Attending the PGA Championship. Need a plan.

[biggdave92]

This will be my first time at a tournament.  Never been to Kiawah.  Do i post up early and hold tight in one spot or move around?  Best holes?  Take a seat? Thanks for any help!

[Infamous 273]

i have no idea what the set up is like there, but last year i went to aac for the 93rd, and it was my first live pga event.  the third green was raised, so i posted up along the rope.  it just so happened that the first green, second tee box, third fairway and green, and entire 4th hole (par 3) were in complete view.  i posted up there to watch the final 10 pairings or so go through.  i got to the course real early, and basically walked the entire thing watching various pairings and notables who were out of contention.  i posted at the 16the green bleachers for the last couple of hours to watch the conclusion before heading to the 18th for the finale.  i was only there for the final round, so i felt i had to cram as much in as possible.

i know the pga had limited spectator tickets available for this year, so i'm not sure how that may affect walking with/following groups.  the pga radio ear bud they gave out last year helped a lot to follow the scoring pace.  if the trend continues for this major, the winner is going to come from behind on sunday, so maybe head out early (with the groups around 4-5 shots back). then post up at one of the later holes and try and follow the leaders in.

[dsc123]

I went to my first tournament this year at Congressional.  It was 100* out so we wanted to find a spot to sit and camp out.  I think the best spot we found was a par 4 with a bit of a dog leg.  If you sit on the outside (wide side?) of the bend and you've got a great view of the tee shots coming in and the approach shots on the green.  Try to pick a spot where the tee shots will land so you're up close on the second shot.  Its crazy how close you get to these guys.  It was so much cooler than I expected.

Tiger was in the last group so we would go about 4 holes ahead of him and watch until his group finished the hole, then skip ahead four holes or so.  If you follow Tiger its hard to get close.  This way we were able to grab the prime spot, hang out, and watch all the leaders come though.

I found standing near the green to be dreadful.  Standing in absolute silence watching Jeff Overton read a put 4 times and fix every real and imagined imperfection on the green was painful.

And if you're there on Sunday, be sure to move up to 18 early.