ROCHESTER, N.Y. - If Thomas Bjorn is depressed about his mishaps at last month's British Open, he is not showing it.
Bjorn, who squandered a three-shot advantage with four holes to play and finished second to Ben Curtis by one, is not stewing over his poor finish as he gets set to play in the 85th PGA Championship, which begins this morning.
A bogey at the 15th, double bogey at the 16th - where he saw two bunker shots roll back into the sand - and another at the 17th - cost him the Claret Jug.
"I don't really walk around every day thinking about it. I stick to what I'm good at at the moment," said Bjorn, a seven-time European PGA Tour winner from Denmark. "The British Open is the British Open. It's long gone and there's nothing I can do about it.
"I've always said, the guy who stands with the trophy at a major championship is the guy who played the best golf, and that's why Ben Curtis was the guy who played the best golf at the British Open. Me and Vijay (Singh, who tied for second with Bjorn) played the second-best golf that week. You just go on and know that your game is good enough and then you take a chance next week."
ROUGH TIME IN THE ROUGH: The Rochester area has been plagued by rain, including Monday, meaning the rough on the Oak Hill course is difficult.
"It's awfully long," Davis Love said. "It leaves no doubt. If you hit it in the rough, you're in trouble. If they are looking for it to be a severe penalty, it certainly is. I think you'll see a lot of funny-looking golf shots coming out of it."
PGA and Oak Hill officials have not been able to mow the grass much because of the heavy rain.
"The PGA has had tough rough in the past, but this is definitely the worse we have seen in a long time for sure," Mark Calcavecchia said. "They are trying to cut it down a little bit, but it doesn't matter whether it's 6 inches or 9 inches, you still have to chop it out."
LOVE ON TOP: Love surged to the top of the PGA Tour money list with his victory on Sunday at the International, setting up an interesting finish to the year. Love and Tiger Woods each have four victories, and six others have two or more.
Love, who has never won a PGA Tour money title, has had success despite personal tragedy and turmoil. His brother-in-law committed suicide in May after it was learned he had been stealing money from Love. And last week, Love addressed what he called "nasty" rumors concerning his wife and their marriage.
"My second love, other than my family, is playing golf," he said. "It's been nice to play and, thankfully, my wife and family have pulled together and allowed me to do that.
"How have I played so well? I don't know. I started this year, dedicated myself to working real hard at playing well every week. I've been healthy and taking advantage of it."
AROUND THE PGA: The purse will be $6-million, with $1,080,000 going to the winner and $648,000 going to the second-place finisher. ... Tom Watson's regular caddie, Bruce Edwards, is not with Watson this week. Edwards, suffering from ALS, is in the Bahamas for a treatment that is not approved in the United States.
