pga roundup

pga roundup

News and notes

Stop wanted: Wisconsin is back in the golf spotlight for the first time since losing its annual PGA Tour event last year, when the 42-year-old U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee folded. Steve Stricker and Jerry Kelly, both from Madison, talked for a time about trying to revive a regular stop, but organizing the event has proven hard. “It’s just a tough time for businesses in our area to stick in a lot of money,” Stricker said. “The date that we had opposite the British Open, the fee for a business to put up money for that week is a lot less than, say, a better date that’s not opposite a major. That fee is in the $7 to $9 million range, and that’s a tough pill to swallow for a lot of companies.”

Ryder Cup projections: With so much debate over Tiger Woods being a captain’s pick, he gets to play at least one more tournament to try to make the team on his own. The PGA Championship released its prize money on Wednesday — $7.5 million, same as last year. That will give Woods a clear indication of the minimum he needs this week. Woods is in 10th place in the Ryder Cup standings, leaving him 243.69 points (each point equals $1,000 in PGA Tour earnings) behind Lucas Glover. That means Woods will have to finish at least 15th in the PGA Championship, assuming Glover and Dustin Johnson in ninth place miss the cut and that no one behind Woods passes him.

Associated Press