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Teenager Blades Brown debating temporary PGA Tour membership
Teenager Blades Brown has a decision to make about his golf career.,With his T14 finish on Sunday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in McKinney, Texas, Brown earned a special temporary membership on the PGA Tour for the remainder of 2026. That includes the fall season.,With that membership, Brown is entitl...

Brooks Koepka recalls CJ Cup Byron Nelson that got away
Brooks Koepka still is pondering a tough loss in this tournament 10 years ago as he prepares to play alongside the defending champion at this week's CJ Cup Byron Nelson.,Koepka lost to Sergio Garcia on the first playoff hole in 2016 when the tournament was played at TPC Four Seasons in Irving, Texas...

Report: PGA Tour aims to introduce 3+ new markets in ‘28
PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp has begun presenting a more detailed plan for a revamped schedule to players, with a target date of the 2028 season, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,Rolapp said in March that the tour was leaning toward a two-tiered system with "roughly 21 to 26 events on a first ...

Report: Garrick Higgo splits with caddie after costly PGA Championship penalty
Garrick Higgo's week to forget at the PGA Championship ended with him parting ways with caddie Austin Gaugert.,Higgo split with Gaugert after missing the cut at the PGA and re-hired a former caddie, Nick Cavendish-Pell, Higgo's agent confirmed to Golfweek on Monday.,Higgo received a two-stroke penal...

Aaron Rai rises to No. 15 in world rankings, Jon Rahm to No. 12
Aaron Rai vaulted 29 spots to a career-high No. 15 in the latest edition of the Official World Golf Rankings thanks to his first major championship,Rai won the PGA Championship on Sunday at Aronimink Golf Club, the first Englishman to do so since 1919. Rai previously had never finished better than t...
Four Biggest Takeaways From Aronimink's 2026 PGA Championship
Aaron Rai captured his first major title with a clutch finish at the PGA Championship. Here are four major takeaways from Aronimink....

Aaron Rai emerges to win first major, first PGA for England since 1919
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Aaron Rai undersold the reaction to the mammoth putt that sealed his first major championship.,His tee shot at the par-3 17th landed clear on the other side of the green, 68 1/2 feet from the pin. His putt traveled up one ridge and down a second, aligning perfectly with the sh...

Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy lament missed chances at PGA
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- While Aaron Rai was pulling away from the pack Sunday at the PGA Championship, two of the biggest names in golf were unable to keep pace on the back nine and make the first-time major winner from England sweat it out.,Spanish star Jon Rahm tied for second three shots behind Ra...

Aaron Rai emerges to win first major; 1st Englishman to win PGA since 1919
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Aaron Rai drained a series of increasingly long putts to write himself into the history books and win his first major title Sunday at the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.,Rai made a 40-foot eagle putt at the par-5 ninth hole to cap an uneven first nine, then pulled awa...

Kurt Kitayama (63) ties record for lowest final round in a major
Kurt Kitayama shot a 63 to tie the record for the lowest score in the final round of a major tournament on Sunday at the PGA Championship. ,The 33-year-old Kitayama, who has three top-10 finishes this season, is the only player to shoot better than 65 this week at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Squa...

PGA is widest-open major in years: ‘Never seen anything like it’
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- Jon Rahm studied the leaderboard on the digital screen inside the player interview tent at Aronimink Golf Club. Once before he began his first answer, then again when answering a question in Spanish.,"Can we move this? How many of them are at 3 under?" Rahm asked a PGA of Amer...

Massive pack chasing Alex Smalley at PGA Championship
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. -- The PGA of America may have opened up the setup at Aronimink Golf Club, but that did not open up the crammed PGA Championship leaderboard Saturday.,Alex Smalley rallied on the back nine to shoot a 2-under-par 68 and build a two-shot lead, but nearly two dozen golfers are in st...
