The second men’s golf major of the year tees off on Thursday night (9pm AEST) with seven Australians set to feature in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in North Carolina.
Elvis Smylie, the son of Australian tennis great Liz Smylie, will make his first start in a major on American soil after being rewarded by the PGA of America for his two-shot victory over mentor Cameron Smith at the Australian PGA Championship last year on his way to winning the PGA Tour of Australasia’s Order of Merit.
Smylie made his major debut at last year’s British Open via qualifying and the 23-year-old has been plying his trade on the DP World Tour since his win in Brisbane earned him a two-year exemption to the formerly named European Tour.
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Fellow 23-year-old Karl Vilips is another Australian rising star making just his second major appearance.
The PGA Tour rookie missed the cut at the 2023 US Open as an amateur, but his maiden win on the primary US Tour at the Puerto Rico Open in March booked a major return.
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It is ten years since Jason Day won this very tournament at Whistling Straits, but the former world number one is under an injury cloud having withdrawn from last week’s Truist Championship with a disc herniation in his neck.
Fellow Australian major champions Adam Scott and Cameron Smith will be taking part, while Min Woo Lee will be eager to make a major statement after picking up his first PGA Tour victory at the Houston Open before The Masters.
Cam Davis rounds out the Australian contingent, buoyed by the memories of his impressive Presidents Cup debut at Quail Hollow in 2022.
All eyes will be on Masters champion Rory McIlroy as he looks to carry his momentum forward at a venue he has won at four times previously as part of the PGA Tour’s annual stops.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler will also attract plenty of attention following claiming his first win of the year two weeks ago, and after sensationally being arrested before the second round of this tournament a year ago.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Wild weather has already wreaked havoc at Quail Hollow with Monday’s practice rounds cancelled due to heavy rain swamping the course.
Currently, showers are predicted to hit Charlotte on Saturday, but the remainder of the weekend should be quite dry.
Although it seems the worst of the weather is behind us, the North Carolina rain has left behind a squishy, soggy” surface, which according to pundit Brandel Chamblee could equal the playing field.
“The fact that there’s been so much water on this golf course blows it open just a little bit more,” Chamblee told Live From The PGA.
“So you have an underdog story percolating as well.”
Thursday
30 degrees, partly sunny and humid, 8 per cent chance of rain
Friday
32 degrees, very warm and muggy with sunny periods, 3 per cent chance of rain
Saturday
31 degrees, humid with some sun; breezy in the morning, then a stray thunderstorm in the afternoon; storms can bring flooding downpours and localised damaging wind gusts, approximately 2.4mm of rain
Sunday
30 degrees, less humid with sunny periods, 1 per cent chance of rain
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BROADCAST DETAILS
All times AEST
Main Broadcast
Friday 16 May: Round 1 – 3am – 9am
Saturday 17 May: Round 2 – 3am – 9am
Sunday 18 May: Round 3 – 3am – 9am
Monday 19 May: Final Round – 3am – 9am
Live from the PGA Championship
Friday 16 May: 9am – 11am
Saturday 17 May: 9am – 11am
Sunday 18 May: 9am – 11am
Monday 19 May: 9am – 11am
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ROUND ONE TEE TIMES
Tee No. 1
9:00pm. — Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer
9:11pm. — John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig
9:22pm. — Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren
9:33pm. — J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson
9:44pm. — Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria
9:55pm. — Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry
10:06pm. — Stephan Jaeger, Chris Kirk, Robert MacIntyre
10:17pm. — Thorbjørn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter
10:28pm. — Si Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey
10:39pm. — Bobby Gates, Lee Hodges, Ben Griffin
10:50pm. — Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall
11:01pm. — Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard
11:12pm. — Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez
2:30am. — Michael Kartrude, Sami Välimäki, Jake Knapp
2:41am. — Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes
2:52am. — Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquín Niemann
3:03am. — Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott
3:14am. — Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa
3:25am. — Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Åberg
3:36am. — Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim
3:47am. — Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland
3:58am. — Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley
4:09am. — Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman
4:20am. — Brandon Bingaman, Davis Riley, Sungjae Im
4:31am. — Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin
4:42am. — Keita Nakajima, Timothy Wiseman, Beau Hossler
Tee No. 10
9:05pm. — John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox
9:16pm. — Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Séamus Power
9:27pm. — Max McGreevy, Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka
9:38pm. — Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry
9:49pm. — Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day
10:00pm. — Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick
10:11pm. — Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard
10:22pm. — Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler
10:33pm. — Tony Finau, Nicolai Højgaard, Max Greyserman
10:44pm. — Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy
10:55pm. — Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam Burns
11:06pm. — John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer
11:17pm. — Eugenio Chacarra, Rupe Taylor, Justin Lower
2:25am. — Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam Hadwin
2:36am. — Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis
2:47am. — Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman
2:58am. — Niklas Norgaard, Byeong Hun An, J.J. Spaun
3:09am. — Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester
3:20am. — Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai
3:31am. — Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith
3:42am. — Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty
3:53am. — Tyler Collet, Jimmy Walker, Richard Bland
4:04am. — Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel
4:15am. — Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace
4:26am. — Jhonattan Vegas, Elvis Smylie, Brian Campbell
4:37am. — Kevin Yu, Larkin Gross, Johnny Keefer
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ODDS (via TAB)
$5.50 – Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler
$9 – Bryson DeChambeau
$17 – Justin Thomas
$19 – Ludvig Aberg
$21 – Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm
$26 – Collin Morikawa
$34 – Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Hideki Matsuyama, Tommy Fleetwood, Joaquin Niemann
$61 – Min Woo Lee
$67 – Cameron Smith, Jason Day
$151 – Adam Scott
$251 – Karl Vilips, Cam Davis
$301 – Elvis Smylie
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AUSSIES IN ACTION
Min Woo Lee
World ranking: 27
Best result in PGA: T18 (2023)
Odds: $61
Jason Day
World ranking: 32
Best result in PGA: Winner (2015)
Odds: $67
Cameron Smith
World ranking: 148
Best result in PGA: T9 (2023)
Odds: $67
Adam Scott
World ranking: 40
Best result in PGA: 3/T3 (2006, 2018)
Odds: $151
Cam Davis
World ranking: 68
Best result in PGA: T4 (2023)
Odds: $251
Karl Vilips
World ranking: 117
Best result in PGA: Debut
Odds: $251
Elvis Smylie
World ranking: 206
Best result in PGA: Debut
Odds: $301
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PAST WINNERS
2024 – Xander Schauffele (United States)
2023 – Brooks Koepka (United States)
2022 – Justin Thomas (United States)
2021 – Phil Mickelson (United States)
2020 – Collin Morikawa (United States)
2019 – Brooks Koepka (United States)
2018 – Brooks Koepka (United States)
2017 – Justin Thomas (United States)
2016 – Jimmy Walker (United States)
2015 – Jason Day (Australia)
2014 – Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
2013 – Jason Dufner (United States)
2012 – Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland)
2011 – Keegan Bradley (United States)
2010 – Martin Kaymer (Germany)
2009 – Yang Yong-eun (South Korea)
2008 – Padraig Harrington (Ireland)
2007 – Tiger Woods (United States)
2006 – Tiger Woods (United States)
2005 – Phil Mickelson (United States)
2004 – Vijay Singh (Fiji)
2003 – Shaun Micheel (United States)
2002 – Rich Beem (United States)
2001 – David Toms (United States)
2000 – Tiger Woods (United States)
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