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Woods Wins Bridgestone for 7th Time

Padraig Harrington plays tournament golf slowly. The man who never blinks, at least on camera, when he’s in the thick of competition can play with glacial quickness. Always has, probably always will. That style got he and Tiger Woods put on the clock early in the round and a reminder after the 15th hole Sunday at Firestone Country Club. Mr. Harrington fired a smooth triple bogey 8 on the par 5 eighteenth hole to hand the trophy to Mr. Woods. Coincidence? Don’t know. What I do know is that both players hit lousy tee shots. Mr. Woods played out of turn in chipping his ball onto the fairway for his second shot as Mr. Harrington contemplated his second shot. Neither shot was would be confused with the play of Major Championship winners. Up to this point it appeared Mr. Woods was doing what his Sunday opponents usually do, suffer a gagging fit somewhere on the back nine. Having bogeyed both the thirteenth and fourteenth holes, in the process surrendering the lead to Mr. Harrington, it seemed the sixteenth hole was becoming problamatic as well. Oh ye of little long term memory. I started to think I was seeing something historic! Tiger Woods gaining the lead on Sunday afternoon only to cough it up to the man he is paired with. Doesn’t happen often eh. But then, from 182 yards Mr. Woods launched an 8 iron that David Faherty said was up into the ionosphere. It came to earth and trickled back toward the hole, coming to rest kick in distance from a birdie.

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Padraig Harrington plays tournament golf slowly.  The man who never blinks, at least on camera, when he’s in the thick of competition can play with glacial quickness.  Always has, probably always will.  That style got he and Tiger Woods put on the clock early in the round and a reminder after the 15th hole Sunday at Firestone Country Club.  Mr. Harrington fired a smooth triple bogey 8 on the par 5 eighteenth hole to hand the trophy to Mr. Woods.  Coincidence?  Don’t know.  What I do know is that both players hit lousy tee shots.  Mr. Woods played out of turn in chipping his ball onto the fairway for his second shot as Mr. Harrington contemplated his second shot.  Neither shot was would be confused with the play of Major Championship winners.  Up to this point it appeared Mr. Woods was doing what his Sunday opponents usually do, suffer a gagging fit somewhere on the back nine.  Having bogeyed both the thirteenth and fourteenth holes, in the process surrendering the lead to Mr. Harrington, it seemed the sixteenth hole was becoming problamatic as well.  Oh ye of little long term memory.  I started to think I was seeing something historic!  Tiger Woods gaining the lead on Sunday afternoon only to cough it up to the man he is paired with.  Doesn’t happen often eh.  But then, from 182 yards Mr. Woods launched an 8 iron that David Faherty said was up into the ionosphere.  It came to earth and trickled back toward the hole, coming to rest kick in distance from a birdie. 

Mr. Harrington meanwhile took most of the afternoon to complete the hole, in the process deflating all the tension and excitement filling the atmosphere around the final group of the day.  Heartbreaking.  I felt bad watching the golf gods punch the stuffing out of one of the best players in the world.  One could almost see demons enough for a lifetime being stuffed into his head as the wheels came off the trolley.  To survive the initial five holes of the day, during which Mr. Woods went 4 under par turning a three shot deficit into a one shot lead.  A front nine 30 had Mr. Woods up by two strokes, a position from which he is nearly unbeatable.  By the fateful 16th tee, Mr. Harrington led by a shot. The rest as they say, is history.  Mr. Woods finished with a 65 to the two over par 72 recorded by Mr. Harrington and his 7th victory in this event.  This was also the 70th win of his career, all 248 starts of it, for a winning percentage of 30%.  Wow!  He’s batting .300 in golf!  How crazy is that?

 

As for the rest of the elite field, well nobody did much of anything.  Steve Stricker started fast and had it to eight under at one point, only to fade away on the back nine, undone by his driver (not uncommon) and his putter (rare).  Robert Allenby hit what seemed like every fairway and green and had a birdie putt inside 15 feet on every hole, but only made enough putts to shoot a 66 and wind up in second place tied with Mr. Harrington.  If Mr. Allenby could make just two more putts a round he’d be a force to reckon with in the world.  Alas, he’ll just have to be content with being a money making machine rather than a man who wins multiple times a year.  Angel Cabrerra tied for 4th with Hunter Mahan after shooting a 67, continuing his affinity for playing good golf on very tough courses.  The Open Champion, Stewart Cink, tied for sixth with Mr. Stricker.  There wasn’t much worth watching outside the final pair. 

So now we head for Minnesota and the PGA Championship.  Mr. Woods has won five events this season, how many folks would like to do that for a career, all of which will mean zip zero zilch if he doesn’t win next week.  A year without a major is a year without success in the "Book of Tiger".  For Mr. Woods that’s the only book worth reading, even while still in the process being written.  The man works harder than anyone.  He’s also way better than anyone.  Here’s hoping for more high drama next week. 

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  1. Matt Coddington

    Aug 10, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    My father is a good man, but I have to shamefully admit that he is racist, no matter how much he denies it. He can’t STAND Tiger Woods, and constantly looks for things to point out about the man, to prove how awful he is. I know in my heart it’s mostly because Tiger is black.

    His most current bitch: the fact that Tiger went out of turn on #16. He claims that going out of turn (and subsequently hitting an awesome shot) unfairly put pressure on Paddy, causing the ensuing collapse and triple bogey. I say hogwash. If Paddy can’t play at normal speed, and there’s already been a time warning, then isn’t it HE who is at fault?

    But I can’t get THAT through my Dad’s head…

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  2. Eagleye

    Aug 10, 2009 at 10:57 am

    PH got two majors courtsey Mr. Garcia but finally found out Tiger W. is no Sergio G.

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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
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  • Adrien Saddier +100000
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  • Elvis Smylie +110000
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  • Kota Kaneko +130000
  • David Lipsky +150000
  • Chandler Blanchet +150000
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  • Joe Highsmith +180000
  • Adam Schenk +200000
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  • Davis Riley +225000
  • Martin Kaymer +400000
  • Brian Campbell +400000
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  • Braden Shattuck +500000
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T2: Rickie Fowler, $1,760,000

T2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -$1,760,000

4: Alex Fitzpatrick, $960,000

T5: Tommy Fleetwood, $730,000

T5: Sungjae Im, $730,000

T5: J.J. Spaun, $730,000

T8: Ludvig Aberg, $600,000

T8: Harry Hall, $600,000

T10: Patrick Cantlay, $500,000

T10: Matt McCarty, $500,000

T10: Cameron Young, $500,000

13: Justin Thomas, $420,000

T14: Min Woo Lee, $360,000

T14: Chris Gotterup, $360,000

T14: Nick Taylor, $360,000

T17: Alex Smalley, $310,000

T17: Gary Woodland, $310,000

T19: Austin Smotherman, $242,100

T19: Rory McIlroy, $242,100

T19: Keegan Bradley, $242,100

T19: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, $242,100

T19: Kurt Kitayama, $242,100

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T24: Pierceson Coody, $156,643

T24: Adam Scott, $156,643

T24: Andrew Novak, $156,643

T24: Harris English, $156,643

T24: J.T. Poston, $156,643

T24: David Lipsky, $156,643

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T31: Viktor Hovland, $114,416.67

T31: Alex Noren, $114,416.67

T31: Tony Finau, $114,416.67

T31: Nico Echavarria, $114,416.67

T31: Corey Conners, $114,416.67

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T37: Maverick McNealy, $82,187.50

T37: Akshay Bhatia, $82,187.50

T37: Taylor Pendrith, $82,187.50

T37: Matt Wallace, $82,187.50

T37: Andrew Putnam, $82,187.50

T37: Bud Cauley, $82,187.50

T37: Lucas Glover, $82,187.50

T45: Justin Rose, $60,000

T45: Daniel Berger, $60,000

T45: Ryo Hisatsune, $60,000

T48: Denny McCarthy, $50,000

T48: Aldrich Potgieter, $50,000

T48: Webb Simpson, $50,000

T48: Michael Kim, $50,000

T52: Mackenzie Hughes, $45,187.50

T52: Max Homa, $45,187.50

T52: Brian Campbell, $45,187.50

T52: Jhonattan Vegas, $45,187.50

T52: Matt Fitzpatrick, $45,187.50

T52: Chandler Blanchet, $45,187.50

T52: Jordan Spieth, $45,187.50

T52: Jacob Bridgeman, $45,187.50

T60: Xander Schauffele, $42,500

T60: Robert MacIntyre, $42,500

T60: Ricky Castillo, $42,500

T63: Ben Griffin, $41,250

T63: Sepp Straka, $41,250

T65: Ryan Gerard, $40,250

T65: Si Woo Kim, $40,250

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68: Jason Day, $39,000

69: Sahith Theegala, $38,000

70: Sam Stevens, $37,500

71: Hideki Matsuyama, $37,000

72: Tom Hoge, $36,000

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