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Stricker, Baddeley Atop BMW Championship

Steve Stricker fired a 64 and Aaron Baddeley a 65 on the way to 15 under par a the top position on the leaderboard at the BMW Championship. Tiger Woods posted a 65 of his own, finishing a single shot back at 14 under.

Published

19 years ago

Sep 9, 2007

Eric Schuster

Steve Stricker hit every green in regulation, holed out for an eagle from 112 yards, shooting a smooth 64 enroute to the final pairing on Sunday. Aaron Baddeley birdied the last two holes for a 65 to join him. They’ll play right behind Tiger Woods, whose 65 left him a single shot behind.

"That’s probably the highest score I could have shot," he said. "If I’d made a few putts, it really could have been a deep round. I was really hitting it pretty good but I left a few putts right on the edge." It was marvelous golf, on a marvelous day. Mr. Stricker is playing some of the best golf of his career and may be the hottest player on tour at the moment. "I guess you just get in periods where it’s very easy to concentrate, and I’ve been [concentrating] very well," Stricker said. "There hasn’t been a lot of things that have bothered me, and when I have played a bad hole, I really have done well with just letting it go." He hasn’t miss a green since the 13th hole of the second round, and missed 5 birdie putts inside of 12 feet. "I had real good opportunities," he said. "But at this point, you can’t be greedy. Nobody makes them all. And when you do, you have one of those ’60’ rounds."

Mr. Baddeley, playing behind both Mr. Woods and Mr. Stricker, quietly went about his business until holing a 30 footer on the 17th hole and a 5 footer on 18. He knows that of the three leaders he’ll be odd man out with the crowds. "You’ve got roars, and then you’ve got Tiger roars, and then you’ve got the hometown crowd roar, and then you’ve got someone else’s roar," Baddeley said, "But you could tell Steve’s roars out there today. When he holed his second shot on No. 8, you just knew that was a Steve Stricker roar out there." Mr. Stricker played his college golf at Illinois and lives just over the border in Wisconsin.

It’s the third time Mr. Baddeley will be playing in the final group since the US Open. At Oakmont he shot 80 and dropped to 13th place. At the Duestch Bank in Boston he shot 70 but still lost ground and finished 5th.

Justin Rose will be paired with Mr. Woods after his 69 left him five shots back. "I wasn’t playing terribly, but I felt my posture got a little slack and I bumped up my posture after I hit my 11th tee shot, and from then on I hit a few better tee shots," Rose said. "On a day like today, when you needed to be in the fairway to make birdies, it was a little frustrating starting out. And the way Steve (Stricker) was playing, it felt even worse – but I’m happy with the way I finished."

Jonathan Byrd who started the day tied with Mr. Baddeley shot even par 71 to fall six shots behind. "You make par out here you get run over," Woods said.

Mr. Stricker was paired with Mr. Woods the first two days of the tournament. Asked if he was disappointed not to play with Woods in the final round, Stricker smiled and said, "Probably not." After watching what normally happens to guys who play in the group with Mr. Woods on Sundays I’m sure he’s not at all saddened to be playing with Mr. Baddeley instead.

As for the tournament itself, I miss the Western Open. It just doesn’t seem right to be playing golf at Cog Hill in September rather than July and the attendence figures back that up. Thursday’s numbers were about 24,000, Friday’s at 35,000, and Saturday came in at about 45,000. A lot lower than the summer when familys could attend during the week because the kids were not in school. We’ll see how the start of the NFL season affects not only attendence at the tournament but the television numbers as well. Change is not always a good thing.

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WITB Time Machine: Phil Mickelson’s winning WITB, 2021 PGA Championship

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2 days ago

May 13, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Phil Mickelson made history at the 2021 PGA Championship on Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course. At 50, he became the oldest player to win a major, breaking Julius Boros’s record. Starting the final round with a slim lead, Lefty faced tough competition from Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen. He pulled ahead with key birdies and a standout 366-yard drive on the 16th hole. Finishing 6 under par and two shots ahead, Mickelson claimed his sixth major and second PGA Championship. Many saw his win as an inspiring comeback, showing that experience and determination can still lead to victory in professional golf — and, sometimes, age is just a number.

Driver: Callaway Epic Speed Triple Diamond (6 degrees @5.5 , green dot cog)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X (47.9 inches)

2-wood: TaylorMade “Original One” Mini Driver (11.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X

4-wood (Sunday only): Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X

Irons: Callaway X Forged UT (16) (Thursday-Saturday), Callaway X21 UT Proto (19 degrees @20.5, 25), Callaway Apex MB ‘21 (small groove) (6-PW)
Shafts: (16) MCA MMT 105 TX, KBS Tour V 125 S+

Wedges: Callaway PM Grind ’19 “Raw” (52-12@50, 55-12, 60-10)
Shafts: KBS Tour V 125 S+

Putter: Odyssey Milled Blade “Phil Mickelson”
Grip: SuperStroke Pistol GT Tour

Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X (Triple Track)

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

More photos of Phil Mickelson’s WITB here.

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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3 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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4 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.