Adam Scott is the only Australian of the eight in the field at this week’s PGA Championship at Southern Hills who played the 2007 edition at the Oklahoma course.
A well-rested Cameron Smith says he is confident of bringing the same form to this week’s PGA Championship that saw him threaten to win the Masters at Augusta National last month.
In the annals of golfing weirdness, here’s a double whammy for the ages: the PGA Championship will be played this week not where it was originally scheduled to be played and without its 51-year-old defending champion in the field.
There will be no repeat of the will-he-or-won’t-he saga that dominated headlines leading up to the Masters. He’s playing competitive golf this week. The question now: how good will that golf be?
The eight-time PGA Tour winner had surgery to repair the hamate bone in his left wrist on April 14 and was expected to be sidelined for upwards of two months.
Tiger Woods appears all but certain to play in the PGA Championship after the 15-time Major champion was on-site for a practice round at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Sunday afternoon.
American Scottie Scheffler, the current world No.1 and FedEx Cup points leader, capped a magical run of form by winning the Masters Tournament, the first Major victory of his career. It was a remarkable fourth PGA Tour title within a span of just 57 days, marking the shortest stretch from a first-to-fourth victory in PGA Tour history.
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