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PGA QnA
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)
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Photos from the 2024 RBC Heritage
GolfWRX is on site this week at Harbour Town Golf Links on Hilton Head Island for the RBC Heritage. Plenty of golfers who competed in the Masters last week will be making the quick turnaround in the Lowcountry of South Carolina as the Heritage is again one of the Tour’s Signature Events.
We have general albums for you to check out, as well as plenty of WITBs — including Justin Thomas and Justin Rose.
We’ll continue to update as more photos flow in from SC.
Check out links to all our photos, below.
General Albums
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Monday #2
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #1
- 2024 RBC Heritage – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Justin Thomas – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Rose – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Chandler Phillips – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Nick Dunlap – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Thomas Detry – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Austin Eckroat – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Jason Day – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Will Zalatoris – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Patrick Cantlay – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Ludvig Aberg – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Collin Morikawa – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Sam Burns – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Stephen Jaeger – WITB – 2024 RBC Heritage
Pullout Albums
- Wyndham Clark’s Odyssey putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- JT’s new Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Justin Thomas testing new Titleist 2 wood – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey putter with triple track alignment aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Scotty Cameron The Blk Box putting alignment aid/training aid – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Cameron putter – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Odyssey Ai One Eleven T putters – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Christian Bezuidenhout – testing new Callaway Ti 340 mini driver – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Xander Schauffele testing the Callaway Ti 340 mini driver & the DUW – 2024 RBC Heritage
- Byeong Hun An, two new L.A.B. Golf putter builds with “T” alignment – 2024 RBC Heritage
See what GolfWRXers are saying and join the discussion in the forums.
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