Too little, too late for Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods at US PGA Championship

Tiger Woods putts on the 11th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at TPC Harding Park Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

PGA Championship officials were gearing up for a battle royale at TPC Harding Park on Sunday night with 11 players within three shots of Dustin Johnson’s lead but Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy were notably absent from the large group of title-chasers.

Nor did the pair of former multiple PGA champions threaten to muscle in on the party as their weeks petered out faster than the Marine Layer that shrouded the San Francisco municipal course in cloud for most of their early-morning rounds.