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For Lydia Ko, wrist and cyst go hand-in-hand
If reports are true, Lydia Ko may be facing wrist surgery that would require months of recovery. Reports are surfacing from a variety of sources indicating that the Kiwi teen has had a cyst drained on occasion this season. After a tie for third at the Wegman’s LPGA two weeks ago, Ko fell off a good bit in defense of her Canadian Women’s Open title with a tie for 55th, including a final-round 76.
Reports indicate that she returned home to Florida, visited with a specialist, and underwent an MRI on the affected area.
Lydia Ko is not entered in this week’s Portland event, but plans to return to action the second week of September at the Evian Championship in France. Any surgery, however, would likely bring about a 60-day recovery period.
The back of the wrist is a common spot for ganglion cysts to develop. The growths typically rise out of a joint, are more common in women than men, and often occur in the wrists of young gymnasts and others who place repeated stress on the wrist. It is not known if Ko has been diagnosed with a ganglion cyst, or whether she will play in the year’s final major.
*This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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2026 PGA Championship betting odds
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
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.

General Albums
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #1
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #2
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #3
- 2026 PGA Championship – Monday #4
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #2
- 2026 PGA Championship – Tuesday #3

WITB Albums
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Bryce Fisher – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB (mini) – 2026 PGA Championship
- Martin Kaymer – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Francisco Bide – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Travis Smyth – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Cameron Smith – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Chris Gabrielle – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Ian Holt – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Ben Kern – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Angel Ayora – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Zach Haynes – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Daniel Hillier – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Mikael Lindburg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Paul McClure – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Garrett Sapp – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Austin Hurt – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Mark Geddes – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Adrien Saddier – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2026 PGA Championshi
- Derek Berg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Timothy Wiseman – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Tyler Collett – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Andy Sullivan – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jesse Droemer – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Michael Block – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Jordan Gumberg – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Braden Shattuck – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship
- Elvis Smylie – WITB – 2026 PGA Championship

Pullout Albums
- Cameron putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Custom Cameron made for Brooks to test – 2026 PGA Championship
- Cameron putters – 2026 PGA Championship
- Haotong Li’s custom Cameron putter – 2026 PGA Championship
- L.A.B. Golf putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- TaylorMade putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- New L.A.B. Golf VZN.1i putter for Adrien Saddier – 2026 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- TaylorMade staff bag and covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Callaway staff bag and covers – 2026 PGA Championship
- Xander with a new Odyssey milled 7X putter – 2026 PGA Championship
- Srixon driver head cover – 2026 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2026 PGA Championship

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JT
Sep 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm
A “funny” rhyming headline for an article like this? Yeah, I bet Lydia Ko finds it frickin hilarious to have a cyst that may need to be surgically removed.
Chris C
Aug 30, 2014 at 11:20 pm
If it proves to be a ganglion cyst, I would be surprised if it required a 60 day recovery period. Some years ago I had a ganglion cyst removed from the back of my left wrist.i had the procedure performed in December so as to not interfere with the golf season(I reside in Wisconsin). After waiting one week, I opted to get in a quick 18 holes since there was no snow and the temperatures in the 30s. No problem, no discomfort, no ripped stitches.
Ronald Montesano
Aug 29, 2014 at 6:01 pm
With you, Paul. I read up on ganglion cysts and they seem to be the other side of the carpal tunnel syndrome. I’m sure someone will correct me on that one. The more you work them, the more prone they are to injury or some restriction.
Ronald Montesano
Aug 29, 2014 at 6:02 pm
That malcolm gladwell thing about 10,000 repetitions for genius comes to mind.
paul
Aug 29, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Dang to bad. I hope she gets better.
Billy
Aug 30, 2014 at 1:28 am
“Too”
Hector
Aug 30, 2014 at 10:49 am
“Tool”