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The PGA Championship is headed back to Southern Hills next year, the Oklahoma course that gets its eighth major championship earlier than expected after the PGA of America cut ties with former President Donald Trump.

The Professional Golfers’ Association has decided to strip Trump National Golf Course at Bedminster of its 2022 PGA Championship.

The Professional Golfers’ Association has decided to move forward with a plan to strip the Trump National Golf Course at Bedminster of its 2022 PGA Championship.

It turns out that not having Tiger Woods in contention and going head-to-head against the NFL is not a winning combination for Masters coverage.

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Dustin Johnson became the most prominent player to test positive for the coronavirus since golf resumed in June, forcing him to withdraw Tuesday from the CJ Cup at Shadow Creek.

Golf great Tiger Woods served as a caddy for his son Charlie on Sunday, who cruised to an easy victory in the US Kids Golf tournament hitting a 3 under 33 on the nine-hole course.

Major Championship golf commences today at the 102nd PGA Championship at Harding Park In San Francisco, California. Harding Park is an historic golf course named after our 29th President Warren G. Harding.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Five-time PGA Tour winner Nick Watney tested positive Friday for the coronavirus, the first player with a confirmed infection since golf resumed its schedule last week.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Jim Nantz will be alone in the broadcast booth when the PGA Tour resumes its schedule Thursday. That’s not the only voice CBS Sports wants to hear at Colonial.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas will soon allow outdoor pro sports events to have spectators, but the numbers will be strictly limited, under a new order Thursday from Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.

The purpose is to raise $10 million or more for COVID-19 relief efforts, and provide entertainment with four of the biggest stars from the PGA Tour and NFL.

Rory McIlroy says he wouldn’t play golf again with President Donald Trump and doubts he would even be invited after questioning his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The PGA Tour reiterated its social distancing and testing policy ahead of the resumption of the pro golf season starting in June.

Four top golfers are set to play a $3 million coronavirus charity relief match to be broadcast by NBC Sports on May 17, reports say.

The PGA Tour laid out an ambitious plan to resume its season Thursday, with hopes of a restart at Colonial on June 11-14 and keeping fans away for at least the first month.

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — The house of Hall of Fame golfer Davis Love III was destroyed by fire early Friday morning in a blaze that could not be controlled, even with 16 firefighters arriving within minutes, the fire chief said.

The PGA Tour came out with an unsurprising statement last week that postponed the next 4 weeks of planned tournaments. Additionally, The PGA of America has also postponed May’s PGA Championship for a date later this year TBA.

First the Masters, now the PGA Championship.

On Friday morning, the Augusta National Golf Club announced that the 2020 edition of The Masters, has been postponed due to the coronavirus.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour decided Thursday night to scrap the rest of The Players Championship and shut down its other tournaments for the next three weeks.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Phil Mickelson is still not exempt for the U.S. Open and says he won’t accept a special invitation.

Amateur golfer Laurent Hurtubise amazed everyone Thursday with a hole-in-one shot that every golfer dreams of.

Pro golfer Patrick Reed is threatening legal action against the Golf Channel’s Brandel Chamblee after the analyst accused Reed of cheating.

Former golf commentator Hank Haney has filed a lawsuit against the PGA Tour after he was fired following a remark that some called racist.

PGA Golfer Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey was arrested in Florida on Sunday for his alleged involvement in a prostitution and human-trafficking sting operation.

HONG KONG (AP) — The Hong Kong Open golf tournament has been postponed because of violent unrest in the city.

Pro gofer Eddie Pepperell was disqualified Saturday after he ran out of balls during the third round of the Turkish Airlines Open.

SHANGHAI (AP) — The streak ended with little fanfare, and that was just fine with Phil Mickelson.

Tiger Woods hit his first tee shot at the Zozo Championship into the water then proceeded to make 3 straight bogeys. That’s how he opened the tournament that he would triumph in to give him the all-time PGA Tour record of 82 wins.

BEIJING (AP) — The PGA Tour Series-China is canceling its tournament in Hong Kong next month because of civil unrest and safety concerns.

ATLANTA (AP) — Six people were injured Saturday when lightning struck a 60-foot pine at the Tour Championship where they were taking cover from rain and showered them with debris, Atlanta police said.

ATLANTA (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan didn’t think twice when President Donald Trump invited him to play golf last Saturday.

New York (AFP) – The PGA Tour is reviewing its pace-of-play policy after an outburst of criticism of Bryson DeChambeau during the Northern Trust tournament.

Golfer Jim Herman picked up a big win at the PGA’s Barbasol Championship on Sunday. What’s more, Herman gave credit for the win to a somewhat surprising source: President Trump.

It’s not a secret that a big day for Tiger Woods, normally leads to a big day for the broadcast networks. However, given that it’s been five years since Woods’ last PGA win, it would be fair for one to assume that a victory would lead to even greater ratings.

Tiger Woods didn’t get the victory he needed to qualify for the US Ryder Cup team on points on Sunday at the 100th PGA Championship.