Came here for the PGA Championship on Sunday, and it was great. Course was super muddy and soaked from all the rain, but the guys were still able to play. Fortunately, my cousin had gotten us tickets to the VIP centennial village area his company was hosting, so that was awesome. As we drive a Mercedes, we luckily found out there was a special Mercedes Benz loyalty parking lot for MB owners. Basically, if you were driving a Mercedes, you could park in this lot and have a much shorter shuttle ride to the main gate of the PGA than if you had parked in the regular public parking lot. The shuttle dropped us off right at the main front gate, which was awesome. Walking in was cool at first, but after walking about a mile we thought the entrance was way too long. We wound our way down the path through the other course that they weren't hosting the tournament on, and it felt like it took forever.
The course was very muddy, we were really happy we wore crappy sneakers. We saw a lot of unhappy people who took their shoes off and just splashed around in the mud the whole time, disgusting. The merch tent was great, spent a few bucks in there. They were charging a good amount for food and drink, but as we had the VIP village tickets, we chowed down on free wings, sandwiches, hummus, cookies, and beers. It was great. The VIP deck had an ok view, but we were very close to the 18th tee and green, so we spent a lot of our time going back and forth between the deck and the 18th tee box. The tri state area crowd was typically loud and boisterous, cell phones were out everywhere, and I couldn't believe how close they let you get to the players on the 18th tee. It was awesome to see all the guys up close, from Adam Scott, to Rickie fowler, to seeing Jason day hit his tee ball and second shot before making eagle. We did not walk all the way up to the 18th green, as the hill on the way up was a disaster with people and mud, so we didn't see the clubhouse. There were tvs in the VIP area though, which was great, because after watching players hitting second shots into 18 green from the VIP deck, we could walk a few feet inside and see them putt out on tv. All in all it was an awesome day, course looked great and I'd love to play it one day. read more