Frost Delay of Nearly Two Hours Greets PGA Championship

Cold temperatures have been part of the story all week at Oak Hill and delayed the start of the 105th PGA.

Bob Harig | May 18, 2023

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The start to the PGA Championship was delayed by 1 hour and 50 minutes on Thursday morning due to frost at Oak Hill Country Club.

Cold morning temperatures have been part of the story this week as high temperatures are expected to only reach the low 60s on Thursday.

Tee times were originally scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. and were pushed back to 8:50 a.m. Afternoon tee times will see the last groups tee off past 4:30 p.m.

Jeff Corcoran and the Oak Hill grounds crew knew Thursday’s frost delay was coming.

“We never want to be the story, we want Oak Hill’s 18 golf holes to be the story.”

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Oak Hill last hosted the 2013 PGA, which was won by Jason Dufner and played in August. The tournament moved to May in 2019.

Published May 18, 2023

BOB HARIG

Bob Harig is a senior writer covering golf for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 25 years experience on the beat, including 15 at ESPN. Harig is a regular guest on Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio and has written two books, "DRIVE: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods" and "Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry." He graduated from Indiana University where he earned an Evans Scholarship, named in honor of the great amateur golfer Charles (Chick) Evans Jr. Harig, a former president of the Golf Writers Association of America, lives in Clearwater, Fla.