Scottie Scheffler struggled on the opening day of the US PGA Championship because of mud balls - but what are they?

The popular tour pro was fascinating in breaking down the mental gymnastics that went into hitting his mud caked ball on the ...

The soft fairways also created a unique challenge as well, as players had to deal with mud balls at times since the PGA announced they were not going to play "preferred lies" in the fairway ...

You never know when you’re going to get one or how bad it’s going to be. They’re “mud balls,” the bane of any pro golfer’s existence. They’ve become a hot topic already this week at ...

For the second time in three weeks, Mother Nature and the dynamics of a golf ball’s flight have coalesced to create unrest ...

Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele each had clumps of mud on their golf balls from the middle of the 16th fairway — the hardest hole at Quail Hollow — and saw their shots curve hard to ...

At the PGA Championship on Thursday, players were not allowed to clean mud of their balls. Does the same rule apply to the rest of us? The post Mud on your ball? Here's what the rules say about ...

Both World. No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and World. No. 3 Xander Schauffele blamed mud on their golf balls for errant shots they’d struck and questioned the PGA of America’s decision not to play ...

Mud Balls! Schauffele and Scheffler Have Rounds Muddied by Double Bogeys at PGA Championship CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The PGA Championship put the top three players in the world together for the ...