Five to watch at 2015 PGA Championship

Indeed, 26-year-old Rory McIlroy and 22-year-old Jordan Spieth each have two victories in the past five majors, are ranked first and second in the world, respectively, and have signaled their intentions to take over the game the way Tiger and Phil once did.

The world’s No. 1 player harmed ligaments in his left lower leg the first weekend in July while playing soccer with companions in Northern Ireland. “I’ll have to bring everything I’ve got to have a chance there”. Whether he’s come back too soon remains to be seen. He’s back, he may not be competitively sharp, for obvious reasons, but he’s world number one.

Watson closed with a 68 in 2010 and matched Kaymer with a birdie on the first extra hole before his title bid evaporated on the next hole after he struck his second shot into a creek in front of the green on the way to a double-bogey six.

“We’re walking down the fairways, so it’s not so bad”, Woods said.

“Obviously talking about Jack and Arnie, you thought, well, when they’re gone, the game is going to go downhill”.

“With there being more than 1,000 bunkers on the course“, he said in the email, “there are others that have been covered, but also still plenty left remaining in play”. They’ve got a little undulation and it’s just a matter of how can he hold that up. You guys are pretty hearty up here, which is good.

“He’s going through some down times”, Stricker said. I was able to hit shots, get some lines off tees and kind of get all the prep work done.

Rory McIlroy catches a golf ball on the 17th tee during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at Whistling Straights-The Straits Course on Monday. “If you would have asked me right after I had my back surgery last year, what does your career look like, I didn’t really have much of an answer”.

“I just remember when I won that PGA in ’99 the sense of relief because of how hard I had worked to get to that point all over again”, Woods said.

In addition to the PGA, Toms is scheduled to play at the Wyndham Championship next week, the Tour’s final regular-season week – and final opportunity to qualify for the postseason. That brings it into direct conflict with one of the oldest tournaments in European golf, the Alstom Open de France at Le Golf National, venue for the 2018 Ryder Cup. No one has ever won the three American majors in one season.

“It’s a tough decision for Shane”.

A major plus for Oostuizen as he prepares for this week’s PGA Championship is the fact that, for now, he has put behind him the health concerns he had two years ago when he was troubled by a recurring neck-related injury and hip problems.

“I think I’m getting my head around the challenges that he presents”.