alhalla takes center stage as the 2024 PGA Championship gets underway in Louisville, Kentucky.
The club hosts its fourth PGA Championship this week and first since Rory McIlroy’s last Major win ten years ago. McIlroy is among the favorites this week along with World No.1 Scottie Scheffler and defending champion Brooks Koepka.
Valhalla is set to play long, with rain softening up the course this week and more rain looking likely for Friday. Thursday’s opening round should be warm and sunny with a light breeze.
Follow along all day for the latest scores and updates:
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
- -2 GHIM, SCHAUFFELE
- -1 McILROY, KAYMER, DONALD, HOVLAND, HADWIN
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP TEE TIMES: NOTABLE ROUND 1 GROUPS
- 9.14am ET (2.14pm BST): Tiger Woods, Adam Scott, Keegan Bradley
- 9.25am ET (2.25pm BST): Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson, Justin Rose
- 9.47am ET (2.47pm BST): Brooks Koepka, Max Homa, Jordan Spieth
- 3.23pm ET (8.23pm BST): Wyndham Clark, Brian Harman, Scottie Scheffler
WOODS MAKE SUPERB PAR SAVE ON 12TH AFTER WEDGING OUT OF ROUGH
Woods missed the fairway of the par 4 12th on the left side and had to wedge out on to the short grass from where he has found the green from 180 yards and has a testing putt to save par which he superbly makes to avoid slipping to +2.
MCILROY DISAPPOINTED WITH TEE SHOT AT PAR 3 11TH
McIlroy will still back himself to make par on the par 3 11th and stay -1 but he wasn’t happy with his tee shot which finished on the far side of the two-tier green. He makes a par though.
MCILROY OFF TO FLYER BUT WOODS DROPS SHOT ON HIS SECOND HOLE
McIlroy opened with a birdie four at the par 5 10th to get to -1 but Tiger dropped a shot on the 11th after missing the green at the par 3.
SCHAUFFELE AND MCILROY BOTH MAKE BRIGHT STARTS AFTER RECENT DUEL
Xander Schauffele was blown away by Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship when the American’s putter went cold and he limped home in a final round 71 but he is already -1 today after birdieing the 11th having started on the 10th. McIlroy , also starting on the par 5 10th, opened with a birdie.
WOODS UNDERWAY AFTER 293-YARD DRIVE
Tiger Woods smashed a big drive down the middle of the fairway but pushed his approach to the par 5 10th into the right hand rough where he has a difficult chip from heavy rough over a bunker which he executes beautifully to give himself a birdie chance which slides by as he settles for par.
IGHTMARE FOR BLOCK WHO WILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE CUT
Michael Block was one of the stories of last year’s tournament as he came tied fifth but the club pro from California will struggle to make the cut this time around as he is +5 already. He bogeyed the first after going left off the tee and then amassed a quadruple bogey 8 on the par four second.
