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Bryson DeChambeau had an early wake-up alarm set for Saturday morning. Very early. Even by the standards of an 8:10 a.m. tee time. That's because DeChambeau began the day in Dallas.

Rory McIlroy slipped to 15th in the world this week, which in golf's big-picture world is not a huge deal. But when you consider that it is the lowest he has been since 2009 -- when he was just 20 years old -- it means a good bit more.

Mickelson was 11 shots worse than his best score in nearly a year Friday, limping to the finish for a 4-over 75 in the Wells Fargo Championship. What mattered more was at least being in the mix. “I'm excited to be in contention heading into the weekend, and I know I'm playing well,” Mickelson said.

Phil Mickelson has gone nine months since he finished among the top 20, and it looks as though that streak is about to end at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Phil Mickelson will be 51 next month and admits his golf career his winding down. So the idea of being offered a reported $100-million per year to play in a rival golf league to the PGA Tour is understandably something that would give him pause.

The Premier Golf League has resurfaced, bringing its big stash of cash along with it. According to a story that first appeared in The Telegraph, the organization, which hopes to create a rival league to the PGA Tour, is looking to start play in 2022. Backed by money from interests in Saudi Arabia, it has reportedly been offering top players big bucks to make the switch. Bob Weeks has more.

Brendon Todd has withdrawn from the Wells Fargo Championship after testing positive for the coronavirus. This is the third straight PGA Tour event that has yielded a positive result in pre-tournament testing.

This week's Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte will see a number of players, including Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm, return following for their first events since the Masters. And two weeks from now, the season's second major, the PGA Championship, returns to its place in May.

With four of the top-five players in the world rankings competing this week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina, Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm are the co-favourites to win the Wells Fargo Championship at +1000 odds.

Sam Burns earned his first PGA TOUR win in his 76th career start Sunday at the Valspar Championship as he finished at 17-under for the tournament, three shots ahead of Keegan Bradley.

Eight times this season, Sam Burns has been atop the leaderboard after every round except the one that mattered. That changed, finally, at the Valspar Championship.

Sam Burns had a three-shot lead with five holes to play Saturday and had to make an 8-foot bogey putt on the 18th hole just to keep a share of the lead with Keegan Bradley in the Valspar Championship.

Max Homa didn't make the cut and couldn't even shoot par his previous three trips to the Valspar Championship. He had a simple explanation for why he's playing well this year. “I think I'm just better at golf now,” Homa said Friday.

Keegan Bradley can't recall having an easier time than he did Thursday at Innisbrook. He missed only one green. His longest par putt was just over 4 feet. It added to a 7-under 64 and another great start in the Valspar Championship.

It’s been a long, bumpy ride delayed by injuries and a pandemic, but the Canadian golfer is set to become a PGA Tour member, Bob Weeks writes.