World Golf Ranking: Rory McIlroy at the Wells Fargo Championship (Image: Getty)
Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland maintains his 2nd position in the World Golf Ranking, reinforcing his status as the top-ranked golfer from the United Kingdom. Tommy Fleetwood from England, ranking 11th, has held steady with no movement since last week, confirming his position within the elite ranks.
Matt Fitzpatrick from England, occupying the 14th position, sustains his place with no change from the previous week. Tyrrell Hatton, also from England, experiences a negative shift, dropping to the 18th spot from 17th. Scotsman Robert MacIntyre, ranked 84th, remains consistent with his previous ranking.
New Top Three in World Golf Ranking
Scottie Scheffler from the USA continues to lead the World Golf Ranking as number one, followed by Rory McIlroy. Xander Schauffele of the USA climbs to 3rd place, seeing improvement from 4th.
World Golf Ranking Positions 4-10
Wyndham Clark from the USA experiences a decrease to 4th from 3rd. Jon Rahm of Spain remains in 5th position. Max Homa from the USA makes notable progress, advancing to the 9th position from 10th, while Brian Harman from the USA moves down to 10th from 9th.
World Golf Ranking: Xander Schauffele is now in the top 3 (Image: Getty)
In the current World Golf Ranking, Scottie Scheffler retains the top position, demonstrating his continued dominance in the sport. Compatriot Xander Schauffele, now at third, has climbed one spot, marking a positive shift. Wyndham Clark, another American, moves down to fourth.
Analyzing further down the list, Patrick Cantlay holds steady in eighth, while Max Homa’s upward move to ninth indicates a favorable outcome from recent performances. Brian Harman rounds out the top 10, falling one position.
The ongoing fluctuations in the World Golf Ranking provide insight into the changing landscape of professional golf, particularly among American golfers who are consistently making their presence felt. Moving beyond individual achievements, the top 10-featured players like Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy staying static at second, Spanish golf professional Jon Rahm at fifth, and Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg holding the sixth position. Viktor Hovland of Norway also remained in his seventh spot, maintaining a firm stance among golf’s best.
The 2024 PGA Championship will take place in Valhalla this year. (Photo: Getty)
The PGA Championship 2024 is coming up and this year it will take place at Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. The golf club, nestled in the beauty of Kentucky, is no stranger to hosting major golf events, and this will be the fourth time the PGA Championship has been held here. Past majors at Valhalla have seen golf legends such as Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy claim victory.
PGA Championship 2024: The rich history of the Major in Valhalla
As the dust of the track and the cheers of the fans started to settle at the 150th Kentucky Derby in Churchill Downs, the agitation at nearby Valhalla Golf Club reignited with the preparations for the 106th PGA Championship. And the “most exciting two minutes in sports” gave way to “once in a decade golf celebration in Kentucky.” According to Churchill Downs, Mystik Dan’s win marked the first three-horse photo finish since 1947 and the first race decided by a nose margin since 1996. Like an echo of the Kentucky Derby, the three PGA Championships contested at Valhalla in the last three decades concluded with a photo finish or a nose margin–a playoff or one stroke difference in golf lingo.
Pictures of the Kentucky Derby. (Photo: PGA of America)
“I had a heartache in 96 when Mark Brooks beat me in a playoff,” said local golf star Kenny Perry about his defeat at the first PGA Championship in Kentucky. Four years later, Tiger Woods prevailed in a playoff against Bob May to win his fifth and third consecutive major at Valhalla. “Tiger was incredible,” remembers two-time Masters winner José María Olázabal, who shot a 9-under-par 63 course record on the third day and finished tied fourth. “I have great memories of that amazing round and Valhalla, a solid golf course with tough rough,” said the Spaniard. “But I specially remember the Ryder Cup there in 2008, when the Americans played really well.”
Perry was part of that American winning team captained by Paul Azinger. “My dad, at 86 years old, came off the green in his bib overalls and gave me a hug. This is where I love to go, and to me, this is the pinnacle of golf in Kentucky,” added Perry about the 2008 Ryder Cup and Valhalla Golf Club. “We were fortunate to have epic and historic finishes,” said Jimmy Kirchdorfer, General Chairman of the 2024 PGA Championship. “A lot of people from Kentucky would say the Ryder Cup, when the US was struggling to win for a while, was the best sporting event they have ever been to.”
Jimmy Kirchdorfer and Justin Thomas. (Photo: PGA of America)
After the memorable victory of Rory McIlroy by one-stroke in the 2014 PGA Championship in the darkness, Kirchdorfer, along with the new co-owners of Valhalla Golf Club and its membership have been instrumental in bringing the PGA Championship back to Kentucky one decade later. “The tremendous response from the Louisville and Kentucky community has been essential to make this event a record-breaking championship,” said 2024 PGA Championship Director, Ryan Ogle, as he supports his assessment with staggering numbers.
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland poses with the Wanamaker Trophy during the Award Ceremony for the 96th PGA Championship, at Valhalla Golf Club, on August 10, 2014 in Louisville, KY. (Photo by Montana Pritchard/The PGA of America)
Over 200,000 spectators are expected during the week, breaking the record ticket sales set in 2018. Valhalla will accommodate 700,000 square feet of temporary flooring, over 285 tent structures, and 600 TVs will be spread across the property. On The Rocks, the Elijah Craig Bourbon Speakeasy by the 14th hole of Valhalla Golf Club will be one of the massive hospitality structures showcasing the official bourbon cocktail of the 2024 PGA Championship, the Elijah Craig Mulligan. “In terms of size, it will be more than double compared with 2014,” added Ogle, also highlighting the over 500 million households around the world with access to over 250 hours of live coverage.
The Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. (Photo: PGA of America)
“I am very excited about the PGA Championship in Kentucky. When the time comes, it will be a very special week,” said two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas, who will be playing a major in Valhalla for the first time. “I have been to Valhalla a handful of times. It is obviously well known and the most famous course in Kentucky, a special place,” added Thomas, who grew up playing golf at Harmony Landing Country Club, in Goshen, Kentucky, where his father Mike is still a pro.
Thomas will be the only Kentuckian at the traditional Champions Dinner, hosted by the 2023 winner Brooks Koepka at the home of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs. “Whatever my mom is cooking at home would be my recommendation for food in Kentucky,” noted Thomas as a potential culinary advice to Koepka, who finished T-15 in Valhalla in 2014. That year, Michael Block, the PGA of America Golf Professional who became the people’s hero in 2023 when he finished T-15 at Oak Hill, made his debut in the PGA Championship in Valhalla after winning the PGA Professional Championship.
The beautiful Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky. (Photo: PGA of America)
“Kentucky has been great. We have been staying downtown Louisville all week and everyone has been absolutely fantastic. It was a great experience,” said after missing the cut in 2014 Block, part of the Corebridge Financial Team of 21 PGA of America Professionals competing along the best in the world in the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club.
England Golf implements new slow play rule. (Photo: Getty)
The English golf association “England Golf” is introducing stricter regulations at the start of this season to combat the slow play “epidemic”. Checkpoints will be set up at all championships taking place under the sovereignty of England Golf: Playing groups must have passed the checkpoints after holes 4, 9 and 14 of each round within a predetermined period of time, otherwise warnings and penalty strokes will be issued if the dawdling is not made up for in the following round. The rule is that the distance to the previous group should not exceed twelve minutes.
England Golf: “We try to make the game a bit quicker”
The new rule is to be “strictly enforced” in this year’s test phase: “What I looked at is what we can do as an organisation to try and make the game a little bit quicker,” said James Crampton, the governing body’s director of championships.
“What I wanted to do was put the onus much more back onto the players – rather than the players thinking it’s the referee’s responsibility to get people round in a suitable time. Previously, if there were instances of players playing slowly, the policy was difficult to implement in terms of applying penalties,” Crampton added according to the National Club Golfer.
After an initial warning after the first delay, players have the chance to clear the backlog until the next check point. If this does not happen, two penalty strokes are added to the scorecard. In addition to the new rules on flight speed, individual time penalties can still be imposed, up to disqualification after four offences.
Chris Gotterup of the United States poses with the trophy after the final round of the Myrtle Beach Classic at Dunes Golf & Beach Club on May 12, 2024 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
Myrtle Beach Classic 2024 Live Scores
The Myrtle Beach Classic in the season 2024 is being played in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States of America at the The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 9th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024.
The Myrtle Beach Classic is part of the PGA Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $4,000,000.
The course for the tournament at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club plays at Par 71.
While the Wells Fargo Championship, a signature event on the PGA Tour, is taking place in North Carolina, the Tour is also playing in South Carolina as part of the first Myrtle Beach Classic.
PGA Tour live
Through the Golf Post Live Blog you can follow all results on the PGA Tour live. Alongside the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour), the PGA Tour is the world’s largest tournament series in men’s professional golf. The tour attracts prize money that is just as high as the level of the international elite that comes together at quite a few of the tournaments. The annual highlights of the season are the four major tournaments (co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour), the Players Championship and the final FedExCup playoffs, which conclude the season every year. Signature events were created for this purpose. These include the three FedExCup playoff tournaments, The Sentry, the invitational tournaments (Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament) and four other tournaments, which can change annually.
The PGA Tour has gained its importance primarily through its ability to retain top players through the attractiveness of the tournaments and the size of the prize money, which has risen steadily in recent years. The FedExCup is the American equivalent of the European Race to Dubai, with players collecting points throughout the season until the FedExCup winner is crowned in three tournaments in August. The FedExCup playoffs consist of three tournaments: the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship and the final Tour Championship. The winner of the Tour Championship also becomes the winner of the FedEx Cup and secures the record jackpot of 25 million US dollars.
Madelene Sagstrom of Sweden and Rose Zhang of the United States embrace on the 18th green during the final round of the Cognizant Founders Cup at Upper Montclair Country Club on May 12, 2024 in Clifton, New Jersey. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Cognizant Founders Cup 2024 Live Scores
The Cognizant Founders Cup in the season 2024 is being played in Clifton, New Jersey, United States of America at the Upper Montclair Country Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 9th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024. The Cognizant Founders Cup is part of the LPGA Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $3,000,000. The course for the tournament at Upper Montclair Country Club plays at Par 71.
The LPGA Tour is playing the Cognizant Founders Cup in New Jersey. South Korea’s Jin Young Ko has won three of the last four tournaments in Clifton and is the defending champion again this year.
LPGA Tour live
The LPGA Tour is the largest tournament series in women’s professional golf. Most events are held in the USA, but the tour also has a global focus, for example with a strong Asian swing. Five major tournaments are organised on the women’s tour: the Chevron Championship, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, the U.S. Women’s Open and, in cooperation with the Ladies European Tour, the Ricoh Women’s British Open and the Evian Championship.
In addition to the LPGA Tour, there is also the second-tier Symetra Tour, which can be used to qualify for the next season of the big tour. Similar to the men’s tour, there are also qualifying tournaments, the annual Qualifying School, where you can earn the right to play on the LPGA Tour, the Epson Tour or neither, depending on your ranking.
The LPGA is the oldest continuing women’s professional sports organisation in the United States. It succeeded the WPGA (Women’s Professional Golf Association, 1944-1949). The LPGA was founded in 1950 by 13 founding women. Alice Bauer, Patty Berg, Bettye Danoff, Helen Dettweiler, Marlene Hagge, Helen Hicks, Opal Hill, Betty Jameson, Sally Sessions, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Louise Suggs, and Babe Zaharias.
Doug Barron of the United States poses with the trophy after winning the Regions Tradition at Greystone Golf and Country Club on May 12, 2024 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Regions Tradition 2024 Live Scores
The Regions Tradition in the season 2024 is being played in Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America at the Greystone G&CC. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 9th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024.
The Regions Tradition is part of the Champions Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $2,600,000.
The course for the tournament at Greystone G&CC plays at Par 72.
The Champions Tour plays in Alabama. After his successful comeback, Bernhard Langer is playing his second tournament here since tearing his Achilles tendon and will be competing against Steve Stricker, who has won three of the last tournaments here.
Champions Tour live
The PGA Tour Champions, formerly known as the Senior PGA Tour and Champions Tour, is a professional golf tournament series designed specifically for golfers aged 50 and over. This tour offers a platform for experienced golfers who have already completed their regular career on the PGA Tour. The PGA Tour Champions is characterised by shorter tournaments, usually over three rounds instead of the usual four, and there is no cut so that all qualified players compete in the entire tournament.
The participants are often former PGA Tour players and Major winners, which gives the Tour a high level of competitiveness and prestige. The PGA Tour Champions allows fans to continue to see some of the most legendary names in golf in action. The Tour also includes unique team and match play events that differ from the usual PGA Tour formats.
Hyo-Joo Kim won on the Ladies European Tour in South Korea. (Source: Getty)
Aramco Team Series – Seoul 2024 Live Scores
The Aramco Team Series – Seoul in the season 2024 is being played in Seoul, South Korea at the New Korea Country Club. The tournament starts at the Friday, 10th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024. The Aramco Team Series – Seoul is part of the Ladies European Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $1,000,000. The course for the tournament at New Korea Country Club plays at Par 72.
The Aramco Team Series – Seoul is the second of a total of five team events on the Ladies European Tour. At the tournament, three tour players and one amateur will play together in teams of four in a “two-from-four” format. At the same time, the individual scores count towards a separate leaderboard.
Ladies European Tour live
The Ladies European Tour is the leading professional golf tournament series for women in Europe. It is the European counterpart to the LPGA Tour (Ladies Professional Golf Association), which mainly takes place in the USA. The LET offers talented female golfers the opportunity to compete at a high level and serves as a platform for players to make a name for themselves internationally.
The tour includes a variety of tournaments in different European countries as well as outside of Europe. This international presence allows players to prove themselves on different courses and in different competitive conditions. For many players, the LET is an important step in their career.
Joel Moscatel of Spain poses with the trophy after winning the Challenge de Espana during day four of the Challenge de Espana at Real Club Sevilla Golf on May 12, 2024 in Seville, Spain. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images)
Challenge de España 2024 Live Scores
The Challenge de España in the season 2024 is being played in Seville, Spain at the Real Club Sevilla Golf. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 9th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024. The Challenge de España is part of the Challenge Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of 270.000 €. The course for the tournament at Real Club Sevilla Golf plays at Par 72.
The Challenge Tour has arrived in Spain and is playing its first tournament of the year in Europe. The tour will remain on the European continent until October before moving on to China.
Challenge Tour live
The Challenge Tour is a professional golf tournament series that acts as the second tier below the DP World Tour. It serves as a development league and offers aspiring golfers the opportunity to develop their skills at a higher level, gain experience and qualify for the European Tour.
The Challenge Tour is internationally orientated, with tournaments held in various European countries and outside Europe. This offers players a varied experience on different golf courses and in different competitive conditions. The tour attracts golfers from all over the world who are interested in furthering their careers in professional golf.
As with the Korn Ferry Tour, the top players on the Challenge Tour qualify for the higher tour, in this case the European Tour, at the end of each season. This is usually based on the Challenge Tour ranking, with the best players receiving a Tour card. This promotion is a key goal for many players on the Challenge Tour, as it allows access to more prestigious tournaments, higher prize money and greater visibility in the world of golf.
Overall, the Challenge Tour is a crucial step for many golfers who want to make the leap to the highest level of European golf, the European Tour. It offers a mix of challenge and opportunity that is crucial for the career development of golfers.
Rory McIlroy won on the PGA Tour, followed by Xander Schauffele. (Source: Getty)
Wells Fargo Championship 2024 Live Scores
The Wells Fargo Championship in the season 2024 is being played in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America at the Quail Hollow Club. The tournament starts at the Thursday, 9th of May and ends at the Sunday, 12th of May 2024.
The Wells Fargo Championship is part of the PGA Tour in the season 2024. In 2024 all players competing for a total prize money of $20,000,000.
The course for the tournament at Quail Hollow Club plays at Par 71.
The Wells Fargo Championship is a signature event on the PGA Tour one week before the PGA Championship. World number one Scottie Scheffler is sitting out a week before the Major.
PGA Tour live
Through the Golf Post Live Blog you can follow all results on the PGA Tour live. Alongside the DP World Tour (formerly the European Tour), the PGA Tour is the world’s largest tournament series in men’s professional golf. The tour attracts prize money that is just as high as the level of the international elite that comes together at quite a few of the tournaments. The annual highlights of the season are the four major tournaments (co-sanctioned by the DP World Tour), the Players Championship and the final FedExCup playoffs, which conclude the season every year. Signature events were created for this purpose. These include the three FedExCup playoff tournaments, The Sentry, the invitational tournaments (Genesis Invitational, Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament) and four other tournaments, which can change annually.
The PGA Tour has gained its importance primarily through its ability to retain top players through the attractiveness of the tournaments and the size of the prize money, which has risen steadily in recent years. The FedExCup is the American equivalent of the European Race to Dubai, with players collecting points throughout the season until the FedExCup winner is crowned in three tournaments in August. The FedExCup playoffs consist of three tournaments: the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the BMW Championship and the final Tour Championship. The winner of the Tour Championship also becomes the winner of the FedEx Cup and secures the record jackpot of 25 million US dollars.
