2018 PGA Championship Preview | This Week In Golf

This week in golf, the 100th PGA Championship will take place at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri. All of the best players in the world will be on hand to compete for the final major championship of 2018. Who will come out on top in this championship which will no longer be able to be called “Glory’s Last Shot?”

2018 PGA Championship Video Preview

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2017 PGA Championship

Last year, the 99th PGA Championship was held at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, the same course that typically hosts the Wells Fargo Championship on the PGA Tour. Justin Thomas picked up his first major championship with a two-stroke victory, but both Patrick Reed and Francesco Molinari gave us a preview of 2018 by finishing in a tie for 2nd place with Louis Oosthuizen.

2017 PGA Championship Final Results

1	Justin Thomas		73	66	69	68	276
2	Patrick Reed		69	73	69	67	278
2	Francesco Molinari	73	64	74	67	278
2	Louis Oosthuizen	70	67	71	70	278
5	Rickie Fowler		69	70	73	67	279
5	Hideki Matsuyama	70	64	73	72	279
7	Graham DeLaet		70	73	68	69	280
7	Kevin Kisner		67	67	72	74	280
9	Matt Kuchar		71	74	70	68	283
9	Jordan Smith		70	75	70	68	283
9	Jason Day		70	66	77	70	283
9	Chris Stroud		68	68	71	76	283

2017 PGA Championship Highlights

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1992 PGA Championship at Bellerive

Nick Price won the 1992 PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club by three storkes over Nick Faldo, John Cook, Jim Gallagher, Jr. and Gene Sauers. Sauers had held at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds, but a final round 75 dashed his hopes. This was the first of three major championships for Price.

1992 PGA Championship at Bellerive Final Results

1	Nick Price		70	70	68	70	278
2	Nick Faldo		68	70	76	67	281
2	John Cook		71	72	67	71	281
2	Jim Gallagher, Jr.	72	66	72	71	281
2	Gene Sauers		67	69	70	75	281
6	Jeff Maggert		71	72	65	74	282
7	Russ Cochran		69	69	76	69	283
7	Dan Forsman		70	73	70	70	283
9	Duffy Waldorf		74	73	68	69	284
9	Anders Forsbrand	73	71	70	70	284
9	Brian Claar		68	73	73	70	284

Future PGA Championships

This is the last year the PGA Championship will be held in august as the final major of the year. Next year the PGA Championship is moving to May to slide in btween the Masters in April and the U.S. Open in June. The Player Championship will move back to March.

This move should be good for golf in a number of ways. For the PGA, it will highlight their mission and their member club professionals earlier in the season when many golfers, especially in the norteast, are just getting started for the summer. For the PGA Tour, the playoffs will not have to compete against the NFL.

For the players, they will be able to take some time off in the later part of the season. Too many big events were beginning to stack up in August and September. For the events themselves, the courses will be able to be presented in better condition, including TPC Sawgrass for the Players Championship. And for the fans, all of the top players will be fresher for all the big events, hopefully leading to even more exciting finishes.

101ST PGA Championship		102nd PGA Championship		103rd PGA Championship
May 16-19, 2019			May 2020			May 2021
Bethpage Black			TPC Harding Park		Kiawah Island Ocean Course
Farmingdale, New York		San Francisco, California	Kiawah Island, South Carolina

104th PGA Championship		105th PGA Championship		106th PGA Championship
May 2022			May 2023			May 2024
Trump National Golf Club	Oak Hill East Course		Valhalla Golf Club
Bedminster, New Jersey		Pittsford, New York		Louisville, Kentucky

Bellerive Country Club Course Information

Bellerive Country Club has hosted one U.S. Open, in 1965, only five years after opening the current course, making it the “youngest” course to host the national championship. Gary Player won that year, defeating Kel Nagle in a playoff, and becoming the first foreign born player to win the U.S. Open in 45 years. Bellerive also hosted the 2004 U.S. Senior Open and the 2013 Senior PGA Championship.

Bellerive Country Club was founded in 1897 and moved to its current location in 1959. The club commissioned Robert Trent Jones to design the course, which opened in 1960. Bellerive is a typical Jones course, with “large” being the prevailing theme. Large bunkers and large greens will lead to some long bunker shots.

Ironically, this will be the second shortest course for a major championship in the last fifteen years. And while the 2018 PGA Championship will be contested at a posted distance of 7,316 yards, the back tees of the course can be stretched to 7,547 yards.

The weather is this area had been dry for most part this year. Since March, only the month of June saw a higher than average level of precipitation, and some areas of the state have been under a drought. However, on Tuesday nearly an inch of rain fell, giving way to softer conditions.

Bellerive Course Scorecard

Hole	 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9    Out
Par	 4   4   3   4   4   3   4   5   4     35
Yards	425 410 148 521 471 213 394 610 433   3625
 
Hole	10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18     In   Total
Par	 4   4   4   3   4   4   3   5   4     35     70
Yards	508 355 452 180 410 495 237 597 457   3691   7316

Full Hole By Hole Video Tour of Bellerive

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2018 PGA Championship Broadcast Coverage

Live Television Schedule (All Times EDT)

Thursday   August 9	2:00-8:00 pm 		TNT
Friday 	   August 10	2:00-8:00 pm 		TNT
Saturday   August 11	11:00 am-2:00 pm 	TNT
			2:00-7:00 pm 		CBS
Sunday 	   August 12	11:00 am-2:00 pm 	TNT
			2:00-7:00 pm 		CBSS

Live Streaming Schedule (All Times EDT)

Available on PGA.com, the PGA Championship Mobile App or the PGA Championship App for Roku. You can also watch the free live coverage through the Bleacher Report Live App available on Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.

Featured Group #1 (Morning and Afternoon)

Thursday   August 9	8:30 am-7:00 pm
Friday 	   August 10	8:30 am-7:00 pm
Saturday   August 11	11:00 am-7:00 pm
Sunday 	   August 12	11:00 am-7:00 pm

Featured Group #2 (Morning and Afternoon)

Thursday   August 9	9:30 am-7:00 pm
Friday 	   August 10	9:30 am-7:00 pm
Saturday   August 11	11:00 am-7:00 pm
Sunday 	   August 12	11:00 am-7:00 pm

Featured Holes (16, 17 and 18)

Thursday   August 9	2:00-8:00 pm
Friday 	   August 10	2:00-8:00 pm
Saturday   August 11	11:00 am-7:00 pm
Sunday 	   August 12	11:00 am-7:00 pm

Radio Coverage (All Times EDT)

Thursday   August 9	12:00-8:00 pm 	Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio
Friday 	   August 10	12:00-8:00 pm 	Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio
Saturday   August 11	12:00-7:00 pm 	Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio
Sunday 	   August 12	12:00-7:00 pm 	Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio

First Round Tee Times

Featured groups are noted in the tee times.

Morning Wave – 1st Hole

7:50  AM  Michael Block		Eddie Pepperell  	Ryan Fox
8:01  AM  Austin Cook  		Craig Hocknull   	Alexander Björk
8:12  AM  Yusaku Miyazato  	Bob Sowards   		Scott Brown
8:23  AM  Rafa Cabrera Bello  	Thomas Bjørn  		James Hahn
8:34  AM  Billy Horschel 	Byeong Hun An  		Shane Lowry
8:45  AM  Brian Harman  	Yuta Ikeda  		Adam Hadwin
8:56  AM  Padraig Harrington  	Jimmy Walker  		Vijay Singh
9:07  AM  Bryson DeChambeau  	Andy Sullivan  		Kiradech Aphibarnrat
9:18  AM  Ryan Armour  		Cameron Smith  		Peter Uihlein
9:29  AM  Paul Dunne  		J.B. Holmes  		Dylan Frittelli
9:40  AM  Charles Howell III  	Jason Schmuhl   	Brian Gay
9:51  AM  David Muttitt   	Ollie Schniederjans  	Troy Merritt
10:02 AM  Shawn Warren   	Mikko Korhonen  	J.J. Spaun

Morning Wave – 10th Hole

7:55  AM  Jamie Lovemark  	Rich Berberian, Jr.   	Shugo Imahira
8:06  AM  Brandt Snedeker  	Sean McCarty   		HaoTong Li
	  Featured Group
8:17  AM  Jim Furyk  		Tony Finau  		Xander Schauffele
8:28  AM  Davis Love, III  	Martin Kaymer  		Rich Beem
	  Featured Group
8:39  AM  Rickie Fowler  	Hideki Matsuyama  	Ian Poulter
8:50  AM  Henrik Stenson  	Danny Willett  		Pat Perez
	  Featured Group
9:01  AM  Phil Mickelson  	Jason Day  		Keegan Bradley
9:12  AM  Shubhankar Sharma  	Jordan Smith  		Scott Piercy
          Featured Group
9:23  AM  Justin Thomas  	Rory McIlroy  		Tiger Woods
9:34  AM  Matthew Fitzpatrick  	Webb Simpson  		Jhonattan Vegas
9:45  AM  Stewart Cink  	Branden Grace  		Ryan Moore
9:56  AM  Ross Fisher  		Alexander Levy  	Patton Kizzire
10:07 AM  Julian Suri  		Sungjae Im  		Craig Bowden

Afternoon Wave – 1st Hole

1:15  PM  Danny Balin   	Chesson Hadley  	Russell Henley
1:26  PM  Marty Jertson   	Luke List  		Kevin Chappell
1:37  PM  Jaysen Hansen   	Nick Watney  		Kyle Stanley
1:48  PM  Ted Potter, Jr.  	Emiliano Grillo  	Jorge Campillo
1:59  PM  Ryan Vermeer	   	Paul Broadhurst  	John Daly
2:10  PM  Si Woo Kim  		Brice Garnett  		Tyrrell Hatton
2:21  PM  Y.E. Yang  		Jason Dufner  		Shaun Micheel
2:32  PM  Thorbjørn Olesen  	Charl Schwartzel  	Patrick Cantlay
2:43  PM  Brendan Steele  	Adrian Otaegui  	Kevin Na
2:54  PM  Chez Reavie  		Charley Hoffman  	Russell Knox
3:05  PM  Zach J. Johnson   	Michael Kim  		Seungsu Han
3:16  PM  Brian Smock   	Anirban Lahiri  	Mike Lorenzo-Vera
3:27  PM  Ben Kern   		Chris Kirk  		Ryuko Tokimatsu

Afternoon Wave – 10th Hole

1:20  PM  Johan Kok   		Brandon Stone  		Whee Kim
1:31  PM  Matt Wallace  	Matt Dobyns   		Beau Hossler
1:42  PM  Chris Wood  		Alex Noren  		Matt Kuchar
	  Featured Group
1:53  PM  Dustin Johnson  	Bubba Watson  		Adam Scott
2:04  PM  Tommy Fleetwood  	Satoshi Kodaira  	Marc Leishman
	  Featured Group
2:15  PM  Patrick Reed  	Brooks Koepka  		Francesco Molinari
	  Featured Group
2:26  PM  Gary Woodland  	Sergio Garcia  		Kevin Kisner
	  Featured Group
2:37  PM  Jordan Spieth  	Jon Rahm  		Justin Rose
2:48  PM  Aaron Wise  		Paul Casey  		Zach Johnson
2:59  PM  Louis Oosthuizen  	Thomas Pieters  	Bill Haas
3:10  PM  Jason Kokrak  	Joaquin Niemann  	Daniel Berger
3:21  PM  Omar Uresti   	Justin Harding  	Andrew Landry
3:32  PM  Matthew Borchert   	Chris Stroud  		Andrew Putnam

Second Round Tee Times