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European Tour – Scottish Open
Graeme McDowell took the Scottish Open by 2 shots last weekend, beating such luminaries as Ernie Els and Phil Mickelson. This was the forth victory of his career but, more importantly from a Ryder Cup perspective, the second of 2008 after he won the Ballantine’s Championship earlier this year.
This makes the Northern Irishman effectively a certain member of September’s Ryder Cup as the 3 ahead of him in the Ryder Cup points standings: Westwood, Karlsson and Jimemez, have already guaranteed their places via the Ryder Cup World Points List.
It wasn’t until the third round that McDowell found him self in the lead as the event started off in fairly difficult conditions with heavy rain and swirling winds affecting all players. Thongchai Jaidee and Alexander Noren made lightest work of the conditions, both shooting 64s but it was Angel Cabrerra who looked to by making the moves as he took the lead after the second day. The charge from Mickelson never really appeared despite a hole-in-one for the world number two.
Cabrerra followed two excellent rounds with a horrendous one, his third round 78 containing 2 triple bogeys, both on the back nine. This left McDowell and England’s Simon Khan in the lead. Of the two, it was Khan who looked to have his hands on the trophy as he moved into the lead but a bogey and 2 double bogeys in the last 7 holes meant the McDowell only had to fend off the herd charging James Kingston for the victory.
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WITB Time Machine: Phil Mickelson’s winning WITB, 2021 PGA Championship
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

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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
Tour Photo Galleries
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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Rob Turner
Jul 16, 2008 at 1:14 pm
This was undoubtedly a great win for Graeme McDowell. If the win in earlier in the year in Korea was hard fought and could have slipped out of his hand, the win here was far more solid and looked to be firmly in his grip as he entered the final stretch of the tournament. Unlike his playing partner Simon Khan who withered away towards the end, Graeme Mcdowell managed to take his game up one gear, similar to what he did at the Ballantine’s Championship in Korea. Even back then he started his final 9 holes with an eagle and shot four under in the back 9 to force it into a playoff. Anyone who saw that win would have known that Mcdowell is not the kind of guy to be overawed by pressure. In Korea he hit a shot from about 200 yards away, to 2 feet from the pin on a very testing par-4 18th, which was one of the most difficult holes that week.
He looks poised to achieve much more and the first towards that would probably be a spot in the Ryder Cup Team which he has pretty much ensured with some great golf at the Scottish Open.