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PGA Championship 2024 Latest News: Rory McIlroy, Brooks Koepka and Seth Waugh Press Conferences To Come

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The first tee shots at the 2024 PGA Championship are just one day away as the highly anticipated second men's Major of the year is almost ready to get started.

Tournament favorites Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are expected to play well while there are a host of other top pros set to contend as well as the intriguing stories of Tiger Woods and the strong LIV Golf contingent at Valhalla.

The Kentucky venue famously hosted the 2008 Ryder Cup as well as three PGA Championships, in 1996, 2000 and 2014.

McIlroy won here 10 years ago, which was also the last of his four Major wins to date. He is among those three favorites thanks to a dominant victory on Sunday at the Wells Fargo Championship.

Stay tuned with our live updates from PGA Championship week where there's set to be a number of stories and lots of player quotes filtering through. Today's press conferences will see Ludvig Aberg (11am ET), Brooks Koepka (midday), Rory McIlroy (1pm) and PGA Chief Executive Seth Waugh (1.30pm) speak to the media.

PGA Championship purse

The 2024 PGA Championship prize money will be announced during the tournament action, but last year's purse was a record $17.5m with winner Brooks Koepka taking home $3.15m.

PGA Championship 2024 tickets

PGA Championship tickets for this week can still be purchased, with prices ranging from $81 for Wednesday's practice round up to $178-$221 for the four tournament days.

Here's where to buy 2024 PGA Championship tickets.

PGA Championship winning scores

Winning scores at the PGA Championship tend to be lower than the other four Majors, with the record score-to-par being 20-under-par set by Jason Day in 2015. Brooks Koepka holds the scoring record of 264, which he set at Bellerive Country Club in 2018.

View all PGA Championship winning scores through the years.

Favorites to win the 2024 PGA Championship and odds

9/2 - Scottie Scheffler
17/2 - Rory McIlroy
16/1 - Brooks Koepka
18/1 - Ludvig Aberg, Xander Schauffele
20/1 - Jon Rahm
28/1 - Collin Morikawa, Bryson DeChambeau
33/1 - Max Homa
40/1 - Patrick Cantlay, Cameron Smith, Wyndham Clark, Viktor Hovland, Justin Thomas, Joaquin Niemann
45/1 - Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood

PGA Championship latest news and updates:

Hello and welcome to the latest news from Valhalla, where play was temporarily suspended on Tuesday for a period just before lunchtime. Play has resumed, though, and press conferences are continuing on a slight delay to the original programme.

PLAY SUSPENDED

UpdatePlay has officially been SUSPENDED at 9:50 AM due to potentially dangerous weather approaching.#PGAChampMay 14, 2024

Tiger Woods has begun speaking to the media

Woods is here and is discussing his PGA Championship win in 2000 first. He's also sporting a little bit of a goatee this week, which is new!

Says that Bob May, who he beat that week, is one of the best players Southern California has ever produced. Big claim.

Woods on the course changes

Says it's gotten bigger and the course is more open now with fewer trees. It's the same framework as in 2000, but has got a little bigger and longer (as have every course these days).

Woods on physical limitations

My body feels OK, says Woods. Wishes his game was a little sharper but admitted that he doesn't have that many competitive reps. That was the reason why he came up early, to shave off a little bit of the rust off.

I still feel like I can win golf tournaments and hit all the shots, I just need to play better for more than two days, like I did at Augusta.

A question comes up on the goatee. Says it's laziness that he has not shaved and that he cut himself trying to trim it up this morning, so he's going to roll with it, it seems!

Woods on Jimmy Dunn leaving

We're making steps. It may not be giant steps, but we are making steps. Would not be drawn on whether he would like to see a deal go through with the PIF.

Before that, Woods said the negotiations are fluid but they are making steps.

Woods says he does not believe Jimmy Dunn's role was superfluous, as the departing official said yesterday. TW said he felt Jimmy was doing a great job.

The PGA Tour is for the players and by the players. We have an influence, and we're trying to make the PGA Tour the best it can be, day in, day out. That's one of the reasons we have arguments. Without those kinds of conflicts, we can't have that progress. It's been good.

Woods on huge crowds watching him still

I think I appreciate the huge crowds even more nowadays because I don't go out and play all that much. If I'm not here, I'm at home where it's quiet. I appreciate the warmth and the support of the fans. That's something that I didn't appreciate, say 10 years ago, as much as I do now.

Woods on JT playing a Major in his hometown

Having a Major come to your home town is special. It's special for JT, and to play in a Major is great. I never had that chance because I missed the US Open at LA Country Club, unfortunately.

Justin Thomas mentioned that one of his core memories was watching Tiger Woods win the PGA Championship in 2000 at Valhalla..."I don't know if JT was in diapers still or not" 😂 pic.twitter.com/UWhWJG9XWOMay 14, 2024

Woods on Ryder Cup captaincy

We're still talking. I'm not sure whether I will have time to do it. I don't know whether I can fulfil the captaincy role properly. I need to feel like I can give that job the amount of time it deserves.

PLAY TO RESUME

Away from Tiger Woods' press conference, we're hearing that play has resumed at Valhalla. Good news!

UpdatePractice and play has officially RESUMED at 10:36 AM.#PGAChampMay 14, 2024

Woods departs

Following a short but sweet press conference at Valhalla, Woods has headed off for the day to continue his practice and rehabilitation work before a final day of practice tomorrow.

6 KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM TIGER WOODS PRESS CONFERENCE

My body is OK but I wish my game was a little bit sharper

"Yeah, my body's okay. It is what it is. I wish my game was a little bit sharper. Again, I don't have a lot of competitive reps, so I am having to rely on my practice sessions and getting stuff done either at home or here on-site."

Woods went on to say that he needs to be "mentally ready" on Thursday and hopes to put in a full-week performance, hence his reason for coming up on Sunday in order to try and knock some more rust off.

"I still feel like I can win golf tournaments"

"I still feel that I can win golf tournaments. I still feel I can hit the shots and still feel like I still have my hand around the greens and I can putt. I just need to do it for all four days, not like I did at Augusta for only two."

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Woods unsure whether he has "time" to fulfil Ryder Cup captaincy role

"We're still talking. There's nothing that has been confirmed yet. We're still working on what that might look like. Also whether or not I have the time to do it. I'm dedicating my so much time to what we're doing with the PGA Tour, I don't want to not fulfill the role of the captaincy if I can't do it.

"What that all entails and representing Team USA and the commitments to the PGA of America, the players, and the fans and as I said, all of Team USA. I need to feel that I can give the amount of time that it deserves."

"Get some sleep"

Woods shared some priceless advice from one pro golfer who is a father to another...

Tiger Woods' advice to Scottie Scheffler as a new dad..."Get some sleep" 😂 pic.twitter.com/TCSHuu2K4tMay 14, 2024

There has been progress with the Saudi PIF

Woods was asked about Jimmy Dunn saying there has been no meaningful progress made in negotiations between the PGA Tour and the PIF, with the 15-time Major winner remaining fairly cagey with his answers.

Woods said: "We're working on negotiations with PIF. It's ongoing; it's fluid; it changes day-to-day. Has there been progress? Yes. But it's an ongoing negotiation, so a lot of work ahead for all of us with this process, and so we're making steps and it may not be giant steps, but we're making steps."

Asked if he was personally open to a deal with the Saudis, Woods replied: "I'm personally involved in the process."

Woods appreciates crowds more than he did 10 years ago

"I think that I appreciate it more now, just the fact that I don't come out here very often. I don't play much, and I'm at home where it's quiet and it's so different to coming out to practice rounds when there's thousands of people out there like it was at Augusta...

"But appreciating the warmth and the support of the fans is something that I ,probably 10 years ago, certainly didn't appreciate then as much as I do now."

JON RAHM PRESS CONFERENCE

The Spaniard was speaking to the media ahead of what is his eighth PGA Championship already - quite remarkable given he's only 29 years old. He also called the feat "crazy" as he still considers himself to be a youngster.

Asked about the Ryder Cup and his long-term ambitions there, Rahm reiterated he would do "whatever I can" to play at Bethpage next year.

Rahm said: "I said I would do whatever I can to get into that Ryder Cup team, and I made that commitment to Luke, and I want to be able to be a part of it. So again the schedule's going to be the hardest thing in that regard."

Elsewhere during the two-time Major winner's press conference, a question was posed regarding the state of the PGA Tour and how Rahm sees it "from the other side", but the Spaniard pointed out that he "remains committed to the PGA Tour" and wishes to remain a member.

He said: "See you guys keep saying "the other side" but I'm still a PGA Tour member, whether suspended or not. I still want to support the PGA Tour. And I think that's an important distinction to make. I don't feel like I'm on the other side. I'm just not playing there. That's at least personally."

MORE FROM TIGER:

"These are all things I didn't have to worry about when I was 24"@TigerWoods speaks with @Garywilliams1Up about playing with Jack Nicklaus at Valhalla in 2000 and the state of his game right now.#PGAChampionship pic.twitter.com/kXx9yVPMeKMay 14, 2024

JORDAN SPIETH ON POTENTIAL OF CAREER SLAM:

"I mean, I'm aware. It's very cool, but I would take any and all and as many majors as possible regardless of where they come. It's just kind of a cool thing if you're able to hold all four. There's just not many people in the game that have done that and you have an opportunity to do things that are very unique in the game of golf, that's what kind of stands out, stands the test of time afterwards, so, yeah, anytime we come to these weeks the idea is to have prep to try to peak for really four times a year, and this is one of them."

Rory McIlroy files for divorce

Court documents filed in Florida on Monday show the World No.2 is separating from his wife Erica, just before the second men's Major of the year at Valhalla.

Full story: Rory McIlroy Files For Divorce On Eve Of PGA Championship

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