PGA Tour Brunch | PGA Championship | Preview
PGA Tour Brunch | PGA Championship | Preview
PGA Tour Brunch First Look Coverage of the 2023 PGA Championship
PGA Championship | Tournament Preview
By TERRY LYONS
ROCHESTER, NY - The 2023 PGA Championship is the 31st event of the FedEx Cup regular season and second major championship of the year. Just 14 events played over the next 12 weeks remain before the start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Oak Hill Country Club's East Course in Rochester, New York, wis hosting its seventh major championship and first since the 2013 PGA Championship.
Past major championships held at Oak Hill (three U.S. Opens and three PGA Championships)
Tournament/Winner
2013 PGA Championship Jason Dufner
2003 PGA Championship Shaun Micheel
1989 U.S. Open Curtis Strange
1980 PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus
1968 U.S. Open Lee Trevino
1956 U.S. Open Cary Middlecoff
Key Player Factoids for 2023 PGA Championship:
Jon Rahm has won four times this season, including the Masters Tournament, and is making his first start since finishing solo-second in his title defense at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. Rahm is looking to become the first player to win back-to-back major championships since Jordan Spieth did so in 2015 (Masters, U.S. Open). Rahm has made the cut in the last 16 majors, the longest active streak (last missed cut in a major: 2019 PGA Championship).
Scottie Scheffler finished T5 in his hometown event last week at the AT&T Byron Nelson, earning his 12th consecutive result of T12 or better on TOUR. Scheffler, who won THE PLAYERS Championship by five strokes in March, has two top-10s in three starts at the PGA Championship (T4/2020, T8/2021; MC/2022).
Rory McIlroy, a two-time PGA Championship winner (2012 and 2014), finished in the top 10 in all four majors in 2022 but missed the cut at the Masters Tournament to begin his major campaign in 2023. He enters the week at No. 17 in the FedExCup standings with a win (THE CJ CUP in South Carolina) and two other top-three results (T2/Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, 3rd/WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play) in eight starts this season.
Defending champion and two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas (2017, 2022) is looking to become the first player to successfully defend a title in a major since Brooks Koepka at the 2019 PGA Championship. Thomas enters the week No. 69 in the FedEx Cup standings, and new for the 2022-23 season, only the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings through the Wyndham Championship will qualify for the FedEx Cup Playoffs
The 2023 PGA Championship is 10-for-10 in having the Top 10 players in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup Standings participating this weekend.
PGA Championship | Tournament Facts
COURSE: Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, NY
YARDS/PAR: 7,394/70
ARCHITECT: Donald Ross
PRIZE Money/Winner’s Share: (TBA) - 2022 was $15m/$2.700,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Justin Thomas
PAST RESULTS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 600
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup
PGA of AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP SITE: (link)
PGA Championship | The Basics
Tee Times: 7:00am to 2:37pm (ET) - (link)
Weather: Partly sunny and warming from overnight lows of 36-degrees. Temperatures 61-64-degrees. Winds at 6mph with gusts 8mph. Humidity at a comfortable 36% with 0% chance of rain.
Tournament Site: PGA Championship (link)
FEDEx CUP Standings: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will publish at 7:00am Thursday
How to Watch: (link)
PGA Championship | Field, Updates and Tee Times
Field: (link)
Updates:
Thursday, May 11
Davis Love III WD; Alex Smalley in
Vijay Singh WD; Lee Hodges in
Sunday, May 14
Eric Cole in
Monday, May 15
John Daly WD; Stephan Jaeger in
Tuesday, May 16
Paul Casey WD; Sam Stevens in
Tee Times: Thursday: 7:00am to 2:37pm (ET) - (link)
Leaderboard: (link)
PGA Championship | Odds
Odds Provided by CBS Sports HQ
Jon Rahm 7-1
Scottie Scheffler 7-1
Rory McIlroy 11-1
Patrick Cantlay 18-1
Brooks Koepka 18-1
Justin Thomas 20-1
Dustin Johnson 20-1
Jason Day 20-1
Xander Schauffele 22-1
Collin Morikawa 22-1
Tony Finau 25-1
Cameron Young 25-1
Viktor Hovland 28-1
Jordan Spieth 28-1
Max Homa 28-1
Matthew Fitzpatrick 30-1
Cameron Smith 30-1
Sungjae Im 35-1
Tyrrell Hatton 40-1
Joonhyung (Tom) Kim 40-1
Talor Gooch 40-1
Sam Burns 40-1
Hideki Matsuyama 45-1
Patrick Reed 60-1
Shane Lowry 60-1
Adam Scott 65-1
Keegan Bradley 65-1
Rickie Fowler 65-1
Sahith Theegala 65-1
Tommy Fleetwood 70-1
Wyndham Clark 701
Justin Rose 75-1
Joaquin Niemann 75-1
Abraham Ancer 80-1
Phil Mickelson 85-1
K.H. Lee 90-1
Corey Conners 90-1
Bryson DeChambeau 90-1
Nicolai Hojgaard 100-1
Seamus Power 100-1
Rasmus Hojgaard 100-1
Russell Henley 100-1
Lucas Herbert 100-1
Harris English 100-1
Mito Pereira 100-1
Billy Horschel 125-1
Chris Kirk 125-1
Kurt Kitayama 125-1
Min Woo Lee 125-1
Gary Woodland 125-1
Davis Riley 125-1
Si-Woo Kim 125-1
Robert Macintyre 125-1
Denny McCarthy 125-1
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 125-1
Matt Wallace 150-1
Webb Simpson 150-1
Paul Casey 150-1
Matt Kuchar 150-1
Nick Hardy 150-1
Anirban Lahiri 150-1
Aaron Wise 150-1
Harold Varner 150-1
Tom Hoge 150-1
Adrian Meronk 150-1
Keith Mitchell 175-1
Adam Hadwin 175-1
Victor Perez 175-1
Brian Harman 175-1
Alex Noren 175-1
Jordan Smith 175-1
Dean Burmester 175-1
Taylor Moore 175-1
Ryan Fox 200-1
Thriston Lawrence 200-1
Thomas Detry 200-1
Taylor Montgomery 200-1
Kevin Kisner 200-1
JJ Spaun 200-1
Cam Davis 200-1
Francesco Molinari 200-1
Thomas Pieters 200-1
Pabblo Larrazabal 200-1
Taylor Pendrith 200-1
Yannik Paul 200-1
Joel Dahmen 225-1
Luke List 225-1
Adam Svensson 225-1
Mackenzie Hughes 225-1
Matthew NeSmith 225-1
Thorbjorn Olesen 250-1
Maverick McNealy 250-1
Brendan Steele 250-1
Beau Hossler 250-1
Adri Arnaus 250-1
Emiliano Grillo 250-1
Ockie Strydom 250-1
Sepp Straka 250-1
Patrick Rodgers 250-1
Brandon Wu 275-1
JT Poston 300-1
Brendon Todd 300-1
Alex Smalley 300-1
Hayden Buckley 300-1
Andrew Putnam 300-1
Ben Griffin 300-1
Sam Horsfield 300-1
Scott Stallings 300-1
Nick Taylor 350-1
Ben Taylor 350-1
Mark Hubbard 350-1
Justin Suh 350-1
Davis Thompson 350-1
Chez Reavie 350-1
Danny Willett 350-1
Jimmy Walker 350-1
Callum Shinkwin 350-1
Padraig Harrington 350-1
Sam Ryder 350-1
Rikuya Hoshino 500-1
Callum Tarren 500-1
Luke Donald 500-1
Sihwan Kim 500-1
Trey Mullinax 500-1
David Lingmerth 500-1
Sadom Kaewkanjana 500-1
Kazuki Higa 500-1
Zach Johnson 500-1
David Micheluzzi 500-1
Adam Schenk 500-1
Nico Echavarria 500-1
Steven Alker 750-1
Shaun Micheel 2000-1
John Daly 2000-1
Y.E. Yang 2000-1
PGA Championship | What They’re Saying
CBS Sports’ Special Section - (CBSSports.com)
Could Rochester and Rory Be the Fit - (PGATour.com)
PGA Championship, Odds and History (Golf Week/USA Today)
PGA America CEO Wants Best Field (Golf Channel.com)
Paul Casey WD (Golf Week/USA Today)
Cold Temps Invade Oak Hill (Golf Week/USA Today)
PGA Championship | Sports Gambling, Daily Fantasy News
PGA Tour Championship - Expert Picks (PGATour.com)
PGA Tour Championship - Sleeper Picks (PGATour.com)
PGA Tour Championship - Power Rankings (PGATour.com)
Championship Odds, Picks - (Action Network)
On This Day in Golf History:
May 17, 2009 - Shane Lowry, a 22-year old Irish amateur, won the Irish Open at County Louth in Baltry, defeating Robert Rock on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff. Lowry shot a second round (62) to be in position for the title. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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Parting Putt
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