What to expect on PGA Championship Sunday with such a crowded leaderboard

What were you reading in 2020? According to the metrics, it was a diverse lineup of stories that was by turns predictable (two of the top three stories featured Tiger Woods) and unpredictable (a feature about Rory McIlroy's reading habits). There was triumph (the astounding comeback of Brendon Todd, among others) and tragedy (the courage of Camilo Villegas, wife Maria, and their foundation Mia's Miracles). Here are the 10 most read stories of the year on PGATOUR.COM: 1. My first time playing with Tiger Woods One player nearly drove off the road upon learning that he would be playing his first round with Tiger Woods, whose legendary exploits attracted so many TOUR pros to golf in the first place. A future Hall of Famer recalled, "I've never said ‘good shot' as much in my life ... as I did that day." And yet a third player was so awed by Woods he reconsidered turning pro. Read the full story here. 2. How MJ became a golfer In this deep dive into the golf obsession of the most famous basketball player of all time, you'll learn the name Buzz Peterson; meet the man who taught Michael Jordan how to play (hint: it wasn't Davis Love III); and find out why Jordan's future in the game was so tied to North Carolina's loss to Indiana in the 1984 East Regional semifinals. Read the full story here. 3. Tiger's (arguably) greatest shot ever Grant Waite had already reached the par-5 18th green in two; now Tiger Woods had to do the same if he wanted to assure himself a birdie and a one-shot victory at the 2000 RBC Canadian Open. Between his ball and the pin: 218 yards, a row of bushes and a gaping water hazard. The lie: wet sand. What happened next was jaw-dropping even for longtime caddie Steve Williams. Read the full story here. 4. Rory McIlroy gets a good read "I spend enough time around a lot of impressive people," Rory McIlroy said in an interview at the WGC-Mexico Championship, "and one of the common denominators, always, is that they read a lot." Here, McIlroy details how he has improved his life by reading and in particular by embracing stoicism, which says to temper the big reaction and take the long view. Read the full story here. 5. The healing has begun Doctors couldn't save their daughter Mia, who died of cancer last summer, but Camilo and wife Maria Villegas are turning tragedy into something more hopeful and purposeful. They renamed their foundation Mia's Miracles, which will keep their daughter's memory alive as it supports families battling pediatric cancer in the United States and Colombia. Read the full story here. 6. Whatever happened to the right club today? "Be the right club today." The microphones caught Hal Sutton saying that to either his ball or the golf gods on the 18th hole as he won THE PLAYERS Championship in 2000. But what ever happened to the right club, the 6-iron he used to set up his tournament-clinching par? Where is it? And which of Sutton's clubs now lives in a time capsule? Read the full story here. 7. Collin Morikawa has a golf IQ beyond his years Collin Morikawa became golf's newest young superstar when he drove the par-4 16th hole at TPC Harding Park on the way to winning the PGA Championship last summer. But what really sets him apart is his head. The man who recruited him to Cal said he never once saw Morikawa pull the wrong club, while a former rival remarked, "There are no holes in his game - at all." Read the full story here. 8. The fabulous dad life of Mike Thomas In a lengthy interview with PGATOUR.com, Mike Thomas explains what it was like raising golf-obsessed Justin; explains why it's so vitally important to make it fun for kid golfers; and details why of all the famous people he's met through his son, it was a pair of guided tours of the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Houston that impacted him the most. Read the full story here. 9. The Super Bowl of Monday qualifiers The Honda Classic Monday qualifier has the deepest field of any PGA TOUR Monday qualifier, so it's beyond special to get through. In 2019, for example, the Honda's Monday sprint featured 24 players with at least one TOUR win. In 2020, there were 13 different TOUR winners in the Monday field with a combined 23 European Tour and 41 Korn Ferry Tour victories. Read the full story here. 10. The brotherhood of the slump Which player was so lost he resorted to hitting shots blindfolded on a driving range in Dubai? Which one consulted a book by a Major League pitcher who had been felled by the throwing yips? This story explains why slump-busting is a team effort (wives, coaches, psychologists) and why the ultimate victors are sometimes "the guys that can muster through it the longest." Read the full story here.

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida – The PGA TOUR today announced Max Homa, Brandt Snedeker, Keith Mitchell and Kevin Streelman as additions to the Player Advisory Council (PAC) for the remainder of 2022. Homa and Snedeker fill vacated positions previously held by Brooks Koepka and Graeme McDowell. In a separate election to replace Paul Casey, Mitchell and Streelman tied for the most votes, and both players have been added to the PAC, which has increased in size from 16 members to 17. The PAC advises and consults with the PGA TOUR Policy Board (Board of Directors) and Commissioner Jay Monahan on issues affecting the TOUR. Homa, Snedeker and Mitchell will be members of the PAC for the first time. Streelman served as PAC co-chairman in 2016 and subsequently served a three-year term as a Player Director on the Policy Board (2017-19). Homa, 31, a California native who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, has four career PGA TOUR wins, including two during the 2021-22 season. He is currently No. 16 in the FedExCup standings, No. 10 in the United States Team standings for the Presidents Cup and No. 22 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Homa joined the PGA TOUR for the first time in 2014, and in addition to his four career TOUR wins, he has two victories on the Korn Ferry Tour. Snedeker, 41, of Nashville, Tennessee, is a nine-time PGA TOUR winner and qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each of his first 15 seasons on the PGA TOUR, missing the Playoffs for the first time in 2022. Snedeker is one of four players that has been named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year (2007) and won the FedExCup (2012), along with Vijay Singh, Jordan Spieth and Tiger Woods. Mitchell, 30, a Chattanooga, Tennessee native and resident of St. Simons Island, Georgia, is in his fifth season on the PGA TOUR. Winner of the 2019 Honda Classic, Mitchell has a career-high six top-10s in 2021-22 and seeks his first appearance in the season-ending TOUR Championship, entering the BMW Championship at No. 38 in the FedExCup standings. Mitchell turned professional in 2014 and played on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica (2015) and the Korn Ferry Tour (2016 and 2017) before joining the PGA TOUR at the start of the 2017-18 season. Streelman, 43, a native of Winfield, Illinois who lives in Scottsdale, is a two-time PGA TOUR winner, most recently winning the 2014 Travelers Championship. Streelman, who enters the BMW Championship at No. 93 in the FedExCup standings, has qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs in each of the last 15 seasons; the only players with longer active streaks are Matt Kuchar and Adam Scott, who have qualified every year during the FedExCup era (since 2007). 2022 Player Advisory Council Patrick Cantlay (Player Director appointee 2023) Austin Cook Joel Dahmen Harry Higgs Max Homa Billy Horschel Russell Knox Justin Lower Peter Malnati (Co-Chairman) Maverick McNealy Keith Mitchell Trey Mullinax Jon Rahm Webb Simpson (Co-Chairman) Brandt Snedeker Kevin Streelman Will Zalatoris Peter Malnati and Webb Simpson will replace James Hahn and Kevin Kisner as Player Directors on the PGA TOUR Policy Board next year, serving three-year terms (2023-25). Patrick Cantlay will also join the Policy Board in the 2023 with the addition of a fifth Player Director.

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