Golf’s best are flocking to Springfield, N.J., this weekend to take part in one of the season’s most competitive tournaments.
Located just outside of New York City, Baltusrol Golf Club will play host to the 98th PGA Championship, the fourth and final major tournament of the season. This is the second time Baltusrol has hosted the PGA, the first being in 2005 when Phil Mickelson won his second major.
Just nine short days ago, Henrik Stenson held off Mickelson in one of the most exciting rounds of golf the sport has ever seen at the Open Championship. Mickelson will look to stay on track at the friendly confines of Baltusrol, while Jason Day attempts to defend his title after winning last year’s tournament, held at Wisconsin’s Whistling Straits.
Also in the field will be PGA Teaching Profession Wyatt Worthington II. Worthington, who works with The Golf Depot at Central Park in Gahanna, Ohio, is not only one of only a very few African Americans who lay claim to this certified status, but he is also the first African American Club Professional in 25 years to qualify for the season’s last major. The last time this happened was in 1991 after Tom Woodard achieved it.
Here is everything you need to know regarding coverage, along with must-watch story lines and tee times for Thursday’s opening round.
TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES ET):
Tee Number 1
7:00 am Bradley Dredge Patton Kizzire Mark R. Brown
7:10 am K.J. Choi Tommy Sharp Jon Curran
7:20 am Jason Kokrak Josh Speight Kristoffer Broberg
7:30 am Darren Clarke David Lingmerth Daniel Berger
7:40 am Aaron Baddeley Kevin Kisner Emiliano Grillo
7:50 am John Daly Padraig Harrington Vijay Singh
8:00 am Victor Dubuisson Marcus Fraser James Hahn
8:10 am Soren Kjeldsen Billy Hurley III Scott Hend
8:20 am Matt Jones Rikard Karlberg Charley Hoffman
8:30 am Robert Streb Vaughn Taylor Kevin Na
8:40 am Gregory Bourdy Jonas Blixt Roberto Castro
8:50 am Ross Fisher Omar Uresti Greg Chalmers
9:00 am Zac Blair Smylie Kaufman David Muttitt
12:15 pm Joe Summerhays Yuta Ikeda Colt Knost
12:25 pm Ryan Palmer Rob Labritz Gary Woodland
12:35 pm Alex Noren Andrew Johnston Scott Piercy
12:45 pm Shaun Micheel Rich Berberian Jr. Rocco Mediate
12:55 pm Tony Finau Anirban Lahiri Matthew Fitzpatrick
1:05 pm Danny Lee Matt Kuchar Luke Donald
1:15 pm Jim Furyk Francesco Molinari Shane Lowry
1:25 pm Bubba Watson Jordan Spieth Sergio Garcia
1:35 pm Patrick Reed Justin Rose Charl Schwartzel
1:45 pm Danny Willett Dustin Johnson Henrik Stenson
1:55 pm Graeme McDowell Webb Simpson Louis Oosthuizen
2:05 pm Ryan Moore Kyle Reifers Ben Polland
2:15 pm Mitch Lowe Kevin Streelman Young-han Song
Tee Number 10
7:00 am Chris Kirk Wyatt Worthington II Freddie Jacobson
7:10 am Jason Bohn Jeunghun Wang Brian Gaffney
7:20 am J.B. Holmes Brian Stuard Hideki Matsuyama
7:30 am Tyrrell Hatton Harris English Matt Dobyns
7:40 am Rickie Fowler Ernie Els Zach Johnson
7:50 am Chris Wood Branden Grace Jimmy Walker
8:00 am Justin Thomas Rafa Cabrera-Bello Paul Casey
8:10 am Brooks Koepka Brandt Snedeker Lee Westwood
8:20 am Adam Scott Keegan Bradley Jamie Donaldson
8:30 am Jason Day Phil Mickelson Rory McIlroy
8:40 am Bill Haas Jamie Lovemark Andy Sullivan
8:50 am George Coetzee Rod Perry Hideto Tanihara
9:00 am Nicolas Colsaerts Jhonattan Vegas Ryan Helminen
12:15 pm Michael Block Harold Varner III John Senden
12:25 pm Kevin Chappell Johan Kok Troy Merritt
12:35 pm Russell Henley Fabian Gomez Thorbjorn Olesen
12:45 pm Rich Beem Steve Stricker David Toms
12:55 pm James Morrison Brandon Stone Billy Horschel
1:05 pm Jason Dufner Martin Kaymer Y.E. Yang
1:15 pm Bernd Wiesberger Byeong Hun An Brendan Steele
1:25 pm Marc Leishman Kiradech Aphibarnrat Russell Knox
1:35 pm Jim Herman Thongchai Jaidee Thomas Pieters
1:45 pm Soomin Lee William McGirt Joost Luiten
1:55 pm Brad Lardon K.T. Kim Peter Malnati
2:05 pm Daniel Summerhays Cameron Tringale Rick Schuller
2:15 pm Brad Ott Bryce Molder Si Woo Kim
