The PGA Championship Official Thread

Ive a serious liking for Tony finau after hearing his story at the masters, has he much of a chance this week?

Sergio FTW.
Always does well around there and now has the no-major monkey off his back.

What's Koepka at in the other 40 odd weeks of the year they aren't playing majors? He has a bizarrely major-centric record

did tiger have a bad start lads is he under pressure already?

Crazy looking scorecard...4th a par 5 measuring 517, seems reasonable. But then the 7th, measuring 524 is a par 4

First time watching .

Jaysus the rough.

Surprised with how low score is from keopka.

Fairly ballsy press conference the other day.

Basically saying in majors he knows most of field not up to it.

Fair play to him calling it as it is and backing himself.

I don't like him . But good stuff.

John Daly can hardly walk.

No way he should be out there.

Looks like Shane Lowry wants the weekend off again.

munsterlegend wrote: »

If you can’t drive straight at this place you may as well book your flight out for Friday evening. His form is very up and down so no real surprise.

His putting seemed to let him down most of all from what I could see in the shot tracker. Hit it inside 10 feet a couple of times and failed to make birdie. All summed up then with a three putt from nowhere on the last.

Sky commentator as the leaderboard scrolls through: "All the big names are up there" just as Jazz Janewattananond appears on the screen:p

+3 for Rory thru 16,more or less out of it already

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

+3 for Rory thru 16,more or less out of it already

Another that wants the weekend off again.

McIlroy banjaxed already.

If Koepka wins this week would people fancy him to get to 7/8/9 majors and all-time legend status? Hard to bet against it, he's got the mental toughness and obviously the skills too. He's so nonchalant though, a strange one.

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Absolutely, win or lose this week he should get to double figures. Has the game but more importantly has the mentality.

He could well do. He has that hardness about him. I saw a piece the other day about him, can't remember if it was with Feherty or a different interview, and he said he felt he could get to double figures.
I don't really like him, but I think we can probably give him this one already, I mean if he shoots one under in each round that's left he probably wins by 3 or 4. If he was to manage something like 67 or 68 today they may all go home. Almost all the field are already out of it after one round, unless of course he goes backwards, which is possible I suppose.

As for Rory, I really hope I'm wrong as I'm a huge fan, but I fear he's becoming a bit of a Greg Norman or Jimmy White - supremely talented and gets hot maybe once a year to win a random tournament, while churning out top 10s/20s most of the rest of the time. Brilliant for most mere mortals but you feel he should do so much better.

how did finau get on yesterday lads, seen he was -2 at one stage but ended up at level par.

It is hard to see past Koepka with that start but you have to remember that this is Bethpage Black. This course can chew you up and spit you out at any stage if you make a mistake.
Brooks got away with a couple of loose drives yesterday, one in particular went so far right he ended up where the spectators had trampled down the grass, another one was way left and he got a perfect lie in the bunker and a lovely angle to the pin. He missed some short putts too but holed some long ones.
He could easily shoot 72-74 today and things will be a lot tighter.
Two guys who should be a lot closer are DJ and Jason Day, both normally excellent putters they lacked big time in that department yesterday.