Ryan Gerard stumbled late but still held a one-shot PGA Championship clubhouse lead at Quail Hollow where Rory McIlroy, in his first major since completing the career Grand Slam, struggled on a course he is used to dominating.

The PGA Championship is brimming with compelling storylines ahead of Thursday’s opening round, perhaps none bigger than whether Rory McIlroy will be able to build on his career Grand Slam success at one of his favourite venues.

Austria’s Sepp Straka enjoys flying under the radar but may find that harder to do at this week’s PGA Championship given he is fresh off the biggest win of his career that moved him into the top 10 of the world rankings.

Tiger Woods was among the first to congratulate Rory McIlroy on winning the Masters, welcoming him to an exclusive club of men’s players to have won golf’s Grand Slam.

A lucky bounce boosted Andrew Novak’s hopes of a first PGA Tour win at the Texas Open after his wayward tee shot on the par-three 16th ricocheted off a fence behind the green, rolled down a bank and came to a halt just feet from the hole.

Sergio Garcia’s missed 3-foot putt cost him a spot in The Open Championship.

South Africa’s Shaun Norris carded a 67 to take a four-shot lead on 14 under-par at the end of Saturday’s third round in the DP World Tour’s Joburg Open on a difficult day of scoring at the Houghton Golf Club.

The 15-time major champion also missed the Genesis Invitational in February following the death of his mother that month.

Tiger Woods said that talks toward a deal that would resolve the fissure in golf between the U.S.-based PGA Tour and Saudi-backed rival LIV Golf are moving in the right direction.

Tiger Woods is expected to return to action Tuesday for a TGL match in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., marking his first appearance since his mother’s death on Feb. 4, TGL announced via X on Saturday.

It was going so well for Belgium’s Thomas Detry that there was no reason to back off as he was winding down the WM Phoenix Open.

Golfers competing on the PGA Tour Champions would welcome the chance to play against 15-times major winner Tiger Woods on the senior circuit, two-times Masters champion Bernhard Langer said.