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?
We all know inflation is running rampant these days. But any price hikes for your petrol and groceries are nothing compared to the sticker shock fans are in for this week at the 2022 PGA Championship.
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.
When the PGA of America unveiled the preliminary field list for the 104th PGA Championship on Monday, two names stood out for obvious reasons: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
Despite Mickelson’s best efforts to hide any identifying marks on the club, the bat is a TaylorMade Original One Mini driver with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7x shaft.
This flop from Mickelson from a sandy area has the potential to go down as an all-time shot in his legendary career. And combined with CBS’ Verne Lundquist on the call, it’s already an instant classic.
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