Both Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth will chase history in the PGA Championship.
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The PGA Championship, the second-place men’s major of the year, started Thursday at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, what better potential outcome: Rory McIlroy won the first two of the four-legged Grand Slams this season, or Jordan Spieth won his career Grand Slam?
Jack Hirsh, Associate Device Editor (@jr_hirshey): Spieth, just because he won a career Grand Slam, is more likely than anyone who wins a single season Grand Slam. If the Masters champion is one of the top 10 players in the world, he is always the next professional favorite or almost favorite player (PGA). Spieth has just started to start the game with the top 5 of the season, and the top 5 of the top 20 years dates back to early April, and he just missed the extension this week. He will be part of the conversation at the PGA Championship every year until he wins the championship or retires – this year, his trend is enough to be a serious factor. As for McIlroy and the single-year Grand Slam, if Oakmont wins the PGA, we can talk about that in Oakmont.
Josh Sens (@Joshsens): Agree with Jack. If McIlroy wins next week, we can start with the Grand Slam hype this season. Spieth would be a better story, especially considering how long he has been trying to restore his form. The problem with the narrative is that it belongs to the “fantasy” part of the bookstore. This won’t happen. Too many other top players performed too well, and Spieth continued to search.
Alan Bastable, executive editing (@alan_bastable): It was frustrating to see Spieth lose some of her shine at the cricket club after Nelson’s excellent performance. He, Rory, Scottie and Bryson (aka the four largest needles for the men’s race, non-tiger master) would have been electric – all rolling into Charlotte in peak or near peak form. Still, we found that there were much more negatives than this year’s Spieth. [whispers] Maybe his wrist is at last Better. An exciting week!
With Mcilroy’s form and Scottie Scheffler’s record-breaking victory in Texas, did you put the duo of McIlroy and Scheffler in a win in Quail Hollow or The Field?
Hesh: No, I’ll go out in the wild. I think the sport is too affordable now. McIlroy definitely didn’t have the best thing he had in Philadelphia last week, and Schaffler dominated Houston, but it was by no means the main champion anyway.
Sens: Yes. These two guys will be the favorites correctly, but with higher odds. dechambeau. Schauffele. Thomas. The list is still continuing to win.
Riding skills: I’m just here to bet for Michael Brock props (he’s back in the wild, guys!). But if we have to consider other bets, yes, I will be in the field as well. I would be happy to take Rory and Scheffler away with everyone else in the Masters, but PGA feels more like an unknown person, even if the players in the game are visiting courses that the players know very well and perform well on McIlroy. That said, if you give me Rory, Scotty and Bryson…
Whose games are trending (and who is fading) since the Masters?
Hesh: Justin Thomas now has to be one of the hottest players in the game, breaking his victory drought before realizing his own real game again at Truist. Max Homa seems to have found something, too. Even though he is the last player in the day, he is the Masters T12 and has another outstanding performance in cricket.
As for a fading person, it might be Collin Morikawa. He made two runner-ups early this year, but he finished T12 in the Masters but had finished T54-MC (MC played for Zurich) and lost in the past week after opening 63 games last week with a 70-72 record last week. He has been one of the straightest drivers on the tour, but had an interesting driver this week and tested the hammer putt in two races after the Masters.
Sens. Jack pulled the words from my keyboard. Thomas Trend; Morikava is not. But this week in Philadelphia also gave us a glimpse of the rise in Cameron Young on the rankings. He is a striped player and we haven’t seen much lately. Maybe Truist is more signs.
Riding skills: Shane Lowry has been on the heater this year on the tough effects of the cricket club and he puts it into practice almost every time. He has 8 top 20 in 11 games. Tommy Lad is on the move, too. He finished seventh in Harbour Town after finishing T21 in the Masters and then fourth in Philly. Ludvig Aberg has been quiet since winning the Genesis in Torrey. Since then, he has only had the top 20 in six games (seventh in the Masters) and two missed. Aberg has only surpassed seven of the players who completed the Truist.
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What are the other PGA storylines worth monitoring?
Hesh: I’m not sure if this is suitable for this issue, but I’m going to use this platform to advocate for professionalism and should not be played in regular tourist venues. The only exceptions should be Pebble Beach and Riviera, two of the best courses in the world. Quail Hollow, while effectively fosters excellent champions and compelling rankings, is not a person in the world. Why should we participate in one of the four biggest events of the game in a course that should offer different challenges every year? We should see new things every year.
Sens: Like him, Bryson DeChambeau has been an exciting part of the story almost every time he has entered the profession almost every time he has gone into professionalism. Currently, a lot of Scotty, Rory, Spieth and Thomas are talking about it. But I have a word about Bryson.
Riding skills: piece! Our guy plays in his fourth PGA. That’s not a small feat.
The Wissahickon Stadium at Philadelphia Cricket Club (a high-ranked AW Tillinghast design) hosted the Truist title (Sepp Straka won two games), at 7,100 yards, which is clearly out of the pack from most PGA Tours. “These new, renovated old-school courses, the strategy just hits drivers everywhere and then figures it out from there,” McIlroy said early this week. As golf, equipment and professional athletes evolve, fear is that Golden Age courses like this will become obsolete. So, has this week helped or hurt this assumption?
Hesh: Don’t get me wrong, Wissahickon is a course I’ve played hundreds of times and has done well this week and has worked harder than I expected. But I think McIlroy said this week that he said the best he said when he said Friday’s tough conditions almost made the course play. I’ve always been a supporter of point guards. Cricket is the bear for most players at 7,100 yards – even the skilled member who doesn’t have the same all-out membership as this week in the club championship game. Let’s do 7,100 yards for the PGA Tour again. I think cricket proves that the Golden Age course is not outdated yet, and at the same time proves the need to roll back.
Sens: I have no doubt that grip is the strategy of the week. But with a few exceptions – maybe Riviera – aren’t all tour venues playing for these guys these days? Bombs and cervix are quite standard. Classes like Philadelphia Cricket lack the distance to make up for and have interesting angles and features around the green. Watching them encounter ticking chips and putters on the cool routes, reminding people that these types of designs are well worth keeping the rotation. I doubt it would be cooler without all the grains. We did not see the course in the most firm and intense way.
Riding skills: Cricket looks like Oakmont after Scheffler’s 31 run at TPC Craig Ranch a week ago. I like it, and the players like it. More, please!
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