He PGA Championship of golf, the second ‘major’ of the season, began this Thursday with a delay of about 10 minutes due to thick fog which covered the Valhalla Golf Club from Louisville (Kentucky), where the Masters champion and pre-tournament favorite, Scottie Scheffleris still some time before the first blow is delivered, as he is scheduled to depart at around 8:13 pm
The local idol, Michael Block He managed to get the first shot of the major, on the 484-yard par-four first hole when the fog cleared.
The defending US PGA champion, Brooks Koepkawho aspires to be the the first golfer to repeat the feat since Koepka himself did it in 2019 After winning the title in 2018, he is scheduled to tee off on the 10th hole at 2:47 pm (Spanish time), alongside Jordan Spieth and Max Homa.
Koepka, a five-time major winner, came to Valhalla with a win in Singapore, where won his fourth title on the Saudi-backed circuit.
The world number two and second favorite to win the tournament, Rory McIlroywill finish two groups ahead of Koepka’s trio four days after earning his 26th PGA Tour victory.
Tiger Woodswho has not played in a PGA Championship since 2022 when he withdrew due to illness after the third round, is another front-runner to play with Keegan Bradley and Australian Adam Scott.
For Woods, it will be like this his first event since the Masters, where the injured golfer earned a tournament-record 24th consecutive cut at Augusta National and finished last among those who played over the weekend.
“My body is fine. It really is. I hope my game will be sharper,” Woods said this week.
Scheffler, with his new fatherhood, will seek a fifth victory in his last six tournaments when he tees off on the first hole in the company of the US Open champion, Wyndham Clark and the British Open champion, Brian Harman.
World No. 1 Scheffler, who sat out last week’s warm-up event while awaiting the birth of his son Bennett, has had 24 days off since the last round of competitive golf.
This year is the fourth time Valhalla has hosted the PGA Championship, and with greens and fairways softened by rain (with more scattered showers expected this week) and players will be sent in trios from the 1st and 10th tees, for the first two rounds before a 36-hole cut for the top 70 players and ties.
Source: La Verdad
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