The rules of the PGA Championship attract furious reactions not only from golfers, but also from the public. Scottie Scheffler, the top-ranked player on the PGA Tour, and Xander Schauffele, were ...

When the fairways are soft, one thing is often unavoidable: mud balls. That was the case for Scheffler and Schauffele, who both had a clump of mud on their golf balls and guessed wrong on how it ...

So when mud adhered to the balls of Scheffler and Schauffele in the fairway at the par-four 16th hole and each man's approach found a watery grave on the way to double bogey, they were unhappy.

If the mud is on the ball at three o’clock, I play the ball to go left. If you actually are going to catch mud on the face on your shot, it’s going to take spin off it.

The soft fairways also created a unique challenge as well, as players had to deal with mud balls at times since the PGA announced they were not going to play "preferred lies" in the fairway ...

OK, I’ve got one for you. The three best golfers in the world all walk into the tee box at the 16th hole at Quail Hollow … and walk off the green a few minutes later with matching double ...

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The opening round of the 107th PGA Championship didn’t produce a star-studded leaderboard, but it did result in lots of talk about mud. PGA of America officials opted to play the ball down, after ...

This is not normal. The culprit? The mud that runs beneath Quail Hollow’s gorgeous fairways, thanks to the five inches of rain that fell on the property in the last two days. The co-conspirator?

Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. So when mud adhered to the balls of Scheffler and Schauffele in the fairway at the par-four 16th hole and each man’s approach found a watery ...

Scottie Scheffler, known for his iron play, double-bogeyed the 16th hole at the 2025 PGA Championship due to a mud-covered ball. Heavy rains earlier in the week left the fairways soft, causing mud to ...

Quail Hollow turned into a circus on Thursday, and the stars of the show were mud balls and a couple of the best players in the world losing their minds. Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele both ...