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Tour Rundown: Ground control to Major Tom, Coastal Carolina’s other pro

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7 years ago

Sep 2, 2019

Another playoff series comes to an end in professional golf. The Korn Ferry Tour held its championship at Victoria National, the spiritual hub for aqueous masochists. The Champions Tour journeyed north of the border for its only 2019 event in Oh, Canada! The LPGA went way out west to Portland, and the European Tour sallied in Switzerland.

Even with American football in the offing, the golf is plenty interesting, with plenty at stake for the other 99.9 percent. As always, we’ll run it down like a fifth-string back, trying to make the 53-man roster. Here goes!

Ground Control To Major Tom: Lewis wins big in Indiana

Tom Lewis must have seen an opening in his schedule and figured, why not go to America’s heartland and play the KF Tour for the first time…and win the Tour Championship…and get a PGA Tour card in the process? Pretty common plan, wouldn’t you say? Lewis was an unstoppable force at Tom Fazio’s playground for fish.

He began 68-66-66, then dropped a sublime 65 on the field in round four. For those counting, that was the low round of the day, matched only by Kramer Hickock. For Hickok, it jumped him six spots, into third place, guaranteeing him a PGA Tour card beginning this fall. Second spot went to Argentina’s Fabian Gomez, who parlayed a 66 of his own into a runner-up spot. As for Lewis, that filthy 65 gave him a five-shot margin of victory over Gomez, and a chance to sit down and rewrite all of his future plans. Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

No Montana for Hannah: Green picks Oregon for 2nd tour win of 2019

Hannah Green probably feels two percent bad about spoiling a great story for golf, and 98 percent like a wrecking ball for holding off Yealimi Noh at the Portland Classic. Noh had Monday-qualified and led after each of the first three rounds. She and Green walked the 72nd fairway in a tie for the lead. An hour prior, Noh held a four-shot advantage over the Aussie, but bogeys from Noh at 14 and 16, paired with birds from down under at 15 and 17, established equality. On 18, Noh came undone for yet another bogey, while Green made par to secure the victory.

The bitter lesson should prove to be quite valuable for Noh; for Green, a follow-up to her unanticipated Women’s PGA win in June establishes her as a legitimate threat for 2020. 2019’s stud, Brittany Altomare, sneaked into third place with a closing 69.

Coastal Carolina’s Other Tour Pro: Soderberg ticks off the Omega Masters

Dustin who? Sebastian Soderberg won a wild, five-man playoff that included Rory McIlroy, for his first-ever Euro Tour title. Much like Noh, Soderberg had a shot to win in regulation, but he three-whacked the 17th for bogey. He joined McIlroy, Andres Romero of Argentina, Lorenzo Gagli of Italy, and Denmark’s Kallie Samooja in an overtime quintet.

Samooja looked to have the best of the approach shots at the 18th, tucking his iron inside seven feet. After Gagli plunked in the water, and Romero missed a bomb birdie putt, McIlroy’s effort strayed a wee bit left. Soderberg drained a 20-feet bird to eliminate the triumvirate, then watched as Samooja opened the putter blade a bit too much, pushing his chance to stay alive to the side. Although DJ has a few more wins than Soderberg, at least the Myrtle Beach college can now lay claim to two tour winners. The Grand Strand, indeed!

I Got A Rock: Unlike Charlie Brown, Short grateful for pond gravel in Alberta

Wes Short, Jr. took dead aim at the left side of the 18th green on Sunday. His approach drifted right, toward a watery demise. It connected, dead solid perfect, with a lone stone and bounded onto the putting surface. That’s the best kind of fun. Raised from the dead, Short two-putted for birdie and held off Scott McCarron, despite an eagle from the later at the home hole.

We’ll get back to Short, but we simply cannot get inside McCarron’s head. Just when we think he wants to dominate the old-guys tour, he bogeys 16 and 17 to fall off the pace. Just when we think he has no grit, he eagles the last. What gives, Scott? Back to Short. In 2014, when he was just a baby senior, Short won in Quebec by one shot over Scott Dunlap. So, for all you bettors, if Short is in contention, in Canada, and someone named Scott is in the hunt, bet Short.

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2 hours ago

May 13, 2026

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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2 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

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2 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.