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NBC Sports
27-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Cauley, Griffin headline Aon Swing 5, Next 10
Take a look at the Aon Swing 5 and Next 10 ahead of the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
$72 Million Major Winner Abruptly Withdraws From PGA Tour's Truist Championship
This week's PGA Tour event features plenty of star power, but there will be some significant golfers missing from the field. The PGA Tour announced that one star golfer withdrew from the Truist Championship days before the tournament tees off. Another name absent from the field is Scottie Scheffler, who will not be competing in the Truist Championship after notching a win at the Byron Nelson. Instead, Scheffler will get some extra rest in preparation for the PGA Championship which tees off on May 15. Advertisement After not competing at the Byron Nelson, Rory McIlroy is back in action at the Truist Championship. Jason Day lines up his putt on the 15th green during the final round of the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Casey-Imagn Images The PGA Tour announced on Tuesday that Jason Day has withdrawn from the Truist Championship and will be replaced by Patrick Rodgers. This news comes one day after the PGA Tour revealed several additional changes to the field. Erik Van Rooyen, Sam Stevens and Keith Mitchell have all been added to the Truist Championship. Nicholas Hojgaard has missed the field as a result of the Aon Swing 5, while Stevens and Van Rooyen made the tournament because of the rule. "The Aon Swing 5 is for players who peak in Full-Field Events between the Signature Events, awarding spots to the top five FedExCup points earners from those events who are not already qualified," the PGA Tour explains on their website. Advertisement Day has earned $72.6 million over his golf career, including more than $12 million at majors. The longtime golfer has notched 13 PGA Tour wins over his career, including the 2015 PGA Championship. Related: Jordan Spieth News Revealed Ahead of Truist Championship
Irish Independent
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Seamus Power secures PGA Championship spot as four Irish to play at Quail Hollow
The West Waterford man missed the cut in the CJ Cup Byron Nelson last weekend but remained 65th in the PGA Championship Points list. Erik van Rooyen and Sam Stevens, who finished second and third behind Scottie Scheffler in Dallas on Sunday, qualified for this week's Truist Championship via the Aon Swing 5. Both will now qualify for Quail Hollow though only Stevens is currently officially exempt after he jumped 12 spots to 49th in the PGA Championship Points list. A total of 30 players secured their spots in the PGA via this route and while Van Rooyen jumped 50 spots to 80th, he moved up from 101st to 66th in the world and will be added to the Quail Hollow field by the PGA of America, which traditionally likes to include every player from the world's top 100. Irish golf will have four golfers in the field in Charlotte as two-time PGA champion and reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy is joined by 2008 winner Padraig Harrington, world number 12 Shane Lowry and 122nd-ranked Power. LIV Golf's Tom McKibbin, who is 115th in the world, would need a special exemption. Power tied for ninth on his PGA Championship debut at Southern Hills in 2022 but missed the cut at Oak Hill in his most recent appearance in 2023.
USA Today
05-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
'I hate it': Erik van Rooyen is not a fan of PGA Tour signature events. He explains why
'I hate it': Erik van Rooyen is not a fan of PGA Tour signature events. He explains why Erik van Rooyen planned to go home this week. Instead, he's heading to Philadelphia Cricket Club to compete in the Truist Championship, the sixth signature event on the PGA Tour's 2025 schedule. He got in the field thanks to the Aon Swing 5, a category created to help those not in the signature events have a way to play their way in, which van Rooyen did Sunday with his runner-up finish to Scottie Scheffler at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas. He earned more than $1 million for his efforts at TPC Craig Ranch, but now he's in the field at Truist, formerly the Wells Fargo, where there's a $20 million purse. What does van Rooyen think of the signature events and the Aon Swing 5? "How honest do you want me to be? I hate it," he said Sunday. "I strongly believe that the strongest fields are the ones with the most players in them. The guys on the PGA Tour are so good. It's so deep. I get that you've got the Scotties of the world, the Rorys of the world, and people want to see them, it's entertaining. "Like the PGA Championship coming up, for example, I think it's the strongest field in the game, similar to The Players. I love competing, so selfishly I want to compete against those guys." Van Rooyen isn't the only player to share that sentiment of signature events with limited fields aren't the best thing for the Tour. It has become a common theme in the signature event era, and next year with more fields shrinking in an effort to speed up play and fewer cards available, it's bound to be more of a discussion point as the year goes on. He was asked a follow up whether he thought being able to play your way into event was a good thing, and he agreed 100 percent. "I think good play needs to be rewarded," van Rooyen said. "That's part of why the PGA Tour is the greatest tour in the world. It's so deep, it's so strong. "But I think Rory always says it, just play better."
Forbes
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
Gary Woodland Ready For RBC Heritage Start After Aon Swing 5 Surge
HOUSTON, TEXAS - MARCH 30: Gary Woodland of the United States hits from the rough on the 13th hole ... More during the final round of the Texas Children's Houston Open 2025 at Memorial Park Golf Course on March 30, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by) Gary Woodland earned his way into the field at the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head's Harbour Town—a Signature Event with a $20,000,000 purse—thanks to one of the most electric Sundays of his career that capped a remarkable return to top form. Woodland's odds of qualifying for the RBC Heritage heading into the Texas Children's Houston Open, according to Aon's predictive analytics, were just 1.8 percent. Even after a strong opening three rounds in Houston, he entered that Sunday with only a 7.1 percent chance of playing his way in. 'That actually surprises me. I did not realize they were that low.' Woodland said, when told the numbers. 'I guess that goes back to that saying, 'You're telling me I have a chance.'' In the highlight of his bravura performance, the 40-year-old found himself in the rough on the 18th at Memorial Park in Houston after pushing his tee shot right. From 199 yards out, with a stand of trees partially obscuring his view of the flag, he was caught between clubs—vacillating between a six or seven iron. Feeding off the crowd's energy, he chose to be aggressive with the lower bat. 'It was a shot that I knew if I hit it hard, it would be the right club,' Woodland said. 'I swung as hard as I could and it came off perfectly.' The ball stopped two feet from the pin and the resulting kick-in distance birdie capped a course-record-tying 62, briefly giving him the clubhouse lead at 19-under. Though Min Woo Lee ultimately clinched the win, Woodland's rousing T2 performance vaulted him 60 spots in the Aon Swing 5 standings—punching his ticket to South Carolina's tartan jacket chase. It was a cinematic sports moment that felt scripted—especially for fans who'd just seen Woodland's journey chronicled in the most poignant episode of the current season of Full Swing. The 2019 U.S. Open champion and this year's recipient of the PGA Tour's Courage Award underwent a craniotomy in September of 2023, to remove a lesion pressing on the part of his brain that controls fear and anxiety. He returned to competition just four months later. But with a portion of the tumor still resting on his amygdala—and daily medication to manage its effects—Woodland spent the 2024 season navigating a new normal — one that proved to be the most challenging of his career. He played in 26 events last year, missed 11 cuts and had only one top 10 showing—finishing 9th at the Shriner's Children's Open in the Fall. This season, Woodland has steadily regained his confidence—opening the year with three top-25 finishes before taking things to the next level with his rousing runner-up performance at the Texas Children's Houston Open. The 'confidence' piece of the puzzle was what lagged the longest during his comeback—both finding it and believing that it would stick around. 'I was putting a couple days after surgery and I was able to swing after four or five,' Woodland said. 'But trusting that one, I'm ok; two, that I'm going to be able to get through the day—and that I'm back, more than anything [that took time] .' The turn of events in Houston certainly made him a big fan of the Aon Swing 5, the mechanism that proved pivotal in that resurgence, offering a clear pathway back into the PGA Tour's highest-profile events. 'I think it's amazing,' Woodland said. 'These elevated events are a massive deal for what we're doing out here—for qualification, for everything. If you have a rough year or you're coming back from something like I'm coming off, having an opportunity each week to play your way in is a massive deal. It was brilliant on the Tour's part to come up with the Aon Swing 5 and give everyone in the field the same opportunity.' Now, with momentum on his side, Woodland hopes his return to contention can be a springboard to dream even bigger. 'I want to be the best. I have that opportunity to come out here and play—to never give up and be a role model for my children. Hard times are going to happen in your life. Nobody is protected from hard times. But that doesn't mean you can't fight through them. You can believe in yourself and that is something that I'm trying to do every day—to show my kids the sky is the limit. You can dream anything you want, give it everything you have, work your tail off and good things will happen.' Woodland is tremendously proud to have earned his way into Harbour Town—not simply being granted a spot—has added heft to the achievement. 'I've been blessed with some exemptions into a couple of these signature events' he said, 'but to really feel like you showed up and played your way in—that builds momentum. You have to play well to do that, and that gives you confidence. So, to ride that into a great golf course this week, I'm very excited.' Woodland is paired with Daniel Berger for today's opening round of the RBC Heritage. They tee off at 11 a.m. ET.
