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NBC Sports
7 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Memorial Tournament 2025: First-round tee times, pairings at Muirfield Village
The seventh of eight signature events this season begins Thursday at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. Here's a look at the first-round tee times and pairings for the Memorial Tournament as well as how you can watch the coverage. Golf Channel Staff, Joe Highsmith Brandt Snedeker Brian Campbell Harris English Rickie Fowler J.J. Spaun Justin Rose Daniel Berger Akshay Bhatia Tony Finau Austin Eckroat Denny McCarthy Alex Noren Eric Cole J.T. Poston Adam Hadwin Cam Davis Cameron Young Stephan Jaeger Christiaan Bezuidenhout Wyndham Clark Max Greyserman Ben Griffin Shane Lowry Chris Kirk Sahith Theegala Xander Schauffele Jordan Spieth Viktor Hovland Ludvig Åberg Hideki Matsuyama Collin Morikawa Jhonattan Vegas Matti Schmid Bud Cauley Harry Higgs Andrew Novak Lucas Glover Ryan Fox Maverick McNealy Michael Kim Ryan Gerard Min Woo Lee Sam Stevens Davis Thompson Sungjae Im Matthieu Pavon Max Homa Taylor Pendrith Corey Conners Matt Fitzpatrick Tom Hoge Nick Dunlap Sam Burns Aaron Rai Tommy Fleetwood Brian Harman Thomas Detry Robert MacIntyre Byeong Hun An Si Woo Kim Adam Scott Justin Thomas Patrick Cantlay Scottie Scheffler Sepp Straka Russell Henley Keegan Bradley Mackenzie Hughes Matt Kuchar Nick Taylor Jacob Bridgeman
NBC Sports
7 days ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Memorial Tournament 2025: First-round tee times, groupings at Muirfield Village
The seventh of eight signature events this season begins Thursday at Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio. Here's a look at the first-round tee times and groupings for the Memorial Tournament as well as how you can watch the coverage. Golf Channel Staff, Joe Highsmith Brandt Snedeker Brian Campbell Harris English Rickie Fowler J.J. Spaun Justin Rose Daniel Berger Akshay Bhatia Tony Finau Austin Eckroat Denny McCarthy Alex Noren Eric Cole J.T. Poston Adam Hadwin Cam Davis Cameron Young Stephan Jaeger Christiaan Bezuidenhout Wyndham Clark Max Greyserman Ben Griffin Shane Lowry Chris Kirk Sahith Theegala Xander Schauffele Jordan Spieth Viktor Hovland Ludvig Åberg Hideki Matsuyama Collin Morikawa Jhonattan Vegas Matti Schmid Bud Cauley Harry Higgs Andrew Novak Lucas Glover Ryan Fox Maverick McNealy Michael Kim Ryan Gerard Min Woo Lee Sam Stevens Davis Thompson Sungjae Im Matthieu Pavon Max Homa Taylor Pendrith Corey Conners Matt Fitzpatrick Tom Hoge Nick Dunlap Sam Burns Aaron Rai Tommy Fleetwood Brian Harman Thomas Detry Robert MacIntyre Byeong Hun An Si Woo Kim Adam Scott Justin Thomas Patrick Cantlay Scottie Scheffler Sepp Straka Russell Henley Keegan Bradley Mackenzie Hughes Matt Kuchar Nick Taylor Jacob Bridgeman
Daily Record
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
There's one thing Scottie Scheffler got badly wrong at Quail Hollow with miles off PGA Championship gripe
World No.1 was brilliant on the course at PGA but also off target with his mudball view Sublime Scottie Scheffler got it spectacularly right on the course at Quail Hollow. But, in terms of his preferred lies gripes, the World No.1 was miles off target during his PGA Championship romp. Golf is a game of extreme skill and no-one has more of it than Scheffler. Naturally, as every player from 20-handicapper to tournament professional will tell you, it's also a game of some luck, but dealing with adversity and dodgy situations is what separates the professionals from boys in the local club. Talent, in sport and in life, is about adapting to challenges and curveballs, literally. When Scheffler's approach to the 16th green on day one sailed miles off to left the plunged into the lake, the cries of mudball went from mumble to roar. Cue the avalanche. Player after player complaining that lift, clean and place wasn't in operation after heavy rainfall in tournament build-up. Of course, it must be a massive kick in the teeth when a drive is smashed brilliantly down to the middle of the fairway only for a player to see a chunk of mud on his ball which is going to affect the next shot. At the same time, it's a massive tickle on their backside they smack a wayward 30 yards off line only to bounce off a spectator, or a hospitality unit and rocket back into the fairway. Or to finish up in a spot which should be rough, but ends up trampled flat for a great lie. The balls that are fired 50 yards off line, only for a player to call for a ruling because there's a scoreboard in the way. Jhonattan Vegas had a ball bounce off a bunker rake and zoom towards the flag during the PGA. Scheffler had one himself off a tree. It's the breaks, it's the game. And you'll get some good and some bad. It was amusing to see Bryson DeChambeau be asked at Quail Hollow when, having moaned about bad luck, was asked if he could think of any good ones he had in the same round. Surprise, surprise, he couldn't think of one. That's probably due to the fact they never register. Like reviews. No-one ever writes one about a hotel or a holiday when it's good. Only to moan. Scheffler's example about why preferred lies on tracks such as you have at the Open would never be needed because of the turf actually defeated his point. At what other Championship in the world could you hit six different clubs off the same tee at the same par three? It happens in links golf due to high winds, yet craftsmen such as Scheffler use their skills to overcome the bad luck and the conditions. What really is the difference with a mudball? It's a situation caused by change of conditions underfoot which cause weird ball flight, just as wind is a change of conditions from overhead which cause weird ball flight. You need skill to deal with both and that's not a random comment. That's coming from a man that has won the same amount of Majors as Scheffler, Padraig Harrington. The Irishman said: 'If the mud is on the ball at 3 o'clock, I play the ball to go left. If you've got a long second shot and there's mud on your ball, I'll sometimes just hood the club, hit something along the ground to the front of the green and that will clean the mud off the ball. It's a different kind of skill, but it's part of the skill of the game. It's like playing in bad weather.' Golfers, it seems, have become too used to perfection. The clubs are designed to the extreme for extra spin, extra distance, extra control. Balls the same. Technology swamps the game and so do stats, but it shouldn't just be black and white, numbers and equipment. It should be dealing with a bad of bad luck and listening to the Sky boys during TV coverage was enlightening in a similar way to Harrington. Paul McGinley said: 'I saw Padraig's comment. He sees it as a skill in the game. I played with Freddy [Couples] once in Augusta and on the 15th he'd hit a good tee shot. He was debating whether to go for it in two or not, but he had mud on the ball, so what he did was take out a three-iron and chip it down the fairway to the lay-up area to get the mud off so that he would have a clean ball for his third shot. 'I'm with Padriag on it. You hit it down the fairway and it's in a divot. What do you do? You put it back in the stance, you take a club less, you drive it in low, you try to get it on the front of the green, two-putt and get out of there. If you get a big mud ball, you've got to adjust as well. The thing about it is, a PGA Tour, any kind of rain at all, and they give you placing. So the players are not used to playing mud balls and golf courses that are somewhat wet. The Tours are very quick to give them placing when there's any rain, so it's not a skill that they harness a lot.' Scotland's Ryder Cup star Andrew Coltart continued: 'It's an outside sport. You adapt to the conditions. It's the same with the wind. You change the shot selection.' Scheffler and colleagues such as Xander Schauffele are absolutely right to voice their opinions. We want that, we want to hear golfers and sports star speak their mind because they can offer expertise most mere mortals don't possess. The comments about the non-conforming driver tests made by No.1 were, for example, very sensible. But it doesn't mean they are always right. And, on this on occasion, it seems most folk feel the king on the course at Quail Hollow missed the cut in terms of his views.
Fox News
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Scottie Scheffler wins 1st career PGA Championship
For the first time in his career, Scottie Scheffler was able to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy. Scheffler survived a fourth-round charge from Jon Rahm and kept golfers J.T. Poston and Bryson DeChambeau at enough distance to win the PGA Championship on Sunday. Scheffler previously had four top-five finishes at the golf major and missed the cut entirely in 2022. After the chaos that occurred at last year's PGA Championship, which featured him getting arrested and booked into jail, Scheffler was able to pull out the incredible victory. He finished 11-under par. Scheffler started the tournament five strokes behind Colombian Jhonattan Vegas and three strokes behind Ryan Gerard. But he played strong in the second round, shooting a 68. The third round is where he started to take control. While a bunch of the top golf stars in the event fell to the wayside, Scheffler had an eagle on 14 and seven birdies. He shot a 65 and it was enough to push him to the top of the leaderboard. "I'm so proud of you," his wife, Meredith, told her husband as he came over to greet her. He maintained the dominant pace through the fourth round. Scheffler had four birdies in the day and overcame three bogeys on the front nine to win the tournament. He had birdies on 2, 10, 14 and 15. Rahm closed in on Scheffler early in the final round. He shot a 67 in the third round and had three birdies through the first 11 holes. But the birdie on 11 was the last of his day. He was wide on a par attempt on the 16th role. It would have kept him to within two strokes of Scheffler down the stretch. But the bogey extended Scheffler's lead late in the tournament, The Spaniard had a tougher time on 17, double-bogeying the hole and dropping even further behind Scheffler. DeChambeau, Harris English and Davis Riley all finished tied for second with 6-under par. DeChambeau finished second at the PGA Championship last year as well. Poston ended up tied for fifth with Vegas and Taylor Pendrith. Xander Schauffele, last year's winner, was tied for 28th. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Championship: Into the water, off a rock, onto the green, eagle for Tommy Fleetwood
PGA Championship: Into the water, off a rock, onto the green, eagle for Tommy Fleetwood We've seen some crazy bounces in this week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Jhonattan Vegas got a bounce off a rake on Friday that led to a birdie putt (that he unfortunately missed). Jon Rahm got a bounce off a spectator's head on Saturday (that led to a bogey). But maybe the best bit of luck came Sunday, when Tommy Fleetwood dumped his approach on the par-5 seventh into the water, only to watch this happen: And then he capitalized on the lucky bounce: Unfortunately for Fleetwood, a 5-over 76 on Saturday took him out of contention, so the eagle is part of him playing out the string Sunday.
