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Scottie Scheffler watches his shot on the 10th green during the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Aronimink Golf Club, Friday, May 15, 2026, in Newtown Square, PA. (AP Photo\/Matt Slocum)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. \u2014 Scottie Scheffler had just made three bogeys on the first four holes of his second round at the PGA Championship<\/a> when he he stood on the tee at the par-3 14th hole at Aronimink<\/a> and looked at a yellow flag that boggled his mind.<\/p>

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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.<\/p>\n

Three bogeys in four holes caused enough stress. And now this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was one of the craziest pins that I\u2019ve seen,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cYour ball wasn\u2019t 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\u2019t seen anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cExtremely good,\u201d Scheffler said.<\/p>\n

The PGA Championship<\/a> hasn\u2019t seen leading scores this high through 18 and 36 holes since Oakland Hills in 2008. Players were three-putting roughly 6% of the holes on Friday.<\/p>\n

The wind is difficult, sure. A relatively dry week makes it firm and fast and harder to control shots. But it\u2019s the greens, undulating with knobs and valleys, and the locations of the pins that have been a real monster.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were some pins that didn\u2019t even look like they were on the green,\u201d Chris Gotterup said after his 65, the low round of the championship.<\/p>\n

The 11th hole was a popular reference. The green already had everyone\u2019s attention at the start of the week because of the severe false front that sent golf balls some 40 yards down the fairway.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the hole was on a small shelf front and to the right. Players hit a nothing more than a wedge. If anyone was closer than 8 feet \u2014 usually a stock shot with a wedge for the world\u2019s best \u2014 consider it a happy accident.<\/p>

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\u201cImpossible to get close,\u201d Gotterup said.<\/p>\n

Justin Thomas tried to lay back off the tee for a full sand wedge from 124 yards. That didn\u2019t work out for him. He tried to be so exacting, but it came up short and in a bunker. The next one didn\u2019t get on the green. He had to scramble for bogey.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not hard to hit it to 20 feet past the hole, but it\u2019s really, really hard to hit it close,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI think that\u2019s a great example of if you have a great number and a full wedge that you can spin it and hit it close, great. But you don\u2019t want to try to do too much and try to hit it close \u2014 kind of like I did there \u2014 and the wind knocks the ball right out of the air and doesn\u2019t even come close and I\u2019m grinding to make a 5 when I have a sand wedge in my hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it just kind of speaks volumes to how this course can be throughout the entire day.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been that way for two days. It doesn\u2019t take much for the PGA of America to set tough pins that will affect the scoring. Not all of them are brutal. The opening two holes Thursday were accessible. The pin on the par-5 ninth was on the easier side.<\/p>\n

The par-3 eighth hole was tucked behind a bunker, but the tee was moved up 72 yards to play at only 173 yards on Friday. Gotterup hit a 5-wood on Thursday and made bogey. He 7-iron to 4 feet on Friday for birdie.<\/p>\n

Scheffler had 140 yards on the second hole to a back right pin. He hit it to 30 feet and was pleased. He had the same yardage two holes later to a more accessible pin and went after it, the shot settling 5 feet below the hole for birdie.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about picking the right shot for the right pin. And it changes by the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love hard tests of golf, but it\u2019s also the hardest game in the world and we\u2019re trying to make it harder, and there\u2019s different ways you can do that,\u201d Scheffler said. \u201cYou can do that on a golf course like this. I mean, I truly believe they could have the winning score be whatever they want it to be. It could be over par if they want it to be, just based purely upon pin locations.\u201d<\/p>

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AP golf: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/golf<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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