PGA Championship pace of play dispute angers Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley
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After a sluggish first spherical at Aronimink Golf Club in Philadelphia on Thursday, pace of play was a degree of emphasis on the PGA Championship on Friday.
However, when an official approached Justin Thomas and Keegan Bradleythey turned animated.
Thomas, a longtime Team USA Ryder Cup member, and Bradley, final 12 months’s United States captain, had been on the fourth gap once they had been approached by an official in a cart, and the dialog rapidly was finger-pointing.
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Justin Thomas and Keegan Bradley watch from the tenth inexperienced through the second spherical of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 2026. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Thomas mentioned after the spherical that he, Bradley and fellow USA Ryder Cupper Cameron Young, who received the Cadillac Championship earlier this month, had been placed on the clock, with the official telling them to choose up the pace. However, each Bradley and Thomas appeared to level on the group in entrance of them.
“We just didn’t really agree with it,” Thomas mentioned, citing course circumstances, excessive winds and hard pins. “We were behind. That wasn’t our issue… It’s just the fact that we weren’t holding up the group behind us.”
Thomas mentioned they had been caught up with the pace on the very subsequent gap.
Justin Thomas performs his shot on the fifteenth tee through the second spherical of the PGA Championship in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, on May 15, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
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Thomas had a prolonged dialog with the officer, whereas Bradley appeared to make his level quick and candy — though he was positively not pleased with the decision.
It is a big PGA Championship area, with 156 golfers on the course and teams even beginning their rounds on the again 9. The scores have additionally been moderately excessive, with simply 25 gamers under par on the time of publication.
Aronimink additionally contains a shared tee field on 1 and 10, holes 9 and 17 crossing paths, and a prolonged par-3 eighth gap that is inflicting issues. Three par-3s are over 200 yards on the course, and there may be additionally a 457-yard par 4 on the fourth.
Keegan Bradley prepares to putt on the 14th inexperienced through the first spherical of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, on May 14, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)
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Ace Chris Gotterup put it on Friday, “You’re not going to get any four-and-a-half hour rounds out here.”
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