DAVIS RILEY

This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.

The Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational series has a few big names and aging champions.

Fran Quinn last played the U.S. Open eight years ago with his teenage son as his caddie. Quinn, the 57-year-old who played his first U.S. Open at Pebble Beach in 1992 the year Tom Kite won, advanced in an 8-for-3 playoff in Purchase, New York. This came after Quinn failed to make it through qualifying for the U.S. Senior Open.

Cameron Smith doesn't have a great history at the Memorial.

Sam Burns made a 38-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole at Colonial to beat Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world and his good buddy.

Sebastián Muñoz is atop the leaderboard again at the Byron Nelson after shooting 66.

Jon Rahm has a two-shot lead going into the final round of the Mexico Open.

Jon Rahm is playing well in the calm or the wind.

Sam Burns is a winner at the Valspar Championship again.

Davis Riley played before the biggest crowd at the Valspar Championship and delivered his best performance.

He has not made it to the Tour Championship since 2017, the year of his last victory. CLUTCH PARFormer Masters champion Charl Schwartzel had reason to celebrate on Friday without ever being in the hunt at the PGA Championship. That got the attention of the PGA of America, which gave him an exemption into the PGA Championship. The LOCALiQ Series for players on the Canadian, China and Latin America circuits for the PGA Tour now has a conclusion. STAT OF THE WEEKIn the last five years of the PGA Championship, players have posted all four rounds in the 60s without winning 16 times.