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Sports Ministry Halts WFI Elections, Seeks IOA Ad-Hoc Panel

The ministry also disclosed that the Oversight Committee formed on January 23 by the government to inquire into the allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has submitted its report.

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New Delhi : The Indian Sports Ministry has put a stop to the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections scheduled for May 7th and has called for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to form an ad-hoc committee to oversee the polls within 45 days of its formation. The ministry has also instructed the IOA to manage the WFI sports body during this interim period, including selecting athletes and making entries for international events.

The decision comes after several of the country’s top wrestlers, including Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, staged a sit-in protest and demanded public disclosure of the findings of the oversight panel that investigated sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The ministry had previously formed a six-member oversight committee, headed by Olympic medallist boxer MC Mary Kom, to investigate the allegations against Singh.

In a letter to IOA president PT Usha, the ministry stated that “considering the current situation, it is expedient that the said election process should be treated as null and void, and fresh elections to the EC should be conducted under a neutral body/Returning Officer.” The ministry also disclosed that the oversight committee had submitted its report to the government and some of its findings include the absence of a duly constituted Internal Complaints Committee under the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Act, 2013, and a lack of adequate mechanisms for grievance redressal.

Brij Bhushan had previously confirmed that he will not contest for the president’s post but hinted that he might look for a new role within the federation during the WFI’s Emergency General Council and Executive Committee meeting in Gonda on April 16th. He has already served as WFI president for 12 years, with three terms of four years, and is ineligible to apply for the post again under the Sports Code.

The ministry has called for the IOA to make suitable interim arrangements for managing the WFI as wrestling is an Olympic sport and the WFI is an affiliate of IOA. The ministry’s decision aims to ensure that sportspersons of wrestling discipline do not suffer in any way during this interim period.

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Tiger’s son, Charlie Woods, wins his first AJGA event with a 66 in final round

Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie. The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. Woods began the day tied at 9-under 135 and finished […]

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Tiger Woods needs to make room on his trophy shelf for son Charlie.

The 16-year-old finished with a three-round score of 15-under 201 at the Team TaylorMade Invitational on Wednesday in winning his first American Junior Golf Association event at the Streamsong Resort Black Course. Woods began the day tied at 9-under 135 and finished with a final round of 6-under 66 to top a 71-player field that included four of the top-five ranked AJGA’s players.

Woods’ final round featured eight birdies and two bogeys, and he closed with four straight pars. He won the event by three strokes ahead of a three-way tie between fifth-ranked player Luke Colton, Willie Gordon and Phillip Dunham.

Woods opened the tournament with a first-round score of 70 and followed with a 65 on Tuesday. He was competing in just his fifth AJGA event, with his previous best finish a tie for 25th at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in March.

Woods already counted several wins on his resume, with his first coming in the 14-15-year-old category at the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour’s Major Championship in June 2023. Later that year, he won the Last Chance Regional golf tournament.

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Last summer, he qualified to compete at the U.S. Junior Amateur but failed to make the cut.

Reporting by The Associated Press. 

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2025 PGA Championship purse, prize money: Payouts and winnings

Another classic is complete at Quail Hollow Club, where the world’s best golfers competed not only for the prestigious Wanamaker Trophy but also for a massive payday. The 2025 PGA Championship features a $19 million purse, continuing the trend of record-setting prize funds at golf’s major championships. While Scottie Scheffler took away his winner’s share […]

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Another classic is complete at Quail Hollow Club, where the world’s best golfers competed not only for the prestigious Wanamaker Trophy but also for a massive payday. The 2025 PGA Championship features a $19 million purse, continuing the trend of record-setting prize funds at golf’s major championships.

While Scottie Scheffler took away his winner’s share of over $3 million, even those who made the cut walked away with a significant check, reinforcing the tournament’s status as one of the most lucrative and competitive events in the sport.

Let’s take a look at the complete 2025 PGA Championship prize money breakdown, including the total purse and payouts for each position in the field.

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2025 PGA Championship prize money, purse, payouts

Total purse: $19 million

  • 1st: Scottie Scheffler ($3,420,000)
  • T2: Bryson DeChambeau ($1,418,666.67)
  • T2: Harris English ($1,418,666.67)
  • T2: Davis Riley ($1,418,666.67)
  • T5: Jhonattan Vegas ($617,036.66)
  • T5: Taylor Pendrith ($617,036.66)
  • T5: J.T. Poston ($617,036.66)
  • T8: Joaquín Niemann ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Ben Griffin ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Denny McCarthy ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Ryan Gerard ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Joe Highsmith ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Matt Fitzpatrick ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Keegan Bradley ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Jon Rahm ($454,781.11)
  • T8: Si Woo Kim ($454,781.11)
  • T17: Matt Wallace ($290,925.00)
  • T17: Alex Noren ($290,925.00)
  • T19: Sam Burns ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Corey Conners ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Beau Hossler ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Aaron Rai ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Harry Hall ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Taylor Moore ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Cam Davis ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Adam Scott ($193,442.22)
  • T19: Tony Finau ($193,442.22)
  • T28: Xander Schauffele ($115,820.00)
  • T28: Marco Penge ($115,820.00)
  • T28: Viktor Hovland ($115,820.00)
  • T28: Alex Smalley ($115,820.00)
  • T28: Ryan Fox ($115,820.00)
  • T33: Daniel Berger ($89,192.50)
  • T33: Thorbjørn Olesen ($89,192.50)
  • T33: Maverick McNealy ($89,192.50)
  • T33: Max Greyserman ($89,192.50)
  • T37: Richard Bland ($75,422.50)
  • T37: J.J. Spaun ($75,422.50)
  • T37: Ryo Hisatsune ($75,422.50)
  • T37: Lucas Glover ($75,422.50)
  • T41: Nicolai Højgaard ($60,676.66)
  • T41: Tommy Fleetwood ($60,676.66)
  • T41: Eric Cole ($60,676.66)
  • T41: Nico Echavarria ($60,676.66)
  • T41: Michael Thorbjornsen ($60,676.66)
  • T41: Matthieu Pavon ($60,676.66)
  • T47: Rory McIlroy ($49,190.00)
  • T47: Cameron Young ($49,190.00)
  • T47: Robert MacIntyre ($49,190.00)
  • T50: Kevin Yu ($40,674.00)
  • T50: Collin Morikawa ($40,674.00)
  • T50: Christiaan Bezuidenhout ($40,674.00)
  • T50: Tom McKibbin ($40,674.00)
  • T50: Wyndham Clark ($40,674.00)
  • T55: Chris Kirk ($32,138.00)
  • T55: Brian Campbell ($32,138.00)
  • T55: Michael Kim ($32,138.00)
  • T55: Rafael Campos ($32,138.00)
  • T55: Garrick Higgo ($32,138.00)
  • T60: Brian Harman ($27,014.25)
  • T60: Justin Lower ($27,014.25)
  • T60: Sam Stevens ($27,014.25)
  • T60: Luke Donald ($27,014.25)
  • T60: Max Homa ($27,014.25)
  • T60: Tyrrell Hatton ($27,014.25)
  • T60: David Puig ($27,014.25)
  • T67: Sergio Garcia ($24,926.66)
  • T67: Austin Eckroat ($24,926.66)
  • T67: Rasmus Højgaard ($24,926.66)
  • 70th: Stephan Jaeger ($24,240.00)
  • 71st: Tom Kim ($23,940.00)
  • T72: Bud Cauley ($23,655.00)
  • T72: Elvis Smylie ($23,655.00)
  • 74th: Byeong Hun An ($23,420.00)



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Scottie Scheffler pulls away from Jon Rahm on back 9 to win 2025 PGA Championship

Scottie Scheffler has claimed another major tournament championship, but his first outside of Augusta. Scheffler won the 2025 PGA Championship on Sunday, shooting par in the final round to finish the tournament 11 under at Quail Hollow. While Scheffler was able to ride his dominant Round 3 on Saturday into a victory, there was a […]

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Scottie Scheffler has claimed another major tournament championship, but his first outside of Augusta. Scheffler won the 2025 PGA Championship on Sunday, shooting par in the final round to finish the tournament 11 under at Quail Hollow.

While Scheffler was able to ride his dominant Round 3 on Saturday into a victory, there was a brief moment of doubt surrounding his win in the final round. Jon Rahm quickly climbed the leaderboard, making up the five-stroke difference between him and Scheffler by the 11th hole. 

Two holes later, Rahm nearly shot a birdie that would’ve given him the lead. 

However, Scheffler was able to regain control on the back nine after recording three bogeys on the front nine. He birdied the 10th, 14th and 15th holes, en route to victory, practically mirroring the 4 under he shot on the back nine of Saturday’s Round 3. Rahm, meanwhile, shot 5 over in the final three holes to completely fall out of the picture. 

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For Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, the PGA Championship title marks his third major tournament victory. The 28-year-old has been one of golf’s most dominant players over the last couple of years, winning eight tournaments since the start of the 2024 season. But, outside of his two wins at the Masters, in 2022 and 2024, he has struggled to get over the hump at the three other major tournament championships (PGA Championship, US Open, and British Open), recording 10 top-10 finishes at those three events since 2020.

Scheffler’s win also came a year after his arrest at the PGA Championship at Valhalla in Louisville. He was arrested for a traffic incident ahead of Round 2 of that tournament before finishing tied for eighth. 

While Scheffler’s main competition throughout Round 4 was Rahm, fellow LIV golfer Bryson DeChambeau hit 1 under on Sunday to salvage a second-place finish. DeChambeau put himself in a good position for the weekend after hitting 3 under on Friday, his best round of the tournament. In that stellar Round 2, he hit three birdies on the front nine, and avoided bogeying throughout the back nine. 

He took that momentum into Saturday, finding three more birdies on the front nine and then moving into the top spot after a birdie on the 15th hole.

His lead didn’t last long, though, as he bogeyed on 16 and double-bogeyed on 17. 

DeChambeau fell down to as low as sixth place, but a steady Sunday helped him climb back to second. He hit for birdie on the 15th hole for the third time in four tries to cap off a noteworthy PGA Tournament performance.

 Here’s a full look at how the top 10 shaped out.

Final round results

1. Scottie Scheffler -11
T2. Bryson DeChambeau -6
T2. Davis Riley -6
T2. Harris English -6
T5. J.T. Potson -5
T5. Taylor Pendrith -5
T5. Jhonattan Vegas -5
T8. Joaquin Niemann -4
T8. Ben Griffin -4
T8. Denny McCarthy -4
T8. Ryan Gerard -4
T8. Joe Highsmith -4
T8. Keegan Bradley -4
T8. Matt Fitzpatrick -4
T8. Jon Rahm -4
T8. Si Woo Kim -4

How LIV golfers performed at PGA Championship

While Rahm likely had the best shot to win the PGA Championship outside of Scheffler, DeChambeau had the best weekend among the LIV golfers in the tournament. He shot 6 under for the weekend, finishing 1 under in Sunday’s final round. It ties his best finish ever at a PGA Championship as he also finished second in last year’s tournament before winning the U.S. Open for the second time in his career.

Joaquin Niemann also had an impressive day Sunday, shooting 3 under to join the nine golfers who finished tied for eighth. David Puig, on the flip side, struggled. He shot 8 over to finish the tournament 6 over par. Tyrell Hatton also struggled in the fourth round, shooting 6 over to finish 6 over par. 

As for the other LIV golfers who made the cut, Richard Bland shot 1 under on Sunday to finish the tournament 1 over. Tom McKibbin shot 2 over on Sunday to finish the tournament 4 over. Sergio Garcia shot 2 under in the fourth round following his 8 over on Saturday to finish the tournament 7 over.

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