PGA Championship : Kiawah Island, Ocean Course
Whoever wins this years PGA Championship will have to bring their A game, and a little Lady Luck in their bag.
Majors: Corey Connors, Adam Hadwin and Mac Hughes are the Canadian contingent, non have won a major.
Hughes with 1 PGA Tour win, was T40 at the Masters this year, he has MC and T58 in 2 PGA Championships.
Connors with 1 PGA Tour win, has T10, T8 in his last 2 Masters, has a T64 and MC and the PGA Championship.
Hadwin with the most major experiences, also with 1 PGA Tour win, has 2 MC, T29, T58 in this PGA Championship, his best other major result, T24, 2018 Masters.
Kiawah Island, Ocean Course:
* Rated the toughest course in America by Golf Digest.
* longest at 7876yds in major history.
* Pete and Alice Dye brute in the dunes along the Atlantic coastline south of Charleston, SC. Looped in a figure 8 front nine clockwise, back nine counterclockwise, with Atlantic on one side and vast salt marshes on the other. No homes allowed on 2.5 mile property for environmental protection.
* no prevailing wind, scoring average in 2012 was 74.6
* Rory won here in 2012 by a record 8 shots, won the Wells Fargo last week, hasn't won a major since 2014. Also famous 1991 Ryder Cup narrowly won by USA when Langer missed a crucial 6 footer that would have tied the match with Europe retaining the title.
* defending champion, American, Collin Morikawa
Weather forecast:
* looks pretty favourable on a site where hurricanes are not unusual. No rain in forecast, mostly sunny and warm winds from the E, ENE for the first 3 days top out at 17kph. Sunday SW,16kph. Fairly benign by Kiawah standards
Bryan Angus
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