Snedeker returns – Brandt Snedeker, 45, is back at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, for the 108th PGA Championship after winning last week’s Myrtle Beach Classic. The trip is familiar in the most practical way: he’s already played Aronimink twice, and he says
When the first round of the 108th PGA Championship got underway at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square. Pennsylvania. Brandt Snedeker stepped into a course where his experience is unusual for this stage of the season.. Not because he’s won there recently, but because he has actually been here before—twice.
Snedeker. a last-minute addition to the field after last week’s victory at the Myrtle Beach Classic. is the kind of player who remembers venues.. He has played Aronimink in the 2018 BMW Championship. where he finished 67th. and in the 2010 AT&T National. where he tied for 16th.. “One of the good things about being old out here is you’ve probably played most of the places. ” said Snedeker. 45.. “I do remember the golf course pretty well.”
Last week marked Snedeker’s first PGA Tour victory since the 2018 Wyndham Championship. The timing, he said, felt right—especially considering the equipment story that’s followed him back to competitive relevance.
For Myrtle Beach, Snedeker used a driver from 2017 that had been sitting in his garage for years.. “I guess I’m old school, when I find a driver I like I always kind of stick with it.. But I’d been struggling with my driver. don’t really hit it far anymore. but felt like I had a couple misses that weren’t that bad but ended up in bad spots. ” he explained.. “I took that one and tested it. it’s a little shorter than the one I was playing ball-speed wise. but the dispersion is so much better.. I thought I could swing freely with it.”
Snedeker estimated there are about 75 drivers gathering dust at home.. He has already put the 2017 model back into play at last month’s Zurich Classic as part of that search for something that restores consistency—especially off the tee.. “We’re all sicko’s out here, we’re all golf nerds,” he said.. “I was just trying to find something that can find the fairway, I’m not winning any long-drive contests.”
Now he’s back at Aronimink with the same basic belief: if it helps him control the ball and swing freely, it’s worth trusting, even when it’s old.
Brandt Snedeker PGA Championship Aronimink Golf Club Newtown Square Myrtle Beach Classic 2017 driver Zurich Classic BMW Championship AT&T National