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Tiger Woods hits his tee shot on the fifth hole during a practice round for the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP '24: What golf was talking about the last time at Valhalla

How much has golf changed in the 10 years since the PGA Championship was last at Valhalla

By Doug Ferguson
Published - May 15, 2024, 09:21 AM ET
Last Updated - May 27, 2024, 12:56 AM EDT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A look back at the trending topics in golf the last time the PGA Championship was held at Valhalla in 2014:

Tiger Woods nearly a no-show

Tiger Woods had the first of what would be four back surgeries early that year and had played only three times since April. The week before in the World Golf Championship at Firestone, he withdrew after eight holes from landing awkwardly in a bunker after trying to play a shot. Photographers gathered around his empty parking spot at Valhalla until he arrived Wednesday afternoon. Woods said his sacrum had to be put back in place. A large number of media spent the rest of the afternoon googling “sacrum.”

Rory McIlroy was on a roll
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