Valhalla Golf Club has produced plenty of final-round drama the three previous times it has hosted the PGA Championship, with playoff wins from Mark Brooks (1996) and Tiger Woods (2000) and a back-nine rally by Rory McIlroy (2014). And there’s no reason to think things will be any different this Sunday.
A bunched leaderboard and a soft scoreable course set up for a potentially frenetic final 18 holes with the Wanamaker Trophy on the line.
Tied for the lead and playing in the final twosome tee time on Sunday are Collin Morikawa and Xander Schauffele. Combined they have 20 top-10 finishes in 44 major starts, but Morikawa can boast two wins while Schauffele is desperately seeking his first. The duo sit at 15 under and one stroke clear of Sahith Theegala in third place.
But lurking just off the pace are major winners Shane Lowry and Bryson DeChambeau, both at 13 under, and Justin Rose at 12 under. Reigning FedEx Cup champion Viktor Hovland, in the hunt a year ago at the PGA at Oak Hill, is also at 13 under. And Louisville-area native Justin Thomas might seem a little ways back at 10 under, but recall when he won the second of his two PGA titles at Southern Hills in 2022, he started the final round seven back.
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Thirteen players are within five shots of the leaders. And considering two 62s have been shot at Valhalla this week, the possibility of somebody coming out early and posting a low score to throw a wrench into the works is reasonable.
So who comes out on top? Take a look at the Sunday final-round tee times and make your pick.
Private Valhalla Golf Club Louisville, KY 4.6 102 Panelists
Given a difficult piece of land on which to create Valhalla (half the site was floodplain, with high-tension power poles), Jack Nicklaus drew on his training under Pete Dye and Desmond Muirhead to produce a unique design, with an alternate fairway par 5, a par 4 with an island green and an 18th green shaped like a horseshoe. Over the decades, Nicklaus returned periodically to update its challenges, and the club rebuilt bunkers and replaced its soft bent grass fairways with firmer, faster zoysia in 2022. Valhalla has proven to be a great championship site. It has hosted three thrilling PGA Championships, the latest Rory McIlroy’s win in 2014, and will host a fourth in 2024. View Course SUNDAY/FINAL ROUND First tee
7:45 AM Jeremy WELLSAlejandro TOSTI
7:55 AM Sebastian SODERBERGBrendon TODD
8:05 AM Rasmus HOJGAARDJordan SMITH
8:15 AM S.H. KIMDustin JOHNSON
8:25 AM Andrew PUTNAM Ryan FOX
8:35 AM Talor GOOCHStephan JAEGER
8:45 AM Adam HADWIN Erik VAN ROOYEN
8:55 AM Gary WOODLAND Grayson MURRAY
9:05 AM Patrick CANTLAY Luke DONALD
9:15 AM Tommy FLEETWOODJesper SVENSSON
9:25 AM Joaquin NIEMANN Rickie FOWLER
9:35 AM Patrick REED Cameron YOUNG
9:45 AM Braden SHATTUCKByeong Hun AN
10:05 AM Brooks KOEPKA Nicolai HOJGAARD
10:15 AM Adam SVENSSON Thorbjorn OLESEN
10:25 AM Alexander BJORK Lucas GLOVER
10:35 AM Tyrrell HATTON Corey CONNERS
10:45 AM Brian HARMAN Martin KAYMER
10:55 AM Brice GARNETT Min Woo LEE
11:05 AM Kurt KITAYAMAWill ZALATORIS
11:15 AM Ben KOHLES Cameron SMITH
11:25 AM Doug GHIM Alex NOREN
11:35 AM Jason DAY Zac BLAIR
11:45 AM Maverick MCNEALY Billy HORSCHEL
12:05 PM Max HOMA Tom HOGE
12:15 PM Scottie SCHEFFLER Mark HUBBARD
12:25 PM Aaron RAI Matt WALLACE
12:35 PM Hideki MATSUYAMA Ryo HISATSUNE
12:45 PM Rory MCILROY Tom KIM
12:55 PM Jordan SPIETH Russell HENLEY
1:05 PM Keegan BRADLEY Taylor MOORE
1:15 PM Thomas DETRY Lucas HERBERT
1:25 PM Harris ENGLISH Austin ECKROAT
1:35 PM Justin THOMASTony FINAU
1:55 PM Dean BURMESTER Lee HODGES
2:05 PM Justin ROSE Robert MACINTYRE
2:15 PM Bryson DECHAMBEAUViktor HOVLAND
2:25 PM Sahith THEEGALA Shane LOWRY
2:35 PM Xander SCHAUFFELE Collin MORIKAWA
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