Tee It Up-2019 PGA Championship

Tee It Up-2019 PGA Championship

This week we Tee It Up-2019 PGA Championship. The PGA Tour heads to New York for its second major of the year with the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black. The event used to be played in August but was moved up due too the PGA Tour schedule change in 2019. The first PGA Championship was hosted by Siwanor Country Club in 1916, with Jim Barnes claiming victory. Initially, the event was a match play event, in 1958 they switched to the standard stroke play format.

List of qualification criteria to date:

• Every former PGA Champion.
• Winners of the last five U.S. Opens.
• Winners of the last five Masters.
• Winners of the last five Open Championships.
• Winners of the last three The Players Championships.
• The current Senior PGA Champion.
• The low 15 scorers and ties in the previous PGA Championship.
• The 20 low scorers in the last PGA Professional National Championship.
• The 70 leaders in official money standings on the PGA Tour (starting one week before the previous year’s PGA Championship and ending two weeks before the current year’s PGA Championship).
• Members of the most recent United States and European Ryder Cup Teams, provided they are in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of one week before the start of the tournament.
• Any tournament winner co-sponsored or approved by the PGA Tour since the previous PGA Championship.
• The PGA of America reserves the right to invite additional players not included in the categories listed above.
• The total field is a maximum of 156 players. Vacancies are filled by the first available player from the list of alternates (those below 70th place in official money standings).

Bethpage Black

Bethpage Black is a public course located at Bethpage State Park on Long Island, New York. The course was originally opened in 1936 by A.W. Tillinghast. The state park features 5 courses, the black one being the most difficult. In 2002, the Black course became the first publicly owned and operated course to host the U.S. Open. The property has hosted The Barclays and is scheduled to host the Ryder Cup in 2024.

Notable Thursday Tee Times

Hole #1

• 7:40 a.m. – Vijay Singh, Jason Dufner, Jimmy Walker
• 7:51 a.m. – Graeme McDowell, Chez Reavie, Brendan Jones
• 12:43 p.m. – Tony Finau, Billy Horschel, Ian Poulter
• 12:54 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Rafa Cabrera Bello, Gary Woodland
• 1:05 p.m. – Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer, Keegan Bradley
• 1:16 p.m. – Jon Rahm, Dustin Johnson, Jordan Spieth
• 1:27 p.m. – Pat Perez, Kevin Kisner, Bryson DeChambeau
• 1:38 p.m. – Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Jason Day

Hole #10

• 6:56 a.m. – Thomas Pieters, Patton Kizzire, Adam Hadwin
• 7:07 a.m. – Brandt Snedeker, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Max Homa
• 7:29 a.m. – Shane Lowry, Erik Van Rooyen, Tommy Fleetwood
• 7:40 a.m. – Sergio Garcia, Justin Thomas, Adam Scott
• 7: 51 a.m. – Charley Hoffman, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed
• 8:02 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, Bubba Watson, Justin Rose
• 8:13 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, Alex Noren
• 8:24 a.m. – Brooks Koepka, Francesco Molinari, Tiger Woods
• 12:32 p.m. – Eddie Pepperell, Branden Grace, Ryan Palmer
• 12:43 p.m. – Ryan Moore, Joel Dahmen, Thorbjorn Olesen
• 12:54 p.m. – Y.E. Yang, Rich Beem, John Daly
• 1:05 p.m. – Steve Stricker, Brian Harman, Patrick Cantlay

TV Schedule

Thursday

• 1:00 – 7:00 PM
  • TNT

Friday

• 1:00 – 7:30 PM
  • TNT

Saturday

• 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • TNT
• 2:00 – 7:00 PM
  • CBS

Sunday

• 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
  • TNT
• 2:00 – 7:00 PM
  • CBS

Weather Forecast

Day	Hi/Low	Precip	Wind	Humidity	Description
Thursday	68/51	20%	WNW 9 mph	58%	Partly Cloudy
Friday	67/54	50%	S 9 mph	69%	AM Rain
Saturday	68/53	10%	WNW 9 mph	59%	Sunny
Sunday	64/55	0%	SE 9 mph	54%	Partly Cloudy