PGA Championship leaderboard 2023: DeChambeau leads, reside updates

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After a short climate delay, the 2023 PGA Championship is underway at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, the fourth time the course has hosted the championship.

Though Tiger Woods is not in the field, a few of golf’s largest names are teeing off Thursday morning, together with 16 gamers from LIV Golf. There are 156 gamers within the area, and they’re going to play the primary two rounds Thursday and Friday in teams of three.

USA TODAY Sports activities will present the newest information, updates, evaluation and extra all through the day. Comply with alongside.

Austria’s Sepp Straka shortly rising

One of many strongest begins to the day got here within the afternoon with Sepp Straka, who birdied three of his first seven holes to start out the day and bounce right into a tie for second at 3-under-par.

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An expert since 2016, the 27-year-old from Vienna, Austria is the primary particular person from his nation to earn a tour card, and gained his first PGA event in 2022 with The Honda Basic. His finest main efficiency was ending thirtieth within the 2022 Masters.

Bryson DeChambeau ends his day on high

After being in a short tie with enjoying companion Keegan Bradley, Bryson DeChambeau ended his first spherical on high because of a string of 4 birdies in a seven-hole span. In the meantime, Bradley bogeyed on the seventh and ninth gap to drop his rating to 2-under-par, in a tie for fourth.

DeChambeau is seeking to develop into the primary LIV Golf participant to win a significant championship after he joined the Saudi-backed tour in June 2022. Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, one other pair of LIV golfers, finished in a tie for second at the Masters in April.

Defending champion has sluggish begin

Defending champion Justin Thomas had a stable again 9, highlighted by a birdie on the tenth gap, however was doomed by a double bogey on the par-4 No. 6, arguably one of many hardest holes at Oak Hill at 498 yards.

After hitting his tee shot into the tough, his second shot went solely 74 yards into the golf green. Thomas struggled the remainder of the outlet on his method to the double bogey. He later bogeyed the ninth earlier than rebounding with a birdie on the tenth.

Phil Mickelson returns

The 2021 PGA Champion Phil Mickelson has teed off, returning to the event for the primary time since winning it in South Carolina two years in the past. He was met with a roar from the group his title was introduced to the group gathered at gap 1.

The 52-year-old hooked his first shot 303 yards to the left, however recovered to make par to start out his day.

New chief as scores begin dropping in afternoon play

The revamped course at Oak Hill favors gamers who can hit lengthy, and Bryson DeChambeau has taken benefit of that. A birdie at No. 6 — his fourth in his final seven holes — allowed him to take sole possession of first place at 4-under. His keep as the only real chief was transient, along with his enjoying companion Keegan Bradley matching his birdie at six. Each are actually tied for first, as a wave of gamers making their afternoon beginning occasions have made their methods to the course.

Mickelson is about to tee off at Oak Hill in a matter of minutes.

Has Tony Finau ever gained a significant?

No. However Finau’s main championship historical past began on the PGA, so it’s solely becoming that his first main title come on the PGA of America’s premier occasion, especially given his current form. Finau, who simply teed off at No. 1 to start out his spherical, has two wins and 4 top-10s this season, most just lately on the Mexico Open simply final month.

“I really feel like a unique participant, extra so than I’ve ever been. Extra assured in my sport and my skills than I’ve ever been and simply who I’m as an individual and as a participant,” Finau defined. “I believe these issues will serve me nicely as I proceed down my path in my profession.”

Not solely is he in good kind, however Finau’s sport is an ideal match for the demanding Donald Ross check that’s Oak Hill.

“You’ve obtained to hit it far and also you’ve obtained to hit it straight,” mentioned Finau, who ranks seventeenth in complete driving, third in Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Inexperienced and first in Strokes Gained: Method this season. “This golf course goes to start out from the tee field. For those who’re not hitting sufficient fairways, you’re not going to have the ability to play this place excellent.”

— Adam Woodard, Golfweek

World No. 2 joins crowded high spot on the leaderboard

Scottie Scheffler closed out his first spherical in a tie for first place, becoming a member of Keegan Bradley, Bryson DeChambeau and Corey Conners.

The World Golf Rating No. 2 participant maintained a bogey-free spherical, together with a birdie on Nos. 5, 8 and 14. Scheffler had an opportunity to take sole place of the lead on his remaining gap, however his lengthy birdie putt spun out, leaving him with a par to shut out the day at 3-under.

“It was a grind immediately,” Scheffler mentioned on ESPN.

The quartet for first place are adopted by Ryan Fox and Viktor Hovland at 2-under.

Masters winner Jon Rahm in free fall; Scottie Scheffler provides one other birdie

He was seeking to be the primary participant to win the primary two majors of the 12 months since Jordan Spieth did so in 2015, nevertheless it’s wanting like that merely will not be the case for Masters winner Jon Rahm. Over his final 9 holes, Rahm has bogeyed six of them. He has plummeted down the board and sits at 5-over par, in a tie for 71st.

Switching to the 2022 Masters winner, Scottie Scheffler has put himself in wonderful place for the remainder of the event. Scheffler is thru 17 holes and stays bogey-free. He birdied No. 8 after his pretty strategy shot softly discovered the inexperienced, about 6 toes away from the pin. He’s sitting at 3-under and in a tie for first, becoming a member of Corey Conners, and Keegan Bradley. It has been a trademark Scheffler spherical, avoiding huge errors and saving par probabilities when his pictures have gone barely off-target.

Revolving door atop leaderboard at Oak Hill welcomes two new members, nevertheless it would not final lengthy

For the primary time immediately, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland climbed as much as seize a share of the lead. Hovland has birdied two of his final 4 holes to maneuver into the tie for first at 3-under, becoming a member of Ryan Fox and Conners.

The issue for Hovland and Fox, although, is that Conners is on a torrid tempo and has birdied six of his final 11 holes, together with three within the final 4. The latest birdie got here at No. 15 and moved him into sole possession of first place, at 4-under par.

Hassle, although, could be forward as his tee shot on No. 16 landed nicely proper in thick tough.

5 gamers — Fox, Sahith Theegala, Keegan Bradley, Scottie Scheffler and Bryson Dechambeau — are sitting at 2-under and a tie for fourth.

Extra motion on the high at Oak Hill

In what has been the theme of the day, powerful pin placements and difficult holes have created parity on the high of the leaderboard on the PGA Championship. Ryan Fox has been the steadiest participant of the day thus far, with 4 birdies in opposition to one bogey via 16 holes. He sits at 3-under par and in sole place of the lead.

Corey Conners birdied No. 12 and Viktor Hovladnd birdied No. 2 to maneuver right into a tie for second place at 2-under.

Justin Thomas had a really makeable birdie at No. 4, however took a very long time to evaluate an 8-foot putt, solely to see him push it left. That saved him at 1-under.

Scottie Scheffler, although, hasn’t performed the cleanest spherical, however he has scrambled exceptionally nicely and has prevented bogeys all day. His birdie on No. 5 moved him into that tie for second place at 2-under.

Lengthy par putt save appears to gas Rory McIlroy

Rory McIlroy’s day appeared as if it was going to worsen at No. 2, when his strategy shot sailed the inexperienced and landed in a shelf beneath the pin. Then, he did this.

That saved par to maintain him at 3-over par and nonetheless inside putting distance. However it additionally appeared to settle him. Notoriously a sluggish starter, McIlroy then hit a fantastic tee shot on the par-3 third and transformed his first birdie of the day.

His tee shot with the motive force on the par-5 No. 4? He drilled it about 340 yards, discovering solely his second fairway of the day. His strategy? A phenomenal draw to land safely on the inexperienced for a protracted eagle putt. He tapped in for a birdie to maneuver to 1-over par, simply 4 strokes off the lead.

Modifications on the high, abruptly, as a number of golfers drop strokes

Kazuki Higa had charged out to a lead after which performed regular golf for many of his first spherical at Oak Hill. Then, he got here to No. 6. the place he made a multitude off the tee field, touchdown far left and needing a layup simply to get again on the golf green. Even that shot could not discover its mark, touchdown quick and remaining within the thick grass.

Elsewhere, Keegan Bradley suffered his personal double bogey to drop out of the co-lead. Bradley’s got here at No. 15.

That left Sahith Theegala because the lone participant atop the leaderboard at 3-under par, however then he bogeyed No. 12. That now places him at 2-under and in a co-lead with Ryan Fox, who has one birdie and 7 pars in his final eight holes.

That has opened the door for a logjam of 9 gamers who’re at 1-under par, together with World Golf Rating No. 2 participant Scottie Scheffler, LIV Golf’s Bryson Dechambeau and Keegan Bradley. Of these, Scheffler has performed the cleanest, and has maintained a bogey-free spherical with a single birdie on No. 14. He’s via 11 holes.

Joel Dahmen hits fan throughout PGA Championship observe spherical, buys his beer for the day

It was fairly the beginning for Joel Dahmen on the PGA Championship.

Forward of the primary spherical at Oak Hill Nation Membership, Dahmen was within the remaining observe spherical Wednesday when a shot went awry and hit a fan in the calf.

However as an alternative of simply apologizing and signing the ball and giving it to the fan, Dahmen went the additional mile. After assembly the fan he hit, Dahmen requested how a lot beer prices on the course, which he mentioned is $17 and was widely criticized last year.

Dahmen then pulled out a $100 invoice and instructed the fan “I obtained your beers immediately.” Dahmen, who was develop into a fan favourite after his look on the Netflix documentary “Full Swing,” apologized on Twitter and instructed the fan “hope you loved the beers.”

— Jordan Mendoza

Leaderboard beginning to crowd on the high

A 3-way tie has shaped atop the leaderboard at Oak Hill, with Kazuki Higa changing pars on six straight holes after he charged out to a rating of 3-under. Keegan Bradley raced off to a sizzling begin as nicely, birdying three of his first 5 holes. And Sahith Theegala has birdied three of his final 4 − Nos. 8, 9 and 11 − to hitch them.

That mentioned, there are many gamers inside putting distance. Ryan Fox is the lone participant at 2-under and in fourth place. However there are 9 gamers sitting at 1-under par. Certainly one of them, Callum Tarren, bogeyed Nos. 5 and 6 to neutralize his sizzling begin and transient maintain of a co-lead with Higa. Tarren did, nevertheless, settle with pars on Nos. 7 and eight.

Rory McIlroy sliding, sliding down

As a number of gamers are capitalizing on tender greens and favorable situations, Rory McIlroy goes in the wrong way. He has posted bogeys in three of his final 4 holes, Nos. 15, 17 and 18 to maneuver to 3-over par and a tie for 59th. It is not only one a part of his sport that is letting him down; he has misfired on a few of his irons and has needed to resort to two-putts at occasions all through the spherical.

A number of early teams have turned to their second 9

The conditions right now at Oak Hill are spectacular. It’s comfortably cool as a result of the solar is shining, and there’s little or no wind for the gamers to take care of.

Kazuki Higa has leveled off since his fast begin and has made six pars and a bogey, in order he performs his thirteenth gap, he’s at 3-under-par. He additionally has firm on that quantity atop the leaderboard as Keegan Bradley has opened his spherical on the again 9 with birdies at Nos. 10, 12 and 13.

Bradley, who’s the nephew of former LPGA nice Pat Bradley, gained the PGA the primary time he performed it again in 2011. He beat Jason Dufner in a playoff, the identical Dufner who gained the event two years later at Oak Hill.

However Bradley has struggled lately, although he did break a four-year victory drought when he gained the Zozo Championship final October.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Tiger texted Rory McIlroy about one thing in his swing after latest lackluster end

A number of weeks in the past in Charlotte, Rory McIlroy tied for forty seventh, a substandard end for a person who has dominated Quail Hole and the Wells Fargo Championship for many of his profession — McIlroy’s gained the occasion 3 times.

Golfweek’s Eamon Lynch reported on Golf Channel Tuesday that Tiger Woods texted McIlroy after the occasion and instructed him he noticed one thing within the four-time main champion’s swing.

And when Woods calls, you hear.

— Riley Hamel, Golfweek

Callum Tarren ties (then loses) share of lead; Rory McIlroy nonetheless unable to interrupt via

Calum Tarren had been doing his finest Kazuki Higa impression till it went awry on No. 5. Higa, who birdied 4 consecutive holes early in his spherical to race out to the lead, briefly had firm atop the leaderboard after Tarren posted three consecutive birdies to briefly seize a share of the lead. Tarren’s tee shot on the par-3 No. 5, nevertheless, simply rolled down the ridge of the inexperienced and set him up for a two-putt par that he mismanaged. Tarren’s bogey dropped him to 2-under and a tie for second with Ryan Fox, who birdied No. 9.

Higa, in the meantime, held regular and transformed two difficult putts to par No. 1.

Elsewhere, Rory McIlroy, the No. 3 participant within the World Golf Rankings, has been trying to find his first birdie of the day however has been unable to date to interrupt into the purple. He has parred every of his first 5 holes of his first spherical. In actual fact, McIlroy truly dropped a stroke on No. 15 after his good shot out of the greenside bunker on No. 15 arrange a makeable par putt that he pushed left. He tapped in for his first bogey of the day, shifting him to 1-over par, in a tie for thirty third.

Kazuki Higa drops first stroke of his day; Callum Tarren begins sizzling

Sole chief Kazuki Higa, whose 4 consecutive birdies noticed him race out to an early lead, dropped his first stroke of the day on his eighth gap, No. 17. His tee shot drifted left into the tough after which pressured him to layup his second shot. His strategy landed on the incorrect aspect of the ridge on the inexperienced, which resulted in a two-putt and his first bogey of the day. The silver lining is that — to date — No. 17 has been essentially the most tough gap on the course.

He stays at 3-under par, one stroke higher than Callum Tarren in second place. Tarren, the 32-year-old British golfer, has began his spherical in wonderful form. He parred No. 1 after which posted consecutive birdies on Nos. 2 and three to shoot up the leaderboard.

Kazuki Higa does his finest Tiger Woods impression on method to early lead

Kazuki Higa of Japan got here out of the gates blazing with 4 consecutive birdies to take the early lead on the PGA Championship.

After simply lipping out a birdie putt on No. 10, his first gap of the spherical, Higa rolled in an 11-footer to enter purple figures.

Then, channeling Tiger Woods’ iconic shot at Augusta National, the 28-year-old Higa rolled in a protracted birdie putt on No. 12 that simply held on the lip of the cup for a break up second earlier than tumbling in.

The 5-2 Higa continued his sizzling streak with two extra birdies on the thirteenth and 14th holes.

Higa, No. 99 on the earth golf rankings, has performed on the Japan Tour since 2017 and he has 4 profession victories. He has made three begins on the PGA Tour this 12 months and missed the minimize in two, together with the Masters. That is his first PGA Championship look.

The primary eagle of PGA Championship has landed

Scott Stallings started his spherical on the tenth gap which, most golf analysts consider, will play as one of many best of the week on the East Course. Stallings proved that as he striped a drive down the center on the 423-yard par-4. With 128 yards left to the flag, Stallings seemingly hit some sort of wedge and he two-hopped it into the outlet for an eagle-2.

The 38-year-old is a three-time winner on the PGA Tour, the final in 2014. He has mentioned that if he wasn’t an expert golfer, he’d be a pediatrician. Stallings has struggled this season as he has no top-10 finishes in 16 begins.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Find out how to watch PGA Championship 2023

Right here is the TV schedule:

Thursday, Might 18 and Friday, Might 19

7 a.m.-1 p.m.: ESPN+
1 p.m.-7 p.m.: ESPN

The event could be livestreamed on:

Is Justin Thomas enjoying immediately?

Sure. If he’s going to win a 3rd PGA this week, Thomas has to play the way in which he did two weekends in the past at Quail Hole which, when it isn’t internet hosting majors, is the annual house of the Wells Fargo Championship.

Thomas hasn’t gained since his victory at Southern Hills and has solely 4 high 10 finishes within the 19 occasions he has teed it up. However regardless of a tie for 14th on a course he is aware of nicely and has succeeded on, he felt like issues have been beginning to click on. Now the trick will likely be to hold that ahead when he begins his PGA defense Thursday.

“I’ve preached this to myself, I’m positive I’ve mentioned it to y’all or I’ve mentioned it to youthful guys that ask, however the way you be taught is failure and negatives, and I really feel like I’ve had an awesome alternative for lots of studying the previous, no matter, six months, couple months, this 12 months,” he mentioned. “I mentioned it in Charlotte slightly bit, I’m beginning to see slightly little bit of a lightweight on the finish of the tunnel.”

Thomas obtained off to a superb begin with a birdie on his first gap of the day.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Opening of observe services, golf course pushed again because of frost

All observe services and the golf course at Oak Hill Nation Membership have been briefly closed Thursday morning due to frost. To guard enjoying surfaces, everybody on-site was required to remain off any grass.

The observe vary opened at 7:35 a.m. and the placing inexperienced at 7:45, pushing beginning occasions again by a complete of 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Spherical 1 tee occasions start at 8:50 a.m. on the primary tee and eight:55 a.m. on the tenth tee.

Temperatures are imagined to rise into the mid-60s by early afternoon beneath sunny skies and light-weight winds.

GALLERY: 10 beautiful photos of frost-covered Oak Hill

Jordan Spieth harm replace

“How are you feeling, Jordan?” a spectator shouted with genuine concern to Jordan Spieth from behind the rope lining the suitable aspect of the thirteenth fairway at Oak Hill on Tuesday as Spieth sauntered to his ball.

“I really feel good,” Spieth mentioned imitating the deep baritone of James Brown.

However does Spieth, who withdrew from final week’s AT&T Byron Nelson, his hometown occasion, citing a left wrist harm, actually really feel so good, because the soul singer Brown would say? That we don’t know as a result of when a reporter requested to talk to him about his harm, he declined and mentioned, “However thanks on your concern.”

Spieth, ranked No. 10 on the earth, is bidding to finish the profession Grand Slam this week by successful the PGA Championship. It marks his seventh try since successful the 2017 British Open for his third main title.

— Adam Schupak, Golfweek

Map of Oak Hill Nation Membership

Oak Hill Nation Membership’s East Course is thought to be one in every of high golf programs in America. It is also some of the difficult. The East Course is constructed round a part of Allen Creek, which weaves a hazard via half of the holes. The par-70 course performs 7.394 yards. Here’s a hole-by-hole bird’s-eye view.

Gap by gap distances and par

No. 1, 460 yards, par 4
No. 2, 405 yards, par 4
No. 3, 230 yards, par 3
No. 4, 615 yards, par 5
No. 5, 180 yards, par 3
No. 6, 503 yards, par 4
No. 7, 461 yards, par 4
No. 8, 429 yards, par 4
No. 9, 482 yards, par 4
No. 10, 430 yards, par 4
No. 11, 245 yards, par 3
No. 12, 399 yards, par 4
No. 13, 623 yards, par 5
No. 14, 320 yards, par 4
No. 15, 155 yards, par 3
No. 16, 458 yards, par 4
No. 17, 502 yards, par 4
No. 18, 497 yards, par 4

— Ryan Miller, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Who’re the PGA Championship announcers?

ESPN: Scott Van Pelt will anchor live coverage on ESPN and ESPN+ and will likely be joined for evaluation by former world No. 1 golfer David Duvall. Gap announcers are Curtis Unusual, Bob Wischusen and David Fleming. On-course reporters will likely be Andy North, Billy Kratzert, Suzy Whaley, Ken Brown and John Maginnes.

CBS: Jim Nantz will host the community’s protection from the 18th tower for the thirty third straight 12 months and will likely be joined by analyst Trevor Immelman. Gap announcers are Ian Baker-Finch and Frank Nobilo. On-course reporters will likely be Dottie Pepper, Colt Knost and Mark Immelman. Amanda Renner will present studies and conduct interviews.

— Ryan Miller, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Up to date PGA Championship tee occasions, groupings for Thursday

Half the sector will begin at No. 1, the opposite half on No. 10, and they’re going to change for the second spherical. The morning tee times have been scheduled to start at 7 a.m., however play was delayed for an hour and 50 minutes because of early-morning frost.

The afternoon tee occasions that have been supposed to start out at 12:30 p.m. are being pushed again as nicely. Listed here are the up to date tee occasions for Thursday’s opening spherical:

1st tee
- 8:50 a.m.: Shaun Micheel, Braden Shattuck, Steven Alker
- 9:01 a.m.: Ben Griffin, Chris French, Joel Dahmen
- 9:12 a.m.: Wyatt Worthington II, Nico Echavarria, Wyndham Clark
- 9:23 a.m.: Tom Hoge, Ryan Fox, Ok.H. Lee
- 9:34 a.m.: Paul Casey, Adam Svensson, Beau Hossler
- 9:45 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala
- 9:56 a.m.: Corey Conners, Ockie Strydom, Joaquin Niemann
- 10:07 a.m.: Kevin Kisner, Jimmy Walker, Padraig Harrington
- 10:18 a.m.: Alex Noren, J.T. Poston, Mackenzie Hughes
- 10:29 a.m.: Lee Hodges, Callum Tarren, David Lingmerth
- 10:40 a.m.: Taylor Moore, Denny McCarthy, Brendan Steele
- 10:51 a.m.: Jeremy Wells, Justin Suh, Adri Arnaus
- 11:02 a.m.: Anthony Cordes, Mark Hubbard, Dean Burmester
- 2:20 p.m.: Matt Cahill, Taylor Montgomery, Cam Davis
- 2:31 p.m.: Michael Block, Hayden Buckley, Taylor Pendrith
- 2:42 p.m.: Alex Seashore, Brendon Todd, Sihwan Kim
- 2:53 p.m.: Patrick Reed, Rasmus Hojgaard, Nick Taylor
- 3:04 p.m.: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, John Somers, Chez Reavie
- 3:15 p.m.: Tommy Fleetwood, Cameron Younger, Hideki Matsuyama
- 3:26 p.m.: Adam Scott, Max Homa, Tony Finau
- 3:37 p.m.: Xander Schauffele, Tyrrell Hatton, Dustin Johnson
- 3:48 p.m.: Patrick Cantlay, Rickie Fowler, Phil Mickelson
- 3:59 p.m.: Alex Smalley, Russell Henley, Mito Pereira
- 4:10 p.m.: Adam Hadwin, Matt Kuchar, Talor Gooch
- 4:21 p.m.: Justin Rose, Billy Horschel, Francesco Molinari
- 4:32 p.m.: Russell Grove, Patrick Rodgers, Ben Taylor
tenth tee
- 8:55 a.m.: Trey Mullinax, Josh Speight, Kazuki Higa
- 9:06 a.m.: Adam Schenk, Colin Inglis, Thriston Lawrence
- 9:17 a.m.: Min Woo Lee, Andrew Putnam, Emiliano Grillo
- 9:28 a.m.: Harold Varner III, Scott Stallings, Nicolai Hojgaard
- 9:39 a.m.: Steve Holmes, Adrian Otaegui, Davis Riley
- 9:50 a.m.: Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka, Gary Woodland
- 10:01 a.m.: Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa
- 10:12 a.m.: Shane Lowry, Jordan Spieth, Viktor Hovland
- 10:23 a.m.: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Cameron Smith, Jon Rahm
- 10:34 a.m.: Luke Donald, Adrian Meronk, Yannik Paul
- 10:45 a.m.: Kenny Pigman, Davis Thompson, Maverick McNealy
- 10:56 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Jason Day, Bryson DeChambeau
- 11:07 a.m.: Jesse Droemer, Matt NeSmith, Rikuya Hoshino
- 2:15 p.m.: Sam Ryder, Gabe Reynolds, Brandon Wu
- 2:26 p.m.: Sadom Kaewkanjana, Ben Kern, Thorbjorn Olesen
- 2:37 p.m.: Webb Simpson, Y.E. Yang, Danny Willett
- 2:48 p.m.: Sepp Straka, Harris English, Robert Macintyre
- 2:59 p.m.: Thomas Pieters, Keith Mitchell, Pablo Larrazabal
- 3:10 p.m.: Lucas Herbert, Brian Harman, Callum Shinkwin
- 3:21 p.m.: Tom Kim, Sam Burns, Abraham Ancer
- 3:32 p.m.: Sungjae Im, Chris Kirk. Seamus Energy
- 3:43 p.m.: Si Woo Kim, Stephan Jaeger, Anirban Lahiri
- 3:54 p.m.: Victor Perez, Aaron Clever, Jordan Smith
- 4:05 p.m.: Chris Sanger, J.J. Spaun, David Micheluzzi
- 4:16 p.m.: Thomas Detry, J.J. Killeen, Matt Wallace
- 4:27 p.m.: Nick Hardy, Greg Koch, Eric Cole

Who will win the PGA Championship 2023?

Justin Thomas is the defending champion, however Jon Rahm enters the week as one of many betting favorites (+750). The Spaniard has amassed 4 wins already this season together with the Masters in April — his second main championship victory.

Nonetheless, it’s Scottie Scheffler on high of the betting odds record, sitting at +700. He tied for fifth eventually week’s AT&T Byron Nelson and grabbed a T-10 end at Augusta Nationwide.

At double Scheffler’s odds is McIlroy (+1400), who’s going via a little bit of a funk. In his final three stroke-play occasions, the Northern Irishman has missed the minimize on the Gamers and Masters, and tied for forty seventh on the Wells Fargo Championship.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

PGA Championship darkish horse picks 2023

Though the sector is affected by stars from each the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League, there are several names further down the odds list price keeping track of.

Listed here are 5 sleeper picks for the PGA Championship at Oak Hill: Tommy Fleetwood (60/1), Rickie Fowler (60/1), Adam Scott (80/1), Shane Lowry (90/1), Gary Woodland (90/1).

— Riley Hamel, Golfweek

Rory McIlroy at Oak Hill in Rochester

Rory McIlroy stopped in need of saying he has the home course advantage this week for the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Nation Membership, particularly when you think about he truly hasn’t performed the East Course since its renovation.

“It’s not as if I’ve a ton of native data right here in comparison with everybody else,” McIlroy mentioned Tuesday earlier than heading out to play a observe spherical to get familiarized with the modifications. “The final two days are essentially the most I’ve actually seen of this golf course over the past couple years.”

He could not have a lot of a bonus relating to the subtleties of the course or one of the best ways to barter the daunting problem of the East Course, however McIlroy will seemingly be the darling of the large galleries.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Oak Hill Nation Membership designer

A voluminous renovation has been ongoing for several years at Oak Hill, and the objective of famend golf course architect Andrew Inexperienced was to revive the East Course as shut as potential to the unique design Donald Ross created practically a century in the past.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Purse for PGA Championship 2023

There will likely be $15 million in prize cash awarded. The winner will take house $2.7 million.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Who’s lacking on the PGA Championship at Oak Hill?

Will Zalatoris, who’s ranked No. 9 on the earth, is the one participant within the high 100 not at Oak Hill as his season ended because of again surgical procedure.

Jordan Spieth, No. 10 on the earth, is battling a wrist harm which pressured him to withdraw final week from the AT&T Byron Nelson. He practiced Tuesday, nevertheless it’s potential he may need to tug out. If he performs, he’ll begin Thursday at 8:22 a.m. on No. 10 with Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry.

— Sal Maiorana, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

LIV Golfers on the PGA Championship

The LIV Golf contingent has a stout document within the PGA. The 17 players in the field have mixed for 32 top-10 finishes and have made 100 of 131 cuts (76.3 %).

Englishman Paul Casey introduced Wednesday that he is withdrawing from the event because of harm, leaving 16 LIV golfers within the area. Beforehand, fellow LIV golfer Martin Kaymer pulled out as nicely.