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No one should be surprised that Tiger Woods’ impressive 2nd-place finish at the PGA Championship resulted in a ratings surge for CBS. However, you might be surprised to find out just how impressive the ratings surge actually was.

Rory McIlroy played down injury fears after Thursday’s opening round of the 100th PGA Championship, in which the four-time major champion wore an anti-inflammatory patch on his right forearm.

The PGA Championship is being played at Bellerive Country Club in suburban St. Louis. Bellerive is named after the last French Governor of Illinois Country which was a vast region of New France which is now the Midwestern part of this country…which is now called the United States of America.

NEW YORK (AP) — Discovery Inc. signed a $2 billion agreement that gives it media rights to PGA Tour programming for its 220 markets outside the United States.

March 19 (UPI) — Tiger Woods got within one stroke of the lead Sunday at Bay Hill, before finishing fifth at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Miami (AFP) – Rory McIlroy ended an 18-month PGA win drought in sensational fashion Sunday with birdies on five of the last six holes to capture the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Henrik Stenson did just enough right for a 1-under 71 to take the lead at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Former world number one Tiger Woods said Friday he will play in US PGA Tour events in Florida the next two weeks, top tuneup events for next month’s Masters tournament.

Jan. 2 (UPI) — PGA star Tiger Woods spent his birthday spearing some gargantuan sea creatures.

Jordan Spieth, the second-ranked pro golfer in the world today, admitted that Barack Obama beat him on the links last week.

Golf legend Tiger Woods is set to join a diversion program for intoxicated drivers after being arrested for driving under the influence in May, according to court documents.

At its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, the board of governors at the Television Academy voted to start disciplinary proceedings against Hollywood mogul and now-confessed serial sexual predator Harvey Weinstein.

The Producers Guild of America voted to expel disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein from its organization Monday and announced the creation of an “Anti-Sexual Harassment Task Force” charged with researching and preventing further sexual abuse in the film industry.

A lawyer for golf great Tiger Woods reported Monday that a hacker obtained nude photos of the golfer and girlfriend Lindsey Vonn and released them to tabloid website Celeb Jihad. The lawyer also warned that a lawsuit would be filed.

McIlroy had said after he finished at the PGA Championship that he could feel a back muscle spasm in recent weeks as he practiced more to get ready for the final major of the year. He said before leaving Quail Hollow he could return in a few weeks or not until next year.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Justin Thomas has won the PGA Championship for his first major title.

Charlotte (AFP) -Unheralded American Kevin Kisner clung to a one-stroke lead after Saturday’s roller coaster third round of the PGA Championship, where contenders rose only to be humbled by formidable Quail Hollow.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Jordan Spieth is going for a career Grand Slam at the PGA Championship and doesn’t appear to have a care in the world. Rory McIlroy hasn’t won a major in three years and expectations are higher than ever.

Two-time Major Championship winner John Daly defended Donald Trump from LPGA golfer Brittany Lincicome, who insulted the president in an interview discussing the Women’s U.S. Open to be held this week at Trump National in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Fans of pro golfer Brooks Koepka could be in for quite a haul if he sinks a hole in one during this year’s PGA Tour. Koepka’s fans could take home 95 cases of beer each if he makes the ace shot.

Unkind tweets to golf commentator Brandel Chamblee upset him so much that he deletes 10 tweets a day and calculates that he has banned over 20,000 people from his Twitter account since he started criticizing PGA players from his throne at the Golf Channel.

New York Times Reporter Karen Crouse queried 56 PGA players at the Genesis Open last week in Los Angeles and found a whopping 50 of those players (89.3%) would play golf with President Trump if invited.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Spieth kept it simple Sunday and won the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for the ninth PGA Tour title of his young career.

San Francisco (AFP) – Australia’s top-ranked Jason Day fired back-to-back birdies Saturday in finishing an eight-under-par 64 second round to grab a share of the lead at the PGA Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Tiger Woods came up empty in PGA tour wins in 2016, but according to the list of Forbes Wealthiest Americans his wallet didn’t.

After a nice recovery from a bad shot on the 17th hole Friday at the PGA Championship, Jason Day made a new friend. Day’s shot landed just shy of the green, which is when the young kid became overwhelmed with excitement.

Irish golfer Rory McIlroy finds it is funny that the PGA removed the multimillion-dollar Memorial Tournament from Donald Trump’s Doral resort near Miami and moved it to Mexico City.

The PGA is set to announce that it is moving the WGC-Cadillac Championship Tournament from its 53-year home at Trump’s Doral resort in Miami, Florida, to Mexico City next year.

Tiger Woods has not completely confirmed that he is returning to the links in June for the U.S. Open at Oakmont, but he’s done the next best thing by registering for the 116th annual event.

A federal judge tossed out an attempt by a group of PGA caddies to get extra money for being forced to wear aprons or “bibs” featuring the advertising of PGA sponsors.

PGA legend Jack Nicklaus, golf’s all-time leader in major championships with 18, claims Tiger Woods still has time to topple his record.

Rory McIlroy made his first hole-in-one at the age of 9, won the Irish Amateur Championship at 16, and became the youngest and quickest ever to secure his European Tour card in just two events at the age of 18.

In a stunning rejection of the Professional Golf Association of America legendary golfer Tom Watson announced that he would not accept an invitation to the PGA of America Hall of Fame.

Jordan Spieth locked up the PGA Tour Championship at East Lake early on Sunday with birdies on 8,9, and 11 on his way to a 69 and capturing the $10 million FedEx Cup prize money.

At the PGA Tour’s stop at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Massachusetts, a fan can be heard yelling “Fire Goodell” after Henrik Stenson teed off. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was just on the losing end of a federal court case after he

Thursday the Professional Golf Association of America canceled the 2015 Grand Slam of Golf exhibition for this year’s major champions.