Seven Bulldogs To Play For PGA Championship

Seven Georgia Bulldogs will compete in the 2017 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, N.C., this week.

Paul Claxton (1988-91), Brian Harman (2006-09), Russell Henley (2008-11), Chris Kirk (2004-07), Kevin Kisner (2003-06), Hudson Swafford (2007-09, 2011) and Bubba Watson (2000-01) will be representing Georgia in the field. Georgia and Texas each have seven alums in the field.

The 49-year-old Claxton will be making first appearance in the PGA Championship after qualifying via a top-5 finish in the PGA Professional Championship. Since capping his career on the PGA and Web.com Tours, Claxton has been working as the club professional at Hawk's Point Golf Club in his hometown of Vidalia. Said Claxton, "I'm looking forward to the PGA Championship. That was my goal coming out (to the PPC), so I'm very pleased that I was able to do that. I've never played in one, so I'm looking forward to it."

The PGA Championship can be viewed from 1-7 p.m. Thursday and Friday on TNT,  11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on TNT, and 2-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on CBS.

Tee Times for Thursday and Friday
8:15 a.m./1:25 p.m.: Bubba Watson
8:50 a.m./2:00 p.m.: Hudson Swafford
12:50 p.m./7:40 a.m.: Paul Claxton, Russell Henley
1:40 p.m./8:30 a.m.: Brian Harman
1:45 p.m./8:35 a.m.: Chris Kirk
1:55 p.m./8:45 a.m.: Kevin Kisner

• Here's a nice piece on Harman produced by our friends at PGATour.com.

• Sepp Straka and Erik Compton will be in action in the Web.com Tour's Price Cutter Championship.

• Lee McCoy and Greyson Sigg are playing in the Mackenzie Tour's ATB Financial Classic.

• Important upcoming dates: The Lettermen Tournament will be held Sept. 22, followed by the
Bulldog Open on Oct. 13. Mail-outs are on the way, but for more information, contact Denise at dsaliba@sports.uga.edu.

• The Bulldogs will open the 2017-18 season Sept. 1-3 in The Carmel Cup in California. A complete schedule will be announced soon.

• One last reminder that Coach Chris Haack will be speaking at the The Georgia Bulldog Club's Dawg Days event in Columbus on Thursday. The event will be held at the Convention and Trade Center with a reception at 5 p.m. followed by a program at 6 p.m. Scott Howard, the radio voice of the Bulldogs, will emcee the program and panelists will include Haack, men’s basketball coach Mark Fox, Mike Cavan, special assistant to the head football coach, and women’s basketball coach Joni Taylor. The event will be open to the public and will focus on allowing current Bulldog Club members the chance to interact with UGA staff members and educate UGA fans who are not involved on how to support UGA Athletics.