PGA: "Everybody" Has Had "Great Time" & Kiawah Has "Great Chance" To Host Another PGA Championship

Gene Sapakof talks to a positively giddy PGA President Allen Wronowski, who reports nothing but positive from Kiawah even though reports were surfacing Saturday evening of epic waits for spectators to get to their cars and out of the parking lots.

Wronowski said whatever unfolds today, the Ocean Course has a “great chance” of following South Carolina's first golf major with another.

He praised the “tournament portion” of this 94th PGA Championship, noting all the charity and military appreciation parts attached.

“Certainly, things look great on TV,” Wronowski told The Post and Courier. “Our partners TNT and CBS both have had a great time telecasting it. Everybody — the officials, the spectators — have had a great time, and it's been a wonderful championship.”

This just in, Allen has not heard how Twitter or Facebook work, either!

But Wronowski indicated improved traffic access from Charleston to the Ocean Course is a must before another major is discussed.

“All growth happens,” he said.

I'm just going to leave that one hanging for a while. Maybe after a night's rest, "all growth happens" will make sense.

Oh and this...

The rush after Saturday's suspended rounds created waits of as long as two hours just to get off Kiawah Island.

“We knew going into it that (traffic) would be a little bit of an issue getting on and off the island,” Wronowski said. “They have done a great job of minimizing it to make it the best scenario possible.”

Tell that to these people here, here and here.

Meanwhile fellow Sanctuary Hotel guest and PGA CEO Joe Steranka also had raves for Kiawah, as does Roger Warren, the former PGA President and Kiawah Island rep who says the resort will be asking for another major according to this John McDermott report.

“I think ... you have to earn that second,” Warren said.

Only the ground rules are different for course owners.

“We told the PGA we can do this, and we can do that. So now the measuring stick is what we do and what we accomplish this week,” Warren said Tuesday.

He rattled off some key questions PGA organizers will be digging into in the weeks ahead.

“How easy it is to get here? How good are the logistics? How much of a positive experience is the event for people? How much do the players like the golf course and respect the golf course?”