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USA Today
16 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Tennessee golf hires PGA TOUR winner
Tennessee golf hires PGA TOUR winner Tennessee men's golf announced the hiring of Derek Ernst as the Vols' associate head coach. He played on the PGA TOUR from 2012-24. "I am very excited for Derek to begin his time here on Rocky Top," Tennessee head coach Brennan Webb said. "His experience playing and winning at the highest levels of professional golf, with the best players in the world, will be an incredible asset for the players in our program. "Derek's contagious enthusiasm to pass on all he has learned to the players in our program struck me from our very first conversation. There really is no substitute for Derek's experience in our game and I can't wait for him to get started with the Vols." Ernst (-8) won the 2013 Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. He defeated David Lynn in a playoff, while Phil Mickelson finished third (-7). Ernst made 134 PGA TOUR starts and recorded five top 25 finishes. Follow Vols Wire on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).
Newsweek
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Newsweek
2025 US Open: PGA Tour Dark Horses with Best Chance at Oakmont
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. It's the week before the 2025 U.S. Open and all eyes are on Oakmont Country Club. The course promises to be an incredible test of golf, keeping the odds wide open. Scottie Scheffler is the overwhelming favorite for the title, given his outstanding performance over the last month. Other players, such as defending champion Bryson DeChambeau and reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy, are also seen as top contenders. However, dark horses are always ready to surprise the rest of the field, and this edition of the US Open will be no exception. Let's take a look at some of them. US Open: 5 Dark Horses to Watch 1. Shane Lowry The Irishman is hardly a dark horse in any tournament he plays in. We include him on this list only because he hasn't won an individual tournament since the 2022 BMW PGA Championship on the DP World Tour. There would be no more fitting setting for his return to the winner's circle than the historic Oakmont venue. Shane Lowry already knows what it's like to win a major title (the 2019 Open Championship), and he arguably has the best memories of Oakmont of any current top player. The last time the U.S. Open was held there (in 2016), Lowry finished tied for second with a score of 1-under, three strokes behind the winner, Dustin Johnson. The 38-year-old is having an excellent 2025 season. He has played in 11 tournaments and finished in the top 10 four times, including two second-place finishes. Shane Lowry of Ireland plays his shot from the 13th tee during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 05, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Shane Lowry of Ireland plays his shot from the 13th tee during the second round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Country Club on May 05, 2023 in Charlotte, North Carolina.2. Sepp Straka Sepp Straka's name may be overshadowed by those of other players with more illustrious pedigrees, but he is one of the players in the best form on the PGA Tour today. In fact, the Austrian is third in the FedEx Cup rankings, behind only Scheffler and McIlroy. This result is no fluke. Straka has won twice in 2025, including the Truist Championship less than a month ago. He will arrive at Oakmont fresh off a top-five finish at the Memorial Tournament, his fifth top-10 finish of the season. 3. Ben Griffin Griffin is one of the hottest players on the PGA Tour right now. Like Straka, he has won twice this season, but he has done it in the last six weeks (Zurich Classic and Charles Schwab Challenge). During that same period, he has achieved two other top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish at the Memorial Tournament. The 29-year-old has played the best golf of his career this season. He has played in 19 tournaments and finished in the top 10 seven times. This success has propelled him to 15th in the world rankings. 4. Russell Henley Russell Henley's 2025 season is also going strong, as he has finished in the top 10 in exactly half of the tournaments he has played (6 out of 12). This includes one win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, as well as an impressive fifth-place finish at the Memorial Tournament. What's his main handicap? He missed the cut in the first two majors of the season, the Masters Tournament and the PGA Championship. He will be looking to reverse this trend at Oakmont. 5. Tommy Fleetwood Tommy Fleetwood remains winless on the PGA Tour, a fact that few in the golf world can explain. His 2025 season has once again been excellent, with four top-10 finishes and no missed cuts in the 12 tournaments he has played. This will be the Englishman's 10th US Open appearance. He has finished in the top 10 three times, including a second-place finish in 2018, when he shot a final-round 63 at Shinnecock Hills and finished just one stroke behind champion Brooks Koepka. More Golf: PGA Tour Pro Invokes SNL Reaction to US Open Brutal Conditions
San Francisco Chronicle
19-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Scheffler's fiery celebration at PGA Championship shows desire that burns in world's No. 1 player
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Everything Scottie Scheffler did Sunday was expected. When the pressure was on, he hit the fairways he needed to hit. He landed the approach shots he needed to land. And, of course, he made clutch putts he needed to make. It's what everyone has come to depend on from the world's No. 1 player, a fine-tuned, almost mechanical approach to the game. It was all expected, even predictable — right up until the celebration. That's when Scheffler, in a rare display of pure emotion, took off his hat and slammed it into the green on the 18th hole after winning the PGA Championship by five shots over Bryson DeChambeau, Harry English and Davis Riley at Quail Hollow. He followed with a hard slap of hands with his caddie and a quick hug, reminiscent of a defensive lineman celebrating a quarterback sack or a basketball player enjoying a high-flying dunk. A short while later Scheffler was asked to hoist the 27-pound Wanamaker Trophy and he thrust it so hard in the air that the top started to fly off. So much for Scottie Scheffler being a robot. The raw emotion he displayed Sunday reflects the burning competitiveness that resides within his built-for-golf 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame. When asked afterward if he views himself as having a competitive fire, Scheffler laughed and said, 'Yeah.' The calm, even-keeled demeanor on the course has often overshadowed hidden that part of him, that burning fire within that has driven the Texan to greatness. Scheffler has never been known as being intense, and he never seems to get too high or too low on the spectrum. Even when he was falsely arrested at last year's PGA Championship at Valhalla, he didn't lash out at the police. He accepted what happened as a misunderstanding in the heat of a very confusing moment — in a situation in which other professional athletes might have fiercely sought to protect their image. That's why the ferocity with which he spiked his hat on 18, and the intense facial expressions in the moments afterward stood out. Maybe it was the culmination of battling back from puncturing the palm in his right hand while making ravioli last Christmas. One thing is for sure, Sunday wasn't par for the course for Scheffler. 'Just a lot of happiness,' Scheffler said later of his reaction to the second straight victory. 'I think, you know, just maybe thankful as well. It was a long week. I felt like this was as hard as I battled for a tournament in my career. This was a pretty challenging week.' Scheffler didn't swing the club all that well for the first 2 1/2 days in Charlotte. But he played the back nine on Saturday and Sunday just about as well as anyone has, with the possible exception of some of Rory McIlroy's exploits here at the Wells Fargo Championship. On Saturday, Scheffler went 5-under par on the final five holes to take control of the tournament and carried a three-shot lead into the final round. Most probably thought it was over. But Scheffler struggled with his swing and made three uncharacteristic bogeys on the front nine Sunday, allowing two-time major champion Jon Rahm to pull into a tie at 9 under. It didn't last long. Scheffler ate a sandwich as he made the turn at 2-over-par for the day, then proceeded to drill his drive down the middle of the fairway on the par-5 10th hole. He followed it with a approach shot to within 40 feet of the cup. He two-putted from there for birdie and never trailed again. Scheffler really didn't need to do much after that point. From there, it wasn't a matter of Scheffler running away with the tournament as much as it was others running away from him. Rahm failed to make birdie putts on Nos. 14 and 15 and made a mess of the three closing holes known as the Green Mile to take himself out of contention. Scheffler methodically proceeded to secure the tournament with birdies on 14 and 15. By the time he walked up the 18th fairway he was leading by six shots before close with a safe bogey on the 18th for the five-shot win. 'The last five holes (Saturday), that's where I really kind of put myself ahead in the tournament,' Scheffler said. 'I mean, the back nine today was pretty special as well. But (Saturday) the way I finished off that round, I think it was really important for me to have a lead to play with today.' The two-time Masters champion joined Seve Ballesteros as the only players to win each of their first three majors by three or more strokes. It was also his 15th career PGA Tour win, marking the shortest span between wins 1 and 15 by anyone not named Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus. Scheffler is now halfway to the career Grand Slam with the two he still needs — the U.S. Open and British Open — still to come this year. So what does Scheffler want to accomplish in his career? He wouldn't say specifically on Sunday. 'I don't focus on that kind of stuff,' he said. 'I love coming out here and trying to compete and win golf tournaments, and that's what I'm focused on." But we learned a couple of things about Scheffler on Sunday. He's more human than maybe we thought, and there is something burning within. He may never reach the expressive level of Tiger Woods' iconic fist pumps, but you can't fake the type of emotion Scheffler displayed at Quail Hollow. And with that type of drive and that level of skill there's no telling what Scheffler will accomplish.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Scheffler's fiery celebration at PGA Championship shows desire that burns in world's No. 1 player
Everything Scottie Scheffler did Sunday was expected. When the pressure was on, he hit the fairways he needed to hit. He landed the approach shots he needed to land. And, of course, he made clutch putts he needed to make. Advertisement Meet the 'Swampers': Crew behind PGA Championship course prep at Quail Hollow It's what everyone has come to depend on from the world's No. 1 player, a fine-tuned, almost mechanical approach to the game. It was all expected, even predictable — right up until the celebration. That's when Scheffler, in a rare display of pure emotion, took off his hat and slammed it into the green on the 18th hole after winning the PGA Championship by five shots over Bryson DeChambeau, Harry English and Davis Riley at Quail Hollow. He followed with a hard slap of hands with his caddie and a quick hug, reminiscent of a defensive lineman celebrating a quarterback sack or a basketball player enjoying a high-flying dunk. Advertisement A short while later Scheffler was asked to hoist the 27-pound Wanamaker Trophy and he thrust it so hard in the air that the top started to fly off. So much for Scottie Scheffler being a robot. The raw emotion he displayed Sunday reflects the burning competitiveness that resides within his built-for-golf 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame. When asked afterward if he views himself as having a competitive fire, Scheffler laughed and said, 'Yeah.' The calm, even-keeled demeanor on the course has often overshadowed hidden that part of him, that burning fire within that has driven the Texan to greatness. Scheffler has never been known as being intense, and he never seems to get too high or too low on the spectrum. Advertisement Even when he was falsely arrested at last year's PGA Championship at Valhalla, he didn't lash out at the police. He accepted what happened as a misunderstanding in the heat of a very confusing moment — in a situation in which other professional athletes might have fiercely sought to protect their image. That's why the ferocity with which he spiked his hat on 18, and the intense facial expressions in the moments afterward stood out. Maybe it was the culmination of battling back from puncturing the palm in his right hand while making ravioli last Christmas. One thing is for sure, Sunday wasn't par for the course for Scheffler. 'Just a lot of happiness,' Scheffler said later of his reaction to the second straight victory. 'I think, you know, just maybe thankful as well. It was a long week. I felt like this was as hard as I battled for a tournament in my career. This was a pretty challenging week.' Advertisement Scheffler didn't swing the club all that well for the first 2 1/2 days in Charlotte. But he played the back nine on Saturday and Sunday just about as well as anyone has, with the possible exception of some of Rory McIlroy's exploits here at the Wells Fargo Championship. On Saturday, Scheffler went 5-under par on the final five holes to take control of the tournament and carried a three-shot lead into the final round. Most probably thought it was over. But Scheffler struggled with his swing and made three uncharacteristic bogeys on the front nine Sunday, allowing two-time major champion Jon Rahm to pull into a tie at 9 under. Advertisement It didn't last long. Scheffler ate a sandwich as he made the turn at 2-over-par for the day, then proceeded to drill his drive down the middle of the fairway on the par-5 10th hole. He followed it with a approach shot to within 40 feet of the cup. He two-putted from there for birdie and never trailed again. Scheffler really didn't need to do much after that point. From there, it wasn't a matter of Scheffler running away with the tournament as much as it was others running away from him. Rahm failed to make birdie putts on Nos. 14 and 15 and made a mess of the three closing holes known as the Green Mile to take himself out of contention. Scheffler methodically proceeded to secure the tournament with birdies on 14 and 15. Advertisement By the time he walked up the 18th fairway he was leading by six shots before close with a safe bogey on the 18th for the five-shot win. 'The last five holes (Saturday), that's where I really kind of put myself ahead in the tournament,' Scheffler said. 'I mean, the back nine today was pretty special as well. But (Saturday) the way I finished off that round, I think it was really important for me to have a lead to play with today.' The two-time Masters champion joined Seve Ballesteros as the only players to win each of their first three majors by three or more strokes. It was also his 15th career PGA Tour win, marking the shortest span between wins 1 and 15 by anyone not named Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus. Advertisement Scheffler is now halfway to the career Grand Slam with the two he still needs — the U.S. Open and British Open — still to come this year. So what does Scheffler want to accomplish in his career? He wouldn't say specifically on Sunday. 'I don't focus on that kind of stuff,' he said. 'I love coming out here and trying to compete and win golf tournaments, and that's what I'm focused on.' But we learned a couple of things about Scheffler on Sunday. He's more human than maybe we thought, and there is something burning within. He may never reach the expressive level of Tiger Woods' iconic fist pumps, but you can't fake the type of emotion Scheffler displayed at Quail Hollow. And with that type of drive and that level of skill there's no telling what Scheffler will accomplish. 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Hamilton Spectator
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Scheffler's fiery celebration at PGA Championship shows desire that burns in world's No. 1 player
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Everything Scottie Scheffler did Sunday was expected. When the pressure was on, he hit the fairways he needed to hit. He landed the approach shots he needed to land. And, of course, he made clutch putts he needed to make. It's what everyone has come to depend on from the world's No. 1 player, a fine-tuned, almost mechanical approach to the game. It was all expected, even predictable — right up until the celebration. That's when Scheffler, in a rare display of pure emotion , took off his hat and slammed it into the green on the 18th hole after winning the PGA Championship by five shots over Bryson DeChambeau, Harry English and Davis Riley at Quail Hollow. He followed with a hard slap of hands with his caddie and a quick hug, reminiscent of a defensive lineman celebrating a quarterback sack or a basketball player enjoying a high-flying dunk. A short while later Scheffler was asked to hoist the 27-pound Wanamaker Trophy and he thrust it so hard in the air that the top started to fly off. So much for Scottie Scheffler being a robot. The raw emotion he displayed Sunday reflects the burning competitiveness that resides within his built-for-golf 6-foot-3, 200-pound frame. When asked afterward if he views himself as having a competitive fire, Scheffler laughed and said, 'Yeah.' The calm, even-keeled demeanor on the course has often overshadowed hidden that part of him, that burning fire within that has driven the Texan to greatness. Scheffler has never been known as being intense, and he never seems to get too high or too low on the spectrum. Even when he was falsely arrested at last year's PGA Championship at Valhalla, he didn't lash out at the police. He accepted what happened as a misunderstanding in the heat of a very confusing moment — in a situation in which other professional athletes might have fiercely sought to protect their image. That's why the ferocity with which he spiked his hat on 18, and the intense facial expressions in the moments afterward stood out. Maybe it was the culmination of battling back from puncturing the palm in his right hand while making ravioli last Christmas. One thing is for sure, Sunday wasn't par for the course for Scheffler. 'Just a lot of happiness,' Scheffler said later of his reaction to the second straight victory. 'I think, you know, just maybe thankful as well. It was a long week. I felt like this was as hard as I battled for a tournament in my career. This was a pretty challenging week.' Scheffler didn't swing the club all that well for the first 2 1/2 days in Charlotte. But he played the back nine on Saturday and Sunday just about as well as anyone has, with the possible exception of some of Rory McIlroy's exploits here at the Wells Fargo Championship. On Saturday, Scheffler went 5-under par on the final five holes to take control of the tournament and carried a three-shot lead into the final round. Most probably thought it was over. But Scheffler struggled with his swing and made three uncharacteristic bogeys on the front nine Sunday, allowing two-time major champion Jon Rahm to pull into a tie at 9 under. It didn't last long. Scheffler ate a sandwich as he made the turn at 2-over-par for the day, then proceeded to drill his drive down the middle of the fairway on the par-5 10th hole. He followed it with a approach shot to within 40 feet of the cup. He two-putted from there for birdie and never trailed again. Scheffler really didn't need to do much after that point. From there, it wasn't a matter of Scheffler running away with the tournament as much as it was others running away from him. Rahm failed to make birdie putts on Nos. 14 and 15 and made a mess of the three closing holes known as the Green Mile to take himself out of contention. Scheffler methodically proceeded to secure the tournament with birdies on 14 and 15. By the time he walked up the 18th fairway he was leading by six shots before close with a safe bogey on the 18th for the five-shot win. 'The last five holes (Saturday), that's where I really kind of put myself ahead in the tournament,' Scheffler said. 'I mean, the back nine today was pretty special as well. But (Saturday) the way I finished off that round, I think it was really important for me to have a lead to play with today.' The two-time Masters champion joined Seve Ballesteros as the only players to win each of their first three majors by three or more strokes. It was also his 15th career PGA Tour win, marking the shortest span between wins 1 and 15 by anyone not named Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus. Scheffler is now halfway to the career Grand Slam with the two he still needs — the U.S. Open and British Open — still to come this year. So what does Scheffler want to accomplish in his career? He wouldn't say specifically on Sunday. 'I don't focus on that kind of stuff,' he said. 'I love coming out here and trying to compete and win golf tournaments, and that's what I'm focused on.' But we learned a couple of things about Scheffler on Sunday. He's more human than maybe we thought, and there is something burning within. He may never reach the expressive level of Tiger Woods' iconic fist pumps, but you can't fake the type of emotion Scheffler displayed at Quail Hollow. And with that type of drive and that level of skill there's no telling what Scheffler will accomplish. ___ AP golf:
