St. Louis golf fans are showing the world why St. Louis is considered by many to be one of the greatest sports towns in the country.

So just how do you go about maneuvering the grounds at Bellerive Country Club amidst record breaking crowds and still enjoy watching the 100th playing of the PGA Championship?

Here’s a cheat sheet of how to view the competitive rounds at Bellerive:

Best Viewing Location – Just left of the 14th green there is a hillside anchored by one of Bellerive’s large Oak Trees. You’ll access this hillside by entering near the stairs to the grandstand over looking the 11th green. From this location you’ll be able to watch action down the 11th hole, 12th hole, 3rd hole and until it gets really crowded you’ll even be able to watch the action directly behind you on the 14th green. Around 11:30am you’ll start getting shade from the big oak tree, so the closer you can get to the trunk of the tree the better. (Bring some binoculars and you’ll be able to watch play down the 4th hole and on #2 green well.)

#5 Tee – From around the 5th tee you’ll be able to see tee shots down the 5th, approach shots into the 4th and approach shots into the 7th hole.

#7 Tee – From this location you’ll be able to watch 2nd and 3rd shots into the 8th hole, action around the 6th green and tee shots from the par 4, 7th hole.

#8 (Around the 100 yard marker) – Here you’ll be able to watch approach shots into the par 5, 8th hole which is the easiest hole on the course this week. You can also watch the action up the 9th fairway.

#15 Green Area – While you won’t be able to stand and see action from multiple locations here, you are close to several good viewing areas. The 10th green is behind you, along with the tee shots to the par 3, 16th hole. And of course, players will be grinding their way down the long par 4, 15th hole.

Little Kids? – Check out the area along the 11th green, directly across the creek right by the gallery ropes.  This area is right in between the 3rd tee and 11th green. What’s nice about this location is that most to the gallery following players down 11 will be on the opposite side of the fairway and won’t make you claustrophobic. Galleries following play on the front nine will divide at the 2nd green with many of them watching the play on 3 from the inward part of the hole, making for an easy transition to 4; again staying away from your location. As soon as your favorite player is past 11, just turn around and get a prime location for watching shots from the par 3. Small children enjoy this location as they won’t be fighting looking around anyone and nobody can sit in front of you.

It’s Glory’s Last Shot at the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. Jordan Spieth will be aiming for this 3rd major championship title in 4 attempts, having already won the Masters and United States Open earlier this year. Zach Johnson will be looking to repeat as a major champion after capturing the Open Championship a few weeks ago.

The 2015 PGA Championship kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 13 at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc.

Once again CBS and TNT team up for four-round broadcast coverage of the event, with TNT airing Thursday and Friday coverage, as well early Saturday and Sunday coverage.

The PGA of America will also stream the telecasts, as well several exclusive digital channels, including marquee groups and a par-3-specific channel and media room interviews. PGA.com and its mobile apps will carry the streams, as will CBSSports.com when it airs its coverage window.

On SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio, the satellite radio provider, co-producing with Westwood One, will deliver audio coverage of the year’s final major.

Here’s a look at the broadcast times, channels and how to stream the 2015 PGA Championship:

Long-Drive Contest, Tuesday, Aug. 11:

Streaming: PGA.com, PGA Championship app

First Round, Thursday, Aug. 13:

TV: 2-8 p.m. on TNT
Radio: 12-8 p.m. on PGA Tour Radio
Streaming: PGA.com, PGA Championship app

Second Round, Friday, Aug. 14:

TV: 2-8 p.m. on TNT
Radio: 12-8 p.m. on PGA Tour Radio
Streaming: PGA.com, PGA Championship app

Third Round, Saturday, Aug. 15:

TV: 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. on TNT, 2-7 p.m. on CBS
Radio: 12-8 p.m. on PGA Tour Radio
Streaming: PGA.com, PGA Championship app, CBSSports.com from 2-7 p.m. ET

Final Round, Sunday, August 16:

TV: 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. on TNT, 2-7 p.m. on CBS
Radio: 12-8 p.m. on PGA Tour Radio
Streaming: PGA.com, PGA Championship app, CBSSports.com from 2-7 p.m. ET

21 year old, Jordan Spieth is reminding everyone of the glory days of another young phenom, Tiger Woods. Spieth posted a record 14 under par total thru 36 holes at the season’s first major championship and is poised to win his first major championship.

The last Texan to win the Masters was Ben Crenshaw in 1995. Crenshaw missed the cut at this years Masters, his last as a competitor. Spieth left the University of Texas after his freshmen year after leading his Longhorns to the NCAA team title. Spieth has already won on tour and done so in convincing fashion earlier this year as he ran away from the field at Tiger’s event in Florida.  His 36 hole total of 130 matches the lowest in major championship history.

Thru 36 holes Spieth has 15 birdies and only one bogey. What’s scary about where Spieth is after 36 holes is he hasn’t even hit it great in posting this record score. Spieth is missing shots in the right place, minimizing stress on his short game and putting. Should Spieth continue to hit it better, as he did from round 2 as compared to round 1, his first major championship victory could resemble that of Rory McIlroy at Congressional.

Spieth was in the final pairing of last year’s Masters, playing alongside eventual champion Bubba Watson. He’s seen what it takes to win at Augusta and all indications are he’s quite comfortable around the hills of Augusta National.

Woods made the cut and is 12 shots off the pace at 2 under. Other notables at 2-under include Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia and Bubba Watson. 3-time Masters Champion, Phil Mickelson sits 5 shots back at 6-under.

The PGA Championship is the only major golf championship to feature a professional only field and boasts having the strongest field of the year. Yet for many, the PGA Championship ranks 4th in terms of majors you look forward to watching. The Masters, United States Open and Open Championship garners more attention from players and fans.

Yet this year the best may have been saved for last as the 96th PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club provided players and fans a lot of drama and amazing entertainment.  For some, it was the cast of characters in the hunt on Sunday afternoon, or better yet, early evening. World #1, Rory McIlroy went from leading and being the hunted after 54 holes to hunter with 9 holes remaining. Rickie Fowler, having produced the best aggregate performance across all four majors in 2014, was in prime position to capture his first major championship. And then there was Phil Mickelson. Mickelson birdied 4 of his final 5 holes on Saturday to punch his ticket into the Sunday madness and wasted no time making a statement getting off to a fast start in his final round.

For others, the excitement came from how the golf course was set up by Kerry Haigh and the PGA of America. The PGA Championship is regarded by many as offering the most fair, yet challenging, course set-up in major championship golf. Valhalla gave up it’s fair share of red numbers this week, providing a platform for the top players in the world to showcase their skills with birdies and eagles instead of grinding for pars like is often the case at a U.S. Open or Open Championship.

Tiger Woods in the field always attracts the largest golf audience. Unfortunately Tiger’s stay only lasted a few days as he missed the cut and continues to battle health problems with a bad back.

Claims are being made across social media that golf has been saved by the likes of Rory McIlroy and Rickie Fowler. McIlroy is our new Tiger and Rickie is evolving into this generation’s Phil Mickelson. Rickie could likely have two major championships in his pocket if not for Rory playing a little bit better at the Open Championship and PGA Championship. Let’s not forget, less than two years ago, Nike anointed Rory McIlroy as their next global superstar. Expectations soared through the roof and McIlroy struggled to maintain balance on and off the golf course beginning in early 2013. Yet this time around, it feels as if McIlroy is ready to occupy the top spot in golf. He’s clearly earned the opportunity.

The Masters is done and many are now pointing their attention to the United States Open at Pinehurst. But before the best of the best make their way to North Carolina for the 2014 U.S. Open, they’ll be contesting the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass.

Some will say the TPC Sawgrass presents the best 3-hole finish in golf. The par 5, 16th which is reachable in the right conditions followed by the short but daunting island green at the par 3, 17th hole. Players finish off their round with a difficult par 4, 18th hole where getting a tee shot in the fairway during the final round on Sunday seems almost impossible.

PGA Tour Commissioner, Tim Finchem, announced Wednesday the Players Championship will modify it’s playoff format and adopt a 3-hole aggregate playoff. In the past players would begin a sudden death playoff on the par 3, 17th hole and if the outcome was still undecided they would play the 18th.

Finchem said the Tour had been considering the change for some time, but felt the enhanced relationship with NBC and Golf Channel made the potential to air the playoff after the allotted network TV window more palatable for sponsors and fans. Finchem also noted a 16-stroke swing in the lowest score ever recorded in that closing stretch — 4 under par — and the highest — 12 over par.

The last Players playoff came in 2011, when K.J. Choi topped David Toms on the first hole of sudden death on the par-3 17th hole. Before then, Sergio Garcia won the 2008 Players in similar fashion, toppling Paul Goydos on the 17th when Goydos dunked his tee shot in the water surrounding the green.

Why not? It was those two words that Michael Block wrote on his golf ball on his first trip to a U.S. Open in 20o7.  Block made headlines when he holed out for eagle in his first round at a U.S. Open getting him featured front and center on ESPN’s broadcast.

Block posted scores of 74-69 to enter the weekend -1. He’ll tee off on the back nine on the South Course at Torrey Pines for round 3 at 8:35 PST alongside Bubba Watson and Stuart Appleby.

Follow Michael Block’s 3rd round – HERE

Block is a former St. Louis District Golf Association Champion, winning in 1997 at Bogey Hills Country Club over Michael Wellington. Block’s victory in the 1997 STLDGA marked consecutive years for UMSL Rivermen winning the championship. Dustin Ashby won his first District title in 1996 and caddied for his college teammate for the first 18 holes in the 1997 championship match.

Block turned professional in 1998 and attended the San Diego Golf Academy, where he received a degree in Golf Course Management, with an emphasis in Teaching. Upon graduation, Michael started teaching at The Lakes Country Club in Palm Desert, California. Michael established himself as a preeminent desert golf instructor, working at The Lakes for six years before moving to Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club in 2004. Michael’s charisma and engaging personality enable him to engage and connect with his students, increasing his student’s effective interest and allowing for clear and effective instruction. Combining his professional golf experience and over a decade of instructional knowledge, Michael is able to work with golfers of all levels to increase their golf ability and lower their scores.

Dustin Ashby, Adam Frillman and Dr. Tobin Lingafelter debate who should be considered the 2013 Global Player of the Year.

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Peter Uihlein won the European Tour’s Rookie of the Year Award this week.  Could he be showing young American players another path to playing professional golf?

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A look at the 2012 Frys.com Open
A week after his third-place finish to at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, Sweden’s Jonas Blixt posted a
final-round, 3-under 68 to overcome a two-stroke deficit Sunday and claim his first PGA TOUR title. With the win,
Blixt became the third rookie to win on TOUR last year, joining John Huh (OHL Classic at Mayakoba) and Ted
Potter, Jr. (The Greenbrier Classic). He also became the eighth Swedish player to win on TOUR, joining Jesper
Parnevik, Carl Pettersson, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Daniel Chopra, Henrik Stenson, Mathias Gronberg and Richard S.
Johnson. Blixt became the second consecutive player to make the Frys.com Open his first PGA TOUR title,
joining 2012 champion Bryce Molder. He also went the entire week without a 3-putt, extending the PGA TOUR’s
longest active streak without a 3-putt to 243 holes, dating to the third round of The Barclays.

More on Jonas Blixt and the Frys.com Open
In 2013, Blixt wasted little time finding the winner’s circle for a second time. At The Greenbrier Classic, just nine
months after his win at CordeValle GC, Blixt fired a third-consecutive, 3-under 67 in the final round to win by two
strokes over three others. Four starts later, he finished fourth at the PGA Championship for his first top-10 finish in
his second major championship start. On the season, Blixt finished 52nd
in the final FedExCup standings.

Frys.com Open and the FedExCup
The TOUR embarks this week at the Frys.com Open on its new wraparound schedule that bridges two years with
45 events over 43 weeks. The 2013-14 PGA TOUR Season kicks off with the Frys.com Open and includes two
more domestic and three international tournaments, with all fall events awarding FedExCup points for the first
time. The schedule then resumes in January with the traditional swing through Hawaii before moving to the West
Coast. The FedExCup Playoffs once again features four events and concludes in September of 2014 with the
TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola and the crowning of the FedExCup champion.

A look at the field
 Nine winners of PGA TOUR events in 2013: Brian Gay (Humana Challenge), John Merrick (Northern
Trust Open), Scott Brown (Puerto Rico Open), Billy Horschel (Zurich Classic of New Orleans), Derek
Ernst (Wells Fargo Championship), Seung-Yul-Noh (HP Byron Nelson Championship), Jonas Blixt (The
Greenbrier Classic), Gary Woodland (Reno-Tahoe Open) and Patrick Reed (Wyndham Championship).
 21-year-old Hideki Matsuyama, who played for the International Team last week at The Presidents Cup,
makes his PGA TOUR member debut at the Frys.com Open. Matsuyama turned professional in 2013 and
finished inside the top 10 at both the U.S. Open and The Open Championship en route to earning his PGA TOUR card via the non-member FedExCup points list. In addition to Matsuyama, U.S. Assistant Captain Davis Love III and International Team members Angel Cabrera and Marc Leishman will also play the Frys.com Open.
 Sponsor exemptions include former University of California All-America Max Homa and former University
of Alabama All-America Justin Thomas. Both players make their PGA TOUR professional debuts. Brooks
Koepka, a former Florida State All-America who plays on the European Tour, will make his third
professional PGA TOUR start.
 Several players on Major Medical Extensions return to the PGA TOUR at the Frys.com Open, including
two-time U.S. Open champion Retief Goosen. Goosen, who has battled back problems the last few years,
has not played on TOUR since the 2013 PLAYERS Championship. Others making comebacks in the
Frys.com Open field include Sacramento native Spencer Levin (left thumb) and Paul Goydos (left wrist).

 All six former Frys.com Open champions are in the field: Jonas Blixt (2012), Bryce Molder (2011), Rocco
Mediate (2010), Troy Matteson (2009), Cameron Beckman (2008) and Mike Weir (2007).

 Graduates of the Web.com Tour that will make their season debut include the Web.com Tour Regular
Season money-leader Michael Putnam and Web.com Tour Finals money-leader John Peterson.

The Back Nine Presented by WingHaven Country Club (www.winghavencc.com) discusses Henrik Stenson’s win at the 2013 Fed Ex Cup.

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