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Rory McIlroy 'in a good place' ahead of PGA, nods to 'relentless' fans
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- With all due respect to the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, the PGA Tour's lone team event, the Truist Championship was Rory McIlroy's first real test of golf since winning the Masters.,The five-time major winner tied for seventh at 10 under par at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, six...
Sepp Straka wins showdown with Shane Lowry, claims Truist Championship
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Sepp Straka of Austria outlasted Ireland's Shane Lowry in a Sunday duel at the Philadelphia Cricket Club to win the Truist Championship and add a signature event to his growing resume.,Straka and Lowry shared the lead after three rounds, and they stood tied at 16 under through 15 h...
Ryder Cup on U.S. players’ minds in thick of major season
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- The Truist Championship is a big event in its own right, a signature event with a $20 million purse. It also serves as most stars' final prep for the PGA Championship, as the majors start coming fast and furious.,This year, the Truist (previously the Wells Fargo Championship) serve...
Sahith Theegala withdraws from Truist with neck injury
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Days before the second major of the season, Sahith Theegala withdrew from the PGA Tour's Truist Championship on Sunday, citing a neck injury.,Theegala opened with rounds of 69 and 71 at the $20 million, no-cut signature event before falling into last place in the field with an 8-ov...
Carson Young shoots 64, takes one-shot lead at Myrtle Beach
Carson Young fired the best round of the day, a 7-under 64, to move into the lead through three rounds of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Saturday in South Carolina.,Young, who began the day at 6 under for the tournament, played bogey-free golf for the second straight round, and he highlighted...
Lip-outs galore at Truist as green speeds catch field by surprise
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- The PGA Tour is visiting the Philadelphia Cricket Club for the first time, and after plenty of low scores Thursday, the course has bitten back.,Minimal wind and soft greens at the club's Wissahickon Course made for a low-scoring first round of the Truist Championship, when Keith Mi...
Sepp Straka, Shane Lowry share lead at Truist Championship
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Sepp Straka of Austria and Shane Lowry of Ireland stand three shots above the pack after three rounds of the Truist Championship.,They enter Sunday's final around at 14-under 196 after playing stellar golf on Saturday at the Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon Course.,Straka ro...
Justin Rose (illness), Michael Kim (back) WD from Truist
Justin Rose withdrew from the Truist Championship prior to Saturday's third round, citing an illness.,Rose, a former World No. 1 golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking currently ranked No. 14, announced his decision over social media with respect to possibly getting healthier ahead of next week's...
Justin Rose (illness) WDs from Truist Championship
Justin Rose withdrew from the Truist Championship prior to Saturday's third round, citing an illness.,Rose, a former World No. 1 golfer in the Official World Golf Ranking currently ranking No. 14, announced his decision over social media with respect to possibly getting healthier ahead of next week'...
Mackenzie Hughes, Cristobal Del Solar share Myrtle Beach lead
Cristobal Del Solar of Chile tied Canada's Mackenzie Hughes at the top of the leaderboard through two rounds of the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Friday in South Carolina.,Hughes was the first-round leader thanks to a 63 and followed that with a 69 to move to 10-under-par 132. Del Solar posted a...
Keith Mitchell leads Shane Lowry by 1 at Truist Championship
Keith Mitchell posted a 3-under-par 67 to hang onto a one-shot lead halfway through the Truist Championship on Friday in rainy Flourtown, Pa.,Mitchell jumped into the lead Thursday by firing a 61, but the scoring was more muted across the board for the second round of the $20 million signature event...
Charlie Woods, 16, falls short at U.S. Open qualifier
Charlie Woods was unsuccessful in his second attempt to qualify for the U.S. Open.,Woods, 16, carded a 3-over-par 75 at Wellington (Fla.) Golf Club on Thursday. The son of 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was seven strokes shy of the required score of 68.,The younger Woods did show improvement, ho...
Mackenzie Hughes (63) out in front at Myrtle Beach
Canada's Mackenzie Hughes holds a slight lead at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic after starting out with an 8-under-par 63 on Thursday at Dunes Golf and Beach Club in South Carolina.,Hughes finished strong with five birdies over his final six holes, including each of the last four. He stuck his a...
Keith Mitchell opens with 61, leads Truist Championship
Keith Mitchell used a late birdie run to shoot a 9-under-par 61 and take the early lead at the Truist Championship on Thursday in Flourtown, Pa.,Mitchell started his first round at the Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon Course on the back nine and parred his first five holes. After birdieing No...
2025 Truist Championship: Preview, Prop Picks, Best Bets
The sixth signature event of the 2025 PGA Tour season tees off with the first round of the Truist Championship on Thursday.,It's a unique event in that the former Wells Fargo Championship is making a one-year stop just outside of Philadelphia to play at The Philadelphia Cricket Club, with regular ve...
Rory McIlroy, loaded field chase Truist title at unfamiliar course
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- As the golf calendar crescendos to the second major of the year, the PGA Tour's best get one more tune-up on an unfamiliar course.,Quail Hollow, usually the site of the Truist Championship, will instead host next week's PGA Championship. Subbing in this week is the Wissahickon Cour...
Justin Thomas flying comfortably under radar ahead of PGA Championship
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- The last time a major championship was played at Quail Hollow, Justin Thomas used a final-round 68 for a two-shot victory over a pack of contenders at the 2017 PGA Championship.,With the PGA Championship returning to same site next week, Thomas ought to be one of the favorites afte...
Rory McIlroy: Only ‘positive vibes’ for future majors with drought over
FLOURTOWN, Pa. -- Understandably, Rory McIlroy has had a whirlwind couple of weeks.,McIlroy captured his long-awaited Masters victory and completed the career Grand Slam less than four weeks ago. What followed was a mix of celebration and commitments. He took the next week off from the PGA Tour to v...
LIV's Dustin Johnson invited to PGA Championship
LIV Golf member Dustin Johnson will participate in next week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlote, N.C., according to the list of participants that was revealed Tuesday.,Johnson is a two-time major winner, coming out on top in the 2016 U.S. Open and the 2020 Masters Tournament. His Ma...
Golf Glance: PGA Tour hits iconic venue; LPGA tackles Liberty National
Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.,PGA TOUR,LAST TOURNAMENT: The CJ Cup Byron Nelson (Scottie Scheffler),THIS WEEK: Truist Championship, Philadelphia, May 8-11,Course: The Philadelphia Cricket Club, Wissahickon (Par 7...