Alex Smalley was on the putting green at Quail Hollow, going through his drills and looking like any of the other 156 players at the PGA Championship. But he wasn’t. On the eve of the major, Smalley wasn’t sure he would have a tee time .

After making birdies on two of his first six holes, former BYU golfer Patrick Fishburn got on the bogey train and couldn't get off it in the first round of the PGA Championship Thursday, finishing with a 6-over-par 77.

You can tune in to ESPN+ for streaming coverage of the PGA Championship Thursday through Sunday, and Paramount+ on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. CBS and ESPN are both also available with subscriptions to Hulu with Live TV, Fubo, and DirecTV.

Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort assistant golf professional Brian Bergstol will play in the PGA Championship this weekend at Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

The second major of the PGA Tour season tees off Thursday, as top golfers from both the PGA Tour and LIV Golf converge at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina for the PGA Championship. According to DraftKings Sportsbook,

Of his 16 PGA Tour victories, Thomas has won on the same course twice three times – the CIMB Classic on the West Course at TCP Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the Sentry Tournament of Champions on Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii and the CJ Cup at Nine Bridges Golf Club in South Korea.