Daily Times (Primos, PA)

AT AT GLANCE

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Facts and figures for the PGA Championsh­ip: Event: 99th PGA Championsh­ip Dates: Aug. 10-13 Site: Quail Hollow Club. Length: 7,600 yards. Par: 35-36—71. Field: 156 players (136 tour pros, 20 club pros). Prize money: TBA ($10 million in 2016). Winner’s share: TBA ($1.8 million in 2016). Defending champion: Jimmy Walker.

Last year: Walker held on for par on the 18th hole at Baltusrol for a 3-under 67 and a one-shot victory over Jason Day. It was the longest final day in 64 years at the PGA Championsh­ip because of rain, with Walker playing 36 holes on Sunday. Day was trying to become the join Tiger Woods as the only players to win back-to-back in the PGA in stroke play. He hit 2-iron to 15 feet and made eagle on the 18th. Grand Slam: Jordan Spieth can become the sixth — and youngest — player with the career Grand Slam. Familiar territory: Quail Hollow has hosted a PGA Tour event since 2003. Tough at the top: It has been 10 years since the No. 1 player in the world won the PGA Championsh­ip. Key statistic: The last three PGA Championsh­ip winners shot 68 or better all four rounds. Noteworthy: Tiger Woods is the only player to win the PGA Championsh­ip in back-to-back years since it moved to stroke play in 1958. Woods has done it twice. Quoteworth­y: “My focus isn’t on completing the career Grand Slam. My focus is on this, the PGA Championsh­ip.” — Jordan Spieth. Television: Thursday and Friday, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., TNT. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., TNT Sports; 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. CBS. Sunday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., TNT; 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., CBS.

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