New date but same drama expected at PGA Championship
Woods flavour of the month, but defending champion Koepka one to watch
The PGA Championship‚ which starts at the notoriously difficult Bethpage Black Course in upstate New York on Thursday‚ is teeing off in May for the first time in nearly 70 years. Since 1972‚ the PGA has been the fourth and final Major of the season but with golf’s return to the Olympics‚ the PGA of the US negotiated a move forward in the calendar. The Olympics takes place in late July to August every four years‚ which would have an impact on the PGA Championship. In addition‚ the biennial Ryder Cup has grown into perhaps golf’s biggest tournament‚ which also was starting to impact on the PGA. When the PGA Championship was last played in May in 1949‚ the tournament was a matchplay event and it produced a great winner in Sam Snead. “The process was intriguing‚” said then PGA of US CEO Pete Bevacqua when the decision was made public in late 2017. “Especially when acknowledging that over its 99-year history‚ the PGA Championship had been contested in nine months: February‚ May‚ June‚ Ju...
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