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The Season of Hot Streaks

Published

12 years ago

Sep 16, 2014

The 2013/2014 PGA Tour season ended much like it began — with a winning streak.

After missing the cut in the opening FedEx Cup Playoff event at the Barclays, Billy Horschel got hot at the right time, riding a wave of momentum throughout the rest of the Playoffs. He won back-to-back events — the BMW Championship and the Tour Championship — to capture winnings of over $13 million.

Looking back at 2014, however, it was no surprise the year ended with a player riding a winning wave, since it was a year of some career-defining hot streaks from some of the games brightest stars. Let’s take a look back at the players who got caught fire at different points throughout the 2013/2014 wrap-around season.

Jimmy Walker

Jimmy Walker entered the PGA Tour’s 2013 Fall Series, which counted towards the following year’s FedEx Cup points for the first time, without a PGA Tour victory on his resume. It had been well documented within the golfing community that the 35-year-old American had been improving under the eye of swing coach Butch Harmon, and his first win was likely just around the corner.

Little did we know that his first win at the Frys.com would be validated with two more wins in his next seven events. Also, 19 of his 23 made cuts this season resulted in Top 25 finishes. Although Walker failed to capitalize in the major championships and left much to be desired in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, his early season hot streak helped him qualify for his first Ryder Cup.

Bubba Watson

In 2014, Bubba Watson will be remembered for winning his second Masters in three years by overpowering Augusta National with his driver (yet again). He became the 18th man in Masters history to win a second Green Jacket. Even after this incredible summer of golf, I still think that his drive that cleared the towering pine trees and Ray’s Creek on hole No. 13 on Sunday afternoon, leaving only sand wedge into the par 5, may be the best shot of the year.

Although he missed the cut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational the week before the Masters, Bubba had a stretch of four tournaments where he finished T2, T9, T2, with a win at the Northern Trust Open sandwiched in the middle. At one point during the stretch, he went 291 straight holes without three-putting! Not bad for a guy known mostly for the long ball.

Martin Kaymer

Just after Bubba’s streak of near flawless golf ended at Augusta in April, Martin Kaymer came out of hibernation to make his own run. Something in Kaymer’s game clicked, propelling the former world No. 1 to win arguably two of the year’s most difficult tournaments — the Players Championship and the U.S. Open — within a 3-week span. And it should not go unmentioned that Kaymer won both tournaments without giving up the lead. He was robotic during that stretch and seemed unbeatable, until falling back into mediocrity late in the season.

Rory Mcllroy

The summer of 2014 was undoubtedly The Summer of Rory. The stretch of golf that saw Rory win three straight tournaments (two majors and a WGC-Championship) was undoubtedly the best streak of the year and one of the dominating stretches of golf the game has seen. The world’s No. 1 ranked golfer did miss an opportunity to close the door on the FedEx Cup Playoffs, but he ran into a golfer riding a hot streak of his own.

Billy Horschel

If you were watching the broadcast on Sunday afternoon at the Tour Champinoship, somewhere between BillyHo’s 30-foot bomb to save par on No. 16, and his post-win Florida Gator Chomp celebration, you likely heard the NBC crew mention how it was Horschel’s 12th straight round in the 60’s. Horschel’s streak was well-timed, since the 27-year old American pocketed nearly $14 million in prize money in the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

His streak would have been even more impressive had it not been for a chunked iron shot on No. 18 in the final round at the Deutsche Bank Championship, which ended up in a hazard, leading to a disappointing T2 finish. Before his run of brilliant golf, Horschel missed the cut in the opening playoff event at the Barclays, and had not played his best throughout the bulk of the season.

Sports figures often allude to “being in the zone.” PGA Tour fans were lucky enough to witness a handful golfers achieve their respective “zones” in 2014. If there is one fan that enjoyed the hot streaks better than any other this year, it was probably Billy Horschel’s bank account (cha ching!), although Rory’s legacy and trophy case weren’t quite sent home kicking rocks.

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

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23 hours 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

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

Published

3 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.