The SI Golf staff debates three hot players against everyone else (including Xander), and the makeup of the PGA Championship field.
Welcome to the PGA Championship edition of SI Golf’s Fact or Fiction. We’ll be here after every round with a series of statements for writers and editors to declare as “Fact” or “Fiction” along with a brief explanation. Responses may also be “Neutral” since there's a lot of gray area in golf.: Scottie Scheffler, Brooks Koepka and Rory McIlroy all arrived at Valhalla off wins and one of them will win this PGA Championship.
John Daly last made the cut at the PGA in 2012, and he shot 82 on Thursday. Rich Beem has missed cuts in eight of the last 10 PGAs and shot 79. The PGA of America should revoke lifetime exemptions for winners into the championship.John Daly is a draw, period. Some of it may be prurient interest, but Daly brought a different demographic of fan to the game and earned a forever niche in the sport. I’m fine with the Rich Beems of the world still playing as well.
On a day with record low scoring, 18 of the 21 PGA professionals shot over par . The PGA of America should reduce the number of club professionals that qualify.There should be some club pro representation, for sure. But those guys don’t have the name recognition or fan resonance as the former champions who are in the field. Slightly cutting down the number of club pros would be fine with me.It used to be 25 and it has been reduced to 20. The field is 156.
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