WILL ZALATORIS

Thomas will play the first two rounds in a group with defending Colonial champ Jason Kokrak and Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. Zalatoris is with former Colonial champs Justin Rose (2018) and Kevin Kisner (2017) in a group just ahead of Pereira. Kokrak won at Colonial last May in a final-group showdown with Spieth, who led at the end of each of the first three rounds before a closing 3-over 73. “Anytime you get to come back to Colonial or any place that you’ve had success, you get great vibes, you get some good mojo coming into the week,” Kokrak said. He was 34th at the PGA Championship, but felt good about how he played now going to a very familiar course.

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.

Justin Thomas wins PGA Championship in playoff over Zalatoris Justin Thomas poses with the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament in a playoff against Will Zalatoris at Southern Hills Country Club, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Matt York)TULSA, Okla. — Justin Thomas won the 2022 PGA Championship in a playoff against Will Zalatoris on Sunday at the Southern Hills Golf Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thomas outlasted Zalatoris with two birdies and a par to claim the Wanamaker Trophy, the AP reported. Thomas, who started the day seven shots behind then-leader Mito Pereira, also tied the biggest comeback in PGA Championship history, according to the AP. A statement from PGA of America President Jim Richerson, PGA on Tiger Woods. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 11 Photos: Justin Thomas wins PGA Championship 2022 Justin Thomas holds the Wanamaker Trophy after winning the PGA Championship golf tournament in a playoff against Will Zalatoris at Southern Hills Country Club, Sunday, May 22, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 38 Photos: Tiger Woods through the years Here are some memorable photos of golf legend Tiger Woods through the years.

Chile's Mito Pereira had a career-changing moment staring him in the face until a fateful shot on the 18th hole. That's about the time the PGA Championship went from uninspiring to unbelievable. He never gave himself a chance for birdie at 18, instead making a nervy 8-footer to stay there. Thomas matched the biggest comeback in PGA Championship history, set by John Mahaffey in 1978 at Oakmont, where he also rallied from seven down before winning in a playoff over Tom Watson and Jerry Pate. “I was asked earlier in the week what lead is safe, and I said, ‘No lead.’ This place is so tough.

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.

Thomas matched a PGA Championship record Sunday when he rallied from a seven-shot deficit at Southern Hills, and then saved his most exquisite shot-making for a three-hole playoff to defeat Will Zalatoris. “I was asked early in the week what lead is safe and I said, ‘No lead,'” Thomas said. John Mahaffey in the 1978 PGA Championship at Oakmont was the other player to come from seven shots behind on the final day. Retief Goosen won the other in the 2001 U.S. Open after he three-putted from 12 feet on the final hole. The 29-year-old Thomas, now with two majors among his 15 career PGA Tour victories, is surely headed there one day.

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

Thomas added a second Wanamaker Trophy to the one he captured in 2017 at Quail Hollow.

___6:25 p.m.Justin Thomas has birdied the first two holes of a three-hole aggregate playoff with Will Zalatoris to take a one-shot lead to the demanding 18th hole at the PGA Championship. ___6:10 p.m.Justin Thomas and Will Zalatoris have matched birdies on the first of their three-hole aggregate playoff for the PGA Championship. While Zalatoris was dropping a shot, Pereira rolled in a short birdie putt at the fifth to take a two-shot lead. The PGA Championship is no exception. He is trying to become the first PGA Tour rookie since Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship to win a major.

Neither Zalatoris nor Young, who played the front side 1 under, have ever won on the PGA Tour, let alone won a major championship. While Zalatoris was dropping a shot, Pereira rolled in a short birdie putt at the fifth to take a two-shot lead. The PGA Championship is no exception. Mito Pereira of Chile has a three-shot lead going into the final round at Southern Hills. He is trying to become the first PGA Tour rookie since Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship to win a major.

Justin Thomas has won his second PGA Championship.

He got back on course at just the right time Saturday in the PGA Championship. He limped around Southern Hills for a 79, his worst score ever in the PGA Championship. At stake for the 27-year-old Pereira is a chance to become the first PGA Tour rookie to win a major since Keegan Bradley in the 2011 PGA Championship. Pereira, the top player on the PGA Tour's developmental circuit last year, was at 9-under 201. Only 16 players remained under par at Southern Hills, a list that included Webb Simpson.

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.

___3:20 p.m.Chile's Mito Pereira is opening a lead with a big start in the third round of the PGA Championship. ___3 p.m.Stewart Cink must be taking some inspiration from 50-year-old Phil Mickelson's triumph at last year's PGA Championship. Zalatoris, who has never won on the PGA Tour, shot rounds of 66-65 to take a one-shot lead over Chile's Mito Pereira into Saturday. ___12:45 p.m.Kramer Hickock made perhaps the most incredible bogey of the PGA Championship during his third round Saturday. ___8 a.m.Out with the wind, in with the rain at the PGA Championship on Saturday.

___3:20 p.m.Chile's Mito Pereira is opening a lead with a big start in the third round of the PGA Championship. ___3 p.m.Stewart Cink must be taking some inspiration from 50-year-old Phil Mickelson's triumph at last year's PGA Championship. ___12:45 p.m.Kramer Hickock made perhaps the most incredible bogey of the PGA Championship during his third round Saturday. ___9:30 a.m.Tiger Woods has picked up where he left off at the PGA Championship, but only briefly. ___8 a.m.Out with the wind, in with the rain at the PGA Championship on Saturday.

___3 p.m.Stewart Cink must be taking some inspiration from 50-year-old Phil Mickelson's triumph at last year's PGA Championship. Zalatoris, who has never won on the PGA Tour, shot rounds of 66-65 to take a one-shot lead over Chile's Mito Pereira into Saturday. ___12:45 p.m.Kramer Hickock made perhaps the most incredible bogey of the PGA Championship during his third round Saturday. He hit another tee shot into the water at the sixth, then flubbed his pitch shot and made triple. ___8 a.m.Out with the wind, in with the rain at the PGA Championship on Saturday.

___12:45 p.m.Kramer Hickock made perhaps the most incredible bogey of the PGA Championship during his third round Saturday. He hit another tee shot into the water at the sixth, then flubbed his pitch shot and made triple. Four holes later, he hit another tee shot into the water at the 218-yard sixth and everything unraveled. ___9:30 a.m.Tiger Woods has picked up where he left off at the PGA Championship, but only briefly. ___8 a.m.Out with the wind, in with the rain at the PGA Championship on Saturday.

PGA Championship Golf Will Zalatoris waves after making a putt on the 13th hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (Eric Gay)TULSA, Okla. — (AP) — The Latest on the second round of the PGA Championship (all times local):___2 p.m.Overnight leader Will Zalatoris has teed off in the third round of the PGA Championship, where the former Wake Forest standout will try to continue a trend of halfway leaders winning major titles at Southern Hills. ___12:45 p.m.Kramer Hickock made perhaps the most incredible bogey of the PGA Championship during his third round Saturday. He hit another tee shot into the water at the sixth, then flubbed his pitch shot and made triple. ___9:30 a.m.Tiger Woods has picked up where he left off at the PGA Championship, but only briefly. ___8 a.m.Out with the wind, in with the rain at the PGA Championship on Saturday.

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

PGA Championship Golf Will Zalatoris waves after making a putt on the eighth hole during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Matt York) (Matt York)TULSA, Okla. — (AP) — The wind finally relented Friday in the PGA Championship. No doubt, Zalatoris and his entire side of the draw was helped when wind that gusted over 30 mph Friday morning laid down over the final two hours. Bubba Watson had a shot at the first 62 in PGA Championship history. We played 11 on without any wind," Zalatoris said. Watson had never scored better than 68 in his previous 49 rounds in the PGA Championship.

In the seven previous majors at Southern Hills, the leader after the second round went on to win. ___5 p.m.Tiger Woods has hit the homestretch at Southern Hills with the weekend on the line at the PGA Championship. He was 13 shots behind Will Zalatoris, who is bogey-free for the second round and at 8-under par. There were two Chilean flags on the first page of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship on Friday. Pereira and Niemann are among a record six Latin American players in the PGA Championship.

___5 p.m.Tiger Woods has hit the homestretch at Southern Hills with the weekend on the line at the PGA Championship. He was 13 shots behind Will Zalatoris, who is bogey-free for the second round and at 8-under par. There were two Chilean flags on the first page of the leaderboard at the PGA Championship on Friday. Pereira and Niemann are among a record six Latin American players in the PGA Championship. ___1:45 p.m.Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have teed off along with Jordan Spieth in the second round of 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.

Shaggy John Daly produced yet another wild ride around a PGA Championship. The 56-year-old two-time major champion, whose booming drives propelled him to win the PGA in 1991, drove the slopes and swales of Southern Hills in a golf cart the PGA allows him to use because of osteoarthritis in his right knee.

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.

Match Play Golf Kevin Kisner tees off on the 12th tee during the round of 16 of the Dell Technologies Match Play Championship golf tournament, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Austin, Texas. Either way, Kevin Kisner just seems to win in the Dell Technologies Match Play. Johnson, who won the Match Play in 2017, will face Scheffler in the semifinals Sunday morning. Kisner will play Corey Conners, the first Canadian to reach the semifinals at Match Play. That means Scheffler can go to the top of the world ranking if he were to win the Match Play.

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.

Sanderson Farms Golf Will Zalatoris pumps his fist after making a birdie on the ninth hole of his second round of the Sanderson Farms Championship golf tournament in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. — (AP) — Will Zalatoris felt like he couldn't miss on the green and rarely did Friday in setting the course record with an 11-under 61 to share the lead with Nick Watney and Sahith Theegala in the Sanderson Farms Championship. Among those who missed was Sergio Garcia, the defending champion playing a week after a draining Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. “Of course, everyone has goals of trying to be on a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup. Sam Burns, who was seriously considered as a pick for the Ryder Cup, was among those three shots behind.

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.

(AP Photo/Ian Walton) (Ian Walton)SANDWICH, England — (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):3:15 p.m.Rory McIlroy has birdied No. 18 for the second time and looks likely to be playing on the weekend at the British Open. The Masters runner-up withdrew from the British Open with a back injury after opening with a 69. He was at 9-under 131 and three shots ahead of those who have finished at Royal St. George's. And birdies were proving hard to come by early on at Royal St. George's.

(AP Photo/Peter Morrison) (Peter Morrison)SANDWICH, England — (AP) — The Latest on the British Open (all times local):1:45 p.m. The rough at Royal St. George's has claimed its first victim in Will Zalatoris. The Masters runner-up withdrew from the British Open with a back injury after opening with a 69. He was at 9-under 131 and three shots ahead of those who have finished at Royal St. George's. And birdies were proving hard to come by early on at Royal St. George's.

British Open Golf Spain's Sergio Garcia acknowledges the crowd as he walks onto the 18th green during the first round British Open Golf Championship at Royal St George's golf course Sandwich, England, Thursday, July 15, 2021. Trouble is, low scores in the British Open do not always translate into the claret jug. A PAIR OF DEUCESBrandt Snedeker had a 68 for his lowest start to a British Open since 2012. If it seems strange to see Snedeker at Royal St. George’s, there’s a reason. “Hopefully, Royal St George’s with the St George’s cross is kind of a lucky omen this week.”Copyright 2021 The Associated Press.

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.

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

Hideki Matsuyama overcame a nervy start and a pressure-induced back-nine stutter to become the first Japanese player to win a men's major.

Matsuyama is the sixth first-time green jacket winner in the last seven Masters Tournaments, with Tiger Woods' rousing victory in 2019 the lone outlier.

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 hopes to be a pioneer for Japanese golf.

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.

Justin Rose picked one of the toughest days at Augusta National for his lowest score in the Masters.