Tee times won’t be announced until Friday 10 May, but the first group for the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black has been announced.
The tradition of placing the current reigning Major champions together for the first two rounds will be honoured once again this year.
Following Tiger Woods’ win at the Masters, he finds himself in this Major champions grouping for the first time since 2008. He will join reigning PGA Championship and two-time US Open champion Brooks Koepka and reigning Open Champion Francesco Molinari.
History dictates that his star-studded group should deliver plenty of exciting golf throughout the week.
Brooks Koepka is in the hunt to capture his second Wanamaker Trophy and will become the first golfer in history to hold concurrent back-to-back major championships; he has six top-10 finishes over his past nine major championship appearances.
Francesco Molinari also is coming in on a major hot streak.
He will arrive with three consecutive top-10 finishes in Majors — a win at The Open, T6 at the PGA Championship at Bellerive and a T5 finish at the Masters.
Woods has history on his side at the venue and will be tough to beat. In addition to the much talked-about win at the 2002 US Open, Woods also finished T6 at the 2009 US Open during a rough weather week in New York.
The 101st PGA Championship tees off on Thursday 16 May.
