Akshay Bhatia chipped in for eagle from 83 feet on the 17th hole at Detroit Golf Club and closed with a birdie for an 8-under 64 and the first-round lead Thursday in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Scottie Scheffler and Tom Kim share a birthday and they will be fighting for the lead in the second round at the Travelers Championship.

Colin Prater feels a little like Kevin Costner’s character in “Tin Cup” this week — a relative unknown who suddenly finds himself on one of golf’s biggest stages at the U.S. Open.

The death of a pedestrian and the arrest of golf star Scottie Scheffler have highlighted an uncomfortable week at Valhalla, the home of this year's PGA Championship.

Forget the azaleas and dogwoods at Augusta National.

Scottie Scheffler and Shane Lowry share the lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational after another tough day at Bay Hill.

Scottie Scheffler and Wyndham Clark had big finishes at Bay Hill.

Hideki Matsuyama now has more PGA Tour wins than any Asian-born player.

Patrick Cantlay still has the lead in the Genesis Invitational.

The Masters already has the smallest field of the majors.

The PGA Championship always tries to get the strongest field in the majors.

Will Zalatoris is out for the rest of the PGA Tour season after back surgery.

Tiger Woods is returning to competition next month in the Bahamas.

Rory McIlroy has another shot at reaching No. 1 in the world if he can win the CJ Cup in South Carolina.

Tiger Woods has another loaded field for the Bahamas and his Hero World Challenge.

Rory McIlroy jokingly referred to himself as a “Super Bowl champ” by winning the FedEx Cup.

Justin Lower lost his PGA Tour card in brutal fashion when he three-putted from 60 feet on the final hole of the regular season.

Will Zalatoris has gone from winning his first PGA Tour title to probably being done for the year.

Keegan Bradley hasn’t been to the FedEx Cup finale in four years.

Tiger Woods felt strongly enough about a private meeting of top PGA Tour players that he flew from Delaware to Florida to attend.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

Will Zalatoris is finally a winner on the PGA Tour.

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The PGA Tour had its largest number of players make the cut since it went to top 65 and ties this weekend at the Wyndham Championship.

John Huh has the lowest round of his PGA Tour career and it couldn't have come at a better time.

Shanshan Feng was planning to retire after 10 years of professional golf.

Taylor Pendrith of Canada shot a 7-under 65 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Tony Finau into the weekend in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Tony Finau, coming off his third career victory on the PGA Tour, and Taylor Pendrith shared the first-round lead at 8-under 64 on Thursday in the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

The Rocket Mortgage Classic, nestled between the British Open and FedEx Cup playoffs, could have been a tournament to skip for all of the world’s best players.

Geoff Ogilvy is a U.S. Open champion and three-time winner of the World Golf Championships.

This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.

Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews.

Will Zalatoris has a chance to join some illustrious company at British Open.

Tiger Woods considers the British Open at St. Andrews to be a historic occasion.

The U.S. Open began with Phil Mickelson speaking without saying hardly anything.

The unsettled future of golf was in the surest of hands over the final four tantalizing hours of the U.S. Open.

Travis Vick was already was an NCAA team champion at Texas.

Billy Foster grabbed the flag on the 18th green, pulled it toward his face and gave it a kiss.

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler tied for second at the U.S. Open, a stroke behind winner Matt Fitzpatrick.

The putt slid an inch — make that a millimeter — outside the left edge of the cup.

Matt Fitzpatrick is a champion again at The Country Club.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick were tied at the U.S. Open with four holes to go in Sunday inn the final round.

The qualifiers who lingered among the leaders for 36 holes of the U.S. Open came back to reality in the third round.

Growing up in Vermont, Keegan Bradley dreamed he might find out what it felt like to be Larry Bird or Carlton Fisk or Tom Brady, or any of those Boston sports greats whose posters plaster bedroom walls across New England.

Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick share the lead in a U.S. Open that was more about survival.

Will Zalatoris got up-and-down from a greenside bunker on No. 18 to save par and finish his third round with the lead in the U.S. Open on Saturday.

Cameron Young remembers meeting Jack Nicklaus for the first time at the U.S. Open three years ago at Pebble Beach.

Scottie Scheffler has the lead alone going into the final round at Colonial.

The world's No. 1 golfer is part of a crowded leaderboard at Colonial.

Justin Thomas wasn't alone making the 300-mile south trip to Colonial after he won the PGA Championship and became a two-time major champion.

Justin Thomas is the kind of major champion Southern Hills usually produces.

For nearly four full days, the PGA Championship had been a snooze, the cast of characters atop the leaderboard a list mostly made up of also-rans searching for a moment stardom.

Mito Pereira had a one-shot lead in the PGA Championship when he sent his tee shot into the water on the par-4 18th hole at Southern Hills.

Justin Thomas is a PGA champion again when he least expected it.

Justin Thomas has won his second PGA Championship.

Everyone went into a tailspin on a tough day of wind and cold at the PGA Championship.

First-round leader Rory McIlroy's stellar start turned into a stunning slide down the leaderboard.

There will be no Sunday red for Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship.

Will Zalatoris is leading the PGA Championship with great shots and a good draw.

Bubba Watson matched the lowest round in PGA Championship history and climbed into contention during the second round at Southern Hills.

Rory McIlroy has the lead at the PGA Championship after the first round, shooting a 5-under 65 at Southern Hills.

Scottie Scheffler has every reason to be arrogant as he prepares for the PGA Championship.

Ryan Palmer shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at the Byron Nelson for a share of the second-round lead with Sebastián Muñoz and 40-year-old tour rookie David Skinns.

Another major championship, another dose of anticipation.

Scottie Scheffler is the hottest player in golf who never thinks beyond the next shot.

The introduction differs slightly from tournament to tournament though the general theme never changes.

This is the final year the LPGA Tour's first major is at Mission Hills in California.

Kevin Kisner is back in the semifinals of the Dell Technologies Match Play.

Sixteen players have made it to the weekend in the Dell Technologies Match Play.

Rory McIlroy has opened with a 65 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and has a three-shot lead over the early starters.

Luke List earned his first PGA Tour victory with a birdie on the first playoff hole at Torrey Pines.

Will Zalatoris and Jason Day charged past Jon Rahm and Justin Thomas at Torrey Pines to share the third-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open.

Hudson Swafford won The American Express for the second time in five years Sunday, breaking a late tie with an eagle in an 8-under 64.

Patrick Cantlay fought through gusting wind on his back nine to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at The American Express.

Formula One racing got a huge boost in interest in North America through the Netflix series “Drive to Survive.”.

Sahith Theegala is one round away from his first PGA Tour title in just his second start of his rookie season.

Will Zalatoris is usually spot-on with his iron.

Catriona Matthew is the only European to be captain of consecutive winning teams in the Solheim Cup.

The hardest part of Sergio Garcia's day was before he even got to Royal St. George's.

Fans clamoring for a showdown between heavyweights Brooks Koepka and Bryson DeChambeau will have to wait.

Anyone hopeful of a Bryson DeChambeau-Brooks Koepka pairing at the U.S. Open will have to wait.

Collin Morikawa has the early lead at the Memorial on a day only half the field finished.

Phil Mickelson had a clear picture that he could win a major championship at age 50.

Jordan Spieth remembers being in a bad place mentally the last time the PGA Championship was at Kiawah Island.

Sam Burns is rolling again with the second-round lead at the AT&T Byron Nelson in his first start since getting his first PGA Tour victory.

Jordan Spieth and plenty of others are having little trouble with the new home course of the AT&T Byron Nelson.

Cameron Smith birdied the difficult 17th and 18th holes at Harbour Town to shoot a 9-under 62 and take a one-stroke lead over Stewart Cink at the RBC Heritage.

If you spent the weekend watching the Masters, you probably now know the name Will Zalatoris. With his success in climbing the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR) recently, more and more are starting to know his name. For Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas, though, Zalatoris has been a star for a long time.

Hideki Matsuyama almost turned down his first chance to play the Masters.

Maybe the first hint that Will Zalatoris had what it took came when he was 6, and Ken Venturi went over to him on a driving range to show him a grip that he hasn’t changed since.

Xander Schauffele stepped up to the 16th tee with all the momentum at the Masters.

Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese player in a green jacket.

Hideki Matsuyama has made history as the first male golfer from Japan to win a major championship.

Hideki Matsuyama delivered a masterpiece at the Masters.

Xander Schauffele is in what has become familiar territory.

Hideki Matsuyama shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday and was three shots clear of the field at 11 under when he finished the third round of the Masters.

Justin Rose was down, then up, and finally level at the end of Day 2.

Justin Rose didn't get the memo that Augusta National was playing a little easier Friday at the Masters.

Will Zalatoris shot 68 and Brian Harman a 69 to close within a shot of leader Justin Rose at the Masters.