Five South Africans are looking to upset the odds and land their first golfing Major at this year’s PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Pennsylvania from today.
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Currently, America’s Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion and one of the favourites this week, along with Masters winner Rory McIlroy.
Past PGA Championship winners Xander Schauffele and Brooks Koepka will also have backers this week, as will in-form English brothers Matthew and Alex Fitzpatrick.
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Cameron Young, Collin Morikawa, Jordan Spieth, Shane Lowry, Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau will also be closely watched. The last time a South African won a Major was in 2012 when Ernie Els triumphed at the Open. Charl Schwartzel was the Masters champion in 2011, and Louis Oosthuizen won the Open in 2010.
The five South Africans who are hoping to impress this year’s second Major are Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Garrick Higgo, Casey Jarvis, Aldrich Potgieter and Jayden Schaper, all of them are currently ranked in the world’s top 100, with Schaper at 65.
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