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European Tour: Kruger takes the Avantha Masters

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14 years ago

Feb 19, 2012

GolfWRX Staff

By James Wells

GolfWRX Contributor

This week’s European Tour event at the Avantha Masters in New Delhi, India did not boast a deep field of the top players in the world. It did, however,give the opportunity of a lifetime to many young players who are looking to make their mark on the European Tour season. This tournament also brought out, because of its location, many players from the Asian Tour as well, who were crowd favorites amongst many of the supporters.

It was a young man, Jbe Kruger who overcame the rest of the field to claim his first European title. Kruger, a 25 year old from South Africa who resides in Bloemfontein, had his best finish of the year before the Avantha Masters at the Joburg Open in South Africa where he finished ninth. He would have to overcome a late debacle on the 17th and 18th holes. Kruger stood on the 17th tee with a three shot lead over Spaniard Jorge Campillo and German Marcel Siem, but went long with his approach and was unable to get up and down to save his par. So he went to No. 18 with only a two shot lead and some concern displayed by the commentators as to whether or not he would be able to keep his nerve at the last. His drive ended up striking a camera out of an onlookers hand, which may very well have saved him from having to take an unplayable. His second shot ended up in the trees, but it was to be one of his finest shots of the tournament for his third, where he showed nerves of an experienced champion and put his shot 10 feet for birdie. He would go on to miss the 10 footer, but would make his par and that would be good enough for a two stroke victory.

Kruger made the putts when it counted, but he was not without competition on the final day from Campillo, as well as Campillo’s fellow countrymen, Jose Manuel Lara, who was red hot with his putter as well, seeming not to miss a step as he matched Kruger putt for putt. However it was not to be for Lara as he found water on the last, which would completely take him out of contention and have him finish respectably tied for fourth with Australian Marcus Frasar who also posted a solid 11-under total. The 31-year-old Siem, who was fourth in Dubai last week, came into Delhi with his confidence very high and he posted strong scores throughout the week with his final-round 70 that could have seen him really put the pressure on Kruger if it wasn’t for a double bogey that put his hopes of a championship out of reach.

This tournament was not without controversy however, for the young Scot Peter Whitehead who was only one back overnight. Onlookers noticed that Whitehead’s ball moved fractionally at address when he was in the fairway on No.18. Since he had already signed his card and had not enforced the penalty on himself, John Paramor, the Chief European Tour referee had no choice but to disqualify Whitehead. It was most unfortunate as he was chasing his first European title and had played strong throughout the week.

To wrap up the week, it was the highlight of his young career for the South African who, like many of his fellow countrymen have been playing lights out golf and winning around the world. I doubt that this will be the last title in this young man’s career as he really showed great skill plotting his way around the course, never seeming to struggle or lose his nerve as he played. It was that red hot putter of his that seemed to put him over the top as he seemed to make the pressure putts time and time again. We must tip our caps for Jbe Kruger this week and look forward to the WGC Accenture Match Play next week that will feature the top 64 players in the world, with the exclusion of Phil Mickelson and Paul Casey.

Slainte lads and see you next week.

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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2 days ago

May 12, 2026

Gianni Magliocco

Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

Here is the full betting board for the 2026 PGA Championship courtesy of DraftKings.

Scottie Scheffler +345 – (Check 0ut his WITB here)

Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

Jon Rahm +1300
Cameron Young +1500
Bryson DeChambeau +1700
Xander Schauffele +1850
Matt Fitzpatrick +1950
Ludvig Aberg +2000
Tommy Fleetwood +2600
Collin Morikawa +3500
Brooks Koepka +3900
Justin Rose +4300
Russell Henley +4600
Si Woo Kim +4700
Justin Thomas +4800
Robert MacIntyre +5300
Patrick Cantlay +5300
Viktor Hovland +5400
Tyrrell Hatton +5500
Jordan Spieth +5900
Sam Burns +6000
Hideki Matsuyama +6200
Adam Scott +6400
Rickie Fowler +7000
Chris Gotterup +7400
Patrick Reed +7400
Min Woo Lee +7800
Ben Griffin +8000
Sepp Straka +8400
Shane Lowry +9000
Akshay Bhatia +9200
Maverick McNealy +9200
Joaquin Niemann +9200
Jake Knapp +9200
Jason Day +9600
Kurt Kitayama +10000
J.J. Spaun +10000
Harris English +10500
Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
Gary Woodland +11000
David Puig +11000
Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
Jacob Bridgeman +12000
Keegan Bradley +12500
Corey Conners +14000
Alex Fitzpatrick +15000
Sungjae Im +15500
Sahith Theegala +15500
Harry Hall +15500
Alex Noren +16000
Thomas Detry +16500
Marco Penge +16500
Kristoffer Reitan +17000
Alex Smalley +17000
Wyndham Clark +17500
Sam Stevens +17500
Keith Mitchell +17500
Daniel Berger +18500
Ryan Gerard +20000
Nick Taylor +20000
Rasmus Hojgaard +21000
Dustin Johnson +21000
Pierceson Coody +23000
Aaron Rai +24000
Jordan Smith +24000
Angel Ayora +24000
Bud Cauley +25000
Matt McCarty +26000
Jayden Schaper +26000
Brian Harman +27000
Taylor Pendrith +27000
Ryan Fox +27000
J.T. Poston +27000
Cameron Smith +29000
Ryo Hisatsune +29000
Michael Kim +29000
Max Homa +29000
Denny McCarthy +29000
Tom McKibbin +30000
Rico Hoey +32000
Matt Wallace +32500
Ricky Castillo +33000
Haotong Li +33000
Michael Brennan +34000
Max Greyserman +36000
Stephan Jaeger +37500
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +37500
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +39000
Aldrich Potgieter +40000
Andrew Novak +42000
Patrick Rodgers +42500
Daniel Hillier +42500
Max McGreevy +46000
Billy Horschel +48000
Chris Kirk +48000
Ian Holt +49000
Casey Jarvis +49000
William Mouw +50000
Steven Fisk +50000
John Parry +50000
Nico Echavarria +52500
Garrick Higgo +52500
John Keefer+55000
Matthias Schmid +57500
Austin Smotherman +57500
Sami Valimaki +60000
Andrew Putnam +60000
Lucas Glover +62500
Daniel Brown +62500
Jhonattan Vegas +75000
Emiliano Grillo +80000
Mikael Lindberg +85000
Adrien Saddier +100000
Bernd Wiesberger +100000
Elvis Smylie +110000
Stewart Cink +130000
Kota Kaneko +130000
David Lipsky +150000
Chandler Blanchet +150000
Andy Sullivan +150000
Joe Highsmith +180000
Adam Schenk +200000
Travis Smyth +200000
Davis Riley +225000
Martin Kaymer +400000
Brian Campbell +400000
Padraig Harrington +450000
Kazuki Higa +450000
Jordan Gumberg +450000
Ryan Vermeer +500000
Austin Hurt +500000
Tyler Collet +500000
Timothy Wiseman +500000
Shaun Micheel +500000
Y.E. Yang +500000
Michael Block+500000
Mark Geddes+500000
Luke Donald+500000
Bryce Fisher+500000
Jimmy Walker +500000
Jason Dufner +500000
Jesse Droemer +500000
Jared Jones +500000
Garrett Sapp +500000
Francisco Bide +500000
Zach Haynes +500000
Paul McClure+500000
Derek Berg +500000
Chris Gabriele +500000
Braden Shattuck +500000
Ben Polland +500000
Ben Kern +50000

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Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship

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2 days ago

May 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

GolfWRX is on site for the second major of 2026: The PGA Championship from Aronimink in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.

Check out links to all our photos below.