PGA Championship at Bellerive

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The final major of the year is here.


2018 PGA Championship tee times for Thursday (Round 1)

Tee No. 1
7:50 a.m. -- Michael Block, Eddie Pepperell, Ryan Fox
8:01 a.m. -- Austin Cook, Carig Hocknull, Alexander Bjork
8:12 a.m. -- Yusaku Miyazato, Bob Sowards, Scott Brown
8:23 a.m. -- Rafa Cabrera Bello, Thomas Bjorn, James Hahn
8:34 a.m. -- Billy Horschel, Ben An, Shane Lowry
8:45 a.m. -- Brian Harman, Yuta Ikeda, Adam Hadwin
8:56 a.m. -- Padraig Harrington, Jimmy Walker, Vijay Singh
9:07 a.m. -- Bryson DeChambeau, Andy Sullivan, Kiradech Aphibarnrat
9:18 a.m. -- Ryan Armour, Cameron Smith, Peter Uihlein
9:29 a.m. -- Paul Dunne, J.B. Holmes, Dylan Frittelli
9:40 a.m. -- Charles Howell III, Jason Schmuhl, Brian Gay
9:51 a.m. -- David Muttitt, Ollie Schniederjans, Troy Merritt
10:02 a.m. -- Shawn Warren, Mikko Korhonen, J.J. Spaun

1:20 p.m. -- Johan Kok, Brandon Stone, Whee Kim
1:31 p.m. -- Matt Wallace, Matt Dobyns, Beau Hossler
1:42 p.m. -- Chris Wood, Alex Noren, Matt Kuchar
1:53 p.m. -- Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott
2:04 p.m. -- Tommy Fleetwood, Satoshi Kodaira, Marc Leishman
2:15 p.m. -- Patrick Reed, Brooks Koepka, Francesco Molinari
2:26 p.m. -- Gary Woodland, Sergio Garcia, Kevin Kisner
2:37 p.m. -- Brendan Steele, Adrian Otaegui, Kevin Na
2:48 p.m. -- Aaron Wise, Paul Casey, Zach Johnson
2:59 p.m. -- Louis Oosthuizen, Thomas Pieters, Bill Haas
3:10 p.m. -- Jason Kokrak, Joaquin Niemann, Daniel Berger
3:21 p.m. -- Omar Uresti, Justin Harding, Andrew Landry
3:32 p.m. -- Matt Borchert, Chris Stroud, Andrew Putnam

Tee No. 10
7:55 a.m. -- Jamie Lovemark, Rich Berberian, Jr., Shugo Imahira
8:06 a.m. -- Brandt Snedeker, Sean McCarty, Haotong Li
8:17 a.m. -- Jim Furyk, Tony Finau, Xander Schauffele
8:28 a.m. -- Davis Love III, Martin Kaymer, Rich Beem
8:39 a.m. -- Rickie Fowler, Hideki Matsuyama, Ian Poulter
8:50 a.m. -- Henrik Stenson, Danny Willett, Pat Perez
9:01 a.m. -- Phil Mickelson, Jason Day, Keegan Bradley
9:12 a.m. -- Shubhankar Sharma, Jordan Smith, Scott Piercy
9:23 a.m. -- Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods
9:34 a.m. -- Matthew Fitzpatrick, Webb Simpson, Jhonattan Vegas
9:45 a.m. -- Stewart Cink, Branden Grace, Ryan Moore
9:56 a.m. -- Ross Fisher, Alexander Levy, Patton Kizzire
10:07 a.m. -- Julian Suri, Sungjae Im, Craig Bowden

1:15 p.m. -- Danny Balin, Chesson Hadley, Russell Henley
1:26 p.m. -- Marty Jertson, Like List, Kevin Chappell
1:37 p.m. -- Jaysen Hansen, Nick Watney, Kyle Stanley
1:48 p.m. -- Ted Potter, Jr., Emiliano Grillo, Jorge Campillo
1:59 p.m. -- Ryan Fermeer, Paul Broadhurst, John Daly
2:10 p.m. -- Si Woo Kim, Brice Garnett, Tyrrell Hatton
2:21 p.m. -- Y.E. Yang, Jason Dufner, Shaun Micheel
2:32 p.m. -- Thorbjorn Olesen, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Cantlay
2:43 p.m. -- Brendan Steele, Adrian Otaegui, Kevin Na
2:54 p.m. -- Chez Reavie, Charley Hoffman, Russell Knox
3:05 p.m. -- Zach J. Johnson, Michael Kim, Seungsu Han
3:16 p.m. -- Brian Smock, Anirban Lahiri, Mike Lorenzo-Vera
3:27 p.m. -- Ben Kern, Chris Kirk, Ryuko Tokimatsu
 
I've discovered that the PGA Championship isn't on television in the UK this year. Which is...alarming? (Apparently it's on Facebook for free tomorrow and Friday before I'd have to pay for it over the weekend, but screw that - I'm not paying one cent or pence to watch golf at Bellerive.)
 

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I didn't see Jordan Spieth listed and went scrambling to google to see if I had missed something. According to google, anyway, Spieth has a 2:37 tee time, along with Rose and Rahm.
 

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I’m posted up at the 10th tee right now. Furyk’s group just went off and Finau looks even taller in person. The crowd size right now for 7 in the morning is pretty nuts. I anticipate things getting pretty rowdy when scores start to go low.
 

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Wait there’s no PGA Live broadcast for this? We literally can’t watch any golf until 2pm? What a fucking joke.
 

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Wait there’s no PGA Live broadcast for this? We literally can’t watch any golf until 2pm? What a fucking joke.
PGA Championship app, they have featured groups.

Starts with Tiger’s group, it’s them and the Mickelson group
 

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PGA Championship app, they have featured groups.

Starts with Tiger’s group, it’s them and the Mickelson group
Thank god. I thought I was actually going to have to concentrate on work this morning.
 

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Also - watching these guys on the range with shot tracker is unreal. They just hit the same shot over and over and over again with incredible precision.
 
Other than the Open rota, is there a course they play that you do like?
If this was addressed at me, I love loads of courses. Bellerive shouldn't be anywhere near selection for a major championship - it's nowhere near the class of Whistling Straits, Erin Hills or Chambers Bay, to name three modern courses that aren't to everyone's liking (but which I find have plenty of merit), let alone the likes of Shinnecock or Oakmont or Winged Foot or Merion. It's great that golf fans in Missouri get to see a major, I guess...but I can't think of a single reason other than that for it to be a major venue.
 

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If Tiger keeps missing fairways, especially with the driving iron, this could be a tough day for him.
 

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If Tiger keeps missing fairways, especially with the driving iron, this could be a tough day for him.
Has he hit a fairway with that thing ever? He pulled it once in the British Open, barely missed taking a swim, and then put it in the bench. Tiger, just throw an X100 in that thing already.

Other than the Open rota, is there a course they play that you do like?
Even when they play US Open courses they set them up like glorified tour stops. They narrow the fairways but not enough to press the players. They speed up the greens but not enough to embarrass anyone. It’s just so mediocre. The PGA is closer to the Player’s Championship or Fedex Cup than it is to the other three majors.
 

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2 bunkers on 17 for Tiger, including falling short on a 130 wedge with low ball flight.

Not looking good
 

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Birdie on 8 to get back to even on the day. Been an impressive grind for him to get here. Just needs to close with a par to keep momentum.
 

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If he’s not in contention I hope he misses the cut. You know they’ll show every shot of him grinding to a 40th place finish if he’s around for the weekend.
Tied for 28th at even gets you ESPNs’ home page.

Get you on this.
 

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Tied for 28th at even gets you ESPNs’ home page.

Get you on this.
Why are you so obsessed with ESPN.com's home page? This feels like the 5th post about their online coverage, which frankly is irrelevant. Get over it.
 

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Why are you so obsessed with ESPN.com's home page? This feels like the 5th post about their online coverage, which frankly is irrelevant. Get over it.
Just two, one in this thread.
 

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Just two, one in this thread.
4 this year about ESPN over-hyping Tiger, plus a few more dating back to 2014. Who cares about ESPN's golf coverage at this point? It's non-existent.

Back to the golf. Do we see anyone going low this afternoon? Will drying out/firming up help or hurt?
 

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Ok, back to the golf. Won’t comment on four-letter in here, or the coverage.
 

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I lovE rooting againt SPieth so fuckiNg much. These guys aren't lighting up the course like they thought. Wonder what the scores would be if it was fast and hard. Drives are stopping on a dime in the fairway.
 

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Would love to see Woodland stay in the mix. Dude has one of the longest balls for such a compact, short, easy swing. I’ve always liked him and have been waiting for him to get more consistent.

People might call this course boring, but it ain’t easy, it appears to be in pristine condition and as noted, the weather didn’t seem to kick out the low scores predicted; I also like when the vast majority guys go to a course they’ve never played. Seems like it’s long enough that being too soft from rain would cause issue. The head of PGA noted yesterday that they have some front tee boxes in the plan to make some risk reward holes, but I worry even that won’t make it worth guys going for greens with no run out on their drives. Good on Tiger for scrambling back to even. Should be a fun weekend.
 

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Rahm just stepped on his ball in the rough, not having seen it, called the official, and incurred a penalty stroke.
 

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Bubba Watson shot a 78 this morning. That's three straight missed cuts (and 4 of his last 5) at majors. He may be the guy Furyk needs to hide in Paris.
 

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On the other side, Bjorn may have a Sergio problem. T71 right now and outside the cut, but it’s possible the cut line moves back. If Sergio stays outside, it will be 5 straight major MC’s. 131 in the FedEx standings, so a lengthy playoff run doesn’t appear to be in the cards. He did have 2 top 12 finishes on the Euro tour leading into the Open, but he’s basically been a disaster since the WGC match play. If he misses the cut today that is an MC in 7 of his last 11 starts, and that includes Firestone where there is no cut.

I guess he kind of has to be a captains pick based on his history, but his recent form has to give Bjorn some pause.
 

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He also has three wins this year, he'll be fine.

Edit: regarding Bubba
Well, yeah. That's unfortunately why he'll be on the team. But his recent form has been awful, and he's 3-8-0 in the competition, which is part why he was left off the last team despite being ranked #7 in the world. He's going to be a liability.
 

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Also, if the winner of the PGA is American, he gets almost 4,000 Ryder Cup points, so there are a whole bunch of guys including Woodland, Kisner, and ZJ who would make the team with a win, and put even more squeeze on the potential captain's picks.
 

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Bubba Watson shot a 78 this morning. That's three straight missed cuts (and 4 of his last 5) at majors. He may be the guy Furyk needs to hide in Paris.
Off topic, what does everyone think potential pairings may look like in Paris? Right now the top 8 are DJ, Koepka, JT, Reed, Bubba, Spieth, Fowler, and Webb. Captains picks will probably include Tiger, Phil, Kuchar, and 1 of DeChambeau/Xander/Kisner/ZJ/Finau. For arguments sake, I'll take Kuchar.

Friday morning
Spieth/Reed
DJ/Fowler
Koepka/Webb
JT/Tiger

Friday Afternoon
Spieth/Reed
DJ/Kuchar
Bubba/JT
Mickelson/Fowler
 

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I'm guessing Tiger/Reed becomes a pairing, and Spieth plays with JT. I think Spieth wants to play with JT and Reed wants to play with someone he doesn't have to carry all weekend.

Tiger and Dechambeau are also besties now and I could see them pairing up too.
 

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Almost and ace on 3 for Tiger. Could be 2 under through holes here shortly.
 

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NLU did a podcast on this a few weeks ago, and that was how they thought things would shake out with Tiger. Bryson for 4somes, Reed for 4ball. Bryson’s spot seems a bit precarious to me, but at the time (I think they recorded it the day of his meltdown in Europe) they said Tiger wanted Bryson on the team.
 
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