93rd PGA Championship
 

Final Major of the year and IMO it's wide open as far as picking a winner.....any age group....and nationality....no one is dominating anything. For me.....this is good for golf.

Being played at the BEAUTIFUL Atlanta Athelic Club just down the road a piece from Augusta and Atlanta. They've lengthened the course again, to over 7400 yds. Short hitters beware. The PGA has made provisions to alter the course mid tourn depending on condition, by shortening some holes with alternate tee boxes. Last time it was played here it was won by David Toms (coincidentally....a short hitter).

The Field:

Allenby, Robert – AUSTRALIA
Baddeley, Aaron – AUSTRALIA
Barnes, Ricky – Phoenix, Ariz.
Beem, Rich – Austin, Texas
Bjorn, Thomas – DENMARK
Bourdy, Gregory - FRANCE
Bradley, Keegan – Jupiter, Fla.
Bradley, Michael – Lithia, Fla.
Brooks, Mark - Ft. Worth, Texas
Byrd, Jonathan – Sea Island, Ga.
Cabrera, Angel – ARGENTINA
Cairns, Brian – Bloomfield, Mich.
Camplin, Todd – Pinehurst, N.C.
Casey, Paul - ENGLAND
Choi, K.J. - SOUTH KOREA
Cink, Stewart - Duluth, Ga.
Clarke, Darren – NORTHERN IRELAND
Coston, Jeff – Blaine, Wash.
Crane, Ben – Beaverton, Ore.
Daly, John - Dardanelle, Ark.
Davis, Brian - ENGLAND
Day, Jason – AUSTRALIA
de Jonge, Brendon – Charlotte, N.C.
Donald, Luke – ENGLAND
Donaldson, Jamie - WALES
Dougherty, Sean – Overland Park, Kan.
Dufner, Jason – Auburn, Ala.
Dyson, Simon – ENGLAND
Edfors, Johan - SWEDEN
Elkington, Steve - AUSTRALIA
Els, Ernie - SOUTH AFRICA
Erdmann, Scott – Tigard, Ore.
Fisher, Ross – ENGLAND
Fowler, Rickie – Jupiter, Fla.
Frazar, Harrison – Dallas, Texas
Fujita, Hiroyuki - JAPAN
Furyk, Jim - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Gainey, Tommy – Camden, S.C.
Gallacher, Stephen - SCOTLAND
Garcia, Sergio – SPAIN
Garrigus, Robert – Phoenix, Ariz.
Gay, Brian – Windermere, Fla.
Gillis, Tom – Jupiter, Fla.
Glover, Lucas – Sea Island, Ga.
Goosen, Retief - SOUTH AFRICA
Green, Richard – AUSTRALIA
Haas, Bill – Greenville, S.C.
Hansen, Anders - DENMARK
Hanson, Peter - SWEDEN
Harrington, Padraig – IRELAND
Henry, J.J. – Ft. Worth, Tex.
Hiratsuka, Tetsuji - JAPAN
Hoffman, Charley – Las Vegas, Nev.
Holmes, J.B. – Campbellsville, Ky.
Horsey, David – ENGLAND
Howell III, Charles – Windermere, Fla.
Hutsell, David - Baltimore, Md.
Ikeda, Yuta – JAPAN
Imada, Ryuji - JAPAN
Immelman, Trevor - SOUTH AFRICA
Ishikawa, Ryo – JAPAN
Jacobson, Fredrik – SWEDEN
Jacquelin, Raphael – FRANCE
Jamerson, Faber – Appomattox, Va.
Jertson, Marty – Phoenix, Ariz.
Jimenez, Miguel Angel – SPAIN
Jobe, Brandt – Westlake, Texas
Johnson, Dustin - Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Johnson, Zach - Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Jones, Brendan – AUSTRALIA
Karlsson, Robert - SWEDEN
Kaymer, Martin – GERMANY
Kelly, Jerry – Madison, Wis.
Kim, Anthony - Dallas, Texas
Kim, K.T. – SOUTH KOREA
Kirk, Chris – Sea Island, Ga.
Kuchar, Matt – St. Simons Island, Ga.
Laird, Martin – SCOTLAND
Lardon, Brad – College Station, Texas
Larrazabal, Pablo – SPAIN
Levin, Spencer – Elk Grove, Calif.
Liang, Wenchong - CHINA
Love III, Davis - Sea Island, Ga.
Lunde, Bill – Las Vegas, Nev.
Mahan, Hunter – Colleyville, Texas
Manassero, Matteo – ITALY
Marino, Steve – Tequesta, Fla.
McClellan, Robert - Butler, Pa.
McDowell, Graeme - NORTHERN IRELAND
McIlroy, Rory - NORTHERN IRELAND
Mediate, Rocco – Naples, Fla.
Micheel, Shaun - Memphis, Tenn.
Mickelson, Phil - Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Molder, Bryce – Scottsdale, Ariz.
Molinari, Edoardo - ITALY
Molinari, Francesco – ITALY
Moore, Ryan – Tacoma, Wash.
Moss, Rob – Cleveland, Ohio
Na, Kevin – Las Vegas, Nev.
Nelson, Larry – Marietta, Ga.
Noh, Seung-yul – SOUTH KOREA
Noren, Alexander - SWEDEN
Northern, Mike – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Ogilvy, Geoff – AUSTRALIA
O’Hair, Sean – West Chester, Pa.
Olazabal, Jose Maria – SPAIN
Olsen, Dan – East Lansing, Mich.
Oosthuizen, Louis- SOUTH AFRICA
Overton, Jeff – Evansville, Ind.
Palmer, Ryan – Amarillo, Texas
Pate, Jerry – Pensacola, Fla.
Piercy, Scott – Las Vegas, Nev.
Points, D.A. – Pekin, Ill.
Poulter, Ian - ENGLAND
Quiros, Alvaro - SPAIN
Rollins, John – Colleyville, Texas
Romero, Andres - ARGENTINA
Rose, Justin – ENGLAND
Sabbatini, Rory – SOUTH AFRICA
Schneiter, Steve – Sandy, Utah
Schwartzel, Charl - SOUTH AFRICA
Scott, Adam – AUSTRALIA
Senden, John - AUSTRALIA
Simpson, Webb – Charlotte, N.C.
Singh, Vijay - FIJI
Slocum, Heath - Alpharetta, Ga.
Small, Mike – Champaign, Ill.
Smith, Stuart – Reno, Nev.
Snedeker, Brandt – Nashville, Tenn.
Sorenson, Jeff – Blaine, Minn.
Sowards, Bob – Dublin, Ohio
Stallings, Scott – Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Steele, Brendan – Irvine, Calif.
Stevens, Craig – Dallas, Ga.
Streelman, Kevin – Wheaton, Ill.
Stricker, Steve - Madison, Wis.
Toms, David - Shreveport, La.
Trahan, DJ – Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Tringale, Cameron – Laguna Niguel, Calif.
Van Pelt, Bo – Tulsa, Okla.
Vegas, Jhonattan – VENEZUELA
Verplank, Scott – Edmond, Okla.
Villegas, Camilo – COLOMBIA
Wagner, Johnson – Charlotte, N.C.
Watney, Nick – Las Vegas, Nev.
Watson, Bubba - Bagdad, Fla.
Westwood, Lee – ENGLAND
Wi, Charlie – SOUTH KOREA
Wilson, Mark – Elmhurst, Ill.
Woodland, Gary – Topeka, Kan.
Woods, Tiger – Hobe Sound, Fla.
Yang, Y.E. - SOUTH KOREA

For some reason I am not able to delete the non J$ golfers...???????

wth.....it's a major....;)

Thank you.
Thank you. ;)

I must say I have watched very little golf this year. Don't really know why I just can not get into it for some reason. Well it could be the U.S. Open where there was absolutely no drama at the end at all. Golf needs to have more than one person with a shot at the end of major tournament such as the U.S. Open.

Hey Peter.......listen....re: the Open....yes one guy ran away...but....he was unconscious. If you look at the rest of the top 10...they were only a few strokes apart. That's going to happen now and then....Tiger has run away with a few himself.

The Masters winner was Schwartzel...and there were 6 guys withion a few strokes. The British..only 4 or 5 guys were under par and Clark won by 3. Most majors will be closer than OUR Open was this year.

Thank you for reminding me that each tournament is different. The Open Championship this year did not have very much drama even though good guy Darren Clarke won.

I am just used to something very different with the U.S. Open. Several things set it apart. First the scores can be very high. The winner this year was well under par. And as I mentioned there can be a lot more people in it at the end because of the crazy stuff that can happen and there is the potential at each hole. Wasn't it Phil who was going to win it a few years ago with just a few holes left and really went for it and basically lost the U.S. Open on just a few shots. That is the type of thing I am talking about.

another thing to remember is that these golf courses are doing whatever they can to raise the scores. Look how many are changing 2 par 5's to long hard par 4's. This also contributes to a lack of drama as there are 2 less eagle chances. You want drama in a tournament? Make every one end with a reachable par 5 with a TON of risk/reward and see some swings in the score then.

Round 1 looks to be the attack of the cheeseheads. Good job by Stricker and Kelly

Ok, the weekend is here, all of the real interesting story lines are non-existent right now and the ratings are about to tank. Who wins this thing?

Yes, the ratings will tank and not only because of Tiger not playing.
The Rory storyline is almost gone, unless he shoots a low score today, he is out of it. Phil has to go low and be in the Top 3 at days end to make it interesting for Sunday. Adam Scott needs to get in there and avoid DB's on 18. Darren Clarke is watching today and not playing, same for Dustin Johnson.
Let's face it, Keegan Bradley, James Dufner, Scott Verplank and even Jim Furyk do not spell must see TV. I will watch today, but mainly to see DB's or worse. :)

Oh yeah, the winner will be Adam Scott

agree with most...but....I'm still not ruling out Stricker.

The thing with Stricker is the following:

Yesterday the announcers were recalling when Steve was ranked #2 and trying to get to #1. He said something to the extent that he was relieved when dropping lower in the rankings, it was too much pressure trying to gain the #1 spot.
That mentality does not win majors. IMO Steve is a great gifted golfer, but look at his history in majors and you usually don't see him in the hunt on Sunday.

can't disagree with your statement....call it a "feeling"

this is GREAT stuff