{"id":180891,"date":"2026-05-01T04:28:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180891\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T04:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T04:28:06","slug":"golf-fans-see-wanamaker-trophy-in-philadelphia-ahead-of-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180891\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf fans see Wanamaker Trophy in Philadelphia ahead of PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Golf fans got the chance to get up close and personal to the PGA Championship trophy Thursday night at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/wanamaker-trophy-pga-championship-aronimink\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wanamaker Trophy<\/a>, which has ties to the Philadelphia region going back generations, was on display ahead of the PGA Championship, slated for May 11 to 17 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/pga-championship-aronimink-2026\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aronimink Golf Club<\/a> in Newtown Square.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to get close to see the individual winners over the years,&#8221; Kevin McNulty said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a fantastic event and you see the greatest golfers in the world at the PGA,&#8221; McNulty added.<\/p>\n<p>The Kleins said they&#8217;ll be there to see it in person.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are going on Sunday for the final, so we plan to be there all day morning to night and looking forward to seeing major championship in PA,&#8221; Joe Klein said.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s event offered interactive experiences for fans, including a golf simulator and private lessons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The PGA is part of a crowded schedule of events in the Philadelphia area this summer, from FIFA World Cup matches and the MLB All-Star Game to celebrations for the country&#8217;s 250th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a nice beginning to the spring and summer and all the good stuff that is going to happen in Philadelphia,&#8221; Bill Lawton said.<\/p>\n<p>The final two rounds of the PGA Championship on May 16 and 17 will air on CBS Philadelphia and stream on Paramount+. Coverage starts at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Golf fans got the chance to get up close and personal to the PGA Championship trophy Thursday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[212,772,43517,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-180891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-delaware-county","tag-golf","tag-pga","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}