support of the Drive, Chip and Putt competition run by the PGA of America, USGA and Augusta National. Now, along with ISPS Handa, Horan’s golf management company, Modest Golf,

8:57 PM ET Tiger Woods, his girlfriend and restaurant manager Erica Herman, and The Woods restaurant in Jupiter, Florida, are being sued for the wrongful death of an employee, who after working a shift in December drank alcohol at the restaurant before being killed in a driving accident. Nicholas Immesberger, 24, had a blood-alcohol reading