GOLF FANS HAVE a chance to directly influence the battle for the year’s final Major, the PGA Championship.
The USPGA has opened an online poll where fans can choose the Sunday pin position for the final par three at Oak Hill Country Club, New York, next month.
The 15th at Oak Hill usually plays as a tricky 181-yard hole with three bunkers guarding the left side of the green and a water hazard on the right.
Fans can vote for one of four set locations, each one bringing a different combination of hazards into play.
The options were picked by the PGA’s Chief Championships Officer Kerry Haigh in conjunction with 18-time Major winner Jack Nicklaus, who won his fifth and final PGA Championship at Oak Hill in 1980.
“The chance for golf fans to interact with the PGA Championship and play a role in shaping the outcome of the final round fascinates me,” Nicklaus said. “It’s like being able to call the shots during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl.”
The USPGA hopes the vote will “educate fans on how course setup impacts a golfer’s strategy in playing a hole; attract more people to the game; and help explain what hole location information players are provided each day,” the USPGA said.
Voting opens today and runs until 10 August, the Saturday of the PGA Championship.
