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Bryson DeChambeau had gone 30 consecutive holes without a bogey before things imploded on the back nine for the defending U.S. Open champion. He shot a final-round 6-over 77, finishing in a tie for 26th at Torrey Pines.

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PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Wesley Bryan has a long history of producing fun and entertaining trick shots, joining his older brother, George, in creating some amazing Bryan Bros. videos across the years. Bryan’s bogey save from beneath a bush while on his knees on the eighth hole late Friday at the Valspar Championship – his 17th of the day – may be the one he remembers most. It might have saved his PGA TOUR card. Playing in his final start of a major medical extension, Bryan chopped his second shot out to the greenside rough at the par-3 eighth, then pitched from 34 yards to 3 feet. Bogey, and a beautiful one at that. At the uphill, par-4 ninth, needing birdie to play on the weekend, he hit the fairway and then knocked a wedge 4 feet below the hole, barely sneaking the putt inside the left edge to make the cut on the number at 3-under 139. “I felt it on the last hole,” Bryan said, looking back after a 1-under 70 on Saturday at Innisbrook’s Copperhead Course. “I usually don’t sweat out cutlines like that. Usually you get the juices flowing when you get into contention. Yesterday just felt a little bit different for sure.” “The bogey on the 17th hole was way better than the birdie on the 18th hole, for sure. On my knees … I was in a world of hurt over there in the left hedges.” Bryan, who turns 32 next week, was playing golf at home 10 months ago when he hit a tee ball and his left wrist “exploded on me.” He played one event in October and Valspar marks his fifth start of 2022 (and his first made cut since January’s Sony Open). Bryan needs a finish of sixth or better to earn enough FedExCup points to keep his PGA TOUR card. Finishing 51st or better on Sunday (a more realistic goal, given that he still was outside the top 50 Saturday afternoon) would give him partial status for the remainder of the season. He said if that is the case, he will play every event he can get into. Watching Bryan rally with two birdies in his last three holes and mix in a miracle bogey save to earn a spot into the weekend wasn’t much of a surprise to his longtime caddie, William Lanier. Bryan was 2 under and needed to get to 3 under with three holes to play. He struck his approach to 12 feet at the seventh (his 16thhole). Lanier knew Bryan would bury the putt. “When he has to get something done, he gets it done,” Lanier said. “He has no quit. Even at his worst, he fights to the end.” Bryan’s wrist injury came after he already had watched his career interrupted by shoulder surgery. In the last four seasons, the winner of the 2017 RBC Heritage in his home state of South Carolina has made only 25 PGA TOUR starts. He is thankful for this: His injuries seem to have been well-timed. His shoulder surgery came about the time his first daughter was born, and his wrist surgery coincided with the birth of his second daughter. “I’d have missed a lot, and I was able to see them grow up under our own roof being home for an extended period of time,” he said. “That was a blessing, for sure.” How much did Bryan miss the game while he was away? “It’s not necessarily golf that I missed,” he said. “Golf frustrates the crap out of me. It’s the competitiveness and the guys out here, your buds, and hanging out playing practice rounds on Tuesdays. Those are the parts that I miss the most.” On Sunday, there will be little to do but swing for the fences. Nothing tricky about it. “It’s going to take a special one,” Bryan said.

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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Tiger Woods is back. Today’s opening round of the PGA Championship is his first competitive round since his memorable victory at the Masters. Woods said he feels “rested and readyâ€� after taking four weeks to enjoy his first major victory in more than a decade. He’ll need all the energy he can muster to tackle a big and brawny Black Course at Bethpage State Park. The 7,459-yard layout is playing even longer because of cold, wet conditions. Penal rough will make finding fairways even more important, especially with so many elevated greens. RELATED: Leaderboard | Tee times | Tiger ‘rested and ready’ | Rethinking Tiger’s future | Tiger ‘welcomes’ playing in Olympics Woods is playing the first two rounds with Francesco Molinari and Brooks Koepka, a group that features the past three major winners. They’re accustomed to facing each other in golf’s Grand Slam events. Koepka and Molinari finished second to Woods at the Masters. It was Koepka who held off Woods at last year’s PGA, and Molinari played alongside Woods en route to victory at The Open. This may be a new date and new site for the PGA Championship, but it is familiar territory for Woods. He won the 2002 U.S. Open here. That’s the only year he won the first two majors of the year. Once again, he’s trying to start the season with major wins at Augusta National and Bethpage Black. History may be on his side. The last time the PGA was played in May, the winner was the same man who’d won the Masters a month earlier. That was Sam Snead in 1949. Woods can tie Snead’s record for PGA TOUR victories (82) this week. He’s also seeking his 16th major championship. Stay here for live updates of his round. ROUND 1: TIGER HOLE-BY-HOLE No. 10 (par 4, 502 yards): No. 11 (par 4, 435 yards): No. 12 (par 4, 515 yards): No. 13 (par 5, 608 yards): No. 14 (par 3, 161 yards): No. 15 (par 4, 484 yards): No. 16 (par 4, 490 yards): No. 17 (par 3, 207 yards): No. 18 (par 4, 411 yards): FIRST 9 STATS: No. 1 (par 4, 430 yards): No. 2 (par 4, 389 yards): No. 3 (par 3, 230 yards): No. 4 (par 5, 517 yards): No. 5 (par 4, 478 yards): No. 6 (par 4, 408 yards): No. 7 (par 4, 524 yards): No. 8 (par 3, 210 yards): No. 9 (par 4, 460 yards):

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