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The Tour Championship

Published

19 years ago

Sep 12, 2007

Here we are at the final leg of the FedEx Cup. Despite all of the complaints and drama surrounding the cup, it has made for some of the best and most interesting golf this year.

The final 30 golfers will compete for the $10 million dollar first place prize, as well as the title of FedEx Cup Champion for 2007. Tiger Woods is atop the standings with his victory last week at the BMW Championship in Chicago and looks to add the FedEx Cup to his list of accomplishments, not only in his storied career but this years list as well.

The final stop is the Tour Championship in Atlanta at the East Lake Golf Club, the former home club of Bobby Jones. The now permanent home to the Tour Championship, East Lake plays to a par of 70, and a yardage of 7154. East Lake is not only a historic golf club, but one that has ventured down the path of philanthropy. Founding sponsors of the East Lake Golf Club have contributed over $18 million to the East Lake Community Foundation to revitalize of the nation’s worst public housing projects into a thriving, mixed-income community.

Along with the controversy amidst the FedEx Cup, there was another issue this week and that was the condition of the greens at East Lake. Due to unseasonably warm weather in Atlanta, coupled with minimal amounts of rain, the greens at East Lake have taken a turn for the worse. So much so that they had to cancel the pro am and limit access and approach shots on the greens prior to the event. Most players arriving at the event were expecting the worst, but by all accounts, it was not as bad as expected. "The greens are 10 times better than what the tour told us they were going to have," said Mark Calcavecchia, who played eight holes on Tuesday. And outspoken Rory Sabbatini said, "Obviously there was a little over exaggeration to the extent of the damage to the greens.” They are still not great surfaces, but the tour obviously wanted to error on the side of caution. Last year the greens were rolling somewhere in the neighborhood of 11 on the stimpmeter, and this week they will be considerably softer and slower, somewhere in the region of 9-9.5. "We’re not going to press them on the speed," said Mark Russell, the PGA Tour’s tournament director. "We’re just going to play it by ear day by day, but I don’t think they’re going to get much faster than that." Luckily everyone has to play all the same greens, so all though they are not perfect, at least everyone will be facing the same conditions.

This week’s focus will be on the world’s number one player, Tiger Woods. He enters the FedEx Cup leading in the point’s race, by 3,133 points over second place holder, Steve Stricker. There are a number of players that can still mathematically win including, Phil Mickelson, K.J. Choi, and Rory Sabbatini, but you will see the champion come from somewhere inside of this top five, because the winner this week will receive 10, 300 points versus the normal 9,000 points for the first three events. Players outside of that number are still competing for 35 million dollars in bonus money (10 Million going to the winner), so there is still plenty of incentive to play well and move up the points standing. Keep an eye not only on the top 5 players as they have the best chance to win the $10 million dollar prize, but also the players in the 20-30 range, which with a great tournament can move way up the list and make some nice money.

This will be a dramatic conclusion to a fantastic initial idea by the PGA Tour. Hopefully in the coming years they can continue to tweak the system and we can bear witness to more of the great golf that has been displayed over the course of these few weeks.

Television Coverage

Thurs 9/13 1-6 EST Golf

Fri 9/14 1-6 EST Golf

Sat 9/15 12:30-2 EST Golf

Sat 9/15 2-6 EST NBC

Sun 9/16 11-1:30 EST Golf

Sun 9/16 1:30-6 EST NBC

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http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r060/

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

Published

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

Published

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

Published

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.