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Welcome to GOLF.com\u2019s \u201cSeen & Heard<\/a>\u201d video series, in which we give you an inside look at golf\u2019s biggest events through the eyes and ears of our onsite crew. On deck this week: the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Let\u2019s go!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICYMI:<\/strong> Jon Rahm\u2019s PGA Tour flirtation, PGA arrivals | Seen and Heard at Valhalla Days 1 & 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major championship Wednesdays tend to be full of speculation. Players parade through the media center, and everyone wonders who will end up separating themselves over the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GOLF crew thought it would be fun to offer up a vibe check as we head into the first round of the year’s second major. Who’s displaying some good vibes? Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, who is so confident about his prospects that he’s already lined up a backup caddie<\/a> for Saturday’s round so his regular looper, Ted Scott, can attend his daughter’s high school graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bad vibes? Jordan Spieth, whose press conference earlier this week featured a bit of rare snippiness from the usually affable Texan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there’s Rory McIlroy. The shocking news of his divorce is top of mind for many observers, but it’s a topic that is also intensely personal, and sensitive, and McIlroy is staying mum for the moment<\/a>. But he did offer this: “I’m ready to play this week.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Another tournament favorite who seems ready: defending PGA Champ Brooks Koepka. GOLF’s Sean Zak noted that the five-time major winner is one of the only favorites in the field who doesn’t appear to be playing with any distracting baggage this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What Brooks is being asked about is just the golf,” Zak said. “Everyone is kind of working their way through something, and very quietly, and somehow, the defending<\/em> champion has got the most narrow, most obvious path.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorites aside, stories abound at the PGA. Adam Christensen handles golf’s social media accounts, and at his first major championship, he only had eyes for Tiger<\/a>. Nick Piastowski was intrigued by 61-year-old club pro qualifier Tracy Phillips<\/a>, who once put his clubs away for 20 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last man on the range on Wednesday? Viktor Hovland, who was grinding with his driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hovland’s prospects \u2014 and those of the rest of the field \u2014 are yet to be revealed. That’s the magic of Wednesday: the hope and anticipation of the tournament’s start. Thursday? It’s go time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To catch up on all the GOLF team\u2019s activities at Valhalla, check out the full video above \u2014 and stay tuned for more Seen & Heard throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n

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