A deeper look at Phillips' pedigree suggests the only fluke about the 5-foot-4 golf instructor teeing it up at the PGA Championship this week is that it took him 40 years longer to get here than anyone expected. “It got to the point where I just didn't like the game at all,” Phillips said in explaining his long, winding road to a Thursday tee time at Valhalla, which included a 20-year break from competitive golf during what would have been his prime. More than four decades after he was ranked as the best junior golfer in America, Phillips is one of the 20 club pros who qualified to play in this year's PGA.
Valhalla has welcomed the world's best (including Woods) back to the Bluegrass State for the first time in nearly a decade.
Golf's second major tournament of the year begins this week with the 2024 PGA Championship. Here are the odds for the top golfers.
PGA Championship week is off to a soggy start.
Thru | Total | Purse | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
F | -17 | $3,600,000 | ||
F | -12 | $2,160,000 | ||
F | -9 | $1,360,000 | ||
F | -6 | $880,000 | ||
F | -6 | $880,000 | ||
F | -5 | $695,000 | ||
F | -5 | $695,000 | ||
F | -4 | $601,000 | ||
F | -4 | $601,000 | ||
F | -3 | $501,000 |