TULSA, Okla. — We know Tiger Woods is participating in this week’s PGA Championship and Phil Mickelson is not.
Bryson DeChambeau’s status isn’t really as lower and dried.
The 28-yr-aged DeChambeau, the 2020 U.S. Open up winner at Winged Foot, arrived to Southern Hills late in the day Monday and is testing his surgically fixed left wrist and hand to see if he’ll be in good shape to contend this 7 days.
DeChambeau has been out of motion due to the fact early April. He missed the slice at the Masters, taking pictures 12-more than par then had April 14 surgical procedure on his remaining wrist to repair service a fractured piece of his hamate bone.
“On my way to Southern Hills CC,” DeChambeau tweeted Monday. “Going to take a look at how I am sensation over these upcoming few days and make your mind up on whether to contend. Hunting ahead to staying in Tulsa.”
On May well 14, a thirty day period eliminated from surgical treatment, DeChambeau tweeted a online video of himself hitting a driver into a internet in his backyard.
If DeChambeau decides he’s not able to enjoy prior to Thursday’s opening spherical, Joel Dahman is the up coming alternate and would substitute him in the area.
Brooks Koepka was an hour late for his pre-match press convention Tuesday because he locked his keys in his courtesy automobile, which was presently running with his golfing golf equipment in the again.
Later on, he poked enjoyable at himself for it.
“Only me, gentleman,” Koepka reported. “It’s like a theme of motor vehicle difficulties. Run out of gasoline [at home recently] and then this. I’m just happy it did not transpire on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.”
Eyebrows have been lifted this week at Southern Hills by the exorbitant charges at the concession stands that the PGA of America is charging. Justin Thomas saw some tweets that some beers had been costing $18 and $19 and reacted incredulously on Twitter Monday.
Tuesday he said he observed the costs and, “I was blown away.’’
He known as the prices “a bummer.’’
“You want persons to come to the event,’’ Thomas said. “I was just blown absent mainly because I’ve under no circumstances witnessed a beer $18 or $19 in my life. Fellas have been speaking about it, so I had to stand up for the followers. Felt like it was correct.’’
Rory McIlroy explained he well prepared for this week’s PGA Championship ahead of he arrived on web site by viewing a fly-over online video of Southern Hills, which he’d in no way visited.
“I feel Golf Digest had like a handful of flyovers of the golfing class, so just tried using to get on the web,’’ he claimed. “I tried using to dig up some footage of last year’s Senior PGA, but it was very restricted. I just attempted to locate some things online just to get a sense for what the golf study course was like and what Gil [Hanse, who recently touched up the course] experimented with to do with it and what kind of philosophy he was striving to use and what type of pictures he desired guys to try out to enjoy.
“It type of seemed quite evident that this is an method shot and quick match [course], like iron enjoy and chipping is likely to be truly significant this 7 days.’’
PGA of American CEO Seth Waugh was asked Tuesday if a participant opted to enjoy in the Greg Norman-led LIV Golfing league function would be banned from taking part in in the PGA Championship next yr.
“We’ve bought a good deal of time amongst now and Oak Hill [the site of the 2023 PGA], and I imagine we all have to kind of acquire a deep breath, see how it plays out, and what the ecosystem appears to be like like at that stage,’’ Waugh reported. “We’re a enthusiast of the existing ecosystem and planet golf position procedure and anything else that goes into creating the most effective area in golf. Correct now, I really do not know what it’ll glance like following 12 months. We really do not imagine this [Saudi league] is excellent for the sport. We have our have bylaws that we will observe towards individuals fields.’’
Questioned if individuals bylaws preclude allowing players participate in if he performs on a rival tour, Waugh said, “Not especially, but our bylaws do say that you have to be a acknowledged member of a identified tour in get to be a PGA member someplace, and consequently qualified to play.’’
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