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The PGA Championship, the year’s second major is upon us, and it’s time to get your funds in order. Here to walk you through the best opportunities for turning warm feelings into cold cash are Yahoo Sports’ Jay Busbee and Scott Pianowski.
BUSBEE: Scott, my friend, the PGA Championship is here. I’m still not adjusted to it showing up now instead of in August; I always feel like it’s the end of the major season rather than the middle. To me, this gives the PGA more heft, and the fact that we’ve had some strong winners of late – like the gentleman that won last year – only adds to the weight of the week.
PIANOWSKI: I love the PGA in May. “Glory’s second shot.” At least it won’t be quite as hot as the August swelter-fests we saw in recent years. Golf has a better cadence since the change was made — one major per month starting in April, and some time to breathe before the FedExCup wraps and the Ryder Cup (every other year) comes calling. I like the major season ending across the pond, too. If the PGA is going to be the fourth-of-four in everyone’s mind, it needs to bat second, not cleanup. Even Sawgrass in March makes sense. They got it right.
BUSBEE: Let’s start with the big dogs. Your thoughts on the favorites?
PIANOWSKI: I’m going to semi-fade the two favorites, Jon Rahm and Scottie Scheffler. Let’s be clear on what that means; I’m not picking them to win and certainly not on short odds. Although Rahm won in Mexico, his chipping and putting isn’t going to work here. And for as fantastic as Scheffler has been, this is the first major where he has the big red X on his back. That’s a different ask, to do it when you’re expected to do it. I realize this is his favorite course in the world — he’s had college success here — but I’m a capitalist. I’m not paying up now that the ROI has collapsed.
BUSBEE: Southern Hills is a largely unfamiliar course to a lot of these players — but it’s more wide open, and it’s going to be hot as hell. Who’s someone…
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