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The Tour Championship – The Finale, Finally

Published

16 years ago

Sep 21, 2010

Another year of hype and confusion leads to this week as The Tour Championship (presented by Coca-Cola, as we are constantly reminded) plays out at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

Although there really are more PGA Tour events left to be played this season, despite what some outlets might lead you to believe, this will certain be the peak of 2010 for the Tour’s elite players.

Just 30 players will be on hand at the Tour Championship although only a handful will really have chance to hoist the trophy come Sunday. Some of the pros have earned their spot through a season of steady play while a few have stepped up in recent weeks to earn their chance at a $10 million FedEx Cup payout. Plus another $1.35 million for the tournament win, of course. You don’t want to forget about that “spare change.”

22 of the 30 guys you will see this week, playing over a course replete with a legacy that includes golf legends like Bobby Jones and Alexa Stirling Fraser, were actually in a top 30 position as the playoffs began.

With a two week break in the action since Dustin Johnson took down the BMW Championship in Chicago every player should be either well rested or maybe even a little rusty so this week might have a few surprises. Only five men can control completely control their bid for the Tour Championship – Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson, Charley Hoffman, Steve Striker, and Paul Casey. With a win at the Tour Championship they will win the FedEx Cup, no matter what any other player does.

What would not alarm many people would be a strong push to the Championship podium by Matt Kuchar. The affable man of many smiles has already made reference to East Lake more than a few times this year and what it will mean to him to play on a course where he has tallied a ton of rounds through the years. When he locked up his Tour Championship win at The Barclays he was ecstatic about the idea of the Atlanta appearance. “I’m excited. It’s been No. 1 on my goal list of what I’d like to accomplish for my year on the PGA TOUR for a number of years. I’ve wanted to get to East Lake. It’s a home game. It’s a course I know. It would be great to have friends and family to be there.”

Kuchar has had a remarkable season and win or not, the Georgia Tech alum can look back positively at a season where he posted ten top ten finishes. Whether he can contain his excitement and continue that steady play on familiar turf in front of a cordial crowd will be the question.

Another player with a similar record (but a completely different style of play) in 2010 has been Dustin Johnson who follows Kuchar into the Tour Championship in the #2 FedEx Cup Points position. Unlike Kuchar, DJ will have to rely on practice rounds to get familiar with the East Lake layout where length can be an asset (especially on the meaty par four holes) but accuracy is still a major priority. This is a course he can overpower on some holes but the presence of just two par fives (#9, #15) with the 15^th reachable by all, somewhat eliminates DJ’s length advantage.

The biggest surprise of the playoffs has been Charley Hoffman who peaked at just the right time. At 77^th in points as The Barclays began, his win at the Deutsch Bank Championship vaulted the 33 year-old into contention for the biggest prize in golf. His confidence in Boston did not appear to continue into Chicago where he finished tied for 30^th but if he can regain his swagger he has a chance to have the biggest meteoric rise in FedEx Playoff history.

The steady horse of the Tour Championship picture is Steve Stricker who may be left standing with the crystal if the other contenders cannot keep their knickers clean and end up failing under the pressure. Stricker dipped no lower than 14^th in FedEx Cup points all season and largely held a top ten position during every week. Despite the length he is comfortable at East Lake and if the championship comes down to the fewest strokes on the greens, he is an easy guy to bet on.

The player with the most to prove at the Tour Championship will be the #5 point man, Paul Casey. With Monty not choosing him as a Captain’s pick for the European Ryder Cup side it would be a big statement if he were to be the top of the PGA Tour heap by week’s end. Three top twenty-five finishes in the playoffs, including a runner-up spot at the BMW, could be avenged with strong play in Atlanta and Casey has all the tools to complete the task. If he gets in position on Sunday and keeps his head straight don’t be shocked if a certain team Captain will have some profound regrets as the Ryder Cup week begins.

Initial pairings follow the order of points so final five groupings on Thursday should provide some contrasts in styles with Laird/Mickelson, Donald, Els, Casey/Day, Hoffman/Stricker, and Kuchar/Johnson holding down the 1:15PM (EST) to 1:55 tee times. Thursday and Friday television coverage begins at 1 PM on Golf Channel while Golf Channel/NBC pick up 8 hours of coverage on Saturday and combine for 6.5 hours of programming on Sunday.

This report provided to GolfWRX.com by Flagstick Golf Magazine (www.flagstick.com)

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

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24 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.