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PGA TOUR’S VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP HEADLINES LIVE GOLF COVERAGE ACROSS NBC, GOLF CHANNEL AND PEACOCK THIS WEEK

Valspar Championship Live Coverage From Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) in Palm Harbor, Fla., Begins Tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

Notay Begay III to Serve as Analyst for This Week’s Coverage of Valspar Championship

LPGA Tour Heads to Palos Verdes, Calif., for FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship Live Tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock

PGA Tour Champions’ Hoag Classic From Newport Beach Country Club Gets Underway Friday at 10 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel

DP World Tour Porsche Singapore Classic Live Tomorrow at 1 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel

STAMFORD, Conn. – March 20, 2024 – The PGA TOUR’s Valspar Championship from Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) in Palm Harbor, Fla., headlines live golf coverage across NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock this week.

PGA TOUR: VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP

The PGA TOUR travels to Palm Harbor, Fla., this week for the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course), the final event of the PGA TOUR’s 2024 Florida Swing. The field includes Jordan Spieth , Justin Thomas , PLAYERS Championship runner-up Xander Schauffele , and Sam Burns , who looks to win his third Valspar Championship after winning back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022.

Live coverage begins tomorrow and Friday at 2 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock. Live coverage this weekend begins at 1 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock before transitioning to NBC on both days. Long-time NBC Sports golf commentator Notah Begay III will serve as analyst for this week’s coverage of the Valspar Championship.

NBC, GOLF Channel & Peacock Broadcast Team

• Play by Play : Dan Hicks / Steve Sands
• Analyst : Notah Begay III / Brad Faxon / Curt Byrum
• On-Course : John Wood / Arron Oberholser
• Reporter : Kira Dixon

How To Watch – Thursday, March 21 – Sunday, March 24 (all times ET)

• TV – NBC, GOLF Channel
• Streaming – Peacock, NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app

Notable Players This Week

• Jordan Spieth
• Justin Thomas
• Xander Schauffele
• Matt Kuchar
• Min Woo Lee

LPGA TOUR: FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship

World Golf Hall of Famer Seri Pak will make her return to the LPGA Tour next week as host of the newly renamed FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Pak won 25 LPGA tournaments including five majors and was a pioneer and an inspiration for generations of LPGA players from Korea. World No. 4 Ruoning Yin will look to defend her title at this week’s event.

Live coverage gets underway tomorrow at 6 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel and Peacock.

• Play by Play : Grant Boone
• Analyst : Morgan Pressel
• Holes : Tom Abbott
• On-Course : Kay Cockerill
• TV – GOLF Channel

Also on NBCSports.com and NBC Sports app*

• Ruoning Yin
• Nelly Korda
• Brooke Henderson
• Megan Khang
• Leona Maguire

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS: HOAG CLASSIC

Held at Newport Beach Country Club in California, the PGA Tour Champions’ Hoag Classic is entering its 28 th year at this venue. World Golf Hall of Famer Ernie Els looks to win this tournament for the third time in the last four events (No event in 2021).

First round coverage streams exclusively on Peacock from 5:50-7:50 p.m. ET on Friday, with encore coverage on Friday at 10 p.m. ET on GOLF Channel. Weekend coverage will be live on GOLF Channel and Peacock

How To Watch – Friday, March 22 – Sunday, March 24 (all times ET)

Tape Delay*

• Padraig Harrington
• Vijay Singh
• Retief Goosen
• Fred Couples

DP WORLD TOUR: PORSCHE SINGAPORE CLASSIC

The DP World Tour’s Porsche Singapore Classic – first event of the DP World Tour’s Asian Swing – will be played from Laguna National Golf Resort in Singapore. 2019 Open champion Shane Lowry and 2024 Farmers Insurance Open champion Matthieu Pavon headline a competitive field at this week’s event.

Live coverage begins tomorrow at 1 a.m. ET on GOLF Channel.

• Streaming – NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app
• Rasmus Hojgaard
• Shane Lowry
• Matthieu Pavon
• Max McGreevy
• Matthias Schwab
• Thriston Lawrence

BROADCAST NOTES

• Golf Central will provide pre- and post-tournament coverage on GOLF Channel Wednesday-Sunday. Golf Central coverage is anchored by Steve Burkowski , Jim Gallagher Jr. , Matt Adams and Kira Dixon .
• Golf Today on Wednesday will be hosted by Eamon Lynch , George Savaricas , and Dixon.

Note: all times ET, post-round coverage begins following conclusion of play

All GOLF Channel coverage also streams on NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app via authentication, giving consumers additional value to their subscription service, and making high-quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms.

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Valspar LIVE presented by Chick-fil-A, the concert series associated with the PGA TOUR’s Valspar Championship

Details will be released in late fall on the next edition of this concert series.

When is the concert?

Valspar LIVE presented by Chick-fil-A featuring Cole Swindell is Saturday, March 23. You will need a Saturday ticket or credential for admittance, there is no special concert ticket. The concert announcements will start at 6:30pm, with performance from 7:00pm – 8:30pm. Tournament play is expected to end at 6pm, leaving time for fans to walk to the Osprey Range and get settled before the concert begins.

Where is it?

The concert will take place on the Osprey Driving Range. The Osprey Range is adjacent to the 14th fairway. Buses will be available from the Osprey Range back to tournament parking lots after the concert is over.

What does it cost to attend the concert?

Admittance to the concert is complimentary to all Saturday tournament ticketholders. All you need is a Saturday tournament ticket; you do not need a separate concert ticket.

What type of seating is available?

Concert will consist of lawn seating. You may bring your own PGA TOUR approved chair or a blanket (see security guidelines). There will also be rental chairs available.

Will concessions be open?

Yes, concessions will be available.

Valspar LIVE Maximum Capacity

Event organizers have full authority to limit the capacity to the lawn-seating area at the concert. Saturday tournament ticketholders are not guaranteed concert admittance if concert area capacities are reached. No ticket refunds will be offered if tournament ticketholders are not allowed entrance to the concert. Entrance to the concert area (near the 14th Copperhead green) will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

2024 Texas Children's Houston Open odds, picks and PGA Tour predictions

W ith the Florida Swing wrapped up, the PGA Tour heads to Texas for the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open . This is the 4th year Memorial Park will host the event, which is headlined by world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler .

Below, we look at the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions .

Having won his last 2 starts, Scheffler will look to make it 3 wins in a row this week in Houston. He's the odds-on favorite to win at +275, by far the shortest odds of any player in the field. Wyndham Clark has the 2nd-best odds at +1200, followed by Will Zalatoris (+1800), Sabith Theegala (+2200) and 2023 champion Tony Finau (+2200).

Memorial Park is a par 70 and plays at 7,435 yards, so it's one of the longer courses on tour. It underwent a major renovation in 2019, which is when the PGA Tour returned to this site, with everything from hole distances changing to bunkers and trees being removed. Scheffler and Finau share the course record of 8-under 62, which Scheffler shot in 2021 and Finau carded in 2022.

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Texas Children's Houston Open – Expert picks

Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook ; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 3:32 p.m. ET.

Will Zalatoris (+1800)

Zalatoris' missed cut at the Players Championship was surprising, but it shouldn't be enough to deter bettors from taking him again this week in Houston. He typically plays well when the conditions are tough, as evidenced by his major finishes, and while he's never played this event before, it's a good bounce-back opportunity for him at a course that emphasizes ball striking over putting.

Sahith Theegala (+2200)

Theegala finished 61st and 22nd in his 2 starts at this event, but it's reasonable to think he'll improve upon both of those finishes this year. He's in the midst of his best season yet, already posting 4 top-10s and a runner-up in 8 starts with only 1 missed cut. Theegala is just the type of player who can unseat Scheffler at the top.

Keith Mitchell (+4000)

Mitchell had the Valspar Championship in his hands before collapsing in the final round with a 77 on Sunday. That dropped him from 1st to 17th on the last day of the tournament after holding a 2-shot 54-hole lead. That ending to his week will leave a bitter taste in his mouth, but it was more of a fluky performance with the driver than anything. He finished 41st here in 2021 and 9th in 2022.

Texas Children's Houston Open picks – Contenders

Joel dahmen (+6600).

After missing the cut in 3 of his 1st 5 starts of the season, Dahmen has gotten back on track by making it in each of his last 3 starts – including an 11th-place finish at the Players Championship. He followed it up with a T-49 at the Valspar last week and now ranks 27th in strokes gained: off the tee and 8th in approach.

Aaron Rai (+5000)

Rai missed the cut at the Valspar Championship by a few shots but he had notched 3 straight top-35 finishes before that. His putter hasn't cooperated, ranking 136th in strokes gained on the greens but he's 23rd tee-to-green. This is a course he's had success at before, finishing 7th and 19th in his last 2 starts here.

Texas Children's Houston Open picks – Long shots

Alex smalley (+12500).

Smalley has missed the cut in 7 of his 9 starts this season and one of his made cuts resulted in a 75th-place finish. So why bet him now? Because he finished 4th in this tournament in 2022 and 15th the year prior, so he clearly knows this course well.

Tyson Alexander (+25000)

Peter Malnati showed on Sunday that no matter a player's odds, anyone can win at any time. Alexander is a mega-long shot at +30000, but he was the runner-up here in 2022 and already has 1 top-20 finish this season.

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Golfer Grayson Murray died by suicide, family confirms

Pro golfer Grayson Murray’s family has confirmed he died by suicide after news of his death shocked the sports community over the weekend.

Murray, a two-time PGA Tour winner, died Saturday , the day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas. He was 30 years old.

His parents, Eric and Terry Murray, s aid in a statement Sunday that “life wasn’t always easy for Grayson, and although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now.”

“We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone,” they wrote. “It’s surreal that we not only have to admit it to ourselves, but that we also have to acknowledge it to the world. It’s a nightmare.”

Murray, who gained full status on the PGA Tour in 2017, won the Barbasol Championship that year at age 23.

Last year, he scored two wins on the Korn Ferry Tour, at the AdventHealth Championship in Kansas City, Missouri, and the Simmons Bank Open outside Nashville, Tennessee.

Murray went on to win the Sony Open in Hawaii this year — hitting a wedge shot to 3 feet for birdie on the final hole to get into a playoff and winning it with a 40-foot putt.

Murray had been open about having struggled with alcoholism and mental health. At a news conference after he won the Sony Open in January, he told reporters that he used to drink during tournament weeks and that alcohol was his “outlet.”

“That was over seven years ago, and I’m a different man now,” he said. “And I would not be in this position right now today if I didn’t put that drink down eight months ago.”

Murray also shared that he struggled with anxiety and depression, which he said “stemmed a lot from alcohol use,” and that he suffered from self-esteem issues. But his life changed, he said, when he stopped “trying to fight it alone” and decided to ask for help.

“There were days where I didn’t want to get out of bed. I just thought I was a failure. I always looked at myself as a failure. I thought I had a lot of talent that was just a waste of talent,” he said. “And it was a bad place, but like I said, you have to have courage. You have to have the willingness to keep going. And lo and behold, that’s what I did.”

In their statement, his parents wrote: “We have so many questions that have no answers. But one. Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes. By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his extended family, by his friends, by his fellow players and — it seems — by many of you who are reading this. He was loved and he will be missed.”

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan also s aid in a s tatement Saturday that he was “devastated” to learn of Murray’s death that morning.

“The PGA TOUR is a family, and when you lose a member of your family, you are never the same,” he said. “We mourn Grayson and pray for comfort for his loved ones.”

Grief counselors will be available at this week’s PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour events, the news release said.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at  800-273-8255 , text HOME to 741741 or visit  SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources  for additional resources.

Angela Yang is a culture and trends reporter for NBC News.

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2022 Valspar Championship live coverage: How to watch Round 2 on Friday

Jhonattan Vegas got off to a hot start on Thursday at the Valspar.

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The second round of the 2022 Valspar Championship gets underway Friday morning at Innisbrook Resort in Florida. Here’s what you need to know to watch Round 2 on TV or online.

Previewing Valspar Round 2

You wouldn’t be blamed at times for thinking Jhonattan Vegas was playing a different course than everyone else on Thursday morning at the Valspar. The PGA Tour veteran, who has three wins on his resume, made six birdies, an eagle and one bogey to shoot an opening-round seven-under 65.

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That impressive performance was good enough to give Vegas a share of the lead with three other players and set up a terrific shot at his fourth Tour win. But only if he can stay ahead of some hard-charging pros behind him, like Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson .

On Friday, Vegas will start his round at 12:52 p.m. ET and he’ll be grouped with Scott Piercy and Sam Ryder . You can stream the entire second round via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ , or watch the telecast on Golf Channel.

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Below you will find everything you need to watch the second round of the 2022 Valspar Championship.

How to watch the Valspar Championship Round 2 on TV

Golf Channel will carry the second round of the 2022 Valspar Championship with a four-hour telecast on Friday from 2-6 p.m. ET.

How to stream the Valspar Championship Round 2 online

You can stream the second round of the Valspar Championship via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ on Friday from 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. ET, which includes featured group coverage. Fans can also stream the Round 2 Golf Channel TV coverage on golfchannel.com .

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2022 Valspar Championship Round 2 tee times (All times ET)

7:40 a.m. – Brian Stuard, Tommy Gainey, Henrik Norlander 7:51 a.m. – Scott Stallings, Wyndham Clark, Hayden Buckley 8:02 a.m. – James Hahn, John Huh, Mark Hensby 8:13 a.m. – Joel Dahmen, Michael Thompson, Andrew Landry 8:24 a.m. – Brian Gay, Richy Werenski, William McGirt 8:35 a.m. – Martin Laird, Webb Simpson, Francesco Molinari 8:46 a.m. – Nick Taylor, Sung Kang, Charley Hoffman 8:57 a.m. – Adam Hadwin, Charl Schwartzel, Lee Hodges 9:08 a.m. – Vaughn Taylor, Matt Wallace, Brandon Hagy 9:19 a.m. – Joseph Bramlett, Seth Reeves, Paul Barjon 9:30 a.m. – Kurt Kitayama, Taylor Moore, Andrew McCain 9:41 a.m. – Max McGreevy, Curtis Thompson, Jackson Suber 12:30 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Chesson Hadley, Kelly Kraft 12:41 p.m. – Sean O’Hair, Trey Mullinax, Roger Sloan 12:52 p.m. – Scott Piercy, Jhonattan Vegas, Sam Ryder 1:03 p.m. – Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Jason Day 1:14 p.m. – Viktor Hovland, Abraham Ancer, Collin Morikawa 1:25 p.m. – Jason Kokrak, Brooks Koepka, Louis Oosthuizen 1:36 p.m. – Martin Trainer, Matt Kuchar, Patton Kizzire 1:47 p.m. – J.T. Poston, Nate Lashley, Keegan Bradley 1:58 p.m. – Alex Noren, Matt Fitzpatrick, Adam Schenk 2:09 p.m. – Aaron Wise, Danny Lee, J.J. Spaun 2:20 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Alex Smalley, Blake Kennedy 2:31 p.m. – Brandon Wu, Austin Smotherman, Alex Fitzpatrick

7:40 a.m. – Troy Merritt, Austin Cook, Vince Whaley 7:51 a.m. – Kyle Stanley, Cameron Percy, Omar Uresti 8:02 a.m. – Pat Perez, Martin Kaymer, Mito Pereira 8:13 a.m. – Kevin Kisner, Justin Thomas, Carlos Ortiz 8:24 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Graeme McDowell, Henrik Stenson 8:35 a.m. – Sam Burns, Gary Woodland, Xander Schauffele 8:46 a.m. – Robert Streb, Tyrrell Hatton, Adam Long 8:57 a.m. – Russell Knox, Tommy Fleetwood, Harold Varner III 9:08 a.m. – Brian Harman, Emiliano Grillo, Harry Higgs 9:19 a.m. – Sahith Theegala, David Lipsky, Bernd Wiesberger 9:30 a.m. – Matthias Schwab, Davis Riley, Greg Koch 9:41 a.m. – Adam Svensson, Andrew Novak, Luke Guthrie 12:30 p.m. – Peter Malnati, Bronson Burgoon, Kramer Hickok 12:41 p.m. – Cameron Tringale, Denny McCarthy, Matthew NeSmith 12:52 p.m. – Brice Garnett, Seung-Yul Noh, Hank Lebioda 1:03 p.m. – Stewart Cink, Jim Herman, Davis Love III 1:14 p.m. – Brendon Todd, Lanto Griffin, Zach Johnson 1:25 p.m. – Wesley Bryan, Jimmy Walker, Danny Willett 1:36 p.m. – Branden Grace, Tyler Duncan, Luke Donald 1:47 p.m. – Ryan Brehm, Chez Reavie, C.T. Pan 1:58 p.m. – Jonas Blixt, Bill Haas, Kiradech Aphibarnrat 2:09 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Kevin Streelman, Doc Redman 2:20 p.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Greyson Sigg, Callum Tarren 2:31 p.m. – Chad Ramey, Dylan Wu, Kevin Yu

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A year after liv golf-pga tour 'framework' shocked the world, here's a timeline of what's happened, share this article.

It was one of those news drops all golf fans will never forget.

June 6, 2023: The PGA Tour and LIV Golf  announced a “framework agreement” to merge business entities after weeks of secret negotiations.

The PGA Tour, whose roots go back more than a century, and LIV Golf, the upstart league launched in June 2021 with tour antagonist Greg Norman as its face and financed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, forming an alliance?

This cannot be happening.

After two years of player poaching, lawsuits, nasty insults from both sides and talk of Saudi Arabia’s atrocious human rights violations, the vision of PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and PIF governor  Yasir Al-Rumayyan  side-by-side on a CNBC set detailing how the rival leagues will combine commercial businesses and rights into a new for-profit company, and drop all lawsuits, truly was surreal.

Matthew Wolff lines up his putt on the 18th green during the final round of the LIV Golf Las Vegas tournament at Las Vegas Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports

How has that gone?

At first, we were told that the “merger” — later reframed as an “agreement” — would be finalized by Dec. 31 and the PIF would be writing a very large check (somewhere between $1 billion and $2 billion) to boost PGA Tour Enterprises.  But New Year’s Eve came and went without a deal, and now, one year later, we appear no closer than we were six months ago.

And after a brief cease-fire, some members, from both sides, resumed taking shots at each other, and LIV Golf, which has headquarters in West Palm Beach, went back to poaching PGA Tour stars.

“It’s messy, and it has been and it seems to get messier every week,” Seth Waugh, CEO of the PGA of America, said at the PGA Championship. “I don’t think the game is big enough for two tours like that, and I think we are diluting the game in a way that is not healthy.

“I hope there’s urgency because I do think it’s doing damage to the tour, to the game. … I just don’t think it’s a healthy situation right now.”

Here is a timeline of the ebbs and flows of the PGA Tour and LIV Golf when it comes to a possible merger:

If you can’t beat them, join them

Rory McIlroy reacts after missing a putt on the 14th green during the third round of The Open Championship golf tournament at Royal Liverpool. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

While surprised that everything came together so quickly, Rory McIlroy said the PGA Tour’s partnership with the PIF ultimately will be good for the game. Speaking the week the agreement was announced, McIlroy said much of it has been mischaracterized and it should not be viewed as a merger with LIV Golf.

“LIV has nothing to do with this,” he said. “It’s the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour and the Public Investment Fund that are basically partnering to create a new company. That’s where I was a little frustrated. All I’ve wanted to do was protect the future of the PGA Tour and protect the aspirational nature of what the PGA Tour stands for. I think this does this.

“If you look at the structure, this new company sits above everything else. Jay on top of that. Technically, anyone involved with LIV would answer to Jay. The PIF was going to keep spending money in golf. At least the PGA Tour controls how that money is spent. You’re dealing with one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the world. Would you rather fight against or have them as a partner?”

Greg Norman’s message to staff

LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman ready for live commentary before the final round of the LIV Golf Mayakoba tournament at El Chamaleon Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

Although not involved in the negotiations, LIV’s chief executive and commissioner Norman, who lives in Palm Beach Gardens, had a positive message for the staff. Norman, who was left out of the negotiations and not mentioned in any of the news releases associated with the agreement, told more than 100 people on a 30-minute call that LIV will see no operational changes and that work is already being done on a 2025 schedule.

“The spigot is now wide open for commercial sponsorships, blue-chip companies, TV networks,” he said. “LIV is and will continue to be a standalone enterprise. Our business model will not change. We changed history and we’re not going anywhere.”

Players losing trust in Monahan

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan talks with the media during a press conference at East Lake Golf Club ahead of the 2023 Tour Championship. (Photo: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports)

The main topic of conversation at the U.S. Open at the Los Angeles Country Club was the announcement the previous week. Some players were open about expressing their anger and lack of trust  in the tour and Monahan.

“I think it gets to a point where you want to have faith in management, and I want to have faith that this is the best thing for all of us, but it’s clear that that’s not the consensus,” Jon Rahm said. “I think the general feeling is that a lot of people feel a bit of betrayal from management.”

Those words were prophetic coming from a man who, six months later, became the biggest name to defect from the PGA Tour.

Agreement dissected on Capitol Hill

(L-R) Chief Operating Officer of the PGA Tour Ron Price and PGA Tour Policy Board member Jimmy Dunne testify during a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations hearing examining the business deal between the PGA Tour and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia’s LIV Golf on Capitol Hill July 11, 2023, in Washington, DC. In early June, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf announced plans for a framework agreement to create a new global golf entity, which will be heavily funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

About a month after the agreement, drama played out on Capitol Hill with tour COO Ron Price and policy board independent director Jimmy Dunne, of North Palm Beach, testifying at a Senate investigations subcommittee hearing.

They were grilled by a bipartisan committee that was concerned about antitrust violations. Aside from politicians attempting to bully Price and Dunne or just looking for air time, one of the more interesting revelations was the PIF proposing Tiger Woods and McIlroy being granted ownership of LIV Golf franchises. This idea was shot down by the PGA Tour.

Tiger getting involved

Tiger Woods hands his putter to caddie Joe LaCava on the third green during the second round of the 2023 Masters. (Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Network)

Before joining the PGA Tour policy board on Aug. 1, Woods led a group of more than 40 players in signing a list of demands of Monahan. The move was made to reestablish control of the PGA Tour after players heard about Monahan’s secretive meetings with the PIF.

Woods became the sixth player director on the policy board, giving players more say in any final decisions.

Monahan regrets agreement rollout

Speaking for the first time since taking a medical leave of absence one week after the deal was announced because of anxiety over the deal, Monahan took responsibility for the awkward rollout of the framework agreement, saying there was a lot of misinformation leading to distrust.

“That’s on me,” he said.

“My biggest regret was not being more patient on the night of June 5, moving to make this announcement the next day.”

Norman confident about LIV’s future

Greg Norman, commissioner of Liv ahead of Liv Golf Adelaide at The Grange Golf Club on April 20, 2023 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Sarah Reed/Getty Images)

In October, Norman spoke publicly for the first time since the agreement. He was at LIV’s final event of the season at Doral.

Norman was upbeat and confident his league was on the upswing and promised LIV was here to stay. As far as his future … when asked about Price’s comment at July’s Senate subcommittee hearing that Norman is “out of a job” if a deal is reached, Norman shrugged.

“I knew it wasn’t true,” he said. “There’s so much white noise floating around out there that I actually paid zero attention to.

“Sitting in this seat today, I know every step I’ve made has been for the right reasons. Right reasons for the game of golf. … So I was never in any fear of anybody saying anything or any animus against me or anything like that. Because the business model works.”

LIV releases most of 2024 schedule

Bryson DeChambeau, Anirban Lahiri, Charles Howell III, and Paul Casey celebrate after the LIV Golf Invitational – Chicago at Rich Harvest Farms on September 24, 2023 in Sugar Grove, Illinois. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)

Soon after the conclusion of the 2023 season, LIV made it official that it was moving forward without interruption. Despite the ongoing negotiations, it announced most of its 2024 schedule, which included seven domestic and seven international events.

The original schedule did not include sites for the final two events: the individual and team championships. Those later were announced as Chicago and Dallas, respectively.

Rahm proves he has a price

Jon Rahm, a two-time major winner and the reigning Masters champion, has joined LIV Golf. (Rahm will compete in the LIV Golf League beginning next season, which kicks off February 2-4, 2024, at LIV Golf Mayakoba in Mexico) during a LIV Golf announcement at the Park Hyatt New York on Dec. 7, 2023, in New York, New York. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/LIV Golf)

Six months after the framework agreement, Rahm announced on Fox News: “I have officially joined LIV Golf.” He was wearing an LIV letterman’s jacket.

The Spaniard and No. 3 golfer in the world clearly is  LIV’s biggest and most important addition since its launch, sending the message, “We are still here, we are not going anywhere.” And for LIV, that was worth the reported $550 million Rahm will receive, including bonuses.

The man who once refuted all LIV rumors by saying $400 million would not change his lifestyle proved he had a price after all.z

Woods stands firm on deadline

Tiger Woods of the United States reacts to his birdie on the second green during the second round of the Hero World Challenge at Albany Golf Course on December 01, 2023, in Nassau, Bahamas. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Despite reports negotiations were dragging and Dec. 31 would come and go without a deal, Woods remained optimistic, right to the end.

Speaking in December from the PNC Championship in Orlando where he teamed with his son, Charlie, Tiger insisted nothing has changed when it comes to the deadline.

“As of right now, that is our time frame and our deadline,” he said. “That was set forth back in early June. And that hasn’t changed.”

Nothing drops on New Year’s Eve

Like the ball in Times Square, the PGA Tour and PIF were hoping to drop an announcement that would put an end to golf’s civil war.

The year came and went and the only announcement was that the sides were prepared to continue negotiating.

PGA Tour finds major investor in SSG

The PGA Tour’s Global Home entrance is off State Road 210, near the public parking lot for The Players Championship.

The long-awaited deal between the PGA Tour and Strategic Sports Group was announced in late January. The SSG, a collective of marquee professional sports franchise owners headed by Fenway Sports Group, is pumping $3 billion into the tour. That included an initial investment of $1.5 billion into the launch of a commercial venture, PGA Tour Enterprises.

That makes SSG the tour’s major financial partner, which had some, like Woods, now hinting maybe the tour no longer needed PIF’s money.

“The monies that they have come to the table with, and what we initially had agreed to in the framework agreement, those are all the same numbers,” Woods said about the SSG investment.

Tyrrell Hatton follows Rahm to LIV

Tyrrell Hatton reacts after a missed birdie putt on the sixth green during the first round of the Valero Texas Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Raymond Carlin III-USA TODAY Sports

LIV’s strong offseason continued with the long-awaited signing of England’s  Tyrrell Hatton . The 16th-ranked golfer in the world joined in February, just before LIV’s first event of the year, in Mexico. Hatton joined Rahm’s team, confirming LIV would be adding a 13th team.

Hatton’s signing came after Germany’s Adrian Meronk, No. 39 in the world, joined LIV.

Monahan offers little at Players

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan speaks during a press conference ahead of 2024 Players Championship on the Stadium Course at TPC Sawgrass. (Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)

Monahan’s much-anticipated state of the game address from The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach in March lacked substance. The commissioner offered very little, other than confirming he recently met with Al-Rumayyan and talks are “accelerating.”

While  McIlroy continued to believe in Monahan’s leadership  and a deal being finalized — that later eroded, as we will see — Xander Schauffele was not so sure. “I would say in my book he’s got a long way to go to gain the trust of the membership,” Schauffele said.

And world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler placed the blame for golf’s fractured state squarely on those who joined LIV.

“If the fans are upset, then look at the guys that left,” Scheffler said. “We had a tour, we were all together, and the people that left are no longer here. At the end of the day, that’s where the splintering comes from.”

More false hope after Bahamas meeting

LIV Golf Chairman, Yasir Al-Rumayyan looks across the 17th hole during Day Two of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Carnoustie Golf Links on October 06, 2023, in St Andrews, Scotland. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Members of the PGA Tour Enterprises board, including Monahan and all six player directors — Woods, Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson and Peter Malnati — met with Al-Rumayyan in the Bahamas soon after the Players Championship.

Monahan called the meeting “constructive.” Woods said. “We’re headed in the right direction.”

LIV players: Deal needed to save sport

Bryson DeChambeau talks to reporters during a LIV Golf Miami practice round at Trump National Doral. (Photo: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports)

LIV golfers weighed in on the negotiations from the event at Doral with  Bryson DeChambeau saying there needs to be more of a sense of urgency.

“The only answer is for us to somehow come together in some sort of terms where it makes sense and for us to be playing all again in somewhat of the same boat,” DeChambeau said. “And it needs to happen fast. It’s not a two-year thing. Like it needs to happen quicker rather than later just for the good of the sport. Too many people are losing interest.”

LIV looking to buy golf courses

Greg Norman, CEO of the LIV Golf, walks down the fourth hole during the second round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Norman revealed in May that LIV Golf has thought about owning all its golf courses with each team having a home venue on which to host an event.

“And now you can build out around that,” Norman told Bloomberg News. “It’s not just a golf course. You bring in education, hospitality, real estate, merchandise, management, and all these other different opportunities that the game of golf has to deliver to a community or to a region. We are going to be doing that.”

Jimmy Dunne resigns from PGA Tour policy board

The Senate Homeland Security committee holds a hearing to examine the PGA-LIV deal with witness JIMMY DUNNE, Board Member, PGA TOUR, focusing on implications for the future of golf and Saudi Arabia’s influence in the United States on July 11, 2023. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Dunne, one of the architects of the framework agreement, resigned from the tour’s policy board the week of the PGA Championship . The North Palm Beach resident and president of Seminole Golf Club said since helping negotiate the agreement, “no meaningful progress has been made towards a transaction with the PIF, I feel like my role is utterly superfluous.”

Woods said the amount of work and dedication Dunne put into the board and into the PGA Tour has been “incredible.”

McIlroy  offered a grim outlook  on the negotiations with Dunne no longer involved.

“I would say my confidence level on something getting done before last week was, you know, as low as it had been,” McIlroy said. “And then with this news of Jimmy resigning and knowing the relationship he has with the other side, and how much warmth there is from the other side, it’s concerning.”

One year later and still no deal

Uncle Major Moogy Sumner performs a ceremony before the start of the first round of LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Chris Trotman/LIV Golf)

A year has passed since that stunning announcement of a framework agreement and about six months since the deadline to turn that into a final deal.

And still, nothing.

But are we getting closer? According to The New York Times, possibly. Maybe?

The Times recently reported that negotiations between the PGA Tour and the PIF not only are very much alive but term sheets have been exchanged.

But it also added a deal is far from certain with the future of LIV Golf still to be decided.

And so we wait.

Tom D’Angelo is a senior sports columnist and golf writer for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Family says PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray died by suicide

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The parents of professional golfer Grayson Murray on Sunday said the two-time PGA Tour winner died by suicide Saturday morning.

"We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone," Eric and Terry Murray said in a statement. "It's surreal that we not only have to admit it to ourselves, but that we also have to acknowledge it to the world. It's a nightmare.

"... Life wasn't always easy for Grayson, and although he took his own life, we know he rests peacefully now."

Grayson Murray, 30, withdrew from the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial after the 16th hole of Friday's second round in Fort Worth, Texas. The PGA Tour cited the reason as illness.

"We have so many questions that have no answers. But one. Was Grayson loved? The answer is yes," his parents said in their statement. "By us, his brother Cameron, his sister Erica, all of his extended family, by his friends, by his fellow players and -- it seems -- by many of you who are reading this. He was loved and he will be missed.

"We would like to thank the PGA Tour and the entire world of golf for the outpouring of support. Please respect our privacy as we work through this incredible tragedy, and please honor Grayson by being kind to one another. If that becomes his legacy, we could ask for nothing else."

Many players competing at Colonial on Sunday wore black-and-red pins on their caps in honor of Murray. Those are the colors of the Carolina Hurricanes , his favorite NHL team.

"Obviously it was pretty difficult to come play golf," said Scottie Scheffler , who tied for second at Colonial. "But like his parents said, he would have wanted the tournament to continue."

Murray spoke about alcohol and mental health in the past, saying he used to drink during tournament weeks as a rookie because he knew he had talent and believed he was invincible. He made a massive turnaround this year and won the Sony Open, hitting a wedge to 3 feet for birdie on the final hole to get into a playoff and winning it with a 40-foot putt.

"It took me a long time to get to this point," Murray said in January. "That was seven years ago, over seven years ago. I'm a different man now. I would not be in this position right now today if I didn't put that drink down eight months ago."

He also won the Barbasol Championship as a 22-year-old PGA Tour rookie in 2017.

Murray, who was No. 58 in the world ranking, was coming off a tie for 43rd in the PGA Championship last week at Valhalla. He also made the cut in his Masters debut, finishing 51st, and was in the field for next month's U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2.

Murray, who grew up in North Carolina, was among the most talented juniors in the country. He won the prestigious Junior World championship in San Diego three straight years and earned the Arnold Palmer Scholarship at Wake Forest.

His first coach was Ted Kiegiel in North Carolina, who like so many others was devastated.

"Words cannot express the tragedy of this moment," Kiegiel said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. "Grayson came from something that was ordinary and made it EXTRAORDINARY. ... He burned bright for the 30 years he gave us."

Murray wound up going to three colleges, lastly at Arizona State.

Murray said when he won the Sony Open in January that he had been sober for eight months, was engaged to be married and believed his best golf was ahead of him. He was appointed to the PGA Tour's 16-member player advisory council the same month.

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan, who flew to Texas on Saturday, said grief counselors were on site at the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour event.

"To be in the locker room, to see the devastation on the faces of every player that's coming in, it's really difficult to see. And really just profound," Monahan said during the CBS broadcast Saturday.

"Grayson was a remarkable player on the PGA Tour, but he was a very courageous man, as well. And I've always loved that about him, and I know that the locker room is filled with people that really will take that away when they think about Grayson."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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The Valspar Championship begins Thursday from the Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course) in Palm Harbor, Florida, and the field includes some of the best players in the world.

Among those scheduled to compete include Dustin Johnson, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa.

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Scottie Scheffler arrested by police before second round

World number one golfer Scottie Scheffler was charged with assaulting a police officer outside Valhalla Golf Club hours before starting his second round at the 2024 PGA Championship.

Scheffler — who was also charged with third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving, and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic — was released by police just in time to take to the course for his tee-off time of 10:08am ET. He impressed with a five-under round of 66 that moved him into third, at nine-under for the tournament.

The Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections, who posted a mugshot of the 27-year-old, said he was booked in at 7.28am local time and released at 8.40am. Scheffler later described the incident as “a big misunderstanding”.

The start of Friday’s second round was delayed by 80 minutes because of an unrelated crash near the course . Louisville police said a shuttle bus had struck and killed a pedestrian outside the golf club. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg later named him as local man John Mills.

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Xander Schauffele 36-hole leader at PGA Championship with Morikawa, Scheffler chasing

Xander Schauffele stepped onto the first tee Friday at Valhalla Golf Club after a historic first round at the PGA Championship. He shot a 9-under 62, giving him the 18-hole lead. It tied the men’s major scoring record, the lowest round in PGA Championship history.

Friday’s round for Schauffele didn’t smash records or set career-scoring bests. But it kept the 30-year-old atop the PGA Championship leaderboard heading into the weekend.

Schauffele shot a second-round 68, giving him the 36-hole lead. It’s the second consecutive week Schauffele led a tournament after 36 holes. Last week, Schauffele couldn’t secure the win, thanks to a dominant performance from Rory McIlroy.

The seven-time PGA Tour winner is looking for a different outcome this week, attempting to capture his first major championship.

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Watch out for Bryson

This is the second time Bryson DeChambeau has started a major with back-to-back rounds in the 60s.

The other was his win at the 2020 U.S. Open.

Koepka records 8 birdies in second round

It was a roller coaster second round for Brooks Koepka.

He shot a 3-under 68, which consisted of eight birdies.

But it also included three bogeys and a double.

Koepka sits at 7-under-par, five off the lead held by Xander Schauffele.

Tiger birdies 18 but misses cut

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Tiger Woods finished the 2024 PGA Championship at 7-over-par.

He shot a 6-over 77 in his second round.

But Tiger finished the PGA at Valhalla, where he won this event in 2000, with a birdie on 18.

Woods hasn't made a cut at the PGA since 2020.

Schauffele shoots second-round 68

Best 36-hole score to par in PGA Championship history:

2019 Brooks Koepka, -12 (led by seven)

2024 Xander Schauffele, -12

Here comes Koepka

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Brooks Koepka had a double bogey on the par-5 10th.

He's rallied with three birdies since, including one on the par-4 15th.

Koepka has seven birdies on the day and is four off the lead at 8-under-par.

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31 of the last 34 winners of the PGA Championship have been in the top 10 through 36 holes.

Over the last 30 years, 91 percent of men's major winners have been in the top 10 entering the third round.

McIlroy going in the wrong direction

Rory McIlroy, who won the PGA the last time it was staged at Valhalla, is going in the wrong direction.

After being 1-under-par through 11 holes, McIlroy records a double-bogey 6 on the par-4 12th.

He is 4-under-par for the tournament, eight back of the lead.

Needs a strong finish coming in to get back in the mix.

Inside the most bizarre day in major golf with the arrest of Scottie Scheffler

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The most shocking day in golf major championship history began with a tragedy, and saw Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 male player in the world, arrested, booked into a local jail and released in time to tee off.

It was just after 5 a.m. on a rainy Friday morning that police were called to the street outside of Valhalla Golf Club. A shuttle bus traveling down Shelbyville Road struck and killed John Mills, a local man working the PGA Championship for a tournament vendor.

The fatal wreck caused traffic to be shut down in both directions outside of Valhalla, which is hosting the major championship for the first time in a decade. Scheffler arrived at the scene an hour later, amid a steady rain and flashing police lights, seeking to enter the property and begin preparation for an 8:48 a.m. tee time for Round 2 of the PGA Championship. A police and security presence outside of a major championship routine is typical, even common. “I drive by cops like that probably 10 times a year,” one PGA Tour swing coach said, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter.

What happened next was anything but common. When Scheffler, traveling eastbound, attempted to move his vehicle into the westbound lane, according to the Louisville Police Department arrest report, detective Bryan Gillis attempted to stop the vehicle. The police report said Scheffler continued forward, “dragging Detective Gillis to the ground,” and noted that he suffered injuries that required medical treatment, as well as irreparable damage to his $80 uniform pants. Jeff Darlington, an ESPN NFL reporter assigned to cover the second golf major of the year, happened to be on the scene and watched it unfold, reporting that Scheffler’s vehicle moved 10 to 20 yards before coming to a final stop.

Scheffler’s attorney, Steve Romines, said Scheffler was originally instructed to go in and that the officer directing traffic was not part of the event traffic detail. “So that’s where the miscommunication arose and that’s why we’re here,” Romines said Friday morning.

When Scheffler did stop, he lowered his window and the officer reached in, grabbed Scheffler’s arm and pulled the door open, Darlington reported. The officer then put Scheffler in handcuffs and pushed him against the car. As Scheffler was escorted toward a police car in the rainy dark, a video filmed by Darlington showed Scheffler turning to say, “Can you help?”

“You need to get out of the way,” another officer told Darlington. “Right now, he’s going to jail, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Schauffele drops a shot, lead is 1

Xander Schauffele makes his first bogey of the week.

The last player to go the first 36 holes of a PGA Championship without a single bogey is Hale Irwin in 1993.

Schauffele falls to 12-under-par, one ahead of Collin Morikawa.

Schauffele improves to 13-under-par

Xander Schauffele is now 13-under.

The lowest 36-hole score to par in men's major championship history is 14 under by Jordan Spieth at the 2015 Masters.

Will Zalatoris: Players discussed delaying, canceling PGA Championship second round

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A small group of players discussed not playing the second round of the PGA Championship as scheduled following the death of a pedestrian outside of Valhalla Golf Club, as well as the arrest of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.

Will Zalatoris detailed the 20-30 minute conversation, which took place in the Valhalla locker room, to a small group of reporters after his round Friday afternoon. The group of unnamed players considered approaching the PGA of America about the cancellation or delay of Friday’s play, he said.

“Some of the guys were talking about, wondering if we should even play today,” Zalatoris said. “At one point there were a group of guys in the locker room talking about going to the PGA of America about it, but I think it was dead in the water in the locker room. It was bizarre. We just didn’t know … when Scottie was going to get out, any of the details.”

Tee times were delayed by one hour and 20 minutes on Friday after a shuttle bus struck and killed John Mills, who was working for a tournament vendor. The PGA moved the first tee times from 7:15 a.m. ET to 8:35.

Scheffler practicing, signing autographs

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During his Friday post-round news conference, Scottie Scheffler said that he was "going to go back to his normal routine." That includes having a meal, practicing in the afternoon, going to the gym before heading home and getting some rest before the weekend.

Well, the broadcast showed Scheffler practicing bunker shots and signing autographs for fans.

Scheffler shot a second-round 66.

Schauffele solo leader

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Xander Schauffele is the solo leader at the PGA Championship.

He fires a 3-under 32 on the front nine, which includes a lengthy birdie on the 9th hole.

Schauffele makes the turn at 12-under-par, one shot ahead of Collin Morikawa.

Scottie Scheffler climbs PGA Championship leaderboard hours after arrest

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Scottie Scheffler, the world’s most dominant golfer, rose up the leaderboard of the PGA Championship on Friday, hours after he was arrested while trying to navigate a traffic backup caused by a crash that killed a pedestrian outside Valhalla Golf Club.

In an extraordinary sequence of events over about three hours, Scheffler was handcuffed while arriving at the course before sunrise, booked while wearing an orange jumpsuit in downtown Louisville and driven back to the course with stunned crowds following his every move as his newly hired local lawyer told reporters that he would comply with an investigation into his interaction with a police officer who was directing traffic. Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic.

Scheffler’s day on the course finally began at 10:08 a.m. ET, when he teed off nearly four hours after his arrest. He went on to shoot a 5-under-par 66, climbing into a tie for third on the leaderboard. Scheffler, who said he began stretching in a jail cell Friday in hopes of returning to Valhalla in time for his tee time, said after the round his head was “spinning.”

“It was a chaotic situation and a big misunderstanding,” Scheffler said.

Scottie Scheffler: A fan favorite

Following his second-round 66, Scottie Scheffler high-fived fans as he walked off the course to sign his scorecard.

Two spectators had T-shirts with Scheffler's face. One of the tees showed Scheffler's mugshot that the Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections posted Friday morning when the World No. 1 was booked in downtown Louisville.

Scheffler was arrested Friday morning while trying to navigate a traffic backup caused by a crash that killed a pedestrian outside Valhalla Golf Club.

Scheffler: ‘I did spend some time stretching in a jail cell’

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Scottie Scheffler said he feels his head is “still spinning” after the sequence of events he experienced on Friday. He was arrested and handcuffed Friday morning while arriving at the course before sunrise, booked in an orange jumpsuit in downtown Louisville, then returned to Valhalla Golf Club and shot a second-round 66 at the PGA Championship.

Scheffler faces charges of second-degree assault of a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, reckless driving and disregarding traffic signals from an officer directing traffic. His arraignment is scheduled for Tuesday at 9 a.m., according to online court records, two days after the PGA Championship is scheduled to end.

Asked to encapsulate what transpired, Scheffler described his pre-round routine, which took place in jail.

“I did spend some time stretching in a jail cell that was a first for me,” Scheffler said after his second round.

Scheffler said his “main focus after getting arrested” was whether he could continue playing in the PGA Championship. He said that he was in “shock” when he got arrested and that he was “shaking for an hour,” trying to calm down.

While getting fingerprinted in jail, Scheffler said a police officer offered him a sandwich.

“Sure, I’ll take a sandwich, I didn’t eat breakfast yet,” Scheffler said.

Scheffler teed off at 10:08 a.m., nearly four hours after his arrest. He described Friday's round as “pretty good.”

“It was nice to be able to put together a solid round today for sure,” Scheffler said.

Tiger Woods cards second triple-bogey of round

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This isn’t pleasant to watch: Tiger Woods, a 15-time major winner, has carded his second triple-bogey seven in the space of three holes.

This time his game deserts him on the fourth, having also bogeyed the third. He’s now eight over — seven over for the round — and his hopes of making it to the weekend are long gone.