PGA Championship 2016: Tee Times and Predictions for Top Opening-Round Pairings

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Published: July 27, 2016

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If the last major of the golf season is able to come close to matching what happened in the British Open earlier this month, fans will witness a tournament to remember.

Henrik Stenson fired a remarkable 63 in the final round to win that tournament, and that score came three days after Phil Mickelson opened it with a 63 of his own.

The golfers may not be able to go quite so low on the long and difficult Baltusrol Golf Club track in what is likely to be a hot and rainy Springfield, New Jersey, but that doesn't mean the PGA Championship will not be a competitive and exciting tournament.

One of the traditions of the PGA Championship is to group the winners of the first three major championships together on Thursday and Friday. Masters champion Danny Willett, U.S. Open champion Dustin Johnson and Stenson will tee off at 1:45 p.m. ET Thursday and again at 8:30 a.m. Friday.



While Willett deserves credit for rallying on the back nine of the final round to wrest the title away and earn the green jacket, it seems the majority of the golf world will focus on Johnson and Stenson.

Johnson overcame a history of failure in the majors with a memorable run at Oakmont, Pennsylvania, while the Swede may have been even more impressive when he got the best of Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon, Scotland.

Thursday predictions: Willett, 72; Johnson, 69; Stenson, 70 

  

Mickelson was razor sharp at the British Open, and he probably would have earned the title if Stenson had not been so relentless. He comes into the PGA playing sensational golf, and he should have a legitimate opportunity to win.

Lefty will play with defending champion Jason Day and Rory McIlroy on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and Friday at 1:45 p.m.



Mickelson won the PGA Championship the last time the tournament was played at Baltusrol in 2005, and McIlroy already has two PGA ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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