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Last Second Christmas Gifts

Published

18 years ago

Dec 24, 2007

R Hetzel

Are you a last minute shopper? Always wondering what you should get that special person on your gift list? Many of us here at Golfwrx suffer from the same problems while holiday shopping. Here are a few ideas for every budget to get you jump started and spending in the right direction.

For under $10, a sweet Tiger Woods magnetic hat clip with ball marker. As everyone knows, Tiger Woods is a great putter, arguably the best. Start using this hat clip and ball marker and you can pretend you are a great putter (all the time) as well.

Want to spend a little more? Do you have a friend who just can’t putt and always frets over his lack of putting skills? If he has a sense of humor, you can buy him this country-blues mix CD, The Three Putt Blues by Brian Hall ($20, if you get lucky they might pay you to get it). Never heard of him or his music? Neither have I. Don’t want to take a chance on this CD? Then go with the TW ball marker or go bigger.

Have a little more cash burning a hole in that pocket of yours? Worried your gift won’t be a hit? Have no fear. Try a dozen of the new and improved Bridgestone e5+ or E6+ golf balls ($26+). Golf balls are always a hit for that golfer on your list. If they haven’t ventured into the Bridgestone realm before, they ‘ll love these over their usual top rock variety of golf ball that they typically receive as gifts during the holiday season.

What? You have nothing to chip or lob those shiny new seamless Bridgestones with? I’ve got you covered pal. How about a pair of new wedges? I’ve had my eye on these Cleveland DSG (Dynamic Sole Grind) 588 wedges (I am partial to the oil cans myself) for quite some time now. Both of these short game tools will surely enhance your wizardry in the sand, around the greens and they’ll look great in the bag to boot! Go ahead pull the trigger and buy them ($220+)!

Your friend has been talking about the boutique/custom putter rage that’s the talk of all the internet putter message forums right now. Namely speaking, Byron Putters ($300+) and C&L Putters ($300+), but he can’t make up his fickle mind on what to get. You can order a fully customized, tour quality putter the exact way you like it for about the same cost a top of the line putter off the rack at your local golf shop or big box golf store. Trust me, order the custom jobby instead, you’ll be glad that you did. In fact, I won’t even tell on you when the putter never actually makes it into your friend’s bag, but stays in yours instead. If that happens, get him the ball marker, balls and that 3 Putt Blues CD as a back up.

Ahhhh…these are all very nice, but you want to go a little larger this holiday season? OK, I hear ya now. How about a far East golf excursion? Don’t like flying? That’s OK, I was speaking more along the lines of a set of hands down, top quality forgings from Miura. Anyone who is a true golf connoisseur surely knows that these are arguably the best iron forgings that one can buy.

Sure a set of Miura forgings will set you back a pretty penny ($1500+), but you’ll be playing the best set of forged cavity backs at the club each and every Saturday morning with your regular foursome. At least until they place their order shortly thereafter.

You already have a nice selection of Slighters, C&L, Mills and Byron putters and you still have that achy breaky heart for the holy grail of anser style putters? That’s right, the venerable and tour stalwart Cameron 009. Get hold of a Titleist rep and order this now. I am sure it will bring much yuletide cheer, just make sure your Visa has an extra $5-7K available on it. Of course your wife’s diamond tennis bracelet will have to wait until next year, or longer.

What’s that you say? You like some real bling while rolling? Your H2, Escalade and or your SL 500 AMG is always sporting the latest dubs or chrome bling? Why not drop some real cash and start sporting a dubbed out, custom golf cart while at the club? This bad boy ($10-15K +) even has the low profile Falken race series rubber. Hopefully the cart paths are paved at your course. This is how I’d wanna roll.

The best and most expensive item on this year’s shopping list has to be a new putter. Sure, there is a putter more expensive that that Cameron 009 we previously looked at. That’s right and more specifically, a Tiger Woods GSS Newport 2 Cameron replica putter. While we all know you can’t get Tiger to sell you his current gamer at any price, you can, if you search long enough, purchase a back up or exact replica for around $25 large. Will it make you putt any better?

Probably not, but it will make a great conversation piece that hangs on the basement or office wall as it begs to be gamed. It would probably be a really good idea NOT to tell your better half what you spent or that you took out a smallish second mortgage in order to get this.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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

Published

3 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

4 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.