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Friday Notes 100th PGA Championship August 10, 2018 SECOND-ROUND PLAY SUSPENDED Second-round play in the 100th PGA Championship was suspended at 3:35 p.m. (CT) due to dangerous weather conditions and did not resume. The second round will resume on Saturday at 7:00 a.m. The Championship’s third round will be played in groups of three, with players going off both the first and 10th tees. The third round will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of round 2. GOOD WOODLAND At 10-under ...

St. Louis, Missouri … For the bigger part of his life, Rory McIlroy’s let his clubs do the talking but not this week at Bellerive. It goes to show the impact of social media when it comes to the ancient club-and-ball game that for two rounds of McIlroy’s appearance in the 100th PGA Championship the talk has focussed on the adhesive patch on McIlroy’s right forearm. McIlroy reckoned he began feeling tightness in his forearm during last week’s last-ever WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. McIlroy ...

St. Louis, Missouri … Justin Rose was full of praise for Jon Rahm in the manner he conducted himself but also critical of marshalles over a bizarre incident at the eighth hole on day two of the PGA Championship at Bellerive. Rahm had played a drive down the left side of the fairway and with the Spaniard’s ball coming to rest in rough just a yard or so off the fairway. “I definitely felt I touched it with the top of my foot. I know I touched it. I don’t believe I moved it all,” ...

St. Louis, Missouri ….. Rory McIlroy returns to the eighth fairway of the Bellerive course staring at missing the halfway cut in the storm-interrupted PGA Championship. Thunderstorms halted play at 3.35pm local time (9.35pm Irish) before being suspended for the day some two hours later and with confirmation the second round to restart at 7am local time (1pm Irish) on Saturday. Once the second round is completed the third round will commence from both the first and 10th tees and with a three-ball ...

Bernie McGuire, St. Louis …. Russell Knox remains upbeat there’s a low round in his bag after a 68 on the second day of the 100th PGA Championship in sauna-like St. Louis. The lone Scot in the field turned around a first day 71 to post five birdies and two less bogeys for one-under par Bellerive tally. It left Knox trailing nine shots behind the clubhouse-leading Gary Woodland who added a 66 to his opening 64 to move to 10-under par. The effort is the first occasion Knox has been under-par ...

St. Louis, Missouri ….. Three-time Major winning Jordan Spieth was far from a happy chappy in playing the par-5 17th hole or the eighth of his round on day two of the 100th PGA Championship here at Bellerive. Spieth’s 285-yard tee shot caught the hazard running down the right-side of the fairway and while he was annoyed with the shot the Texan proceeded to make par so really it was a good result despite his clear disappointment.   Not sure if Spieth was actually happy to find that ...

Thursday Notes 100th PGA Championship August 9, 2018 GARY WOODLAND IS THE FIRST-ROUND LEADER AT THE 100TH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Gary Woodland posted an opening-round 64 and leads the 100th PGA Championship by one shot over Rickie Fowler (65) and two over Zach Johnson and Brandon Stone (66). Eleven players, including 2015 PGA Champion Jason Day, Dustin Johnson, and Justin Rose, are three off Woodland’s pace at 3-under 67. Forty-six players in all tallied sub-par opening rounds at Bellerive Country ...