Questions and subsequent answers about this year’s PGA Championship, with info compliments of The PGA of America, with tweaks by yours truly. And players — the eyes of Azinger are upon ye…
Q: Is Jay Haas in this year’s PGA Championship field?
A: Funny you should ask. Yes, he is. But you must have known that he gained entry based on his win of the Senior PGA Championship in May.
Q: What are the odds of Jay Hass winning?
A: About the same as the new soft square grooves rule to get traction.
Q: What’s the purse?
A: $7.5 million. The winner receives. $1.35 million. Brett Farve got nothing from this deal.
Q: By the way, where will the PGA Championship be played in 2016?
A: The same place as in 2005.
Q: Did you know that Willie Anderson won the U.S Open in 1903 at the answer to the last question?
A: No.
Q: Are Ryder Cup standings at stake at the PGA?
A: Yes. In fact, the team will be determined after the tournament concludes on Sunday.
Q: Will Hunter Mahan make the Ryder Cup team?
A: 8 players make the team by points. Hunter is currently 10th on the list behind Woody Austin and Steven Stricker. His mouth, however, is in 29th place. Captain Paul Azinger will personally select the remaining four players of the 12-man team on September 2nd.
Q: When was Oakland Hills Country Club, site of this year’s PGA Championship, founded?
A: Eerie but true, it was founded the exact same year as The PGA of America.
Q: Who were the three players who have won the British Open and the PGA Championship in the same year?
A: That’s easy: Walter Hagen in 1924, Nick Price in 1994, and….um….oooo, I know this!…….ah-ha! Tiger Woods who, of course, did it twice – 2000 and 2006.
Q: How many former PGA Champions are in this year’s field?
A: 10
Q: Care to tell us who the heck they are?
A: Oh, all right. Tway (1986), Daly (1991), Azinger (1993), Elkington (1995), Brooks (1996), Love III (1997), Singh (1998, 2004), Toms (2001), Beem (2002), Mickelson (2005).
Q: Any last lame facts?
A: Jack was the last player to win both the Masters and the PGA in the same year, 1975.
Q: Lastly, who will win this year’s PGA Championship?
A: The player who __________________________ (fill in the blank)