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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 ...

V Krishnaswamy, Charlotte, NC The way Kevin Kisner has dissected the Quail Hollow Club, he could well have been a surgeon and not a golfer. On a course, long-hitting Brooks Koepka dubbed as a ‘Bomber’s Paradise’ on the eve of the 99th PGA Championships, it is Kisner ranked 127th on driving distance, who is leading the field. And when he finished his second round with a second straight 67, he was a handy four shots clear of the field. Mind you he is 15th in accuracy of the tee, and that often ...

Quail Hollow, NC … Phil Mickelson soured his 25th PGA Championship anniversary and also his 100th Major missing the cut with scores of 79 and 74 for a shock 11-over par Quail Hollow tally. The current World No. 30 arrived in suburban Charlotte having won the 2005 PGA Championship and also only sitting out the weekend rounds once before and that was in a third appearance in 1995. However, Mickelson was always going to struggle to play all four days following his eight-over par start on Thursday, ...

Quail Hollow. NC … Rory McIlroy produced a full golf bag of emotions first in pulling off a miracle shot to then being ‘pissed off’ in dropping four shots before some joy with two closing birdies on day two of the PGA Championship. The three-time Major winner signed for a one-over par 72 for a two-over tally and end his round ahead of afternoon storms. McIlroy was in the clubhouse trailing 10 shots adrift of American Kevin Kisner who posted a second straight 67 to enjoy a five-stroke ...