The field has been released for the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills Country Club, the full field set to be held on May 9.

Bryson DeChambeau will not advance to the knockouts after losing to Lee Westwood in Thursday's WGC-Dell Technologies match play. Westwood finished an eagle, birdie, par to defeat former US Open champion DeChambeau, who had missed a 9-foot putt on the final hole to tie the match. DeChambeau was making his first appearance since February's Saudi international due to wrist and hip injuries and had said before the competition that he would be unable to play at full speed.

Three-time champion Phil Mickelson will miss next month's Masters for the first time in 28 years. The 51-year-old was on the list of participants until Monday, but has now been moved to a category listed as "not playing past champions". According to the official website of the organisers, Phil Mickelson will not compete in this year's Masters tournament. The US PGA champion, Mickelson, was involved in the Saudi Arabia-backed golf chain, but faced a backlash for comments made to writer Alan Shipnk in November. The US suggested he and others had paid lawyers to build a settlement for the proposed breakaway contest, despite acknowledging that Saudi Arabia has "a terrible record on human rights". Mickelson later apologized for what he described as "reckless" comments after heavy criticism and is now taking a break from the game.

Henrik Stenson will be Europe's captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup, the team announced on Tuesday. Stenson was selected by a five-man panel consisting of the three most recent European captains before him, and was deeply honored to have had such an opportunity. "I am absolutely thrilled and delighted to be captain of the European Ryder Cup - it is a huge honor and I was humbled to receive the call to confirm this news," he said. "I want to thank the selection panel for believing in me and tell them, and every European golf fan, that I will do everything in my power and leave no stone unturned to get the Ryder Cup back in European hands."

The Players Championship will "end on Monday" after heavy rain and storms hit the first two days of the PGA Tour's $20m flagship tournament. The first round is yet to be completed and Friday's play for the day was postponed at 15:00 (20:00 GMT); With further storms forecast, play will resume "no earlier than 11:00 a.m. on Saturday".

15-time winner Tiger Woods was on Wednesday inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at the PGA Tour headquarters in Florida. Woods has chosen his daughter, Sam, to introduce himself when inducted. Dustin Johnson says Tiger Woods 'made golf cool' before the 15-time major winner was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame. He also said that it is a worthy entry into the Golf World Hall of Fame.

Berger, who is ranked 20th in the world, scored five-under 65 on his opening day with a repeat score, highlighted by a 38-foot birdie putt on the par-three seventh hole, going 10-under at Palm Beach Gardens. For. "One of those days when I kept up the pace," Berger told reporters. "I hit a lot of quality shots, even if they didn't look like five feet from the hole or 10 feet from the hole. "I know they're so hard, that hitting it 20 feet is a good shot. And the challenge for this golf course is that the pins are tucked in, the greens are firm, the wind is blowing, so you really have to get that. Gotta be at the point where you're going to miss out."