Justin Thomas, Keegan Bradley get heated with official over pace of play at PGA Championship

After a dilatory archetypal circular astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Philadelphia connected Thursday, gait of play was a constituent of accent astatine the PGA Championship connected Friday.

However, erstwhile an authoritative approached Justin Thomas and Keegan Bradley, they became animated.

Thomas, a longtime Team USA Ryder Cup member, and Bradley, past year's United States captain, were connected the 4th spread erstwhile they were approached by an authoritative successful a cart, and the speech rapidly turned into finger-pointing.

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Justin Thomas and Keegan Bradley ticker from the tenth greenish during the 2nd circular of the PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Newtown, Pennsylvania, connected May 15, 2026. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Thomas said aft the circular that he, Bradley and chap USA Ryder Cupper Cameron Young, who won the Cadillac Championship earlier this month, were enactment connected the clock, with the authoritative telling them to prime up the pace. However, some Bradley and Thomas appeared to constituent astatine the radical successful beforehand of them.

"We conscionable didn't truly hold with it," Thomas said, citing people conditions, precocious winds and pugnacious pins. "We were behind. That wasn't our issue... It's conscionable the information that we weren't holding up the radical down us."

Thomas said they were caught up with the gait connected the precise adjacent hole.

Justin Thomas plays his changeable connected the 15th tee during the 2nd circular of the PGA Championship successful Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, connected May 15, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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Thomas had a lengthy speech with the official, portion Bradley appeared to marque his constituent abbreviated and saccharine -- though helium was decidedly not blessed with the call.

It is simply a ample PGA Championship field, with 156 golfers astatine the people and groups adjacent starting their rounds connected the backmost nine. The scores person besides been alternatively high, with conscionable 25 players beneath par astatine the clip of publishing.

Aronimink besides features a shared tee container connected 1 and 10, holes 9 and 17 crossing paths, and a lengthy par-3 eighth spread that's causing problems. Three par-3s are implicit 200 yards connected the course, and determination is besides a 457-yard par 4 connected the fourth.

Keegan Bradley prepares to putt connected the 14th greenish during the archetypal circular of the PGA Championship astatine Aronimink Golf Club successful Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, connected May 14, 2026. (Bill Streicher/Imagn Images)

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As Chris Gotterup enactment it connected Friday, "You're not going to get immoderate four-and-a-half hr rounds retired here."

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