There are good misses, and bad misses. And at Aronimink Golf Club on the opening day of the 2026 PGA Championship, there was one miss that was worst of all.
Remarkably, after starting the day two strokes down before he ever made a swing, Higgo played brilliant golf, finishing at “one-under”, which belongs in quotes because without the penalty, he’d be tied for the lead at three-under.
According to Cam’s dad, David, it all started when Young watched a video of his 3-year-old son’s golf swing and saw, reflected within it, a feeling he recalled from his own youth.
For a century, Aronimink’s trees were the ballast, keeping the elite ball-strikers honest. Without them, what remains is a masterpiece that is gorgeous to look at, meticulously restored, and quite possibly ready to be dismantled by a field that hits it 310 metres and hasn’t feared a tight tee shot in years.
In need of a new wand, Koepka tested a myriad of different mallet offerings from TaylorMade and Scotty Cameron during a session that lasted close to an hour on the practice putting green.
There will be a mix of old and new faces among the Australian contingent when the 108th staging of the PGA Championship begins in Philadelphia on Thursday.
The event returns to the Aronimink Golf Club for the first time in 64 years. While performance data from that PGA Championship is understandably limited, there is recent data from the course that could serve to suggest some trends.
An uncertain future awaits the two-time major winner as he ponders continuing with LIV Golf, jumping back to the PGA Tour or becoming a full-time YouTuber.
Like the American club pro or not, he’s an electric figure. And he had this amazing message after qualifying for an incredible fifth consecutive PGA Championship.
Australian Golf Digest
