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Stars align The PGA Championship annually draws the strongest field in golf. Thursday through Sunday at Bellerive Country Club, the world’s best golfers will slug it out for the right to have their name etched on the Wanamaker Trophy as the winner of the 100th edition of the tournament.
Justin Thomas holds up the Wanamaker Trophy, which goes to the winner of the PGA Championship. Thomas is the defending champion. > J.B. Forbes • Post-Dispatch
JUSTIN THOMAS
Reigning PGA champion shot 65 at Bellerive in June in his first look at the course.
TIGER WOODS
Held the lead two weeks ago on back nine Sunday at the British Open. Is he ready to break through?
TWO SPORTS INTERSECT
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO KNOW
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Where to park, eat, buy merchandise and more in an overview of the Bellerive layout. G10-11
JORDAN SPIETH
DUSTIN JOHNSON
Remarkable seven top-three finishes in 23 career majors. A win gives him the career Grand Slam.
100TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Bellerive Country Club • Aug. 9-12 Thursday, Friday: 1 to 7 p.m. (TNT) Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (TNT), 1 to 6 p.m. (CBS)
Just one major to his name, but world No. 1 has four top-10 showings in eight PGA Championships.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH
HOLE-BY-HOLE BREAKDOWN
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Bellerive has a variety of challenges, but its par 4s might provide the toughest tests. G15
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BELLERIVE RISES TO THE OCCASION Big events at the course have often faced some problems, but in the end the classic setting always seems to come through
BY DAN O’NEILL Special to the Post-Dispatch
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avis Love III was out the door at The Broadmoor in Colorado last month, rushing to a tee time at the U.S. Senior Open. But he paused momentarily and cracked a smile at a mention of the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. “I’m hoping to be there, for sure,” he said. As the 1997 winner of the PGA, DL3 is eligible to be there. At the same time, he’s reached the age of 54, had hip replacement surgery last November and takes nothing on the schedule for granted. But the 2018 championship at Bellerive is the 100th playing of the PGA, which counted his father as a prominent member. Moreover, it would be the 100th major championship start of his distinguished career. And as he paused, he offered one other prominent consideration: “I love that golf course,” he added, “absolutely love it.” With its storied history, remarkable resilience and lofty place in the St. Louis sports culture, what’s not to love about Bellerive? Since Ben Hogan captured the PGA Championship at Norwood Hills Country Club in 1948, St. Louis has hosted a U.S. Open, U.S. Senior Open, PGA Championship, Senior PGA Championship, FedEx Cup playoff and World Golf Championship event. Each has had one thing in common — 12925 Ladue Road. Over the same time, two Busch Stadiums have vanished, the Arena was imploded, and the domed stadium that housed the NFL Rams became empty and outdated. Bellerive Country Club, designed by esteemed architect Robert Trent Jones, christened with a “Grand Slam,” impervious to setbacks and adversity, seems to get better with age. In the week starting Monday, the wrought iron gates will swing open and the 59-year-old home of championship golf in St. Louis will raise the curtain once more, presenting the best darn players on the planet, bringing the centennial edition of one of golf’s major championships to famished golf fans. “I’m looking forward to it,” said three-time major winner Jordan Spieth, who has extended family in St. Louis. Like Gary Player in 1965, Spieth will come to Bellerive with a chance to complete golf’s career Grand Slam, the feat of winning each of the four majors. “I haven’t been in St. Louis in about 10 years, and I’ve never played the golf course. So it’s going to be a fun week.” Fun, fickle, unforgettable … the grounds at Bellerive have known many such weeks. In 1965, just six years after relocating from the Normandy area, the course became the youngest to host a U.S. Open. At 7,191 yards, it was the longest layout in championship history and, according to Los Angeles Times correspondent Jim Murray, “18 holes of capital punishment.” For Player, it turned out to be 90 holes. While the ’65 U.S. Open was the first to conclude with an 18-hole round on Sunday — as opposed to 36 holes on Saturday — the “Black Knight” needed a Monday playoff to beat Kel Nagle by three. Minutes after, Player made good on a promise and donated his first-place winnings of $25,000 to cancer research and junior golf. “I am a foreigner here,” said the South African, the first foreign-born player since 1927 to win the U.S. Open. “The American people have treated me so well I wanted to give something back.” The win was historical, putting the 29-year old Player alongside Hogan and Gene Sarazen as only the third to complete the Grand Slam. In the years since, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have expanded the roster to five. “It is a very special memory for me,” Player said during a recent visit to St. Louis. “It put me in some very special company. Bellerive is a place I have never and will never forget.” In 1981, the golf course produced a similar memory for native son Jim Holtgrieve, as he won the inaugural U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship, with future USGA President Tom O’Toole Jr. as his caddie. In 1992, enjoying ideal weather, area fans came in unprecedented numbers. They shattered attendance and merchandise sales records and watched another South African, Nick Price, win the PGA at Bellerive for his first major championship. But special moments don’t come without sacrifices. Conducting golf events in the midst of St. Louis summers is an agronomical challenge that keeps superintendents up at night — if they actually had time to lie down. Adaptability, ingenuity and just plain faith is demanded of both the membership and the operational staff. More than 4,200 volunteers will be working this PGA. Some 650,000
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Gary Player reacts after he birdies the seventh hole during the final round of the U.S. Open at Bellerive Country Club in June 1965.
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Todd Gary, championship manager with the PGA of America, speaks during a training session with volunteers July 14.
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Nick Price of South Africa holds up the Wanamaker Trophy in August 1992 after winning the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club.
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Jim Holtgrieve (left) and Bob Lewis watch one of Lewis’ drives during the final round of the 1981 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Bellerive. Holtgrieve prevailed on the final hole.
J.B. FORBES • jforbes@post-dispatch.com
Kohki Idoki kisses the championship trophy after winning the 74th Senior PGA Championship in May 2013.
square feet of temporary structures will be on the property. Grandstands will be scattered around the golf course, including one that offers a view of five holes. In excess of 1,000 credentialed media members will converge and more than 500 million households will be watching across 200 countries. Adversity goes part and parcel with bestlaid plans, and Bellerive has had more than its share. In September 2001, with a starstudded field and postcard-perfect weather, practice round galleries swelled for the WGC-American Express Championship. On the clear morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, all the anticipation got buried in the smoke and debris emanating from New York. The acts of terror handed Bellerive the distinction of hosting the first PGA Tour event to be canceled since 1949. With the skies in lockdown, players scrambled to get home. Tiger Woods got his hands on a car and drove through the night to his Florida residence. “I basically stole a Buick and drove it home,” Woods said afterward. “It took me 18 hours to get home, nonstop.” Preparations for the event were in excess of $5 million. The economic impact for St. Louis was expected to be between $35 million and $38 million. The cancellation left emotional and financial scars that were hard to heal. But Bellerive bounced back. Despite that experience, and despite heavy rain that postponed the second round, the club staged a successful 2004 U.S. Senior Open. With more than 90,000 attending over the weekend, it crowned Peter Jacobsen with his first USGA title. Two years later, the club completed a $12 million renovation, improving the golf course infrastructure and employing Rees Jones to refine his father’s design. In 2008, a Woods do-over was a prominent attraction as anticipation grew for the FedEx Cup-BMW Championship in September. But in June, shortly after he hobbled to a playoff win in the U.S. Open, Woods had surgery on his left knee and was done for the season. Meanwhile, when the week of the BMW Championship arrived, so did remnants of Hurricane Gustav, inundating the course, washing out parking areas and postponing the first round. With its unyielding group of groundskeepers and volunteers, Bellerive held serve. By the weekend, Camilo Villegas was capturing his first PGA Tour win and the galleries were nearly three times larger than the previous year’s event in Chicago. With the 2013 Senior PGA Championship, Bellerive was back in the spotlight and back up against it. Fred Couples, the biggest draw of the PGA Tour Champions, withdrew early in the week. Again, storms arrived, causing headaches and delays. In the end, the winner, Japan’s Kohki Idoki, didn’t speak a lick of English. Didn’t matter. Idoki said all that needed be said with tears in his eyes and a closing-round 65. Once again, St. Louis threw its arms around a significant golf championship. Once again, Bellerive produced a special moment. “I think this is maybe the best major I’ve ever played in,” said Belleville native Jay Haas, who tied for second. “From A to Z, this has been a home run. It was an unbelievable week and I was glad to be a part of it to the end.” As the 100th PGA approaches, things are in place for another “unbelievable week.” In 2008, on a course softened by heavy rain, Villegas won the BMW with a 15-under-par 265. Asked for a prediction, Bellerive member Jay Williamson, who played 16 seasons on the PGA Tour, said so much depends on a PGA setup and the weather. “They’ve done a remarkable job with the course of overcoming a tough summer so far,” Williamson said. “The course is in great shape. If they can get the greens firm and fast that week, it will keep the scores from being low, but I’m not sure the weather will allow them to do that. Regardless, it’ll be a good test and a terrific week for St. Louis.” With any luck, the third time will be a charm for the game’s biggest name, as Woods has confirmed he will be in the field. If the planets align, the skies will cooperate and temperatures will be reasonable. With any justice, the countless hours spent primping and pampering the golf course will pay off. And if not, rest assured, Bellerive will prevail. “We’ve been preparing for this moment for years and will continue to until we open our doors on Aug. 6,” said championship chairman Mike DeCola. “Bellerive has never looked better, and we’re not surprised to be able to say that.” What’s not to love about Bellerive bringing another major championship to St. Louis?
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GOLF MEETS BASEBALL Zach Johnson, Wainwright are friends — and friendly competitors
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN St. Louis Post-Dispatch
He’s walked Augusta National before, even nabbed a commemorative jacket to remember his experience, but this? This was where the Cardinals play — where his Cardinals play — and Zach Johnson gazed at the expansive green and took it all in from the home dugout. Johnson, the great golfer, is friends with pitcher Adam Wainwright. They live in the same Georgia town, but Johnson is from Iowa, raised on corn and crackling KMOX. So when Johnson came to St. Louis a Sunday ago, to practice at Bellerive, Wainwright gave him a private tour of Busch Stadium. As the two past champions left the dugout, Johnson said to Wainwright: “Man, you don’t know how cool that was for me, growing up as a Cards fan, seeing Ozzie and Willie.” Waino thus said to him: “You want to meet Willie?” “Willie’s here?” Johnson asked. Of course, Willie McGee joined the Cardinals coaching staff this year. Here’s the thing, though — McGee loves golf. So when the 2007 Masters champ walked in, “You kind of froze for a minute!” McGee recalled with a smile. “I always admired his style and how he went about his business, you know? Classy and professional. And then to see him, all of a sudden? That made my day.” Needless to say, it also made Johnson’s day, the owner of a green jacket meeting the owner of a red one. Johnson will be back in St. Louis this week, hoping to make history in the same town where McGee won an MVP and Wainwright threw the final strike of a World Series. Johnson also has won the British Open, but never the PGA Championship. His highest finish was third. Johnson, 42, entered the weekend as the No. 51-ranked golfer in the world, just behind, sure enough, No. 50 Tiger Woods. But Bellerive lends itself to a golfer with Johnson’s accurate abilities, compared to some of the monstrous mashers of the new generation. “Zach is a good overall driver of the golf ball, and you have to play the fair-
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Zach Johnson hits from the fairway during the first round of the John Deere Classic tournament last month in Silvis, Ill.
way here,” said Mike Tucker, the PGA pro at Bellerive. “The rough got tougher this (past) week with the rain.” Wainwright and Johnson live in the area of St. Simons Island, Ga., “and we go to the same church and the kids are the same age,” Waino said. “And he’s a member of the course that I’m a member of. Or I should say – I’m a member of the course that he’s a member of. Sea Island Golf Club.” That’s the famed course where Davis Love III fell in love with links – and in 1997, Love III won his lone major, the PGA Championship. Wainwright is also close friends with Love III, and Waino once even umpired Little League games featuring Davis’ son, Dru, who’s now a professional golfer, too. “We probably have 10, 12 big-time golfers who live in the area,” said Wainwright, himself a 3.0 handicap. But Wainwright is probably closest with Johnson, who stayed at Waino’s home while in St. Louis to practice at
Bellerive. Johnson even sat in the stands at Busch with his fellow Cardinals fans and Wainwright’s wife, Jenny, who grew up going to the Masters with her family. Adam, meanwhile, grew up 2½ hours from Augusta but never got to go — and even when Adam and Jenny began dating, he never got a chance to use the cherished family tickets. He works weekends in April. But in 2011, Wainwright was out for the year after surgery. Perhaps the only good thing about missing the year after finishing second in Cy Young voting — and missing a year your team won the World Series — is getting to attend the Masters. “So I had my arm in a sling,” he said, “and I was walking around, following Tiger Woods, following Bubba Watson, following Zach, all the big-timers, because I wanted to see their shots. You can’t have your phone out there, but when I got back to the house, I had all these texts from my teammates who were watching the Masters, because
(the TV) showed Tiger teeing off – and I was standing right behind there with my arm in a sling.” Wainwright jokingly took the blame for Johnson missing the Masters cut in 2011, since Waino showed up halfway through the round — and that’s when the trouble began for the old champ. “Also, in 2016 we had an off-day in Atlanta on a Thursday,” Wainwright said, “so me and Michael Wacha and Trevor Rosenthal and my brother went to Augusta. Zach got us tickets so we walked around and followed him for a round. It was pretty neat.” Standing in the Busch Stadium hallway outside the Cards’ clubhouse, Wainwright was asked for a little intel on Zach Johnson. “A quick story about that,” Wainwright said. “He is one of the most competitive people I’ve ever met. We went over to his house for Halloween a few years back. And he’s the first guy — and you probably know someone like this — once he starts competing in something, he’s shirt off, hat backwards and suddenly it’s the Masters. He thought he could beat me in ping-pong, which wasn’t the case. So then he challenged me to any other sport I wanted to do. And I said, ‘What are you talking about? Listen, golfers are great athletes at what you do.’ I was just trying to rub him a little bit. And he goes, ‘Well, I can beat you in basketball.’ And I’m like, ‘Are you serious? Pick another sport. You won’t even get a shot off me, just trust me.’ He goes, ‘All right, 40-yard dash, right now!’ “And I’m wearing jeans and a Halloween costume or whatever. He goes, ‘You want to stretch?’ ‘No, I’m good.’ One of our other friends, Brent Schwarzrock, and he goes out and holds his hands up and we race. I beat him by like 10 feet. (Johnson) looks at me like, ‘Wow! You’re fast.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m really not that fast! You don’t understand. I run fine, but on a team of 25 players, there are probably 20 faster than me.’ And he’s like, ‘Really?’And I said, ‘I told you — baseball players are athletes.’ And he was just so mad. “But I love the fact that he’s so competitive.” Benjamin Hochman @hochman on Twitter bhochman@post-dispatch.com
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11 MAJORS, 10 WINNERS, NINE FIRST-TIMERS COMPILED BY CAMERON HOLLWAY • Post-Dispatch deputy sports editor
Professional golf at the highest level has never been more wide open and competitive than it is now. Of the 11 majors played in the last three years, there have been 10 champions, with only Brooks Koepka winning two. For nine of the 10 champions, Jordan Spieth being the exception, it was their first victory in a major tournament.
Danny Willett
Dustin Johnson
Henrik Stenson
2016 MASTERS
2016 U.S. OPEN
2016 BRITISH OPEN
Danny Willett overcame a five-shot deficit on the back nine Sunday to win by three shots over Jordan Spieth and Lee Westwood, joining Nick Faldo as the only Englishmen to win the Masters. Spieth birdied four straight holes to close the front nine and take a big lead, but he went bogey, bogey, quadruple on 10, 11 and 12 to give the tournament away. Westwood might be the most accomplished player never to win a major; his top-three showing is one of 11 in his career.
Dustin Johnson won his only major by three or four shots, depending on whom you ask. The official margin of victory at Oakmont was three over Jim Furyk, Shane Lowry and Scott Piercy, but that’s after Johnson was assessed a one-stroke penalty post-round in a controversial call that led the PGA to change a rule. On the fifth green, as DJ prepared to address a putt, the ball moved slightly. He conferred with an official, was told to play on, and then on the 12th hole was approached and told he might end up being penalized. He played on to close with a 69 – or 68, but who’s counting?
Henrik Stenson won his lone major by three shots over Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon, becoming the first Scandinavian man to win a major. Mickelson led after a majors record-tying 63 in the first round and by a stroke over Stenson heading into the weekend. Stenson’s 68 on moving day gave him the lead with 18 holes to play and set up one of the great final-round duels in majors history. Stenson’s nine birdies and closing 63 helped him set a majors record of 20 under par, while Mickelson closed with a bogey-free round of 65.
Jimmy Walker
Sergio Garcia
Brooks Koepka
2016 PGA
2017 MASTERS
2017 U.S. OPEN
Jimmy Walker led wire to wire to win his only major by one stroke over defending champion Jason Day. Both players shot 67 in the final round, which was played with a “lift, clean and place” allowance because of course conditions at Baltusrol, believed to be the only time that allowance has been granted players in a major championship. Walker’s rounds of 65-66-68-67 gave him a 14-under total and closed a year in which all four champions were first-time major winners.
Sergio Garcia’s breakthrough win in a sudden-death playoff against Justin Rose was one of the more popular victories in Masters history. Playing in his 74th career major and having finished in the top five 11 times but without a win, Garcia trailed Rose by two strokes with five holes to play but went birdie, eagle on 14 and 15 to charge into a tie. Rose missed a 5-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have won the tournament, then made bogey on the first playoff hole and Garcia sank a 12-foot birdie putt to win it.
Brooks Koepka won at Erin Hills in a scoring barrage that saw 31 players finish under par, a U.S. Open record. Koepka’s first major victory was at 16 under par, which tied the U.S. Open record set by Rory McIlroy in 2011. In the third round, Justin Thomas fired an Open record 63 to enter the final round one shot off the pace, but he slumped to a 75 Sunday to finish tied for ninth. Dating to Jason Day’s win at the 2015 PGA, Koepka’s victory made for seven straight majors in which the champion was a first-time major winner.
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11 MAJORS, 10 WINNERS, NINE FIRST-TIMERS
Jordan Spieth
Justin Thomas
Patrick Reed
Brooks Koepka
Francesco Molinari
2017 BRITISH OPEN
2017 PGA
2018 MASTERS
2018 U.S. OPEN
2018 BRITISH OPEN
Jordan Spieth led after all four rounds at Royal Birkdale after opening with 65 and posting four scores in the 60s on the par-70 layout. He carried a three-shot lead into the final round over playing partner Matt Kuchar, a lead that vanished on the front nine. Then after making bogey on the 13th hole and trailing by a stroke with five holes to play, Spieth went birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie to win by three. In doing so, he joined Jack Nicklaus as the only men to win three legs of the career Grand Slam before the age of 24.
Justin Thomas opened with a 2-over 73 and stood in 39th place, but he came back with rounds of 66, 69 and 68 to win by two strokes over Francesco Molinari, Patrick Reed and Louis Oosthuizen at Quail Hollow. Trailing by two entering the final round, Thomas gave up a stroke over his first six holes, then went 5 under over the next 11 holes and made a harmless bogey at 18. Oosthuizen eagled 15 and birdied 18 to rally to second place, making him only the seventh golfer in history to finish as a runner-up in all four majors.
Patrick Reed survived furious Sunday charges by runner-up Rickie Fowler and third-place Jordan Spieth with a finalround 71 and one-stroke win, finishing at 15 under par to claim his first major victory. The who’s who leaderboard also included top-10 finishes by Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Marc Leishman and Dustin Johnson. Spieth started the day nine strokes behind Reed but charged with a 64 and actually was tied for the lead with two holes remaining. Fowler made six birdies on the final 11 holes to finish runner-up in a major for the third time.
Brooks Koepka was in 46th place after an opening round of 5-over 75 at Shinnecock Hills, but he jumped to T-4 with a second-round 66, and his 72-68 showing over the weekend was good for a oneshot win over Tommy Fleetwood, at 1-over aggregate. Koepka became the first to repeat as a U.S. Open champion since Curtis Strange in 1989. Fleetwood started Sunday’s round six shots back, made four straight birdies on holes 12-15, then missed an 8-footer on 18 that would have given him the first 62 in U.S. Open history and forced a two-hole playoff.
Francesco Molinari followed the U.S. Open formula for success, making par on the first 13 holes while watching the field collapse around him, then birdied two of the final five holes to win by two strokes and become the first Italian to win a major. Third-round leaders Kevin Kisner, Xander Schauffele and Jordan Spieth shot 74, 74 and 76, respectively, on the baked Carnoustie links. Rory McIlroy shot 70 in the final round to finish runner-up for the first time in a major (he has four major wins), and Justin Rose closed with 69 for second place, giving him T-12, T-10 and T-2 in this year’s three majors.
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CROWDED AT THE TOP In the past three years, eight golfers have three or more top-5 finishes in a major: 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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Rory McIlroy (T-2, 2018 British; T-4, 2017 British; T-5, 2016 British; T-5, 2018 Masters) Brooks Koepka (1, 2018 U.S. Open; 1, 2017 U.S. Open; 4, 2016 U.S. Open) Dustin Johnson (1, 2016 U.S. Open; 3, 2018 U.S. Open; T-4, 2016 Masters) Patrick Reed (1, 2018 Masters; T-2, 2017 PGA; 4, 2018 U.S. Open) Rickie Fowler (2, 2018 Masters; T-5, 2017 PGA; T-5, 2017 U.S. Open) Jordan Spieth (1, 2017 British; T-2, 2016 Masters; 3, 2018 Masters) Hideki Matsuyama (T-2, 2017 U.S. Open; 4, 2016 PGA; T-5, 2017 PGA) Sergio Garcia (1, 2017 Masters; T-5, 2016 British; T-5, 2016 U.S. Open)
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RICKIE FOWLER: Ranked No. 9,
HONCHO AND LEFTY
this self-taught Californian has been agonizingly close. In 35 majors, Fowler, 29, has nine top-10 showings, with a pair of top-fives in all four. He has been in the top five in three of the last six majors.
TOMMY FLEETWOOD:
Englishman ranked No. 11 doesn’t have a strong record, having missed the cut in six of 13 majors. But he was fourth and second at the last two U.S. Opens, and in 2018 he’s finished T-17 (Masters), second (U.S.) and T-12 (British).
Jon Rahm
Tommy Fleetwood
ALEX NOREN: 36-year-old Swede ranked 13th has 10 wins on the European Tour but no top-fives in 21 career majors, with a T-6 and T-9 at the British his best showings. PAUL CASEY: At 41, the clock is ticking for this Englishman with 15 career wins. Casey, No. 15 in the world, has nine top-10 placings in 58 majors. In the last 11 majors, he has seven top20 showings. HIDEKI MATSUYAMA: He’s 26 with five PGA wins, including two World Golf Championships, and seven top-10 finishes in 24 career majors. Japanese star’s driving game is well-suited to bellerive. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS
Phil Mickelson helps Tiger Woods put on his green jacket after Woods won the Masters in 2005.
Tiger Woods, 42, has 14 majors (second to Jack Nicklaus) and 79 PGA Tour wins (second to Sam Snead) and in 2009 became the world’s first athlete to earn more than $1 billion in his career, according to Forbes Magazine. Perhaps the best closer ever, his majors career includes six seconds and four thirds against the 14 wins. But he hasn’t won one since the 2008 U.S. Open, and his T-6 at Carnoustie two weeks ago was his first top 10 at a major since 2013. Phil Mickelson, 48, has 38 career top-10 showings in a major, just one fewer than Woods. The difference is that Lefty has won just five majors while finishing second 11 times and third seven more. Mickelson has won every major but the U.S. Open, where he’s finished second a record six times. His last major victory was the 2013 British Open.
XANDER SCHAUFFELE: He has zoomed up the world rankings from 299th at the end of the 2016 season to a current spot of 18th, and with two PGA Tour wins. Schauffele, 24, has three top-six finishes in only six career majors, including a T-2 two weeks ago at the British Open. MARC LEISHMAN: 34-year-old Australian, ranked 19, has five top-10s in 28 career majors, his nearest miss a T-2 at the 2015 British. Has made six cuts in seven PGA Championships.
Xander Schauffele
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INCLEMENT WEATHER Weather warning TAKE PRECAUTIONS; SEEK SHELTER PRIOR TO PLAY BEING SUSPENDED
100TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP
Yellow and red weather warning signs will appear on Leaderboards and Thru boards. In the event of inclement weather, please avoid:
Bellerive Country Club • Aug. 9-12 Thursday, Friday: 1 to 7 p.m. (TNT) Saturday, Sunday: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (TNT), 1 to 6 p.m. (CBS)
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PARKING AND SITE ACCESS
There will be no parking Monday through Sunday at or within two miles of Bellerive Country Club, and there will be no pedestrian or bicycle access to the tournament. Mason Road and Ladue Road near the course will be closed to all traffic from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Sunday. SHUTTLE SERVICE
Patrons will be shuttled to Bellerive from Westminster Christian Academy (800 Maryville Center Drive, Chesterfield, 63017) and from the public parking site at Fenton Logistics Park (1050 Dodge Drive, Fenton, 63026). The WCA lots are for rideshares only and will not accommodate traffic other than from Uber, Lyft or a cab company. Fans are encouraged to carpool to the Fenton site. Shuttles will run from both sites from: • 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Wednesday • 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday • 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
ADMISSION POLICY
Tickets will be scanned at entry gates and then will not provide access, so no re-entry will be allowed other than during weather warnings. Active, reserve or career-retired military • Complimentary daily admission, along with one guest, all seven days. Kids 17 and under • Every adult with a paid ticket can bring up to four kids 17 and under for complimentary admissions throughout the event. PROHIBITED ITEMS
• Backpacks or drawstring bags of any size • Laptops or computer tablets • Selfie sticks • Weapons, knives • Stools • Coolers • Food and beverages • Alcohol • Banners, posters, signs YOU CAN BRING
CAMERAS AND MOBILE DEVICES
Cameras are allowed Monday through Wednesday only. Mobile devices are allowed all days but must be set to silent or vibrate. Calls cannot be made or received within 100 yards of competition. Cell photography and videography are allowed during practice rounds. Complimentary Wi-Fi stations will be located on the grounds.
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• Bags no larger than 10 inches by 10 by 10 • Folding canvas chair with carry bag • One unopened bottle of water per spectator • Food for medical, dietary or infant purposes only
Byeong Hun An (South Korea) Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Thailand) Ryan Armour (Silver Lake, Ohio) *Danny Balin (Rye, N.Y.) Rich Beem (Austin, Texas) *Rich Berberian Jr. (Hooksett, N.H.) Daniel Berger (Jupiter, Fla.) Alexander Bjork (Sweden) Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) *Michael Block (St. Louis) *Matt Borchert, (Winter Garden, Fla.) *Craig Bowden (Bloomington, Ind.) Keegan Bradley (Woodstock, Vt.) Paul Broadhurst (England) Scott Brown (Aiken, S.C.) Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) Jorge Campillo (Spain) Patrick Cantlay (North Palm Beach, Fla.) Paul Casey (England) Kevin Chappell (Fresno, Calif.) Stewart Cink (Duluth, Ga.) Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Ark.) John Daly (Dardanelle, Ark.) Jason Day (Australia) Bryson DeChambeau (Clovis, Calif.) *Matt Dobyns (Lake Success, N.Y.) Jason Dufner (Auburn, Ala.) Paul Dunne (Ireland) Tony Finau (Lehi, Utah) Ross Fisher (England) Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) Tommy Fleetwood (England) Rickie Fowler (Murrieta, Calif.) Ryan Fox (New Zealand) Dylan Frittelli (South Africa) Jim Furyk (Jacksonville, Fla.) Sergio Garcia (Spain) Brice Garnett (Gallatin, Mo.) Brian Gay (Windermere, Fla.) Branden Grace (South Africa) Emiliano Grillo (Argentina) Bill Haas (Greenville, S.C.) Chesson Hadley (Raleigh, N.C.) Adam Hadwin (Canada) James Hahn (Alameda, Calif.) Seungsu Han (South Korea) *Jaysen Hansen (Solon, Ohio) Justin Harding (South Africa) Brian Harman (Sea Island, Ga.) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) Tyrrell Hatton (England) Russell Henley (Kiawah Island, S.C.) *Craig Hocknull (Gilbert, Ariz.) Charley Hoffman (San Diego, Calif.) J.B. Holmes (Campbellsville, Ky.) Billy Horschel (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
Beau Hossler (Dallas, Texas) Charles Howell III (Orlando, Fla.) Yuta Ikeda (Japan) Sungjae Im (South Korea) Shugo Imahira (Japan) *Marty Jertson (Phoenix, Ariz.) Dustin Johnson (Jupiter, Fla.) Zach Johnson (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) *Zach J. Johnson (Farmington, Utah) Martin Kaymer (Germany) *Ben Kern (Abilene, Texas) Michael Kim (Dallas, Texas) Si Woo Kim (South Korea) Whee Kim (South Korea) Kevin Kisner (Aiken, S.C.) Patton Kizzire (Sea Island, Ga.) Russell Knox (Scotland) Satoshi Kodaira (Japan) Brooks Koepka (West Palm Beach, Fla.) *Johan Kok (Nashville, Tenn.) Mikko Korhonen (Finland) Matt Kuchar (Sea Island, Ga.) Anirban Lahiri (India) Andrew Landry (Dripping Springs, Texas) Marc Leishman (Australia) Alexander Levy (France) Haotong Li (China) Luke List (Long Beach, Calif.) Mike Lorenzo-Vera (France) Davis Love III (St. Simons Island, Ga.) Jamie Lovemark (San Diego, Calif.) Shane Lowry (Ireland) Hideki Matsuyama (Japan) *Sean McCarty (Solon, Iowa) Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) Troy Merritt (Meridian, Idaho) Shaun Micheel (Collierville, Tenn.) Phil Mickelson (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.) Yusaku Miyazato (Japan) Francesco Molinari (Italy) Ryan Moore (Las Vegas, Nev.) *David Muttitt (Albuquerque, N.M.) Kevin Na (Las Vegas, Nev.) Joaquin Niemann (Chile) Alex Noren (Sweden) Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) Adrian Otaegui (Spain) Eddie Pepperell (England) Pat Perez (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Scott Piercy (Las Vegas, Nev.) Thomas Pieters (Belgium) Ted Potter, Jr. (Ocala, Fla.) Ian Poulter (England) Jon Rahm (Spain) Chez Reavie (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Patrick Reed (The Woodlands, Texas) Justin Rose (England) Xander Schauffele (San Diego, Calif.) *Jason Schmuhl (Windsor, Calif.) Ollie Schniederjans (Alpharetta, Ga.) Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) Adam Scott (Australia) Shubhankar Sharma (India) Webb Simpson (Charlotte, N.C.) Vijay Singh (Fiji) Cameron Smith (Australia) Jordan Smith (England) *Brian Smock (Coronado, Calif.) Brandt Snedeker (Nashville, Tenn.) *Bob Sowards (Dublin, Ohio) J.J. Spaun (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Jordan Spieth (Dallas, Texas) Kyle Stanley (Gig Harbor, Wash.) Brendan Steele (Idyllwild, Calif.) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) Brandon Stone (South Africa) Chris Stroud (Houston, Texas) Andy Sullivan (England) Julian Suri (St. Augustine, Fla.) Justin Thomas (Goshen, Ky.) Ryuko Tokimatsu (Japan) Peter Uihlein (Jupiter, Fla.) *Omar Uresti (Austin, Texas) Jhonattan Vegas (Venezuela) *Ryan Vermeer (Omaha, Neb.) Jimmy Walker (Boerne, Texas) Matthew Wallace (England) *Shawn Warren (Portland, Maine) Nick Watney (Dixon, Calif.) Bubba Watson (Bagdad, Fla.) Lee Westwood (England) Danny Willett (England) Aaron Wise (Las Vegas, Nev.) Chris Wood (England) Gary Woodland (Topeka, Kan.) Tiger Woods (Jupiter, Fla.) Y.E. Yang (South Korea) *club professional
ALTERNATES (BASED ON WORLD RANKINGS)
1. Jason Kokrak (Warren, Ohio) 2. Chris Kirk (Athens, Ga.) 3. Andrew Putnam (Phoenix, Ariz.) 4. Kevin Streelman (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 5. Kelly Kraft (Dallas, Texas) 6. Richy Werenski (West Pam Beach, Fla.) 7. Joel Dahmen (Scottsdale, Ariz.) 8. Harold Varner III (Charlotte, N.C.) 9. Keith Mitchell (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 10. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa)
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BIG EVENT, BIG NAMES PGA Championship will have no shortage of stories to follow BY DAVE MATTER • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
J
SPIETH SEEKS SLAM
ordan Spieth raced to the forefront of golf’s next generation of superstars when he won his first major championship, the 2015 Masters, quickly followed by the 2015 U.S. Open. Barely legal for a celebratory beer, Spieth was 21 and 11 months old with two majors in his pocket — 21 months younger than Tiger Woods when he captured his second major at the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah. A career Grand Slam seemed inevitable for Spieth, the golden boy from Texas with the golden putter. We’re still waiting. Spieth, who just turned 25 on Friday, completed three-fourths of the Grand Slam last summer with a wire-to-wire British Open victory at Royal Birkdale, a three-stroke win over Matt Kuchar. Should Spieth lift the Wanamaker Trophy on Aug. 12, he’ll become just the sixth player to win all four modern majors since The Masters became part of the hallowed foursome. For now, the elite company consists of Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus and Woods. Nicklaus and Woods have won all four majors at least three times.
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Tiger Woods plays out of a bunker at the British Open, where he led during the final round.
2020 Olympics in Tokyo are set for July 24-Aug. 9 — though by moving to May, the PGA should avoid some of the sweltering temperatures that usually make for a sweaty tournament and allow for some courses in warmer climates to come into play as host sites. The move also allows The Players Championship to move from May to March, giving the calendar a tighter feel with five consecutive months of signature tournaments leading into the FedEx Playoffs, which will go from four to three events and wrap up in late August to avoid competing for TV viewers with college and pro football.
J.B. FORBES • jforbes@post-dispatch.com
The Wanamaker Trophy on display at Bellerive Country Club during a media day in June.
MAJOR BREAKOUT?
he 100th PGA will be historic in its own right but could serve as the stage for a major breakthrough. Last year, PGA.com ranked the best players to never win a major, using a formula that factored in PGA Tour victories, career earnings, top-10 and topfive major finishes and other criteria. At the top of the list were Lee Westwood and Steve Stricker, both of whom have finished second in a major, though it’s been 20 years for Stricker, who was runner-up to Vijay Singh at the PGA at Salahaee in 1998. Eight players currently in the top 20 of the World Golf Rankings are still looking for their first major championship: No. 5 Jon Rahm, No. 9 Rickie Fowler, No. 11 Tommy Fleetwood, No. 12 Alex Noren, No. 15 Paul Casey, No. 16 Hideki Matsuyama, No. 18 Xander Schauffele and No. 19 Marc
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ers and the young champions — and they’re going to be great — I think it’s fair to say no one moves the needle like Tiger when it comes to interest in an event,” Bellerive head pro Mike Tucker said. “It’s going to be a thrill to have him play a championship here finally.” Even better news for the year’s final major: Woods is healthier than he’s been in years and playing closer to the level of vintage Woods that mesmerized the golf world for more than a decade. The 14-time major champion has four top-10 finishes this year and is coming off a sixth-place showing at the British Open, where he briefly held the lead in the final round before a couple of errant shots on the back nine cost him. “It was a blast,” Woods said after finishing three strokes behind champion Francesco Molinari at Carnoustie. “I was saying earlier that I need to try and keep it in perspective because, the beginning of the year, if they’d have said you’re playing The Open Championship, I would have said I’d be very lucky to do that.”
PGA ON THE MOVE
he PGA of America’s showcase event is on the move after Bellerive. Starting next year at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y., the Wanamaker Trophy will be up for grabs in late May instead of its traditional August date, turning the PGA into the second of the four major tournaments on the calendar, between the Masters and the U.S. Open. The PGA has been an August event every year since 1972, except 2016 when it was played in July to accommodate the Rio Olympics. Golf’s return to the Olympics played a major factor in the PGA’s move from August to May — the
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Jordan Spieth chips onto the 15th green during practice for the British Open last month.
TIGER ON THE PROWL
eventeen years ago Tiger Woods was in the middle of a practice round at Bellerive to prepare for the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship in two days. But shocking news interrupted his round as security rushed onto the course to tell Woods what had just happened in New York. The date: Sept. 11, 2001. At the time, 21 other players in the field hadn’t arrived in St. Louis for the tournament, and after initially moving the first round from Thursday to Friday, event organizers canceled the event in wake of the terrorist attacks. Seven years later, Bellerive hosted the FedEx Cup PlayoffsBMW Championship, but knee surgery sidelined Woods for the tournament, robbing the region of another chance to see the sport’s biggest star. Barring an unexpected development, the local Tiger drought should end when he plays in his first PGA Championship since he missed the cut in 2015 at Whistling Straits. “As much as we embrace the new play-
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Spieth, Arnold Palmer and Tom Watson are the only golfers to win The Masters, U.S. Open and British Open but never capture the PGA. Like Watson and Palmer, Spieth has a second-place finish, coming in three strokes behind Jason Day at the 2015 PGA at Whistling Straits. Spieth came to Scotland last month in a relative slump. He hadn’t finished in the top 10 since April and had missed the cut in three of his previous six tournaments, including the U.S. Open at Shinnecock. His putting touch had betrayed him leading up to the British Open, but Spieth put the slump talk to rest at Carnoustie, holding a share of the lead through three rounds. A couple of iron shots found the bunkers in the final round and he slipped to a tie for ninth, but he walked away feeling better about his game. “I believe that my best golf has yet to come, absolutely,” he told reporters in Scotland. “Even better than ’15, all that, yeah. I believe that going through struggles, you start to realize where your tendencies are and how to compensate for it and turn them into advantages. I think that I have that going for me.”
Leishman. Fowler, who finished second at the Masters in April, had his best PGA finish in 2014 when he tied for third at Valhalla. One of the more popular players on tour, the former Oklahoma State All-American won The Players Championship three years ago — it’s often dubbed the “fifth major” — but he’s still chasing that elusive major championship. “We all know I’m good enough to win,” he said in June at the U.S. Open. “I know I’m good enough to win. Being prepared and making it happen that specific week, there’s been a few guys that have been very good at that, (like) Jack (Nicklaus), Tiger. Phil (Mickelson) didn’t get his first for a while so there’s still hope. I’m not too worried about it. I’m excited about some of these courses that we have coming up.”
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Rickie Fowler is ranked ninth in the world but is still seeking his first major title.
HEAT IS ON
he last time Bellerive hosted the PGA Championship in 1992, Kerry Haigh was thankful he packed an extra layer. “One of the most unique aspects was coming to work on three if not four of the mornings in a rain jacket,” said Haigh, the PGA of America’s Chief Championships Officer. “It wasn’t because it was raining. It was because it was actually chilly.” Temperatures were unseasonably mild during the week, hovering in the 70s and sometimes dipping into the 60s. That probably won’t be the case when the world’s top golfers descend on Bellerive this time around. Early forecasts call for temperatures in the 90s, humidity around 60 percent and thunder-
storms possible early in the week. During tournament week, Bellerive’s layout will feature multiple hydration stations for patrons scattered throughout the course. As with any golf tournament, weather will be crucial for the course, too. A wet spring followed by a blistering summer made for a challenging few months of preparation for the Bellerive grounds crew. “Hot and humid keeps things soft here,” Tucker said. “If the greens are soft and the fairways are soft, the scoring gets better. If we can dry it out a little bit and have mild temperatures with low humidity and the greens firm up a little, that will make the scoring go up a few strokes.”
Dave Matter @dave_matter on Twitter dmatter@post-dispatch.com
DAVID CARSON • dcarson@post-dispatch.com
St. Louis is notoriously hot and humid, but it was cool during the 1992 PGA Championship.
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A HOLE-BY-HOLE LOOK Tough Bellerive features some particularly difficult par 4s
HOLE 1
PAR 4 • 425 YARDS The opening hole at Bellerive might best typify architect Robert Trent Jones’ description of a great golf hole as “a difficult par but a comfortable bogey.” The crowned fairway may be the most elusive of all to find with the tee shot, so the longer hitters may choose a 3-wood because the bunkers squeeze the landing area. Most players will hit a middle to short iron to this wide green.
HOLE 4
PAR 4 • 521 YARDS This hole plays as a par 5 for the Bellerive membership. Tee shots will need to be shaped right to left to avoid bunkers and treacherous rough. Anyone who misses this fairway will have little chance to reach the green in regulation.
HOLE 7
PAR 4 • 394 YARDS One of the short par 4s at Bellerive, the seventh will give away more birdies than most. However, beware the front-left hole location; any player missing the fairway will be advised not to go at the flag. Trouble in the form of a creek lurks behind and left, and a big number comes into play with a misstep.
HOLE 10
PAR 4 • 508 YARDS The 10th is another hole that plays as a par 5 for club members. The player must hit the fairway here to reach the green with his second shot, seeing how the rough to the right and bunker to the left are unforgiving. A wide but shallow green makes par a good start to the challenging back nine.
HOLE 13
PAR 3 • 180 YARDS The hole location means everything to how tough this hole will play. If the flag is on the accessible left side of the green, plenty of birdies will be made here. If hole is cut back center or right, a routine two-putt will be a tall task. The slopes and ridges in this large green make for quite a roller-coaster ride.
HOLE 16
PAR 3 • 237 YARDS Again, the yawning Bellerive bunkers that lie beneath the front of the green present perhaps the most challenging of all sand shots. With a long iron or even fairway metal, this large green can be accessible, but the big misses will pay with a lost stroke or two. Make a 3 here and walk off The Ridge satisfied.
HOLE 2
PAR 4 • 410 YARDS This hole probably saw the most dramatic changes from the 2006 renovation. It used to be a difficult dogleg left where a player could not see the green from the tee. An existing creek was transformed into a lake, which shortened the hole by 20 yards. Off the tee, if a player lands the ball in the fairway, he will be able to be aggressive with his second shot.
HOLE 5
PAR 4 • 471 YARDS This is the classic definition of the Trent Jones hard-par, easy-bogey philosophy. Any kind of par will be accepted here, with the best birdie chance coming when the hole is cut on the left side of the wide green. Two large bunkers guard the front of the putting surface, supporting Bellerive’s claim to have the longest bunker shots in championship golf.
HOLE 8
PAR 5 • 610 YARDS This hole has just undergone a slight change off the tee. The left fairway bunker, which guarded the dogleg, has been removed. This allows players to be aggressive and potentially get home in two. Golfers will think twice when laying up with a creek on the right. This green offers a wide but shallow target protected by bunkers on the left.
HOLE 11
PAR 4 • 355 YARDS At 355 yards, the play is to lay up to the player’s yardage of choice. The back-right hole location is one not to be fooled with if hitting from a sketchy lie. However, if played up at a yardage that makes the green drivable, expect some fireworks. At 290 yards or so, the prevailing southwest wind and slightly downhill slope will tempt the golfers to attack with driver or possibly even less club.
HOLE 14
PAR 4 • 410 YARDS ‘The Ridge’ begins at the peaceful 14th. Players should grab their birdies here before tackling The Ridge’s final two holes. Players will enjoy hitting approach shots into a green that overlooks the lower holes and provides the most spectacular view on the course.
HOLE 17
PAR 5 • 597 YARDS A wonderful par 5 with two possible tee boxes to make the penultimate hole interesting. Most will lay up to the cross bunker that splits the fairway, leaving a wedge into a green that is sharply defined into three sections. If the tee is moved up, it becomes a most compelling hole coming down the stretch as most players will be able to reach in two.
HOLE 3
PAR 3 • 148 YARDS This hole should offer several birdie opportunities, but beware the poorly struck tee shot. Water semi-surrounds the green, making the right side and back hole locations dangerous to access. If the cup is cut over the left ridge, there will be a good chance to see a hole-in-one that day.
HOLE 6
PAR 3 • 213 YARDS In the 1965 U.S. Open, this hole played to an incredible 4.03 stroke average. The green has even shrunk a bit since the renovation, making the front just as tough as the back-right shelf. For spectators, this is a hole worth watching. Hole locations cut in the middle swale could provide some excitement with tee shots feeding toward the cup. Still, plan on seeing a few train wrecks here.
HOLE 9
PAR 4 • 433 YARDS There are many candidates for the toughest par 4 at Bellerive, but this hole may yield as many bogeys as any. The classic uphill approach to the most complicated green on the course makes it impossible to gauge the right distance to be hole high. If the cup is not cut in the front bowl, do not plan on seeing many birdies here.
HOLE 12
PAR 4 • 452 YARDS This is a solid par 4, with a good look from the elevated tee down the dogleg left. Keep the ball out of the left fairway bunkers and opportunities to score should abound. In 1992, Nick Price holed a 105-foot putt for birdie here en route to his first major championship win.
HOLE 15
PAR 4 • 495 YARDS The second of The Ridge’s holes is a brutal par 4. Playing your second shot from the fairway, like any of Bellerive’s long par 4s, is a must. Usually played against the summer breeze, the hole will require middle or long iron into a wide but shallow green. The steep right-to-left slope and big front bunkers will allow short-game wizards to showcase their skills.
HOLE 18
PAR 4 • 457 YARDS The 18th gives very little, especially when trying to get to the house while protecting a good round or a one-shot lead. Again, placing the tee shot in the fairway is of the utmost importance; otherwise, this may be the hardest green on the course to hit. The 18th should provide good theater throughout the week, but especially Sunday.
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Sand Save Pct.: 1, Ben Crane, 65.31%. 2, Jason Day, 63.44%. 3 (tie), Padraig Harrington and Whee Kim, 62.50%. 5, Louis Oosthuizen, 62.16%. 6, Zac Blair, 61.90%. 7, Phil Mickelson, 61.61%. 8, Matt Kuchar, 61.34%. 9, Webb Simpson, 60.95%. 10, Seamus Power, 60.66%.
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Points 2,513 1,986 1,946 1,854 1,654 1,585 1,569 1,521 1,507 1,425 1,380 1,361 1,297 1,294 1,260 1,244 1,189 1,113 1,112 1,101 1,091 1,086 1,056
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Points 1,053 1,050 1,048 1,045 1,041 993 992 964 958 957 932 926 901 895 894 883 883 882 877 869 860 821 811
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