The PGA Championship is here after a long summer of golf on the PGA tour and after Tiger Woods dominated at the Bridgestone over the weekend to win for the eighth time at that tournament, he once again will be the favorite heading into a major and now it will be up to the number one golfer to show if he is ready to win one again.
The PGA is the final major of the year and after Woods was utterly dominant against the field over the weekend, he may finally be in the right space to take home his 15th major and his first since 2008 at the US Open. Woods may have been inspired this week with his son Charlie watching him win in person for the first time and he took home his 79th tour win by seven shots after dominating the whole weekend. Woods flirted with history with a 61 score in the second round and he finished with an even par 70 on Sunday for the victory and tied his own record for wins at a tournament.
Woods was solid on the tee and on the greens all weekend and Woods mentioned how his daughter was in attendance for that 2008 win and now Charlie gets to share as well. Woods said he felt good on the course and gave up a few shots on the day and that he is anticipating the PGA championship starting on Thursday. Keegan Bradley was the defending champ and he finished behind Woods with Henrik Stenson and the victory for Woods was all but sealed by the time he teed off on Sunday for the final round.
The PGA is at Oak Hill in Rochester and Woods comes in after dominating so much that no one even got to within six shots of Woods on the final day. The major is the 95th PGA Championship and it will be the first there since 2003 and officials say that tickets are already almost sold out for the event. Woods has won the Bridgestone and the PGA Championship in the same year three times and the last was in 2007 and now he may finally break his major drought this weekend. Woods is coming close to Sam Snead's record of 82 wins on Tour and he very likely will get that, it's the major record of 18 that seems out of reach now.
Woods has won five times on tour this year, more than anyone else and if he keeps playing this way another major championship may end up on his mantle. Tee times will be released this week and the tournament starts on Thursday with coverage coming on television from CBS and TNT and online streaming coming from CBS and the PGA tour.
Dates:
Aug 8 - Aug 11 PGA Championship
Oak Hill Country Club, Rochester, NY
TV: CBS/TNT
Defending champ: Rory McIlroy
Winner gets: $8,000,000
