The $15 million tournament, which kicks off this Thursday, will feature 29 of the top 30 golfers on the planet. The only notable absentee will be defending champion legend Phil Mickelson.
The second major of the season has arrived and people are already in the southern hills to see 29 of the top 30 players on the planet compete for the Wanamaker Trophy. A unique event of its kind, which carries the history of the PGA on its shoulders and once again makes people talk. Between the absence of Phil Mickelson, the presence of Tiger Woods and the large South American entourage who will play their cards, the tournament is full of milestones for this 2022.
The PGA Championship is a tournament developed from the PGA of America, one of the largest and most massive golf organizations in the world, which in addition to this major is in charge of the Ryder Cup when played in the United States, the Senior PGA Championship, Womens PGA Championship in partnership with the LPGA, and the Professional Club Championship, reserved for club professionals only.
For this 2022 has a monetary prize of $15 million to distribute making it one of the highest earning tournaments. The champion takes 2.1 million US dollars in his pocket.
That’s why everyone is looking for them, all but one, and that’s because defending champion Phil Mickelson has decided to pull out of the tournament to continue his break from the circuit after publicly backing the idea of a new tour. , apart from the PGA. The absence of the southpaw in Tulsa is a serious blow to the organization. but not deadly, since despite the fact that the legend will not be there, the biggest myth of the tour, yes.
Tiger Woods has confirmed his presence at the PGA Championship and will return to court after his bittersweet Augusta experience . The winner of 15 major tournaments will seek their fifth Wanamaker Trophy and thus equal Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen as players who have conquered this major the most times.
“I have become much stronger since the Masters. That Monday after the tournament was horrible because I couldn’t do anything, but we got back to work the next day and focused on recovering my right leg. So we came back right after that and now everything is better “Launched Tiger at a press conference.
Niemann and Mito ready for action
The two Chileans of the PGA will face this Thursday the par 70 of Southern Hills, but with very different realities. While Niemann will arrive as a front man on tour and at the majors, the one born in Pirque will play the second major of his career and the first in three years.
The last time Mito Pereira played a major was at US Open 2019 , while he was not yet part of the tour and entered with a special invitation for these projection players. Now immersed in the PGA, he will try to make the cut for the first time in one of these tournaments. Its present makes believe that it is something more than likely.
Joaco, for his part, returns to a tribunal he knows and an instance that he already seems to dominate. In the majors, he always shows his potential and manages to overcome the cuts . Maybe the only thing missing is being able to see him fight for the trophy in the last round. Something that could happen in a year where he already got his first win of the season.
Niemann will depart at 3:20 p.m. from Chile, accompanied by Harry Higgs and Erik Van Rooyen. Pereira, meanwhile, will do so at 8:30 with Nic Ishee and Sam Horsfield.
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