Justin Rose entered this week’s PGA Championship believing that 4 under would be the winning score once everyone had completed their four trips around meaty Oak Hill Country Club.
At the halfway point, with Rose sitting at a tidy 1 under and just a few shots off the lead, he still feels that way. His reasoning emboldened by fairways that are difficult to hit, especially in a stiff northerly wind like what players saw Friday, and treacherous rough.
“Holes like 17 and No. 4,” Rose said, “I mean, I don't even really know how you hit the ball in the fairway.