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Tour Rundown: Thee one | Air New Zealand

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3 years ago

Sep 18, 2023

Week two of the NFL season did not impact the execution of tournaments on the DP World Tour, PGA Tour, Korn Ferry, and Tour Champions. With the Solheim Cup in Spain this week, followed by the Ryder Cup in Italy at the end of this fortnight, team golf is on the horizon. For the moment, it’s all about individual play, and we have that nearly to excess. Sit back, sit up, and strap in for this week’s Tour Rundown.

DP World Tour @ BMW PGA Championship: Air New Zealand pulls into port

After three days of seven birdie-and-eagle tallies, the flighted creatures left Ludvig Abers’ nest. The wunderkind on the European Ryder Cup side went dodo with a two-birdie 76 on Sunday, dropping to a 10th-place tie. His forced landing cleared the skies for a number of other airlines. British Airway, Iberia, Qantas, and other planes attempted to land on runway number one, but in the end, it was cleared for Air New Zealand, piloted by Ryan Fox.

Fox looked for all the world like a non-winner, after his triple bogey on the third hole. His mental reset allowed him to post eight birdies over the next fifteen hole, including six on the inward nine. Nearly chasing him down was the English duo of Aaron Rai and Tyrrell Hatton. The pair posted 68 and 66, respectively. Rai had a pair of bogeys offset his six birdies, while Hatton began the round on fire, with five birdies in his first seven holes. He could not preserve the pace, and came up one shot shy, in a tie with Rai.

A shot worthy of winning any golf tournament ?#BMWPGA | #RolexSeries pic.twitter.com/hDizle3dq3

— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) September 17, 2023

PGA Tour @ Fortinet Championship: Thee one we longed to see win, has won at long last

Sahith Theegala was Thee Stallion this week. The California native and recipient of more family love than any other human knows, broke through for his first victory on the PGA Tour. Theegala had been mentioned in some circles as a long-shot Ryder Cup selection, but the knock was that he had not yet proved that he could win. Check that box for now.

Theegala and S.H. Kim finished 1-2 this week and the tournament was about their duel, from the 36th hole forward. Kim and Theegala held the halfway lead at 132, but Theegala jumped ahead by two after Saturday’s third round. On Sunday, Theegala made seven birdies against four bogeys, but three of those birdies came in the opening five holes. Those notches stretched his lead to five, and forced Kim to do better than the nine consecutive pars that opened day four.

To his credit, Kim played a strong inward half. He posted three birdies to separate from Cam Davis and catch a glimpse of the top spot. Theegala was too consistent coming home, however. He bookended bogeys at 10 and 18, but stuffed the turkey with three birdies in between. His final margin of victory was two strokes, and now we look to see if victory number two is soon to come.

The moment @SRTheegala became a champion ? pic.twitter.com/AcmqXlQSd2

— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) September 18, 2023

Korn Ferry Tour @ Simmons Bank Open: Murray finds redemption in Nashville

Grayson Murray finish 169th on the 2022-2023, ensuring that he would need some Korn Ferry Tour assistance to return to the big circuit. He came through big time in Tennessee, winning a guitar trophy for the tournament title, and a move inside the top six, heading into two final playoff events.

Five golfers began round four in a tie for first. None of them was able to do what Murray did. Max Greyserman fared worst, posting 79 to drop 43 spots. TJ Vogel dropped 11 spots, to 12th, while Pontus Nyholm dropped four shots, to fifth position. Jamie Lovemark and Carter Jenkins posted 70s on day four, to finish T2 with Mason Andersen. The playoffs are the time of year when pressure pushes emotions to the surface, and competitors react differently.

Murray seemed to find the proper cocktail mixture of patience and risk. He played the front nine in one-under par, then jumped into the fray with birdie at 11, followed by four more over his closing five holes. None was able to match him coming home, and Murray hoisted not just a trophy, but the continuance of his professional dreams.

Grayson Murray slams the door! ?
@simmonsbankopen pic.twitter.com/TfzQz2oN9N

— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) September 17, 2023

PGA Tour Champions @ Sanford International: Mr. Midwest wins sixth of the year

You need to be flawless to beat the man from Wisconsin, Steve Stricker, when he is on his game. KJ Choi played a wondrous 53 holes of golf this week, but made an ill-timed bogey on the final green, and missed a chance at a playoff. Choi tapped in for five and finished on 15-under par. Behind him, in the middle of the fairway, stood Stricker. He now had a two-shot lead (whether he knew it or not) and played a bad iron shot from 120 yards, some 60 feet shy of the hole. He then hit a bad approach putt, leaving himself eight feet for par. His recovery putt was dead in the hole, one revolution shy of perfection. Despite that trifecta of less-than-Stricker shots, Super Steve tapped in for bogey and a one-shot margin of victory.

Stricker had that wiggle room, thanks to a 62 on Friday. He followed that with a 66 on Saturday and, despite his last-hole tarantella, another 66 on Sunday. Stricker is currently number one on the season-long Schwab Cup list, with double the money of Bernhard Langer, his closest pursuer. To say that he has been the cream of the competitive crop in 2023 is about as accurate a statement as anyone will make today. The only other question is, how many more years and wins does he have in him?

The eagle has landed ?@SteveStricker drains an eagle putt to move into a tie for the lead @SanfordIntl. pic.twitter.com/BFoY0RGaZ9

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) September 17, 2023

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

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1 day 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.