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Monday Tour Mash: Spieth Again, Fowler Wins the Scottish

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11 years ago

Jul 13, 2015

Yawn, it’s Spieth again

Jordan Spieth won his fourth tournament of the 2014-15 PGA Tour season, capturing the John Deere Classic for the second time in three years. Spieth barged into the lead with middle rounds of 64-61, then made like he didn’t want to win with 1-over par through his first 12 holes on Sunday. In the interim, names like Tom Gillis and Zach Johnson shot up the leaderboard. Then, Spieth woke up.

The double-major winner of 2015 squeezed four birdies out of the final six holes to tie Gillis above all others. Gillis stood six-under through eight on the day, but bogeyed the ninth to miss out on a 29. That bogey foreshadowed another collapse late in the round, one that would resign him to a playoff with Spieth. Gillis made three birdies on the back nine, then once again bogeyed late, this time on the 16th. That second gaffe opened the door for Spieth, who made short work of the playoff, winning with par on the second extra hole.

For Gillis, though, there was a silver lining behind the cloud of oh-so-close. By virtue of being the highest-finishing golfer not yet eligible for the oldest of the majors, Gillis secured the final golden ticket to St. Andrews for the 144th playing of The Open Championship.

Fowler steals the show

On Sunday, Rickie Fowler outright stole the Scottish Open from countryman and Ryder Cup teammate Matt Kuchar. Birdies did not flow on Sunday for anyone, unless your name was Marc Warren — who made seven birdies for a 64 and T4 finish. Fowler found his birds when they mattered most. The Californian stood at an indifferent 1-over on the day when he birdied 15 and 16 to tie for the lead. From the 18th fairway, tied for the lead, Rickie Fowler staked an 57-degree wedge to 20 inches, then made the putt to emerge as the 2015 Scottish Open champion.

Although Raphael Jacquelin could not preserve the lead he held midway through the final round, the Frenchman emerged with a consolation prize: entry into next week’s Open Championship at St. Andrews. Joining Jacquelin in the tournament field are Daniel Brooks of England and Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg. Karlberg also posted seven birdies on the final day for 64.

U.S. Women’s Open: Dumbo and the Roller Coaster

In Gee Chun, a 20-year-old golfer from South Korea, backed up a Saturday 68 with an electric Sunday 66 — tied for low round of the day — to bring home the major championship victory. And she has one of the most weirdly interesting nicknames in sports.

[quote_center]BACK IN KOREA MY NAME WAS KNOWN AS DUMBO AFTER THE FIRST WIN, AND EVERYONE CALLS ME DUMBO. WHEN I CAME OVER HERE, SOME AMERICAN FANS RECOGNIZED THAT NICKNAME AND CALLED ME DUMBO. AND SOME EVEN SHOUTING IT, ‘LET’S GO, DUMBO,’ THAT HAS MADE ME REALLY ENJOY THE GAME. THANKS EVERYBODY.[/quote_center]

It would be a harrowing thing to describe how this tournament of hot-potato unrolled over the final two hours. First, Amy Yang had a safe lead. Next, Chun staged an early run with birdies on three of her first seven holes. Then Yang made a pair of birdies. Then Stacy Lewis made a birdie, a double bogey, two more birdies, another double. Oh, and Yang bogeyed four out of seven holes in the middle of the round. And on and on.

Let’s fast-forward to the last three holes, where Chun birdied 15 through 17 to take a lead, then bogeyed the last to offer Yang a chance at the U.S. Women’s Open title. Yang eagled the short, par-four 16th, birdied the par-three 17th to tie, then twitched away a chance at the title with a final-hole bogey. Once again, an unheralded golfer had claimed the National Open championship of the USA. For every Annika Sorenstam, you have a Birdie Kim. For each In Bee Park, there is a So Yeon Ryu. And now, you have Michelle Wie and Dumbo in consecutive years.

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After the Encompass Championship, Jerry Smith might ask the North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Ill. for a framed photo of their 16th hole. The second-year Champions Tour golfer made birdie there on Friday, reached it in two and made eagle on Saturday, then holed out a greenside bunker shot on Sunday for another eagle. That 3 provided enough cushion for Smith to earn a three-stroke victory over David Frost and status on the tour as a tournament winner.

Until the Albertsons Boise Open, Martin Piller was recognized more as half of the Touring-Pro couple of Gerina and Martin Piller. Creatively-sequenced rounds of 61-63-65-67 gave the Texan a six-stroke margin of victory over Jorge Fernandez Valdes and a 48-space bump (from 52nd to 4th) in the chase for a PGA Tour card. Piller eagled a hole every day but the first, when 10 birdies led to nines of 32-29. Over the course of the week, Piller made 24 birdies, 3 eagles and 2 bogies. As if the rest of the field had a chance!

Cheng Tsung Pan turned pro after the 2015 NCAA Championships. The Taiwanese export spent four years in Washington state, at the University of Washington and got used to a certain amount of travel. Over the past four weeks, he has criss-crossed the continent with his golf clubs, and now has a tournament title to show for his efforts. Manitoba isn’t exactly in Washington, but it has the same northwestern feel and at The Players Cup, Pan took advantage of third-round leader JJ Spaun’s Sunday inconsistency (six bogeys and five birdies) to secure a three-stroke victory over Sweden’s “other” Robert Karlsson.

Let it fly

A few big names had some trouble holding onto their drivers this weekend: Ian Poulter in Scotland and Michelle Wie in Pennsylvania.

SLOW MOTION!Michelle Wie ??? can’t hang onto the club after her drive at No. 7. #USWomensOpen

Posted by FOX Sports on Sunday, July 12, 2015

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

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20 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

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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

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.