SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — Players seem to brace for the worst at certain majors, right up until someone delivers the best score. It happened in 2004, the first time the PGA Championship came to Whistling Straits, a mysterious course that looked like a sheer brute with its rugged terrain off Lake Michigan.
Someone asked Sergio Garcia if he would take even par at the end of the week. "Yes," he replied, "and I'll win by four."
And then Darren Clarke opened with a 65 the next day.
Expect something similar when the PGA Championship begins Thursday at Whistling Straits.