Snapshot for Southern Hills 📸

05/19/2022 Snapshot for Southern Hills 📸

By: Jeff Yoder

Tiger Woods, A Dream Grouping & Everything to Know for the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills

Golf’s second major on the 2022 calendar tees off this morning from Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the storylines are endless. Tiger Woods — on his “majors only” comeback tour — returns to the course stronger than he was at The Masters. And he’ll join one of the all-time iconic groups in golf history. Meanwhile, defending champion Phil Mickelson’s absence has been the buzz throughout practice rounds while Lefty stays away from the PGA Tour. Let’s head to Southern Hills!

 

Southern Hills History: The 104th PGA Championship may run through Sunday, but history says the champion will be decided by Friday’s end. In all seven major championships hosted at Southern Hills throughout history, the winner was the 36-hole leader. The same was true for the course’s two Tour Championships and the Senior PGA Championship. Keep an eye on the player who starts hot.

 

Players to Watch: Four players top the favorites list, and those four — Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and Jordan Spieth — are paired together in two separate groups on Thursday and Friday. But who was the last player to win a major at Southern Hills? You guessed it. Tiger Woods (2007 PGA Championship). Few tournaments in Tulsa have ended in blowouts, though. Expect things to be close on Sunday.

 

The Favorites: Scottie Scheffler (+1200), Rory McIlroy (+1200), Jon Rahm (+1400), Jordan Spieth (+1400), Justin Thomas (+1800), Viktor Hovland (+1800), Xander Schauffele (+2000), Hideki Matsuyama (+2000), Collin Morikawa (+2000) | All Betting Odds

 

Tee Times (Featured Groups)

8:38 AM: H. Matsuyama, X. Schauffele, T. Finau

8:49 AM: T. Hatton, B. DeChambeau, M. Homa

9:00 AM: V. Hovland, W. Zalatoris, C. Smith

9:11 AM: T. Woods, R. McIlroy, J. Spieth

9:22 AM: P. Reed, J. Rose, B. Watson

2:03 PM: S. Lowry, B. Koepka, A. Scott

2:14 PM: D. Johnson, P. Cantlay, J. Thomas

2:25 PM: J. Day, R. Fowler, H. Varner III

2:36 PM: J. Rahm, C. Morikawa, S. Scheffler

All Tee Times

*All Times ET

 

Additional Storylines

CBS Sports: Ranking the Top 22 Favorites at Southern Hills

Yahoo! Sports: Dream Pairing? Tiger Woods to Play With Rory McIlroy & Justin Spieth

ESPN: PGA Championship 2022: Southern Hills to Sleepers & Everything You Need to Know

 

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