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A Lame Victory: His Last Event for 2008

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18 years ago

Jun 17, 2008

Are you wondering how to feel about that headline? LOL. I couldn’t resist, but, without the shades of slang meaning, it’s heroically true. Especially after today’s news: that Tiger is done for the rest of the 2008 season. Stress fractures and a torn ligament demand a season-ending surgery.

During the U.S. Open, though Tiger’s knee shot warning signals through him most of the week, it couldn’t penetrate the spirit and will of the #1 golfer on grass.

And Rocco — his precision of game and infectious outlook exhibited him as a hero all on his own. Rocco emerged from the battle not as the loser, but as a giant in golf lore.

Although Tiger’s wound brought him to his knees, he did not surrender. In fact, it seemed as though Tiger in part was helped along by Rocco’s joyous embrace of the day and his sparkly-eyed zeal for the intense competition that brought out the best in his game. But make no mistake: Tiger knows where his own bootstraps are.

This was a stop-the-world tournament. No one broke away, but some fell away. One missed shot became obscurity for many would-be champions. It was also a perpetual head-game. Phil seemed to lose that game on 13. Tiger tamed the head-game over his play, his challengers, and an unfamiliar enemy, his body.

This could very well be the beginning of the new golden age of golf, where age isn’t as relevant and where nationality is not a differentiator. This dawning age is identified by player after player growing taller and reaching higher for a bar we thought unreachable – but now it’s being grasped by the first in what I believe to be a new wave.

These players will come from anywhere, any era, at anytime, a different player each time Tiger plays. These players are out there now, preparing, reaching, grinding. And they are beginning to see results and glimmers of hope that it might just be them who will peak next week.

Tiger, I believe, feels them closing in, and he smiles. So should we.

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John Wofford

Jun 20, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Great piece! I think what Tiger did was historic in the sense that he is getting closer to the “unreachable/unattainable” record in golf. 18 professional majors.Everyone else is in a completely different league than Tiger.Tiger does,in fact, dominate and the only way you are gonna beat him is to out work and out practice him and I dont see that happening from anyone.Rock onward Tiger! Rock on!

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Tim Schoch

Jun 18, 2008 at 9:40 am

Thanks, Andy, for supporting my point of view. I agree with your comments. About the headline:

LAME: 1. crippled or physically disabled, esp. in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
2. impaired or disabled through defect or injury: a lame arm.

Obviously, my headline is accurate in a physical sense. I’m not disparaging Tiger’s victory in the least, but I was trying to garner attention by being painfully specific. 🙂

Tiger smiles because he likes the challenge of people rising up to take him on, and we should like it, as well, because it is great theatre. I think more and more of this will happen, and we are currently looking ahead at a new golden age for golf because of this. Player-by-player, the field is closing in, inspired by Tiger, and this past weekend, on a lame leg, he almost didn’t escape.

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Andy Brown

Jun 18, 2008 at 7:13 am

Tiger smiles and so should we??? Nope. We should be jumping with joy and celebrating like never before. We need someone to come through the ranks and give someone like Tiger Woods a run for his money. We are tired of people just melting away in front of Tiger. Just the knowledge of Tiger in the field ensures that half of these guys set their mind to finishing second. That is (hopefully was) just not good for the game. Will the likes of Anthony Kim, Sean Oâ€™Hair be able to take heart from this victory and set out in pursuit of the Tiger like never before? One sincerely hopes that is the case because almost everyone is tired of total Tiger domination. No one minds seeing Tiger win after having to guts it out for five days. Like he himself points out, it is victories like the one in Torrey Pines that gives him the most satisfaction.

One thing though, still donâ€™t understand the reasoning behind the headline for this article!! Surely it was anything but lame!

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

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4 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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5 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
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Photos from the 2026 PGA Championship

Published

6 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.