At tournaments of this magnitude, the temptation is to project, to extrapolate, to chart the arc of what comes next. At 31, Rai has time on his side, a long runway ahead. But what makes his story worth sitting with isn’t that he’s here, but the route he took.
With the PGA settled into its new May spot on the calendar, there remain moments in its history that feel just so, well, PGA-like. We’d argue they give the championship a character that the rest of the Majors might actually envy – moments of humour and levity that have an appealing, let’s-not-take-ourselves-too-seriously feel. These moments deserve commemoration as well.
More than a week after becoming the oldest Major winner in golf history at the PGA Championship, Mickelson is still holding up his huge prize. To have some celebratory beverages, that is.
It will be the fifth PGA conducted at Southern Hills, the first since 2007. The course has also hosted three US Opens and two US Amateurs, and will serve as home to the 2021 Senior PGA next May.
Woods needs to win the Wanamaker Trophy – or couple a top five at the US PGA Championship with a Bridgestone Invitational victory – to have a chance at one of the eight point selections. If not, Tiger will have to rely on one of Furyk’s four captain’s picks.