American and European players were greeted with a friendly reminder prior to arriving in Haven, Wisconsin, that the bunkers – all 1,012 of them – at Whistling Straits will, indeed, be played as bunkers:
Those tuning into the first round action at the Northern Trust noticed something off with the tournament’s defending champ: golf’s mighty Thor was without his hammer.
Tour players are required to get a waiver to compete on other tours, and now that the Saudi event is no longer part of the European Tour, the PGA Tour told Golfweek that it will deny requests to play in it.
A 50-year-old man, who came into the week on a miserable run of results, won the PGA Championship on the longest golf course in Major-championship history.
The world No.1 has been known to rotate putters perhaps more than any other top player, and it appears he’s going back to the carousel ahead of his week on the Ocean Course’s paspalum greens.
The current golf order has congregated on this idyllic island for the second Major championship of the year. The disruptors, however, are here as well.
Rahm said Olympic golfers won’t be able to see the course until the day before their event and the course is a “one to two-hour drive” from where the athletes will be staying.
The latest news from the upstart golf league that won’t go away diffused slowly throughout Quail Hollow Club on Tuesday, just barely beating the rainstorm that washed away an afternoon of practice for the Wells Fargo Championship.
Australian Golf Digest
