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PGA Championship 2019: Preview and predictions

By Luke Norris

BETHPAGE, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Signage is displayed during a practice round prior to the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course on May 13, 2019 in Bethpage, New York. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
BETHPAGE, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Signage is displayed during a practice round prior to the 2019 PGA Championship at the Bethpage Black course on May 13, 2019 in Bethpage, New York. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) /
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A preview, a few predictions and some possible upsets for the 2019 PGA Championship from the rugged Bethpage Black course.

No longer “Glory’s Last Shot” as the final major on the golf calendar, the PGA Championship debuts in its new home on the schedule this week as 136 of the top players in the world, including 99 of the top 100 players in the world rankings and 20 PGA Professionals head to Bethpage Black on Long Island for what is now the second major championship of the year.

The restructuring of the PGA Tour schedule caused the PGA Championship to move from August to May. It’s a great move for the game as fans now get major championship golf for four straight months. Given the excitement already generated this year by Tiger Woods’ miraculous win at The Masters, this move couldn’t have come at a better time. Tiger’s 15th major win was great for the game and he’s undoubtedly the biggest story coming into the PGA Championship. But that doesn’t mean there’s not plenty of storylines to follow when play gets underway Thursday morning.

For one, the golf course itself is going to be a story. The Black Course at Bethpage State Park has been a great venue for the players over the years with passionate fans turning out in droves to watch the best in the world. We’ll take a look at the course here in a moment.

While Woods will be the big story and the big draw, there are 155 other players in this field and there’s no shortage of drama and great stories that could unfold during the week.

TNT and CBS will be teaming up for close to 30 hours of television coverage, which means that we’ll get some Jim Nantz brilliance over the weekend and that’s never a bad thing, and PGA.com will handle the streaming side of things with close to 40 hours of action.

So let’s dive in and take a look at Bethpage Black, followed by the top 10 players in the world and how they could fare this week, five more stories that could be fun on Sunday and my official pick for the 101st edition of the PGA Championship.

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