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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Watch as volunteer gets a little too close to massive snake at PGA Championship
Watch as volunteer gets a little close to massive snake at PGA Championship Turtles on Thursday, snakes on Friday. Play on the 10th hole of Quail Hollow at the PGA Championship was briefly stopped during the second round as a snake slithered across the fairway. The reptile slithered near 2003 PGA Champ Shaun Micheel, who quickly hopped backwards to let it pass. Advertisement A PGA Championship volunteer then stepped up to help nudge the snake into the rough and away from Micheel's ball. 'I wouldn't mess with that fella,' analyst and former Masters champ Trevor Immelman said on the ESPN broadcast. The volunteer got a little too aggressive at one point, poking it in the midsection to try and hurry it up. The snake quickly snapped its attention to the volunteer. 'That's what you got to avoid. … Now, he's riled up,' another announcer said. A snake at the 10th hole of Quail Hollow on May 16, 2025. SportsCenter/X The snake seemed to move into the rough of the Charlotte-area course before ESPN returned to the golf portion of their coverage. Micheel was unfazed by the incident, knocking his shot to 11 feet and then pouring in the birdie putt. Advertisement The 56-year-old was just outside the cut line as he moved through his second round. A volunteer trifles with a snake at the PGA Championship. X/SportsCenter 'They'd have to take it to the next county over for me to continue playing,' one commenter wrote on X. During the opening round Thursday, turtles had emerged from a nearby lake and settled into a bunker that forced play to be halted for repairs.
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Golfer's terrified reaction as huge snake forces delay at PGA Championship
Play on the 10th hole at the PGA Championship briefly came to a halt on Friday when a giant snake made its way onto the course. Shaun Micheel, a surprising winner of this tournament in 2003, looked terrified as he looked up and saw the reptile approaching him. The snake slithered across the fairway at Quail Hollow in North Carolina as Micheel and his group, which also included Jason Dufner and Michael Thorbjornsen, walked past. A tournament volunteer was forced to step in and help guide the snake away from Micheel's ball and into the nearby rough. At one point, the volunteer got a little too carried away and even poked the snake to move it along in a bid not to hold up play behind them. The snake coiled and turned its attention to the volunteer, prompting ESPN analyst and former Masters champion Trevor Immelman to comment: 'I wouldn't mess with that fella.' His broadcast partner added: 'That's what you got to avoid. Now, he's riled up.' Micheel showed no sign of being flustered by the intrusion, however, as he struck his approach shot to within 11 feet before converting his birdie putt. It comes a day after a turtle caused play to be delayed when it took over one of the bunkers. A snapping turtle made his presence known as Ryan Gerard approached his ball near the 14th green before making itself comfortable in the sand trap near the water.
Fox News
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Phil Mickelson hilariously owns up to terrible Scottie Scheffler take in social media post
Phil Mickelson is known for his incredible short game and precision around the green, but the six-time major champion shot from the rough with a take on Scottie Scheffler and got burned for it. In mid-March, after Joaquin Niemann won his second LIV Golf tournament of the year to that point, Mickelson took to social media to praise Niemann while taking a dig at Scheffler. "Top 5 (player in the world)? Try #1," Mickelson posted. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Scheffler was at the time and currently is the No. 1 golfer in the world, but that did not stop Mickelson. The 54-year-old doubled down on his hot take, saying that Scheffler, despite coming off one of the most dominant seasons in PGA Tour history, would not win in 2025 before the Ryder Cup in late September. Scheffler had not won a tournament yet this season as he recovered from a freak hand injury, but the 28-year-old went nuclear at the CJ Cup Bryon Nelson tournament. Scheffler won the tournament and finished 31-under par and tied the PGA Tour's 72-hole scoring record. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER TIES PGA TOUR RECORD IN IMPRESSIVE WIN AT THE CJ CUP BYRON NELSON Scheffler won the tournament by eight strokes, and Mickelson, with a nudge from former Masters champion Trevor Immelman online, had to own up his take. "So I might have been off on that one," Mickelson posted with a pair of crying laughing emojis. "Congrats to Scottie on a great performance." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The nearly-record-breaking win was the 14th career PGA Tour win in Scheffler's career. While he had not won yet this year, Scheffler went into the tournament this past weekend in Texas with five top 10 finishes, including a fourth-place finish at The Masters. Scheffler's first tournament win of the 2025 season comes with the PGA Championship right around the corner, as the tournament begins at Quail Hollow Golf & Country Club on May 15. Mickelson is also set to partake in the PGA Championship, a tournament he has won twice in his career (2005, 2021). Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Star
03-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
New OWGR chairman Immelman says LIV has not reapplied for points
LIV Golf has not reapplied for world ranking points, chairman of the Official World Golf Ranking, Trevor Immelman says. Immelman, who took over as OWGR chairman three weeks ago, said he has spoken with LIV chief executive officer Scott O'Neil on the phone and met with him for a casual conversation during the Masters, according to the Associated Press.
Newsweek
02-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
OWGR Refutes Reports of LIV Golf Inching Closer to Earning Points
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. A few days ago, a rumor spread through the golf world that LIV Golf was in advanced talks with the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) to have its events earn ranking points. The institution quickly came out to say, "No, we're not." OWGR Chairman, Masters winner Trevor Immelman, gave an interview to the Associated Press in which he assured that as far as LIV Golf and the OWGR are concerned, the current situation is the same as it has been for the past year. "They have not put any application in. Whether that happens or not, I guess time will tell," Immelman said. "The ball is in their court." In October 2023, the OWGR rejected LIV Golf's application to be included in the world ranking system. The denial decision was based on fundamental league issues that conflicted with the current ranking points distribution system. Trevor Immelman of South Africa looks on from the third hole during the Par Three Contest prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. Trevor Immelman of South Africa looks on from the third hole during the Par Three Contest prior to the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2024 in Augusta, months later, in May 2024, LIV Golf, then led by Greg Norman, withdrew its application. In a letter to his players, Norman alluded to the OWGR's unwillingness to work with the Saudi-backed league. Since then, the situation has changed little or not at all. In fact, Immelman used the October 2023 rejection letter as a reference to illustrate the current state of affairs. "I would say that [the situation described in the letter from October 2023] is still case," he said. "But until a new application is put in, there's nothing really we can do about it. If the LIV Golf League is wanting to be part of the OWGR, then they need to go ahead and put another application in. That's really where we are." The OWGR's denial of points in October 2023 alluded to several reasons, but was explicitly in favor of resolving all but one of them, that of the qualification and relegation process, or more specifically, the lack thereof. The vast majority of LIV Golf players do not go through a qualifying process, but are recruited directly by the teams. Only six players have gone through some qualifying process in the entire league's history, Scott Vincent and Anndy Ogletree after winning the Asian Tour International League in 2023 and 2024 respectively, and Jinichiro Kozuma, Kieran Vincent, Kalle Samooja and Chieh-Po Li through the two Promotion Events that have been held. OWGR chairman Trevor Immelman on report of being in "serious discussions" with LIV about ranking points (via @dougferguson405): "An interesting choice of worlds... We're in the same position we have been without any application from their side." — Underdog Golf (@UnderdogGolf) May 1, 2025 But even these qualification systems have changed, and not for the better in terms of bringing more players into the league. In 2024, two LIV Golf players finished 1-2 in the International Series, Joaquin Niemann and Peter Uihlein, without the benefit of a contract going to the third-place finisher. As for the Promotional Events, it went from awarding three contracts for 2024 to only one for 2025. The latter, Chieh-Po Li, did not even receive a team contract, but ended up playing in the league as a wild card. The league's relegation process is also almost non-existent. In 2024, only five of the 54 active LIV Golf players were relegated (not counting reserve players nor wild cards). Two of them, Branden Grace and Bubba Watson, were re-signed by their respective teams without any form of qualification. The existence of merit-based systems has historically been one of the pillars of competitive golf (not only professional). The influence of this concept ranges from cuts in most tournaments (including major championships) to loss of membership on the various tours if certain requirements are not met. More Golf: How to Watch The CJ Cup Byron Nelson: Live Stream PGA TOUR Golf, TV Channel
