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Bryson DeChambeau shot a final round 65 to finish 3rd at LIV Golf Korea, just 1 shot out of the playoff. He said after the round that the improvement was due to the work he did with Gemini AI after the 71 on Saturday: “Yeah, the beginning of the first round I felt great. Golf swing felt in sync and then it started getting out of sync and it felt like my hands were getting ahead of me. It continued that way for the next two rounds, and it was very frustrating. “I spent some long hours on the range trying to figure some stuff out and I was talking to AI quite a bit last night trying to go through some different physics principles that makes the club turn over, having some alpha torque and gamma torque put in there. I was like, what makes that possibly do that, and was talking about just grip pressure and tension. “So I came out here today with just a little bit more freer hands, and I felt the club a lot better, and I felt like I could close the club a lot more effectively and then I started striping it. “From then on out, I was able to kind of control it. Still missed some wedges to the right coming in, which is kind of frustrating, but that's just me holding on a little bit rather than just letting it go. “I feel like I'm on the right path now, and I had it okay in the first round, but really felt it -- I felt really good this round. I felt better than I did in the first round, which is a good trend. “Hopefully it continues, and I'm just continuing to learn. That's the thing; this game is so brutal. Missing two cuts at the majors and you feel like you're golden going in there, won a couple events and playing well, and this game can kick you when you're at your highest. “It goes for all of us, not just me. It's everybody here. Everybody wants to win. “I think that's the beautiful part about golf is that it can kick you when you're at your highest or it can bring you up when you're at your lowest, and yet we have to respect the game for that. “So I felt great. Didn't feel great in the middle of the tournament, but then the last round today I felt a lot better. “I'm proud of the way I persevered to finish third without really anything.” And then spoke about the Gemini assisted practice session he had at 8pm: “I was slamming the club in the ground trying to figure out what to do. I was frustrated. Been trying everything in my body. I didn't actually figure it out on the range. I went back and started talking to Gemini and trying to figure out just what it could be to passively make the club turn over. Hands just felt like they were moving forward like this and I couldn't get the club to turn over. Even if I tried to stop it here, it still wouldn't turn over. “So I left kind of frustrated and learned later that night that I just needed to relax my grip pressure and let the thing just fold over naturally. “I'm still working it out. I don't have the answer.” The solo 3rd was a good bounce back from a disappointing missed cut at the PGA Championship. He’ll now head to Valderrama next week for LIV Golf Andalucia before attempting to win his 3rd US Open at the historic Shinnecock Hills in a few weeks. Bryson DeChambeau Crushers GC LIV Golf
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Si Woo Kim bogeyed the last for an 11 under par 60 yesterday while playing with world number 1 Scottie Scheffler. After the round, Scottie compared playing with someone on 59 watch to a “no hitter” in baseball: “I was joking there earlier, I felt like I was hitting all my shots to 15, 20 feet and Si Woo was hitting all his shots to like 8 feet or closer. “Yeah, it was fun to watch. I was glad for myself to be able to kind of stay in the tournament. I made some nice putts there on the back nine, but it's always fun to watch Si Woo do his thing.” “I definitely wasn't going to tell him anything about his round today as we were out there. I would say it would definitely be in poor taste to remind somebody they're on 59 watch.” Scottie shot a bogey free 63 to be 13 under for 2 rounds and tied second at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, 5 shots behind Si Woo. PGA TOUR
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Brooks Koepka has spent the last 2 Signature Events waiting at the course as the first alternate for a potential spot in the field, but it didn’t come. He explained his motivation to do that ahead of the Myrtle Beach Classic: “So, listen, the way I look at it is I'm itching to get in, but I'm accepting of where I'm at, and I understand that there's prices to pay for coming back, and I'm willing to accept those and whatever I have to do. “I knew this year was going to be challenging to even get in them. I kind of thought maybe by around U.S. Open, but to know that I'm kind of knocking on the door already is a good thing. Just the answer to everything is play better, and you're in.” Then he followed up by talking about the opportunity this week in the opposite field event: “Yeah, no, it's a great opportunity. I think the stretch that I've got, I've got three in a row here. Hopefully I can improve on my position, my standing and see where it's at. Like I said, good golf takes care of everything else, and hopefully will be in them soon enough.” Brooks starts the first leg a of triple header with the PGA Championship next week and then the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. He’ll be looking for a good run to help qualify for the remaining Signature Events of the season and the FedEx Cup Playoffs. Brooks Koepka PGA TOUR
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Scottie Scheffler on the bunched leaderboard at the PGA Championship: “First, I've never seen anything like this. When we were out there, I think it's just the nature of a lot of different things, but yeah, I've never seen a leaderboard like this, this bunched up. “Going into tomorrow, it's quite literally anybody's tournament. There's a lot of guys that have a chance. Going into tomorrow, just somebody is going to have a great round, and I'm going to make sure to do my best to give myself my best shot at being the one who has a great round.” He’s right, quite literally any of the top 50 could still win this golf tournament if they go low tomorrow. It’s going to be a very interesting Sunday at Aronimink. PGA Championship
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Scottie Scheffler explains his decision to skip next week’s Signature Event at the Truist Championship: “Yeah, my schedule for me always operates on kind of a cadence. Like I typically don't love playing the week before a major. The Tour right now's in a great position. It's nice to have so many tournaments that are really good and, I mean, people always ask me about what's my favorite tournament out here and it's always hard to say because we get treated so well at all the tournaments. There's really not a tournament that I played that I haven't liked. There's not a tournament that I wouldn't want to go back to. If I had it my way I would play every single week out here. “But just the nature of our sport and the demand on our time and everything it's not really possible. I have to set up my schedule in certain type of cadence. And for me, playing three, four weeks in a row is a challenge. Like, if y'all were to walk with me each day of the tournament and to see what we have to do in order to play one week, having to do that four weeks in a row would -- I wouldn't be able to perform my best. So when I show up at a tournament I want to be able to give it my best and I have to set up my schedule in a certain way and, you know, the chips kind of fall where they do.” Scottie tees it up tomorrow at the Cadillac Championship alongside Cameron Young at Trump Doral. PGA TOUR Cadillac Championship
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After rounds of 68, 72 and 67, Patrick Reed is just 1 shot off the lead at the PGA Championship. After the third round, he gave probably the best description of the challenges of Aronimink yet: “Oh, man. The thing is I don't see Shinnecock in it at all. Yeah, you see the slopes on the greens. You see slopes at Shinnecock. But there are so many flags this week that are either right on a crown or right in a valley where the ball -- I mean, just if the ball's two feet from the hole, it could go a complete different direction, or it could go from straight uphill to downhill. It makes it so hard on putting. “I mean, the rough -- the rough is almost -- I mean, I can't really say a U.S. Open. I mean, it's close. I've had a couple lies I've stood there and I can only advance 50, 60 yards. But then you get some that sit up. “It's just different. I mean, I think that's the easiest way. It's a different challenge, and that's the cool thing about it is it's on its own. “But the great thing about all the golf courses we play, no matter where it is, whatever major championship we're playing, if you're hitting the ball well and you're putting well, you're going to be able to handle anything. We're the best players in the world, so when they throw a really hard challenge at us, that's when the top players are going to show up.” Patrick hasn’t played since the Masters, so he’s going to be fresh heading into the final round. Given the tough set up and just how good his short game is, he will thrive in contention tomorrow and has a great chance to claim his second major championship title. PGA Championship
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Anthony Kim delivered an incredible press conference after shooting a bogey free 10 under par 62 to finish T6 at LIV Golf Virginia and climb inside the top 200 in the world for the first time since 2012. “I don't give a shit what anybody thinks about me. I work hard. I stay with my family. Happy Mother's Day, Emily. To my mom, to all the moms that work hard, sacrifice for their children. “Yeah, I don't give a shit. This is what I do. I'm going to continue to keep working hard and keep getting better and see whatever happens.” He then was asked if 2026 AK could beat 2010 AK and he responded: “That's a good question. 2010 me might not have shown up. So I like this one better.” He then was asked about the support he’s received from the US fans this week: “Man, it's unbelievable. Obviously I played some decent golf 20 years ago where a few people knew who I was, but the amount of support I'm getting from people, not only from golfers, but people outside of golf fighting their own issues, because we all have them, has been nothing short of amazing. “I really can't believe how many people are influenced by me just trying to play golf. I know I'm very blessed to do it. So that's why it's on me to keep working hard.” AK also helped secure the team title for 4 Aces GC after Dustin Johnson picked AK over himself to play in the playoff. AK then hit an incredible recovery shot out of the wet rough with a fairway wood to set up a par and hole the winning putt. Whatever happens with LIV Golf in the future, Anthony Kim’s comeback has been a generational story and long may it continue👊 Anthony Kim 4Aces GC LIV Golf
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Brooks Koepka reacts to the situation: “I just felt terrible for, I believe her name is Shay, so from all the reports you've got she's okay, thankfully. So that's all that matters, as long as she's okay, I know she's probably a little scared and I just felt for her at the time. So it's unfortunate, it shouldn't have happened, but as long as she's okay, no, nothing crazy happened to her, then it will be okay.” Brooks Koepka PGA TOUR
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41 year old PGA Professional Ben Kern shot a 3 under par 67, the tied 2nd lowest round of the tournament so far, to comfortably make the cut at the PGA Championship. Ben is the GM of Hickory Hills GC outside Columbus and says he plays “once a week” with the members, playing off a +6 handicap. After playing well at the 2018 PGA Championship, he said he felt like he finally belonged after spending 6 years “chasing it” on mini tours when he left college: “Yeah, it just tells me, it shows me, it proves to myself that I can hang with these guys when I'm playing solid, and it was really nice. I felt good yesterday, didn't put up a good score, but the game's -- I hung my head high yesterday, and I had a goal today and I surpassed it.” He went on to say: “I spent a good amount of time five, six years after college chasing it, Q-School, mini-tours, and then got married and got in the business. Once I did that, I'm pretty happy with it. “I am not one to want to practice all the time, so the week in, week out grind doesn't really appeal to me anymore. So I'm very happy with what I'm doing.” Ben is currently the leader in total birdies for the tournament and no matter what happens this weekend, he will have one awesome story to tell his members back home. PGA Professionals are the lifeblood of the game and it’s awesome to see them performing on one of the biggest stages in the sport alongside the world’s best players. PGA Championship
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Rory McIlroy was asked by Bob Harig whether he was surprised that the PIF pulled the funding to LIV Golf. His immediate reaction was to joke that he “loves talking about this,” but then when the question developed he gave a thoughtful answer and said he is “glad” he was wrong to suggest the PGA Tour do a deal with the PIF and also said he knew about it in March/April, before players on LIV did. He then spoke about what LIV could look like in the future. This is worth a watch. Rory McIlroy PGA Championship
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Jon Rahm hit a flyer on the 7th hole today and then took a swing in frustration at the grass and ended up hitting a volunteer with his divot. After the round he was incredibly apologetic and fully owned up to his poor etiquette: “Thanks for reminding me of that. I got a flier on my second shot that went long. It's not a good spot. Just out of frustration, I tried to make an air swing, just over the grass, and I wasn't looking, took a divot, and unfortunately, I hit a volunteer. “Yeah, it hit him, and unfortunately it hit him in the shoulder and then the face. Which I couldn't feel any worse. That's why I was there apologizing. I need to somehow track him down to give him a present because that's inexcusable and for something that could be completely avoidable. “Whether it was my intention or not, it was just not good.” Jon still shot an opening 1 under par 69 with birdies on his last 2 holes to be just 2 shots off the current lead. Jon Rahm Rodriguez PGA Championship
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Viktor Hovland just had a brilliant back and forth about the crystal glasses players receive for making eagles at the Masters: Reporter: “Do you know how many eagles you've had here?” Viktor: “No idea. I've had a few, but not super many, but I've had a few.” Reporter: “What do you do with the crystal glasses?” Viktor: “Just keep them in my house, just to flex on my buddies whenever they come over.” Reporter: “Whenever they come over do you serve stuff in them?” Viktor: “I have. It doesn't happen very often, but I have.” Reporter: “Is there just a cabinet just for those?” Viktor: “Yeah, I don't spend a whole lot of time in my kitchen, but they're in there somewhere.” Reporter: “Are you ever scared of breaking them or your buddies breaking them?” Viktor: “I would just have to make more eagles.” He’s such a legend 😂 The Masters
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Cameron Young is playing with a golf ball that would allegedly be compliant with the new roll back rules that will come into effect in a few years time. He was asked about it ahead of the PGA Championship and he says every player in the game is sacrificing distance for control, and he put it in play at the Wyndham last year which he won. “I think I put it in play the same reason that everybody else plays the ball that they play. I hit it during a ball test, one of the Titleist facilities probably close to two years ago and didn't know anything about it and just kind of say, hey, what's that one? Because I liked the flight. “Then as things progressed, I was able to test it last year at Wyndham, able to put that in play, and it's been there since. “Obviously there is no conforming list. I wasn't aware that it would have -- I suppose I read something that said it passed that test, but I wasn't aware of that until very recently. “So at no point was that a consideration. It was just really me trying to optimize my golf, and it's the ball that seems to work the best for me.” He then was asked whether he lost distance with it compared to other balls he’s tested: “Not particularly. I don't think any of us are out really here playing the ball that goes the farthest. I think you'd struggle to find a single person that's doing that. We're all sacrificing a certain amount of things that we feel are worth it, control with irons, control with wedges. For me, that's the biggest thing is being able to control spin, and this is the ball that does the best for me.” Finally he can as asked whether this ball goes further than the one he was using: “No, I hit very similar, yeah. It's much more -- the driver is kind of the easiest thing to deal with, I feel like. For me to get it where it needed to be, I had to just add a little bit of spin, and it kind of comes out at a perfectly playable range. “For me, the biggest thing, like I said, is the irons. This ball is easier to control with the irons. It doesn't spin as much, and it just allows me to be better with my distance control just because it's more consistent.” The golf ball rollback has been a hugely controversial subject but Cameron Young is currently using one that’s compliant and he is playing the best golf of his career. This gives the best idea yet on what impact, or lack of it, the new rules will actually have on the sport. PGA Championship
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Didn’t think I’d ever see a “shirts off” celebration in women’s golf 😂
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Viktor Hovland made 8 birdies to close with a 5 under par 67 at the Masters. After the round, he went deep on the ball flight laws and the importance of matching up the club face to the swing path: “It's a good question. It's just tough to answer. First of all, that's why I like TrackMan and understanding the ball flight laws are very good to have because you can start a ball left, more left than you would like, but if it's curving back, who cares. That just means you're -- granted, if you're hitting it in the center your club path is just maybe creeping a bit more left, but if your face is in the right spot you're just hitting a bigger curve and then you can adjust that accordingly. “If you're starting the ball left and it's going left, is it a face issue, are you striking it off the heel and they're not coming back? There's a lot of minutiae involved with that. “If it's just a face-to-path issue or a club path direction, you can solve that pretty easily by playing a bigger cut or playing a bigger draw or moving it a bit more forward or back in the stance, simple stuff like that.” This is a great explanation that a lot of amateurs can learn from. The Masters
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It’s safe to say Rory McIlroy was NOT happy with his opening 74 at the PGA Championship 😳
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For the first time ever the US Ryder Cup players will be paid to compete. Captain Keegan Bradley commented ahead of the playing at Bethpage: “We wanted to bring the Ryder Cup into today’s age and we felt like this was the best way to do it.” European players however, will not be paid and are just playing for pride this week. What are your thoughts on this? Should players be paid to compete in the Ryder Cup?
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