Published: Wednesday, August 16, 2006
PGA Championship Preview
Site: Medinah, Ill.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday
Course: Medinah Country Club, No. 3 Course (7,561 yards, par 72)
Purse: TBA ($6.5 million in 2005). Winner's share: TBA ($1.17 million in 2005).
Television: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m.-conclusion of play).
Last year: Phil Mickelson won the second of his three major titles with a birdie on the final hole in a Monday finish to beat Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjorn by a stroke at Baltusrol in New Jersey. Tiger Woods tied for fourth.
Notes: Woods, the 1999 winner at Medinah and 2000 champion at Valhalla, won the British Open four weeks ago for his 11th major title. He won the Buick Open in his last start for his fourth victory of the year and 50th PGA Tour title. ... Woods, Mickelson and Geoff Ogilvy, the winners of the first three majors this season, will play together in the first two rounds. ... The 7,561-yard course is the longest in major championship history. It played to 7,436 yards in 1999. ... The tournament ends the race for the 10 automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Tom Lehman will add two captain's picks Monday for the September matches in Ireland. The European points race will end Sept. 3 with the BMW International Open ... Ron Philo Jr. won the PGA National Professional Championship in late June in Verona, N.Y., to top the 25 club-pro qualifiers. Philo, the brother of LPGA Tour player Laura Diaz, is the head pro at Metropolis in White Plains, N.Y. ... Cary Middlecoff (1949), Lou Graham (1975) and Hale Irwin (1990) won U.S. Opens at Medinah. ... A European hasn't since Scotland's Tommy Armour in 1930. ... The tournament was a match-play event from 1916-57. ... The 2007 event will be played at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., and the 2008 tournament is set for Oakland Hills in Michigan.
Associated Press
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Site: Medinah, Ill.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday
Course: Medinah Country Club, No. 3 Course (7,561 yards, par 72)
Purse: TBA ($6.5 million in 2005). Winner's share: TBA ($1.17 million in 2005).
Television: TNT (Thursday-Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 2 p.m.-conclusion of play).
Last year: Phil Mickelson won the second of his three major titles with a birdie on the final hole in a Monday finish to beat Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjorn by a stroke at Baltusrol in New Jersey. Tiger Woods tied for fourth.
Notes: Woods, the 1999 winner at Medinah and 2000 champion at Valhalla, won the British Open four weeks ago for his 11th major title. He won the Buick Open in his last start for his fourth victory of the year and 50th PGA Tour title. ... Woods, Mickelson and Geoff Ogilvy, the winners of the first three majors this season, will play together in the first two rounds. ... The 7,561-yard course is the longest in major championship history. It played to 7,436 yards in 1999. ... The tournament ends the race for the 10 automatic spots on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. Tom Lehman will add two captain's picks Monday for the September matches in Ireland. The European points race will end Sept. 3 with the BMW International Open ... Ron Philo Jr. won the PGA National Professional Championship in late June in Verona, N.Y., to top the 25 club-pro qualifiers. Philo, the brother of LPGA Tour player Laura Diaz, is the head pro at Metropolis in White Plains, N.Y. ... Cary Middlecoff (1949), Lou Graham (1975) and Hale Irwin (1990) won U.S. Opens at Medinah. ... A European hasn't since Scotland's Tommy Armour in 1930. ... The tournament was a match-play event from 1916-57. ... The 2007 event will be played at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Okla., and the 2008 tournament is set for Oakland Hills in Michigan.
Associated Press
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Site: Medinah, Ill. Schedule: Thursday-Sunday Course: Medinah Country Club, No. 3 Course (7,561 yards, par 72) Purse:...
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