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Tour Rundown: Time it was, and what a season it was

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While the LPGA anticipates its CME World Championship, and the PGA Tour has one week remaining in its 2025 schedule, both schedules will conclude next Sunday. The DP World Tour and the PGA Tour Champions tied a bow with their respective campaigns, which means that looking back is nearly all that remains. It was a time, as Simon and Garfunkel sang, and what a season it was.

DP World Tour @ DPWT Championship: The trophy fits Fitz

The final day at Jumeirah was a lesson in how championship golf works. Rory McIlroy, the current co-god of golf with Scottie Scheffler, stood tied with Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen as day four dawned. RNP is a good stick, but he hasn’t shown an ability to tag along with golfers of McIlroy’s ilk. Others of the same tier, like Angel Ayora, and the next tier up (Laurie Canter and Haotong Li) were also close enough to make the golf gods scratch their heads as they played cards. To sweeten the pot,  Ryder Cuppers Tommy Fleetwood and Matt Fitzpatrick signed up for some weekend golf.

For most of the afternoon, it was McIlroy’s tournament. Five birdies brought him to 18-deep before bogeys at 12 and 16 opened the door for Fitzpatrick. The Englishman played a quiet round of minus-six, joining a sextet of birdies with a dozen pars. He was up by two when McIlroy arrived at the 18th hole and its serpentine creek. Driver here is always a hoot; it might hit fairway right or left, or it might be perfectly down the middle and find a bend of the creek. McIlroy stayed dry, then whacked an iron onto the putting surface. In true Rory fashion, he drained the eagle putt and forced a playoff.

Fitzpatrick and McIlroy returned to the 18th tee, and this time, McIlroy’s drive was again down the middle, but this time, into the creek. He and Fitzpatrick stumbled their way to the putting surface, where McIlroy missed for par from 40 feet, while Fitzpatrick drained his for five and the trophy. McIlroy won the season-long points race for a seventh time, while Fitzpatrick acquired a chalice that European customs will certainly want on account.

PGA Tour Champions @ Charles Schwab: Cink, sank, sunk

Stewart Cink and Steven Alker acknowledged the presence of other golfers this week at Phoenix Country Club. Every few holes, a Freddie Jacobsen or a Tommy Gainey would make a birdie and enter a conversation somewhere. Make no mistake: this was a duel between two iron-slingers. Alker held a one-shot advantage heading into round four. Given his record for closing tournaments, the Kiwi looked like a solid bet.

On Sunday, Alker had a pair of birdies on the outward nine to preserve his lead. Then came an un-Alker stretch of holes. From eight through twelve, he made three bogeys and zero birdies. In the snap of two digits, three shots had been handed back to Cink, and the Georgia Tech alumnus did not waste the opportunity. Cink played the calm, error-free golf that has underlined his wins. Four birdies and 14 pars forced Alker’s hand. Needing eagle at the last to force a playoff, Alker made bogey instead, fixing the final two-shot margin of victory for Cink. With the win, Cink surged past Alker to also claim the Charles Schwab season-long points race.

LPGA @ ANNIKA: Take nothing for Granted

Linn Grant had to feel a bit honored after winning The ANNIKA this week in Florida. The namesake founder of the event, Annika Sorenstam, is THE Swedish golf royalty, and she was in attendance to hand the winner’s trophy to Grant. The week belonged to the young Swede, who earned a second LPGA title in three years. It wasn’t easy, but Grand made it look that way, as she does from time to time.

Twice on the European Tour, Grant won the Scandinavian mixed, an event that paired DP World Tour and Ladies European Tour golfers. Albeit from unique tee decks, the golfers still had to stare one another down in order to claim victory. The first time was a nine-shot runaway, while the second was a one-shot squeaker. This week at Belleair, it was a bit of both.

There was always someone chasing Linn Grant, but her name changed by the day. Haeran Ryu held the day-one lead and hung around for a top-10 finish. She passed the baton to Jennifer Kupcho, who closed a few times within three shots, but never enough to put a scare in the leader. Auston Kim and Charley Hull had final-day 63s, but Grant had one of those as well, on day two. A weekend of 65s brought Grant to minus-nineteen, three shots clear of Kupcho.

PGA Tour @ Butterfield Bermuda: Schenk shows his mettle

It’s rare that the PGA Tour entry in Tour Rundown comes fourth, but with two tour championships and a big LPGA deal, it’s appropriate. That’s not to take a single shred of importance away from the work that Adam Schenk did this week. With Wicked touring on stage (it’s in Buffalo this week!) and the second installment of the movie on debut in theaters, there’s an ill wind in the air, the same one that brought Dorothy to Oz. This week, it came to Bermuda as well, causing fits across the island and its Port Royal golf course.

Chandler Phillips held the 36-hole lead, as the course played tough but fair over the first two days. The winds freshened on Saturday, and Chandler signed for 70, as Adam Schenk made his first move, with 67. With 18 holes left to play, Schenk moved one shot ahead of Phillips, as each sought a career-defining victory. Sunday’s winds were the worst, and not even brooms would keep golf balls on track in the air. 130-yard approach shots were played with five irons at times, and low flight was the order of the day.

In the end, Schenk faced a five-foot putt for par and glory. He settled in and truly stroked the ball into the bottom of the hole. Late fall events on the PGA Tour are all about glory for the unpolished, and Schenk became the latest to add some luster to his name.

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Ronald Montesano writes for GolfWRX.com from western New York. He dabbles in coaching golf and teaching Spanish, in addition to scribbling columns on all aspects of golf, from apparel to architecture, from equipment to travel. Follow Ronald on Twitter at @buffalogolfer.

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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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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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.

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How much each player won at the 2026 Truist Championship

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Kristoffer Reitan held his nerve at Quail Hollow on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory and the $3.6 million winner’s check that came with it. The Norwegian fended off a packed leaderboard on a dramatic final day, with Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard both taking home $1.76 million for their runner-up finishes.

With a total prize purse of $20 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 Truist Championship.

1: Kristoffer Reitan, $3,600,000

T2: Rickie Fowler, $1,760,000

T2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -$1,760,000

4: Alex Fitzpatrick, $960,000

T5: Tommy Fleetwood, $730,000

T5: Sungjae Im, $730,000

T5: J.J. Spaun, $730,000

T8: Ludvig Aberg, $600,000

T8: Harry Hall, $600,000

T10: Patrick Cantlay, $500,000

T10: Matt McCarty, $500,000

T10: Cameron Young, $500,000

13: Justin Thomas, $420,000

T14: Min Woo Lee, $360,000

T14: Chris Gotterup, $360,000

T14: Nick Taylor, $360,000

T17: Alex Smalley, $310,000

T17: Gary Woodland, $310,000

T19: Austin Smotherman, $242,100

T19: Rory McIlroy, $242,100

T19: Keegan Bradley, $242,100

T19: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, $242,100

T19: Kurt Kitayama, $242,100

T24: Patrick Rodgers, $156,643

T24: Pierceson Coody, $156,643

T24: Adam Scott, $156,643

T24: Andrew Novak, $156,643

T24: Harris English, $156,643

T24: J.T. Poston, $156,643

T24: David Lipsky, $156,643

T31: Brian Harman, $114,416.67

T31: Viktor Hovland, $114,416.67

T31: Alex Noren, $114,416.67

T31: Tony Finau, $114,416.67

T31: Nico Echavarria, $114,416.67

T31: Corey Conners, $114,416.67

T37: Sam Burns, $82,187.50

T37: Maverick McNealy, $82,187.50

T37: Akshay Bhatia, $82,187.50

T37: Taylor Pendrith, $82,187.50

T37: Matt Wallace, $82,187.50

T37: Andrew Putnam, $82,187.50

T37: Bud Cauley, $82,187.50

T37: Lucas Glover, $82,187.50

T45: Justin Rose, $60,000

T45: Daniel Berger, $60,000

T45: Ryo Hisatsune, $60,000

T48: Denny McCarthy, $50,000

T48: Aldrich Potgieter, $50,000

T48: Webb Simpson, $50,000

T48: Michael Kim, $50,000

T52: Mackenzie Hughes, $45,187.50

T52: Max Homa, $45,187.50

T52: Brian Campbell, $45,187.50

T52: Jhonattan Vegas, $45,187.50

T52: Matt Fitzpatrick, $45,187.50

T52: Chandler Blanchet, $45,187.50

T52: Jordan Spieth, $45,187.50

T52: Jacob Bridgeman, $45,187.50

T60: Xander Schauffele, $42,500

T60: Robert MacIntyre, $42,500

T60: Ricky Castillo, $42,500

T63: Ben Griffin, $41,250

T63: Sepp Straka, $41,250

T65: Ryan Gerard, $40,250

T65: Si Woo Kim, $40,250

67: Ryan Fox, $39,500

68: Jason Day, $39,000

69: Sahith Theegala, $38,000

70: Sam Stevens, $37,500

71: Hideki Matsuyama, $37,000

72: Tom Hoge, $36,000

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