Sixth Times Lucky Is PGA Championship’s Winning Charm
SIXTH TIME’S THE CHARM
Jimmy Walker won the PGA Championship today in his sixth career appearance, just like Rory McIlroy and Jason Day did in 2014 and ’15, respectively. Larry Nelson (1981) and Raymond Floyd (1969) also won the PGA Championship in their sixth attempt.
FIRST TIME’S THE CHARM
With Danny Willett, Dustin Johnson, Henrik Stenson, and now Jimmy Walker, having seized their initial Major Championships this year, note that the last time that the Masters, U.S. Open, Open Championship ...
Side-By-Side In The Baltusrol Car Park But It’s Walker’s ‘Bus’ Finishing First Ahead Of Day’s.
Their luxury RV motor homes were parked beside each other week long in the Baltusrol members car park.
Their respective families were together for much of the week while their children also were seen playing and having fun.
And despite each other wanting to lift the Rodman Wanmaker Trophy so badly their friendship was very evident on the 72nd green when Jason Day and his wife and family were among the first to warmly embrace the 2016 PGA Champion Jimmy Walker and his family.
Walker had returned to ...
Ryder Cup 2016 – Europe & USA Even With Two Majors Apiece Heading To Hazeltine.
With just 60 days to the start of the 2016 Ryder Cup and it could not be more even following the close of this year’s four Majors.
After Jimmy Walker held his nerve to hole a three foot par putt and capture a first Major in winning the PGA Championship it was Europe with two Majors in 2016 and also USA-born players winning the other two.
England’s Danny Willett began the year winning the Masters followed by Dustin Johnson finally seizing a maiden Major in winning a controversial US Open.
Henrik ...
Jimmy Walker Makes It Four Maiden Major Winners In 2016 & First Time In Five Years.
Star-gazer Jimmy Walker made it four maiden Major Champion’s this season and for a first time in five years by capturing the rain-affected PGA Championship at Baltusrol.
The Texas-born Walker was a gleaming ‘Lone Star’ leading from start-to-finish and including playing 36-holes on the closing day to win by a single shot with last round 68 for a 14-under par tally.
Thunderstorms on Saturday left Walker and nine others staring at two rounds on the last day of the year’s final Major and ...
Padraig Harrington Firms As Favourite To Deliver Ireland Olympic Medal After Stirring Baltusrol Showing.
Padraig Harrington will head to the Rio Olympics later this week a strong chance to deliver Ireland a medal after his rousing finish in the rain-affected PGA Championship at Baltusrol
Harrington upstaged his more fancied compatriots to be the only one Emerald Isle golfer among six to make the cut in the year’s final Major in New Jersey in posting rousing closing scores of 65 and 68.
The former PGA winner had taken full advantage of the softer Baltusrol layout producing a third round 65 to equal ...
Padraig Harrington Happy With Equal Lowest Ever Score In 69 Majors Shooting Baltustrol 65.
Padraig Harrington had good cause to be happy and not because he managed to complete his round before bad weather ruined the third round and preventing the final groups from starting their rounds on Saturday.
Harrington’s five under par 65 was his equal lowest ever in 69 Major appearances since making his Major’s debut in the 1996 US Open, and matching a 65 he shot during last year’s Open Championship at St. Andrews.
His PGA Championship prior best had been a closing pair of 66s ...
Rory McIlroy’s Putter Ice Cold On Blazing Hot Baltusrol Opening Day.
Rory McIlroy’s putter was ice cold on a blazing hot first day to the PGA Championship at Baltusrol in New Jersey.
McIlroy’s hope of capturing a fifth Major will now more than likely have to wait eight months to next April’s Masters after a sad-looking four over par first round 74.
McIlroy failed to post one birdie in walking from the course sharing 99th place and then slumping a further 36 spots down the board and just three shots from the bottom of the board as the remaining handful of ...
