Phil Mickelson was forced to backtrack on his previous claim after Scottie Scheffler won the PGA Championship, but still left Rory McIlroy out of his thinking.

Those three names are all current holders of major championships. Scottie’s win at Quail Hollow may be his latest major, but ever since he won his second Masters early last year we have seen a run of serious names winning the game’s most coveted prizes.

World No1 Scottie Scheffler has become only the fourth golfer to surpass $80m (£60m) in career earnings after winning the US PGA Championship on Sunday. Scheffler withstood a final-day charge from Spain’s Jon Rahm at Quail Hollow to claim his third major title and prize money of $3.3m (£2.5m). The American has now banked $82m [...]

A video of a college golfer struggling with an unfair pin position went viral on Tuesday and prompted the NAIA to issue an apology. It also prompted a pretty funny reaction from one of the game's all-time greatest golfers.