PGA Championship Watch and Info

US PGA Championship 2019 Live:The 2019 PGA Championship tee times, television schedule and live stream links are below. The PGA Championship is at Bethpage State Park's Black Course in Farmingdale, New York.

The first round is Thursday, May 16. Brooks Koepka is the defending champion after winning at Bellerive Country Club in 2018.

Bethpage Black on Long Island will host its first ever PGA Championship beginning on Thursday. As one of the most prestigious public courses in the United States, Bethpage Black has hosted two previous majors. Tiger Woods was the only player to shoot under par the last time a major was held at this challenging par-70 course, firing a 3-under to beat Phil Mickelson, who ended up even. Ten years ago, Lucas Glover was 4-under, two better than a trio of golfers that also included Mickelson. The 2019 PGA Championship field features an impressive mix of past champions like Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Jason Day competing against players who have yet to win the coveted Wanamaker Trophy like Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler and Justin Rose. The latest 2019 PGA Championship odds list Woods, a four-time champion of this event, as the Vegas favorite at 8-1, with Johnson (10-1), Koepka (10-1) and McIlroy (12-1) also among the top contenders. Before making any 2019 PGA Championship picks of your own, be sure to see the PGA predictions from the team at SportsLine.

SportsLine's prediction model, built by DFS pro Mike McClure, has nailed four majors entering the weekend and called Tiger Woods' deep run in the last PGA Championship despite being a 25-1 long shot. The model has been spot-on early in the 2018-19 season. It was high on champion Rory McIlroy at the 2019 Players Championship, projecting him as one of the top two contenders from the start. It also correctly predicted Brooks Koepka's (9-1) victory at the CJ Cup. Additionally, it correctly called Bryson DeChambeau's (9-1) seven-shot victory at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Anyone who has followed the model is way up.

Now that the 2019 PGA Championship field is set, SportsLine simulated the event 10,000 times, and the results were surprising. One huge shocker the model is calling for: Woods, a four-time champion, reigning Masters winner, and the top Vegas favorite, doesn't even crack the top five.

Woods completed a remarkable comeback with a thrilling victory last month at the Masters. His win at Augusta marked his 15th major title, which now puts him three behind Jack Nicklaus' record of 18. It was his first major title in 11 years and he'll look to capture multiple majors in a single season for the first time since 2006 starting with the PGA Championship 2019.

However, Woods has not played in a PGA Tour event since capturing his fifth green jacket in April. That doesn't bode well for the 43-year-old golfer who underwent spinal fusion surgery two years ago, especially at an extremely challenging course like Bethpage Black. In two major tournaments held at Bethpage, only six players have finished under par. And with no competitive rounds under his belt over the last month, Woods could struggle like he did in 2012 at The Barclays, his last start at Bethpage. Woods shot 5-over in his final round of that tournament, finishing 1-over and 11 shots behind the winner, Nick Watney.

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