|
|
| Monday May 11, 2026 |
Truist Championship Takeaways:
▪️ Rickie Fowler is the only player with top-10 finishes in each of the last four signature events (T9/Arnold Palmer Invitational; T8/RBC Heritage; T9/Cadillac Championship; T2/Truist Championship). The six-time Tour winner (including his first win at the 2012 Truist Championship) now has 16 runner-up finishes in 377 starts.
▪️ Kristoffer Reitan
— Earns his first PGA Tour victory in his 15th start at the age of 28 years, 2 months, 2 days.
— Becomes the seventh player to earn first Tour victory at the Truist Championship, joining Wyndham Clark (2023), Max Homa (2019), Derek Ernst (2013), Rickie Fowler (2012), Rory McIlroy (2010) and Anthony Kim (2008).
— Reitan, of Norway, is a two-time winner on the DP World Tour, with both wins coming last year. He earned PGA Tour membership for the first time by finishing inside the top 10 of the DP World Tour’s 2025 Race to Dubai.
▪️ Defending champion Sepp Straka finishes T63. No player has successfully defended at the Truist Championship.
▪️ Cumulative Green Mile (Nos. 16-18) statistics: the field was 396 under on Nos. 1-15 and 214 over on Nos. 16-18.
POLL
▪️ What will become of Bryson DeChambeau's professional career? | Vote
▪️ Previous: Who is your pick to win the PGA Championship? | Results
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
▪️ The 19th hole. After a round, what is your go-to drink and / or meal? | Respond
▪️ Previous: How would you like to see the PGA Tour schedule structured — length, signature events, new events? | Read
| | |
| | |
| | |
|
There are going to be significant changes to the Tour calendar beginning next year. How it will look remains to be seen, so The First Call asked readers for their opinions.
|
| | |
| | |
▪️ Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan earns 2-shot win at Truist Championship for first PGA Tour victory
[Steve Reed | Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Brandt Snedeker wins Myrtle Beach Classic for first PGA Tour title in nearly 8 years
[Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Jeeno Thitikul outlasts Yin to win Mizuho Americas Open for second title this year
[Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler are one leg from the career Grand Slam. It looks farther away for Spieth
[Doug Ferguson | Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Lucas Herbert caps off wire-to-wire win at LIV Golf Virginia
[Associated Press | Read]
▪️ Yurav Premlall wins by 14 shots on European tour to almost tie Tiger Woods record
[Associated Press | Read]
RECENT DROPS
🎧 GOLF INNERVIEW WITH ANN LIGUORI
Inside Rory McIlroy’s repeat Masters triumph
Guest: Conor McKeon, writer for the Irish Independent.
Listen | Archives
🎧 DRIVER$: INSIDE THE GOLF INDUSTRY
Golf course operations in the land of 8:30 p.m. tee times
Guests: Settlers Bay Golf Course's Amos Stephens (superintendent, partner and general manager) and Vicky Urbina (executive director, partner and operator).
Listen | Archives
|
Nyberg, a fitness instructor turned long drive champion and content creator, shares stories from her non-traditional golf journey — and what she's learned in her pursuit of a career both on the golf course and the internet.
|
MAY
15-16: British Golf Show, Marlow, England | Info
To submit events for the calendar, please include the event name, date, location and informational link to info@firstcallgolf.com.
| | |
| | |
