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Mercedes Championship Third Round Review

Mike Weir leads by one stroke over Nick Watney and two shots over Daniel Chopra and Jonathan Byrd. With a total of a dozen players within 5 stokes of the lead the final round shapes up to be one of make a lot of birdies or get trampled by those going past. The list of chasers include a lot of experience; Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Angel Cabrera, Steve Stricker, Steven Ames, among others. Maybe due to the soft conditions caused by the weird weather we see more players with the opportunity to win than ever. This sets the stage for an entertaining final round to the years first official event.

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18 years ago

Jan 6, 2008

Eric Schuster

Mike Weir sits precariously atop the leaderboard by a single shot after the third round of the Mercedes Championship in Kapalua, Hawaii.

He best not look back today as there are a dozen players chasing him within five shots of his 13 under par total. Nick Watney birdied his last two holes and will play in the final group with Mr. Weir, one shot behind. Daniel Chopra and Jonathan Byrd are another shot behind, and the rest of the chasers include Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, Steve Stricker, and US Open champ Angel Cabrera. Not exactly a group of slouches. "There’s a lot of guys that have an opportunity tomorrow," Steve Stricker said after a 68 that left him four shots behind. "For me, it’s going to take a real low one to catch him. But it’s out there."

Out there indeed, as the Plantation Course finally started to dry out and resemble the mountainside course we’re used to seeing it’ll be interesting to see who can make a serious move during tomorrow’s closing round. With the course soaked by on again off again rain it has played significantly softer than in years past, something Mr. Weir indicated may be contributing to the bunched leaderboard.

"There a lot of guys behind me with a lot of experience," Weir said. "I’m sure I’m going to have to shoot 5, 6, 7 under tomorrow, depending on what the day gives us. But I’m sure I’m going to have to shoot somewhere in that range to pull this thing out." Given the way his short game is working such a score is eminantly doable for Mr. Weir.

Mr. Chopra thinks it might take an even lower score to catch Mr. Weir, something like the 62 K.J. Choi shot in 2003. "If it’s soft, the greens are soft and the wind doesn’t blow, somebody can do that tomorrow," Chopra said. "Anybody can still win."

Mr. Watney made up a lot of ground on his final two holes with an approach that caught the ridge and grain beautifully on the 17th hole that set up a 20-foot birdie, then nearly reached the 650-yard closing hole in two for a routine birdie to get in the final group.

"I hit the ball really well. It was a pretty stress-free day as far as that goes," Watney said. "I made some putts coming down the stretch, which is nice, and I’m excited for tomorrow."

"For whatever reason, there just isn’t much separation, which is good for me because I haven’t done anything to separate myself," said Justin Leonard, who was in the group at 9 under. "There’s a lot of guys there. It would be easier being four shots behind with only a couple of players ahead of you. I’m not going out there thinking about winning the tournament, but it is doable."

With this many players this close together, I anticipate an exciting finish to the first tournament of the year and a sense of gratitude that I’ll still be able to watch both the NFL playoffs and the final round thanks to the time difference. Some days, life indeed is good.

Aside: The commissioner, Tim Finchem is not attending the Mercedes Championship this year. Not a big deal really, as he doesn’t attend every event and has been here the last two years. What is interesting is that no senior PGA Tour staff is here at all. Nada. Zip. Seems like taking a page from LPGA commissioner Carolyn Bivens’ book. Bizarre book to copy in my opinion.

"I’m pretty disappointed there’s no senior staff from the PGA TOUR here on opening day," Ogilvie said before adding a heavy dose of sarcasm. "Of course, when you shut down your offices from the 21st of December to the second of January … I don’t know of a $1 billion company that does that. It’s puzzling."

Ogilvie said he felt it sent a bad message, especially with four of the top 10 players in the world skipping the winners-only event. Woods, who earned $10.8 million last year, said he wanted to spend time with his family. Mickelson, second on the money list in 2007 with just over $5.8 million, did not give a reason and has not played at Kapalua since 2001. Also missing are British Open champion Padraig Harrington and Shell Houston Open winner Adam Scott.

I guess Hawaii in January isn’t appealing to many these days. My suggestion, heed your behavior boys a fat dog is a lazy dog and a lazy dog don’t hunt so good. A dog that don’t hunt is a dog in need of replacement.

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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.