2017 PGA Championship: Photos and Discussion

[atursky]

GolfWRX is live this week from the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina. The course -- which was originally designed by George Cobb in 1961, and was later upgraded by Arnold Palmer and Tom Fazio -- will play as a 7,600-yard par-71 for the event.

 

Jordan Spieth, the 2017 Open Champion and No. 2-ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings, has an opportunity this week to become the youngest golfer ever to win the career grand slam. He's not the betting favorite, however, at 8/1 odds. Rory McIlroy (7/1 odds), who's currently ranked No. 4 in the OWGR, is touted as the favorite. Dustin Johnson and Hideki Matsuyama, the world's No. 1 and 3-ranked golfers, respectively, are pegged at 12/1 odds to win the season's fourth and final major.

 

In last year's PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club (Lower Course), Jimmy Walker won his first and only major championship by one stroke over Jason Day. Both players are back in this year's field, and they're each looking to win their second PGA Championships.

 

Check out our photos below from the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow!

General Galleries

• 2017 PGA Championship: Mon. Pt. 1
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Mon. Pt. 2
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Mon. Pt. 3
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Mon. Pt. 4
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Mon. Pt. 5
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Tues. Pt. 1
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Tues. Pt. 2
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Tues. Pt. 3
  
• 2017 PGA Championship: Tues. Pt. 4
  

Special Galleries

• Scotty Cameron PGA Championship putter cover
  
• Thomas Bjorn WITB
  
• New UST Mamiya Attas Coool shafts
  
• Aldila "Synergy" shafts
  
• Bryson DeChambeau's SIK putters
  
• Louis Oosthuizen's Ping putters
  
• Kenny Pigman WITB
  
• Jordan Smith WITB
  
• The newest Fourteen Golf clubs
  

 

[cradd10]

Love the shorts. Looks like a local club tourney!

[cljdan]

Love the shorts. Looks like a local club tourney!

 

I was just going to ask what's with all the shorts. Was there some special occasion? Don't think I've seen that many tour pros in shorts ever. They better be careful all that glare off those legs could blind someone!!

[nikegolfer1983]

Love the shorts. Looks like a local club tourney!

 

I was just going to ask what's with all the shorts. Was there some special occasion? Don't think I've seen that many tour pros in shorts ever. They better be careful all that glare off those legs could blind someone!!

 

 

PGA Announced a few months back that shorts were allowed for practice rounds only.

[Colonel_Steelhead]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

[pga43]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

 

Practice club in Patrick Reed's bag. He's used it off and on for some time now.

 

 

Greg

[Colonel_Steelhead]

That is awesome.

[maxcapouch]

I thought Callaway did a great job with their special edition staff bags and headcovers for the first 3 majors, but I think these are somewhat lacking.

[gioguy21]

that blue/gold TM bag is downright sexy. simple, clean...like it alot.

[gvogel]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

 

Practice club in Patrick Reed's bag. He's used it off and on for some time now.

 

 

Greg

 

Cool. He just went up in my estimation.

[Lacey Underall]

More raw Apex MBs............man those things would look good in my bag.

[kadeyoung6]

More raw Apex MBs............man those things would look good in my bag.

 

For those of you who want to know, If you look at Lovemark's Callaway MBs, he had them ground down to have almost zero bounce on them to match his old Nike irons. So thats why you won't see numbers on the bottom and they are stamped on the back.

[BCULAW]

I thought Callaway did a great job with their special edition staff bags and headcovers for the first 3 majors, but I think these are somewhat lacking.

 

Oh, man! I completely disagree. I LOVE the Callaway bags at this event!! Different strokes for different folk, I guess!!

 

 

[jph4387]

Looking at the pics of Horschel on the range, it almost looked like Bones was on his bag.

[the bishop]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

 

Practice club in Patrick Reed's bag. He's used it off and on for some time now.

 

 

Greg

lol. i was looking at that "vintage" x-hot pro!

[staysober for golf]

Great Pics as always!!!

[vsproto]

Will the Scotty PGA covers have an option to fit the 6m?

[pga43]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

 

Practice club in Patrick Reed's bag. He's used it off and on for some time now.

 

 

Greg

lol. i was looking at that "vintage" x-hot pro!

 

Another practice club with a steel shaft in it.

 

 

Greg

[Marks23]

Never noticed this before, but in Tues, pt1 there is a picture of Jimmy Walker and his head/eyes have swiveled towards the target before the ball is struck, ala Annika and David Duval. Also, pics of VJ on Tuesday looks like he may be trying the new Ti Fiber driver shaft from Aerotech.

[Marks23]

Never noticed this before, but in Tues, pt1 there is a picture of Jimmy Walker and his head/eyes have swiveled towards the target before the ball is struck, ala Annika and David Duval. Also, pics of VJ on Tuesday looks like he may be trying the new Ti Fiber driver shaft from Aerotech.

[moonshine]

$24 for burger and a beer...awesome!

 

edit: $8 at a Falcons game this year...for reference

[Sean2]

Greg, I see they finally gave you a good parking spot. Like the green color too. :-)

 

Those Callaway MB1's are drop dead gorgeous.

 

Gotta love John Daly. :-)

[nikegolfer1983]

Any chance of getting a WITB for either Jaysen Hansen or Jamie Broce, 2 of the PGA professionals that are in the field?

 

Thanks for all the pics they are awesome as always.

[pga43]

Never noticed this before, but in Tues, pt1 there is a picture of Jimmy Walker and his head/eyes have swiveled towards the target before the ball is struck, ala Annika and David Duval. Also, pics of VJ on Tuesday looks like he may be trying the new Ti Fiber driver shaft from Aerotech.

 

Yes, JW has done that same move as DD & Anika. VJ was testing the new AeroTech TiFiber shaft.

 

Greg

 

Any chance of getting a WITB for either Jaysen Hansen or Jamie Broce, 2 of the PGA professionals that are in the field?

 

Thanks for all the pics they are awesome as always.

 

If I see them.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Greg

 

Greg, I see they finally gave you a good parking spot. Like the green color too. :-)

 

Those Callaway MB1's are drop dead gorgeous.

 

Gotta love John Daly. :-)

 

Lol, I wish!

 

 

Greg

[vsproto]

Callaway bags are killer - GO HEELS

[DuckHook02]

Holy crap those first 3 opening holes are LONG!

[Boognish]

Past champ status

[nygbrs222]

Love the shorts. Looks like a local club tourney!

 

I wish they would allow them to wear shorts every week. The clothing brands would like it too considering 99% of amateur golfers wear shorts to play golf in.

[the bishop]

Whose rocking the persimmon this week???? :) I like it

 

Practice club in Patrick Reed's bag. He's used it off and on for some time now.

 

 

Greg

lol. i was looking at that "vintage" x-hot pro!

 

Another practice club with a steel shaft in it.

 

 

Greg

Ahh. Couldn't see that in the bag. Thx.

[rleon]

There was a question about who was using the Hogan driver. Might be Richard Sterne as I read somewhere that he used a persimmon driver in practice to improve his driver swing.

Could that be an early 60's Hogan driver that had a speed slot? (I go back that far).