Category - Major Events
PGA Coaches on the Major Championship Stage
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All week at the PGA Championship, the strongest field in golf was preparing for a new test at Oak Hill’s renovated East Course. And alongside them were their teams — led, of course, by PGA Coaches.
One player-coach duo was PGA Championship rookie Davis Thompson and Eric Eshleman, the PGA Director of Golf at Country Club of Birmingham in Alabama, who were getting ready to tackle a stern test in the East Course.
Here’s some more insight on their relationship, which began well over a decade when Thompson was in junior golf: