How hard is Aronimink for the PGA Championship? That depends on the pins
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had just made three bogeys on the first four holes of his second round at the PGA Championship when he he stood on the tee at the par-3 14th hole at Aronimink and looked at a yellow flag that boggled his mind. The pin was tucked all the way back and to the right of the 215-yard hole, behind a bunker.
A cold wind was in his face and the hole was atop a ridge at the highest point of the green. Three bogeys in four holes caused enough stress. And now this.
“That was one of the craziest pins that I've seen,” Scheffler said. “Your ball wasn't going to roll off like 50 yards away. But that was like they put the pin on this microphone, like it was just a high point.
I hadn't seen anything like it. " His tee shot found the middle of the green, well below the ridge, just under 80 feet away. He lagged that to 3 feet for a par.
Given his start, it was as important a par as he made all day. “Extremely good,” Scheffler said. The PGA Championship hasn't seen leading scores this high through 18 and 36 holes since Oakland Hills in 2008.