Soak Hill 2 – Another PGA Championship, Another Rain Storm to Soften the Golf Course —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – It’s a sequel ten years in the making. In the second round of the 2013 PGA Championship, everybody’s favorite Dockers-wearing zombie, Jason Dufner, starred in “Soak Hill,” biting off Oak Hill’s head and sucking out its lungs...
Fine Weather Light Winds Allow Low Scoring at Oak Hill for Opening Day of 105th PGA Championship PITTSFORD, NY – After nearly a two-hour frost delay, light winds and mild temperatures allowed for low scores at the 105th PGA Championship being conducted at the East Course of Oak Hill Country Club. As we go to press 16 players were under par and a whopping total of 48...
PITTSFORD, NY – Without question some of the new holes designed by renovation architect Andrew Green stand tall among the most interesting that Oak Hill’s East Course has to offer. Full of strategic nuance and perplexing hazards they may well see the most swings of fortune at this 105th PGA Championship. Let’s take a closer look at the changes to the golf course and...
PITTSFORD, NY – “TRAITOR!” “BACKSTABBER! “HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?” “DISLOYAL!” Those were some of the incendiary comments I had to endure from my upstate New York golf friends back in 2013 when they asked me to compare their beloved Oak Hill to other major championship venues. They did not like hearing that I preferred a long list of courses – Oakmont, Winged Foot...
The Pre-Tournament Zen of Defending PGA Champion Justin Thomas —by Jay Flemma, Golf News Net— PITTSFORD, NY – The undercurrent running throughout this 105th PGA Championship is patience. Oak Hill East a much different golf course than the golfers and patrons have ever seen before, and definitely harder than any of them will have seen it play. The rough...
With a nod to vegasinsider.com, my one-stop shop for all things line and prognostication related, here are the betting odds and money line for the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, to be contested Thursday through Sunday, May 18-21. Justin Thomas is the defending champion after his riveting come-from-behind Sunday charge and playoff win and...