'Mother Nature is going to happen': PGA of America confident Aronimink is ready after busy winter
A potential move back to the major's traditional August date from its May current slot appeared to be a nonstarter with the PGA of America' chief championship officer, who cited possible agronomic issues with starting later and competing every four years with the Olympics calendar.
As anyone who lives in the northeast of the United States can attest it was a particularly brutal winter with multiple storms and plenty of snow. That historically frigid forecast is relevant as the golf world prepares for next week’s PGA Championship , which will be played at Aronimink Golf Club outside of Philadelphia. “The grass is growing,” Kerry Haigh, the PGA of America’s chief championship officer, told Golf Channel .
“The course is in outstanding condition. We’re in great shape. Mother Nature is going to happen.
[The growing season] is certainly late really getting going. Any of these northern venues are like this. It’s just late, it’s different.
In August, you had three months in prime condition and you sort of were just hanging on. ” Aronimink’s condition next week along with the possible overhaul of the PGA Tour schedule under new CEO Brian Rolapp has fueled speculation that the PGA Championship could relocate back to August. The PGA Championship moved from its traditional August date to May in 2019 at least, in part, at the urging of the PGA Tour in order to condense its playoff schedule.