PGA Championship 2022

Live scores, updates and highlights from the first round of the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Good morning all and welcome to our coverage of the 2022 PGA Championship. We've already had some excitement here in Tulsa with 56-year-old John Daly, who teed off first to start Round 1, sitting T1 on the leaderboard. Thankful we've arrived at the awesome level of early access and coverage we have today.— Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 19, 2022 Oh, and don't forget about Tiger Woods who is 1 under through his first two holes. Great start to the week for him. Homa's had a stellar year -- he won earlier this month at the Wells Fargo -- yet entered this week as a quasi-sleeper given the star power (and Tiger) in the field. The last time Rory McIlroy had 4 birdies in a row in the opening round of a major? His bunker shot missed for birdie and his par putt, well long, he left on the short side. Followed him this morning from the range to the putting green and he was missing just about every other one within 10 feet. Like earlier in his round, he missed his approach -- but this time paid the price. Missing birdie opportunities on his next two holes, the three-time major champion has since made two consecutive bogeys. CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights from the PGA Championship below. Reigning champion Phil Mickelson's curious absence looms over the event like a shadow after a late withdrawal, but the old guard will be well-represented still with Woods. He's six weeks removed from a slow finish to the Masters, where he made the cut in his first appearance in more than a year.

Leaderboard at 10:40 a.m. ETT1 Max Homa -3 (6)T1 Will Zalatoris -3 (6)T1 Rory McIlroy -3 (5)T4 Y.E. Yang -2 (9)T4 Robert MacIntyre -2 (9)T4 Xander ...

He's above the hole and it'll be a difficult shot coming downhill. Tiger hit a poor tee shot on No. 15 and his stinger attempt found the right rough. He had to contend with the lip of the bunker and he'll have an uphill chip to get up-and-down for par. He made a 21-footer on 12 for birdie, and came back on 13 with a long lag putt for eagle that got him to within three feet for another birdie. McIlroy hits a great chip and he taps in for par. His putt coming back misses and he makes his second bogey in a row. McIlroy hit a bad putt from the fringe and left it short. He'll have a long putt for birdie and his frustration is starting to show. Spieth hits a great shot from the bunker, but misses the par putt. It drops him to 2-under on the day, in the large group tied for fourth. The poor iron shot from the fairway comes back to bite him. His par putt was from the fringe and he missed it.

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His approach was pretty solid, landing in the middle of the green, and running pin-high to the back-right hole. Another low-flying iron on the 405-yard par 4 and he loses this one right into the thick rough. Tiger rolled this one in, center of the cup, for his second birdie of the day. More bunkers guarding this green at all angles and Tiger drops this one into the front trap. Driver off the tee here and he finds the fairway, just a few feet short of a bunker. The second par 3 of the back nine and this one is a BEAST. 221 yards. Some tree branches leaning in the line of flight to the green means Tiger has to lay this one up a bit further out to the right, which he does. Tiger is known for taking his time in majors and attacking at the opportune time, and this par 5 could be one of those times. Tiger pulls driver for the first time today, picked up the tee real quick and looked after this one with a smile. Tried to curl this one in but just had too much pace and misses by a couple inches on the pro side. The Big Cat threw this one high in the air and perfectly lands it just a few feet in front of the pin. From just outside 30 feet Tiger had the right pace but just didn’t match the line, almost rolling his ball over Spieth’s ballmarker.

The Sporting News is tracking scores and highlights from Tiger Woods and his group, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth, from the first round of the 2022 PGA ...

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Complete 2022 PGA Championship tee times for Round 2 at Southern Hills on Friday, featuring Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and more.

Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert 2:20 p.m. – Matt Kuchar, Cameron Davis, Rikuya Hoshino 8:49 a.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 8:38 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott 9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert 8:27 a.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin 3:09 p.m. – Cameron Young, Sam Burns, Davis Riley If you buy a linked product, GOLF.COM may earn a fee. 9:06 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ McIlroy, already a two-time PGA champion, came out firing on Thursday, going five under over his first 11 holes to take the lead. Pricing may vary.

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He also tied for 13th at this year’s Players. Now he’s sent a tramliner into the cup at 12 to join the group at -1. A birdie for the Players champion Cam Smith at 11. Up on the 13th green, it’s back to back birdies for Max Homa. He joins the leading pack at -2. Hot on his heels: Rory McIlroy, who sends his second at the par-five 13th into greenside sand, but slaps a fine wedge to kick-in distance, and that’s two birdies in a row for the Masters runner-up. It’s his second birdie in a row, and he joins the group at -2, one shot off the lead. The 25-year-old Californian finished second at the Masters last year; tied sixth at the US Open at Winged Foot in 2020, coming this close to following up a first-round hole in one with a second a few holes later; and tied eighth on his PGA Championship debut at Kiawah Island last year. He’s a long way back, and can only power his second into the bunker guarding the front left of the green. But it’s a fourth straight birdie for Rory, who rolls his birdie putt confidently into the centre of the cup! (At 527 yards, it’s a par five for the members.) He sends his drive into the big bunker down the left of the fairway, and takes his medicine by laying up. And it’s a third birdie in a row for Justin Rose! He’s been off the pace for the best part of a year, since a top-ten finish at Kiawah 12 months ago. Birdie at 10, and John Daly rejoins the group tying for fourth at -2. From the front of the 16th, McIlroy bumps a wedge gently to a couple of feet.

Jesse Mueller, winner of the PGA Professional Championship, couldn't have asked for a better way to begin his first appearance at the PGA Championship.

Starting on the par-4 10th hole at Southern Hills in this opening round Thursday afternoon, Mueller found the fairway off the tee and left himself 102 years with his approach … which he proceeded to holed out for eagle 2. Clad in a bright-purple get-up repping his school, the Grand Canyon University, where he’s general manager of the school-owned course and a volunteer assistant for the men’s and women’s teams, Mueller got to celebrate the moment with his wife, Jessie. She is on the bag this week in Tulsa, just as she was when Mueller won the PGA Professional Championship last month in Austin. As winner of last month’s PGA Professional Championship, Jesse Mueller is the proud leader of the PGA of America’s #TeamOf20 club pros getting the chance to go shot-for-shot with the best in the world at this week’s PGA Championship. He may not draw the fans of the Tiger/Rory/Spieth pairing, but that doesn’t mean that the 39-year-old from Scottsdale, Ariz., can’t make some noise of his own.

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"I just saw it and I was blown away," he said. He said it was something that had been commented on in the changing room among his fellow players. Gotta treat the fans better than that!"

Woods made five bogeys in his final nine holes of the first round and he'll have to battle to make the 36-hole cut on Friday.

He had a shot to the green, but found the front bunker and made his first bogey. He made three straight bogeys starting at the 18th through the second, in each case failing to get up and down from around the green. After a birdie at the third with a nice approach, he bogeyed the fourth when he again hit a poor chip, and then could not get up and down from a bunker at the eighth. He added another birdie at the par-3 14th to get to 2 under par. He took some time to recover afterward, and then began the process of ramping up again. He struggled on bunker shots and had difficulty controlling pitch shots as well.

Rory McIlroy ended April's Masters with a bang, and he maintained his blistering form at the 2022 PGA Championship on Thursday.

I feel like this course, it lets you be pretty aggressive off the tee if you want to be, so I hit quite a lot of drivers out there and took advantage of my length and finished that off with some nice iron play and some nice putting." It was nice to get off to that good start and sorta keep it going. I've been carrying some good form," he explained.

1. Rory McIlroy (-5) · T2. Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge (-4) · T4. Justin Thomas, Matt Kuchar and Abraham Ancer (-3) · T7. Xander Schauffele, Cameron Smith and nine ...

Last seen at Augusta National, rust and potentially a hip injury are currently getting the better of Koepka. A pair of Masters champions, other players in contention to have played consistently well at Augusta National include: Rory McIlroy, Will Zalatoris, Patrick Reed, and many more. Four American players in the last 40 years have got their first PGA Tour win at a major championship. Collin Morikawa was the latest victim as he failed to get up and down for birdie on the par-5th. T66. Jordan Spieth and 22 others (+2): Spieth lost more than a stroke to the field putting in Round 1. The 2017 PGA Championship winner put together the best round of the afternoon and is well positioned heading into tomorrow. Justin Thomas was the star of the afternoon with a 3-under 67 but he was one of few under par. Signing for a 1-under 69, the former Oklahoma State Cowboy finds himself only four strokes behind Rory McIlroy. Earlier this season, the 30-year-old made his Masters debut where he finished in a tie for 14th. How he would hold up this week was always a question after he struggled to finish at the Masters last month, and it seems again a relevant concern as he looks to Friday with a real threat of missing the cut. 1. Rory McIlroy (-5): McIlroy's 5-under 65 was his lowest score in an opening round at a major since the 2011 U.S. Open at Congressional, an event he went on to win. Tee to green, he was great, and his approach game was good enough to keep him in the hunt. Kuchar had a bogey-free front nine to spur him to an opening-round 67, during which he gained nearly two strokes on approach, which this week is the name of the game.

Everything you need to know for the second round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club.

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The beard, the pants, the golf cart are all part of John Daly's legend. And on Thursday at the PGA Championship, so was finding himself on the leaderboard ...

And then, well, the balloon actually did pop; bogeys on the four of his last five holes left Long John with a two-over 72, a round he might have been happy with at the start of the day if his day hadn’t started so well. As Rory McIlroy surged up the leaderboard, and the eyes of Oklahoma turned to the Supergroup, Daly made another birdie on 10, and for a good hour sat just two shots off the lead. When he has to wait, his mind intrudes, and she went on to claim that this was the reason he failed to sign his scorecard despite being relatively close to the lead at the Regions Tradition last Friday on the PGA Tour Champions. According to her, this was not a forgetful error, but a targeted protest at slow play—"he was making a point," she said, although it's not clear that he told anyone publicly. Then, the moment that had the greatest impact on the gallery: He walked to a cart and drove away. It wasn't easy keeping up with Daly, and on most tees the caddie simply handed him a driver and started trudging up the fairway to get a head start. This is the man who won this championship in 1991 at Crooked Stick, and this is the man who is tasked with taking the first shot of the tournament.

Rory McIlroy will look to extend his lead as Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods battle to make the weekend.

8:49 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 9:11 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 8:38 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott All times Eastern 8:49 a.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 9:11 a.m. -- Jon Rahm, Collin Morikawa, Scottie Scheffler 8:38 a.m. -- Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka, Adam Scott There are a number of star-studded groups, particularly Friday afternoon, but with the potential for thunderstorms, they may be taken on and off the golf course. If that club continues to cooperate, the Wake Forest product should add to his stellar major championship résumé which already boasts four top-10 finishes in only seven starts. There are notable names including Cameron Smith, Tony Finau and Xander Schauffele, but Will Zalatoris looks to be a man possessed this week. Spieth signed for a 2-over 72 and Woods a 4-over 74. Rory McIlroy commands the solo lead at Southern Hills after carding a 5-under 65 in the early hours of Thursday. Playing alongside Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods, the trio's crowd could best be described as a circus.

Can Rory McIlroy keep it going? Can Tiger Woods and Masters champ Scottie Scheffler figure it out? We look at the big stories heading into Day 2 at the PGA ...

You just have to stick to it and trust where the forecast says it is and just keep that ball low. Like Woods did at the Masters in April, he said his recovery would include several ice baths to try to get the inflammation out of his right leg. "It's a little sore right now, and we'll go back and start the process of getting ready for [Friday]." There's a couple times you feel it coming from one side and then you see the pin blowing the other way. The weather forecast calls for scattered showers and thunderstorms on Friday afternoon, with winds at 15 to 25 mph. He'll have work to do on Friday in trying to make the cut. I'm definitely a lot further back than I had hoped to be, but at the end of the day I'll probably be in 40th place. But on the back nine, he hit just three fairways and he made four bogeys. Schauffele drove the ball extremely well and was one of the best scramblers in the field. "Obviously, it's Thursday. My mind is nowhere near going to be meandering towards that, but that's kind of my general attitude is you get four of these a year, they're special, and I don't want to leave anything to chance." With nine one-putts in his first 12 holes and 10 drives longer than 320 yards, McIlroy posted a 5-under 65 to grab the lead after the first 18 holes. But he led the field in that category on Thursday, even with a 3-putt on No. 18.

TULSA — Some of the field hasn't teed off at Southern Hills, but the morning wave has already delivered a number of surprises Thursday morning.

But Spieth came in hot and this course was supposed to be tailored to his game, and though he has a chance to bounce back on Friday, he missed a prime-time opportunity to make a move in the gettable conditions Thursday morning in shooting two-over 72. It took him four holes to hit a fairway, and though he also managed a green in regulation on the fourth, he three-putted for his third bogey of the day. A late look at his strokes-gained stats is close to agonizing; he was 144th in the field off the tee, 137th tee to green and 141st around the green. He cooled off on the back nine, but the club pro baton was briefly carried by Alex Beach, who made an appearance on the leaderboard while bouncing back between one under and even par through his first 12 holes. But, physically speaking, Thursday was a reminder this is still a Woods in the recovery process. The Friday forecast indicates that the afternoon-morning side of the draw is about to get doubly stiffed—winds gusting to 20 mph in the morning will give way to calmer conditions in the afternoon, and late rain may soften the greens for the afternoon wave. Those lucky players will all start in the afternoon wave on Friday, and while the concept of switching is to theoretically balance the breaks they get from mother nature, we know that Mother Nature doesn't always cooperate. According to Data Golf, that disparity was a difference of more than a full stroke, and you don't have to get too deep into the numbers to see the results. More difficult conditions in the afternoon meant for tougher scoring; are those from the Thursday afternoon wave victims of the bad side of the draw? Whether it was the heat (ehhh) or the wind (almost definitely), we saw a big disparity in performances between the morning and afternoon waves. Yet even if the first-round landed with a bit of a whimper, it wasn’t without drama and intrigue. Here are the eight biggest surprises from Thursday morning at the PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy is one step closer to the third PGA Championship title of his career. McIlroy paced the field in Thursday's opening round of the 2022 edition ...

Woods found just seven of 18 greens in regulation, which left him scrambling to save strokes throughout the round. "It was nice to get off to that good start and sorta keep it going," he told reporters. Make it 4 straight birdies for @McIlroyRory 🔥

He takes sole possession of the lead. SG: Putting - 1st
SG: Off the Tee - 2nd@McIlroyRory's game is dialed. We'll start the recovery process and get after it tomorrow." He started on the back nine with a blistering pace right out of the gates with four straight birdies on Nos. 12-15. He is one shot clear of Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge on the leaderboard, which can be found in full at PGATour.com. Walking hurts. Loading hurts. While Woods and Spieth would likely prefer to forget their opening rounds, McIlroy put on a show. PGA TOUR @PGATOUR PGA TOUR @PGATOUR

McIlroy dominated the early wave, while Thomas fought tougher conditions in the afternoon.

9. Low-energy finish: I was out with the top three players in the world -- Rahm (+3), Scheffler (+1) and Morikawa (+2) -- and the energy around their group was not tremendous. 8. John Daly, 56, injects excitement early: Daly, the 1991 PGA Championship winner, channeled his (much) younger self Thursday and shook up the leaderboard early in Round 1, going out in 34 and making a pair of birdies on the front nine. 5. Cameron Smith saves his round: The 2022 Players champion was 2 over after nine holes before ripping off five birdies in his first seven coming home and finding a spot at 2 under on the leaderboard. "It's definitely the ... most challenging sand I've ever played in just because, first off, it's not very consistent," said J.T. "... Some of them have no sand; some of them are good sand, whatever it is. (He was 139th in driving distance.) Playing partner McIlroy was sometimes 100 yards (!) ahead of him, and Tiger was at a massive disadvantage even to Jordan Spieth, who was also hitting driver (albeit not quite as well as McIlroy). Four American players in the last 40 years have got their first PGA Tour win at a major championship. They're the two to beat right now -- Caesars Sportsbook has McIlroy as the 3-1 favorite and Thomas at 7-1 just behind him -- and they should be in those respective positions. Thursday was a step backwards (literally and figuratively, perhaps) as Woods seemed to be in tremendous pain toward the end of his round. It's been nearly five years since his major win, and in that time, he has just four top 10s and even fewer real chances on the weekend. Thomas had that "I'm bending this course to my will" look in his eye as he birdied the last hole to shoot 32 on the back side after an up-and-down even-par 35 on the front. I felt like I did a good job of that -- just committing, trusting everything I was doing and just trying to make today as easy as I possibly could on myself." TULSA, Okla. -- Rory McIlroy shot the round of the day with his 65 to open the 2022 PGA Championship, but Justin Thomas followed him with an effort that was nearly as impressive.

Whoever is at the top of the leaderboard at Southern Hills by the end of the tournament will take home a major title and quite a bit of cash.

Any ties in the standings will be split evenly among tied golfers. Phil Mickelson took home the $2.16 million top prize in 2021. PGA Championship tournament purse 2022

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The current cut line at the 2022 PGA Championship is 2 over par. The PGA Championship began with a 156-player field in 2022. The PGA Championship cut rules are a bit more forgiving than those on display at the Masters, where only the top 50 (including ties) advance.

The tournament is expected to be quite the battle royale, featuring athletes like 2022 Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, who won his first career major ...

- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for Joe Buck and Michael Collins’ broadcast - 8 a.m.-7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for featured groups - 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for coverage - 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for Joe Buck and Michael Collins’ broadcast - 8 a.m.-7 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for featured groups - 8 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for coverage - 8 a.m.-8 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for featured groups Only 14 months after a car accident, Woods returned to play at the 2022 Masters and will be participating in the second major of the year. Despite finishing third in 2019, Speith’s eyes are on his first Career Grand Slam. Meanwhile, Scheffler hopes to earn his second major title this year. - 1-2 p.m. ET on ESPN for Joe Buck and Michael Collins’ broadcast - 8 a.m.-2 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for main broadcast coverage - 9 a.m.-8 p.m. ET on ESPN+ for featured groups

Watching the PGA Championship 2022 live stream today will get you a look at Tiger Woods and much more from Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That said, Tiger ...

1 1 Although that said, you can cancel at any time, so there's really no reason not to give it a try. A premium subscription is also available for $35 AUD per month, but this merely gives you the ability to access three simultaneous streams, rather than two. Alternatively, you could go for the entire Sky Sports package starting from £43 per month. In other streaming news, more and more long-time users are canceling Netflix, as loyalty may be dying in the streaming wars. It costs just $9.99 per month to get the tier with live CBS channels. If not, then FuboTV will be your friend, because it includes both ESPN and CBS in its starter plan. For the final two days, if you already have CBS, then you're good: just head to the CBS website and log in with your cable credentials, and you'll be able to watch a PGA Championship 2022 live stream online. If you're worried about how to watch the PGA Championship 2022 live stream when you're away from home and can't access your usual streaming services, fear not. Instead, it's Rory McIlroy who rolled back the years to take the lead after shooting an impressive -5 in his first round. While he started with two birdies on 10 and 14, Woods ended the day with eight bogeys, including five on his final nine.

Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge start the day one back, while Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Matt Kuchar are among the other notable names in close pursuit.

Drop! Shane Lowry’s eagle putt on 13 skirts the left edge of the hole and just rolls past. A long iron from Shane Lowry (-1) sees him safely onto the green at the par-3 14th. He joins Rory McIlroy on (-5) with two birdies in his opening four holes on day two. The trio have all recorded three straight pars. Scottie Scheffler was the pre-tournament favourite after his Masters win but the American’s disappointing opening round of 71 leaves him six shots back. Will Zalatoris and Tom Hoge start the day one back, while Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele and Matt Kuchar are among the other notable names in close pursuit.

Live scores, updates and highlights from the second round of the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

CBS Sports will update this story with scores and highlights from the PGA Championship below. McIlroy, Thomas and others will look to separate themselves from the pack while names like Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth will attempt to make the cut. While the trio were unable to handle the difficult afternoon conditions at Southern Hills, Justin Thomas maintained.

How to watch the 2022 PGA Championship on Friday, including complete Round 2 tee times, TV schedule, streaming info and more.

9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert 9:50 a.m. – Chad Ramey, Austin Hurt, Lucas Herbert The second-round telecast can be found on ESPN beginning at 2 p.m. ET. 8:49 a.m. – Dustin Johnson, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas 8:27 a.m. – Cameron Tringale, Hudson Swafford, Adam Hadwin Sign up for an account to get into the action today. 9:06 a.m. – Zach Johnson, Russell Henley, Cameron Champ If you buy a linked product, GOLF.COM may earn a fee. Pricing may vary. Woods and Spieth did not fare as well on Day 1, struggling to rounds of 74 and 72, respectively. Even better news for Rory fans? Incredibly, it’s the first time since the 2014 PGA Championship that Rory has led a major round at the end of play.

The sand at Southern HIlls has a mix of pebbles in it, and that's causing the competitors to second-guess every bunker shot.

“I didn't feel like there was a lot of sand in the bunkers,” he said after a 68. It's frustrating for sure to get in there and have a pebble kind of shoot your ball off-line, something you can't see. I changed wedges this week and put in much lower bounce, and I figured with the way the sand was, that kind of also helps because it's pretty firm.” “Some of them have no sand; some of them are good sand, whatever it is. "When we did the project with Gil [Hanse] and Jim Wagner, we actually took the sand out out and washed it to get the dirt out of it basically," says Cary Cozby, Southern Hills' director of golf. And then my right foot was pretty good, like normal, and under my ball was like hitting off this,” he said, pointing at the lectern he was standing on. “All the bunker shots sort of came out hot—the sand is a lot faster than I thought it would be," Woods said after a four-over 74. It's like, 'Is there a lot of sand here, is there not, how should I play it?'” The saucer-like, Augusta-esque bunkers have been replaced with sprawling old-school traps whose shape almost resemble a blob of slime. "It's kind of been that way all week, especially if you get up in the areas where it's not raked. He caught another one way too clean from a decent spot on the par-3 eighth, leading to another bogey. TULSA — Bunkers on the PGA Tour tend to be hazards in name only.

Mother Nature has another challenge in store at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club. Wind, and lots of it.

On Friday, the tee boxes have been moved 19 yards forward, so the hole, which plays directly into the south wind, plays to a yardage of 471 yards. Several hole locations and tee boxes have been adjusted with the wind in mind. The wind brings unpredictability, not just off the tee and with irons, but also on putts.

Lowry and Niemann are this morning's prime movers; the only other player out there currently two under for his round is Kevin Kisner, who has just followed up ...

Speaking of movers and shakers (which we were, sort of) there’s been some early action at the top of the leaderboard. He shot a very respectable 69 yesterday evening, and is following it up this morning, making birdie at the monster par-five 5th (660 yards today) and moving up to -2. Come the afternoon, the second wave of starters will be pleased to feel the wind drop - an average of ten to 15 mph with gusts no higher than 20 mph - but they will have to deal with cooler temperatures, showers, and possibly even thunderstorms. Shane Lowry wasn’t the happiest yesterday evening, effing and jeffing as he needlessly whistled a shot into water on the par-five 13th. Back-to-back birdies for Shane Lowry! This one comes at the par-three 14th, reward for knocking his tee shot to eight feet. He starts with four pars in a row, the latest a slightly disappointing one at the par-five 13th, any chance of birdie gone after spending an age moving pebbles in a bunker under a referee’s supervision only to take far too much of the ball with his chip out. He steps out of the shot a couple of times, and needs his caddy to convince him to execute their plan. A reminder that he tied for fourth in this championship last year, and tied for third at the Masters last month. A great chance to grab back a share of the lead is gone. Justin Thomas sends a fairly average second into 1, failing to take advantage of the excellent drive. Hitting three from the rough down the right, he overcooks a lob wedge, and his ball’s preparing to bound a good way past the hole. Does the investigative journalism lead to the cynicism or does the cynicism lead to the investigative journalist?

Leaderboard1 Rory McIlroy -5 (65)T2 Will Zalatoris -4 (66)T2 Tom Hoge -4 (66)T4 Matt Kuchar -3 (67)T4 Abraham Ancer -3 (67)T4 Justin Thomas -3 (67)T99 Tiger ...

He's now tied with Rory McIlroy at 5-under for the tournament. From that camera angle, it looked like the call was for sure going into the cup on the second bounce. Thomas stood and waited for the right “window” to make his swing on the short par-4 15th. There’s no reason to believe he can’t be a factor this weekend, though. We presume it's reversible and there's a word jumble on the other side. Only $115! A steal to buy something that looks like it was created by whoever creates the coloring menu your child plays with at Applebee's as they wait for their chicken fingers. Is that a unicorn? "Oh look a golf polo with a weird abstract light blue on dark blue design. •2h ago Justin Thomas made par at the very difficult No. 18 hole to make the turn in 34. A great example of this is between Justin Thomas and caddy Bones Mackay. Just listen in. A quick story about Bones Mackay, Justin Thomas’ caddy: Mackay was in Tokyo as the on-course reporter for NBC during the Olympic tournament (ironic, because Thomas was in the field that weekend). Brian Windhorst from ESPN and I were walking with the leaders on Sunday. Now, Mackay and I had never met, but of course he recognized Brian, one of ESPN’s main NBA analysts.

ESPN Chicago's Randy Merkin shared his 2022 PGA Championship predictions, including his thoughts on Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas.

Butler and Tracy broke down the picks and predictions for the championship underway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Butler and Tracy broke down the picks and predictions for the championship underway in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On Friday, Tracy Butler spoke with Randy Merkin, with the operation manager at ESPN 1000AM radio.

Last year's PGA Championship paid out a tournament-record $12 million, and purses in other significant events have increased this year.

Purses across golf have been on the rise already this year. The Players Championship had a purse of $20 million, a record for pro golf, with Cameron Smith taking a record winner's share of $3.6 million. Only the U.S. Open paid out more in 2021, with a purse of $12.5 million.

Good news, golf fans! The 2022 PGA Championship continues on Friday, even if many have already declared Rory McIlroy the winner. The four-time major champ ...

Unfortunately for the Japanese player, he didn't make many birdies on Thursday on his way to a 79. It's been five years since his win at the 2017 PGA, and in that time, shockingly, he has just one other top-5 finish at a major. Another birdie for the two-time PGA champ at the par-5 fifth, which gets him to three under on his round and two over for the tournament. 11:45 p.m.: At four over, Dustin Johnson looks to be around the cut-line, which is currently projected to be between three over and five over, depending on the weather the rest of the day. It just misses to the right and he'll end the hole with a par. 12:06 p.m.: Just a few moments ago, Brooks Koepka drained a lengthy putt for birdie to get it to two under on the day, three over for the tournament. Already four under for the day, JT still has plenty of time to catch him (for the time being) and has certainly put himself in great position heading into the weekend. A birdie at the ninth, his final hole of the day, secures a second straight 67 for the 14-time PGA Tour winner. Remember, Thomas is on the bad side of "the draw," and he's still tied for the lead. Still far too early to discuss the weekend for JD, but if he makes it that far it will be his first made cut in a major since the 2012 PGA Championship. Fitzy is at three under, three back of Justin Thomas. His best finish in a major came at the 2016 Masters, where he tied for seventh. The 27-year-old just birdied the 10th and 11th holes to begin his round, which vaults him to four under and two off the lead.

Follow Tiger Woods with shot-by-shot updates on Friday at the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

On the long par 3, Tiger’s tee shot barely missed the green and settled on the right fringe. His approach from 209 yards was pin seeking from the moment it left his clubface and finished a few feet from the hole. Vibing from his monster par save on 12, Tiger pumped another drive and found the fairway at 13. First stinger of the day and it’s perfect, just down the left side. His second from the trees was a beauty. On the long par 5, Tiger pulled driver and played a gorgeous cut with the wind into the middle of the fairway. But unlike on the par 5, he couldn’t get it to go and settled for his fifth par of the day. Back to even for the day. With wind whipping from the right, Tiger played a nice fade up against the breeze and found another fairway. Tiger thumped it from the sand nicely and it released onto the green into tap in range. Instead of going with his patented stinger off the fourth, Tiger grabbed a 3-wood and played a beautiful, low cut against the wind and found the fairway. Not looking sharp with the big stick early on Friday. His approach came out soft from the rough and ended up in the left greenside bunker.

The Sporting News is tracking scores and highlights from the Tiger Woods-Rory McIlroy-Jordan Spieth group in the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills ...

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From fledgling superstars, current and former World No. 1s to the reigning FedEx Cup champ, here are the notables that missed the cut in Tulsa.

Cantlay finished T-9 at the Masters and followed with a T-3 at the PGA at Bethpage in 2019. Despite being just down the road from his college town, Wolff went 76-77 to miss the weekend. Still, his performance was far from pretty, shooting a 73 on Thursday and struggling mightily Friday to an 80. Garcia has now missed the cut in 11 of his last 16 major championships, with zero top 15s in that stretch. Dustin Johnson - For the third time in his last six majors starts Johnson won’t see the weekend. Scottie Scheffler - The Masters champ had been lights out on golf’s biggest stages, finishing T-8 or better in five of the last seven majors.

Will Zalatoris leads the PGA Championship field at nine-under after shooting Zalatoris, the Masters runner-up, Cantlay BErger +13.

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pic.twitter.com/J1sD2jOh90 @ROLEX pic.twitter.com/bbNyRK97jA 🤩#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/I9hPDHGxMN Dialed. In.@WillZalatoris Bubba Watson's 63 is the 11th time it happened at the PGA Championship in the second round. JT birdied both par-five holes on the par-70 course and added birdies on the ninth and 10th. Watch the highlights from his round.#PGAChamp He knocked it within eight feet and birdied from there for the lead at nine under. A run of three straight birdies from the 11th through 13th holes vaulted Zalatoris to eight under. Justin Thomas, the 2017 PGA Championship winner, is in third after posting a three-under 67 on back-to-back days. You can also check out some notes and highlights of Friday's action below.

It looks like Masters champion Scottie Scheffler will miss the cut at the 2022 PGA Championship after a stuttering performance.

And it just wasn't Scheffler's day, as the bogey putt once again just missed the hole, as he tapped in for a double-bogey, completing his back nine in 40 strokes. His chip shot was a tad under-hit, landing just on the edge of the green and leaving him a 15-foot putt for par. On the par four ninth hole, his tee shot landed in a bunker on the right of the fairway, and the resulting bunker shot landed just off the left of the green.

History and a $12 million purse are on the line at the 104th PGA Championship at Southern Hills this weekend. With more than $2 million being shelled out to ...

Players who finish inside the top 26 will collect a six-figure payday thus easing the pain of any potential close call at the year's second major championship. Cameron Smith banked $3.6 million for his victory at TPC Sawgrass, and runner-up Anirban Lahiri came away with $2.18 million, slightly more than what this week's champion will make. With more than $2 million being shelled out to the eventual winner, those who find themselves near the top of the leaderboard by tournament's end will not go home empty handed even if it means doing so without the Wanamaker Trophy.

It's an extremely crowded leaderboard as the third round is set to get underway from Southern Hills Country Club on Saturday morning. Will Zalatoris currently ...

Check out the 2022 PGA Championship odds below and then visit SportsLine to see the projected 2022 PGA Championship leaderboard, all from the model that's nailed eight golf majors, including this year's Masters. McClure's model has identified several other golfers with better value in the PGA Championship odds, making Pereira somebody to avoid. The model was also all over Jon Rahm's (10-1) first career major championship victory at the 2021 U.S. Open. Rahm was two strokes off the lead heading into the weekend, but the model still projected him as the winner. Tiger Woods is T-53 at 3-over after shooting a 69 on Friday, and he's now listed at 500-1 to win the Wanamaker Trophy. With so many experienced players atop the leaderboard, you'll want to check out the PGA Tour predictions from the proven computer model at SportsLine before locking in your 2022 PGA Championship picks. The first two rounds of the 2022 PGA Championship are officially in the books. Will Zalatoris currently sits atop the 2022 PGA Championship leaderboard at 9-under par, while Mito Pereira sits just one shot off the lead.

Rory McIlroy (center) and Tiger Woods (left) and Jordan Spieth (right) shake hands after finishing the second round of the PGA Championship.

The PGA Championship is at its halfway point. Here are 10 surprising golfers who missed the cut, including world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Starting on the back nine, he was at even par standing on 1 tee. Surprising because: With Scott’s idyllic swing, he’s a contender everywhere he puts a peg in the ground. But he played Southern Hills 1st hole at two under — and the others at 12 over. What he shot: 76-77 (+13) But Nicolai won’t play on Saturday and Sunday in Tulsa. What he shot: 78-75 (+13) The Tulsa casinos aren’t complaining. Surprising because: For a hot second on Thursday, the 1991 champ and fan favorite was leading. (The PGA’s cutline is top 70 and ties, FYI.) He shot rounds of one-over 71 and five-over 75 — with a second-nine 40 — and missed the cut, set at four over, by two shots. Golf. The game stays undefeated at giving one tournament and taking the next. Yes. Winner of four of his past eight events?

Will Zalatoris, who is quickly becoming a monster in majors, is the 36-hole leader after firing a second-round 65. Mito Pereira was one better than Willy Z on ...

9:30 a.m. 9:20 a.m. 9:10 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 8:50 a.m. 8:40 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 8:00 a.m. He’s still in the mix just five shots back. Mito Pereira was one better than Willy Z on Friday and sits in solo second.

Will two winless golfers hold off a pair of stars with a combined 34 PGA Tour victories ... at a major?

He has a 65 in him on Saturday, and if it happens, he could play his way into one of the final few pairings on Sunday afternoon. He'll have to improve that approach play on Saturday and Sunday for a chance, but the upshot here is that he's probably in the best position to potentially join J.T. in the final pairing on Sunday -- if the top two fall off -- in what would be one of the most-anticipated final round major duels in the last 10 years. 4. A third for Bubba? Two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson has just three other top 10s in 55 major championship appearances and just one since he won the 2014 Masters (2018 Masters). He shot the round of the week so far with a 63 on Friday, a round in which he made two bogeys, played for the field average with his putter and did pretty much all his damage from tee to green. It's almost certainly not going to happen, but the story of Cink trading that nightmare in 2001 for a dream ending to his major championship career would be exceptional. The only two players in front of him have never won at all, and they'll be on equal footing in terms of conditions for the duration. He decimated the field with driver in Round 1 but didn't give himself any scoring opportunities in Round 2 -- he only had two looks for birdie inside of 15 feet and made one of them. While he's not the favorite, perhaps he should be after the way he flighted his ball and thought his way around Southern Hills over the first two days. The narrative around Zalatoris is whether his sometimes-shaky (to put it kindly) putting stroke can hold up on the low-oxygen final few rounds at the top of a major leaderboard. Let's take a look at the six other most important narratives with two days remaining in the second major championship of the year. This year, however, while the two leaders are a headline with two days remaining in Tulsa, there are plenty of other storylines (including a few that just sneaked into the weekend) surrounding them. TULSA, Okla. -- It always takes a few days at majors before the heart of the tournament emerges, and the 2022 PGA Championship is no different. Each will be looking for his first PGA Tour victory, which is a monumentally difficult ( not to mention rare) feat to accomplish at a major championship.

Watching the 15-time major champion, in pain and down the leaderboard, walk Southern Hills can conjure a variety of different emotions.

When Woods made his way to the interview room, he grinned as he recounted certain parts of his round, particularly the difficult bunker shot he hit on 15 to save par. He said his goals remained the same: He wants to shoot two good rounds over the weekend, see if it gives him a chance to win. The gallery has been packed -- not just with super fans, but families -- and you can see parents gently nudging their young kids forward toward the rope line to get a better glimpse of Woods as he sizes up a shot. "Yep," he said. Instead you can admire the fight, the nobility of refusing to yield to the pain. What if he becomes a shell of what he once was? It's more like a pilgrimage, paying your respects to one of the greatest athletes ever. After Woods made a sloppy double bogey on the 11th hole, it looked like his tournament would be over before nightfall. To you, Woods' personal life -- and the Shakespearean drama of it -- has never really mattered. "I was joking with [Woods' caddie] Joey [LaCava], he could have come back at Honda or Valspar, two of the flattest courses on Tour, it might have been easier for him. It's easy to be in awe of the grind. There have been times during the first two rounds of the PGA Championship when Woods has looked -- to put it bluntly -- miserable.