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Quail Hollow, NC … Uncertainty reigns after Rory McIlroy ended an indifferent PGA Championship and a third season Major-less and not knowing if he will be out of competition for two weeks, two months or until early in the New Year. McIlroy did produce his lowest round in four days, a two-under par 68 for a then Quail Hollow clubhouse share of 23rd place at one-over par. Though the effort on a toughened course was in stark contrast to the last time McIlroy walked off the suburban Charlotte ...

Charlotte, NC … Four-time Major winning Rory McIlroy hinted he will embark on an extended end-of-season break to allow a nagging rib injury to properly heal. McIlroy suggested the course of action after a third round 73 for a four-over par tally at the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. The World No. 4 heads to the final day not only well out of contention but staring a third year in succession without a Major Championship trophy. All McIlroy could wish for ahead of the final day was a first ...

Quail Hollow, NC  .. Rory McIlroy will get his Quail Hollow wish and will head to next April’s Masters and the chance to upstage Jordan Spieth in winning the Grand Slam. In contrast, Spieth is staring at a 12-month wait till Bellerive in suburban St. Louis to join golf’s most exclusive club after a dismal PGA Championship showing. Spieth arrived in suburban Charlotte seeking to get the Grand Slam jump on both McIlroy and Phil Mickelson but the Texan has hardly managed to get out of second gear ...

Quail Hollow, NC … Hideki Matsuyama and Francesco Molinari share a common thread at this week’s 99th PGA Championship. It is not the fact they each recorded a new course record 64 on day two of the event at Quail Hollow. Also it has nothing to do with the fact they have each captured a WGC – HSBC Championship or that they each won their own national Open. No, for Matsuyama and Molinari the weight of their own nation rests on their shoulders now over the weekend as the 25-year old ...

Quail Hollow, NC … History again beckons for Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama. With two rounds to play in the 99th PGA the World No. 3 is on the verge of becoming the first Japanese golfer to win at the game’s highest level. Matsuyama birdied five of his closing six holes, including four in succession from the 12th, in a new course record 64 and in the process setting the new low shot of a 66 set earlier in the day by Kiwi Ryan Fox. And on route to moving into a share of the lead at eight-under ...

Quail Hollow, NC … Shane Lowry did well to keep his emotions in check after the bitter disappointment of posting a triple bogey ‘6’ just two holes from the finish on day two of the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. The Irishman had earlier brilliantly muscled his way to a share of seventh place of five birdies when the treat of an electrical storm halted play just prior to 5pm local time. At the time, Lowry had jumped 55 places to be lying at two under par. Then after playing his tee shot ...

Quail Hollow, NC … Storming Shane Lowry was on the verge of breaking into the top-5 when a late afternoon electrical downpour halted play on day two of the PGA Championship. Lowry had muscled his way to a share of seventh place at two under par and with just three holes to complete when players were called from the Quail Hollow course. The Clara golfer had jumped 55 places thanks to an impressive bogey-free effort. Lowry had just one birdie over his outward nine in holing a 26-foot gem at ...