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Bob Harig

Despite Heavy Rains, PGA Championship Officials Will Not Change Rules

Quail Hollow had an inch of rain Monday and spectators were not permitted on the grounds. | Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Several days of inclement weather will not keep the PGA of America from beginning the PGA Championship on Thursday adhering to the strictest rule in golf: play the ball as it lies.

There will be no preferred lies or “lift, clean and place,” as might otherwise be expected given the amount of rainfall the area has received including the Quail Hollow Club.

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