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Rose stands up to Congressional’s test with win
Justin Rose survived the Sunday test of Congressional Country Club at the Quicken Loans National, as he carded one of just six under-par rounds on the day and defeated Shawn Stefani with a par on the first playoff hole. The title is Rose’s sixth career PGA Tour win, and he joins tournament host Tiger Woods as the only other two-time winner of the event, having won in 2010 at Aronimink Golf Club.
While Woods made his return to Tour competition this week, his game may have been spared even more criticism thanks to his 10th career missed cut as a professional.
The lead entering the weekend at Congressional was 6-under, but the course showed its teeth on the weekend despite benign weather conditions.
“I think Congressional got its reputation back this week after the U.S. Open here,” Rose said after the win. “I really enjoy this type of golf and this type of test. I think it tested us all this week.”
Stefani’s tee ball sailed well left on No. 18 as he led off the bonus golf, while Rose found the fairway. After Stefani received line-of-sight relief for the grandstands, he attempted a low runner to find the back portion of the green. But it was left all the way and found the water hazard, nearly mimicking Rose’s second shot at No. 18 in regulation. Rose calmly found the middle of the green and two-putted for the victory.
Meanwhile, 54-hole leader Patrick Reed will hear plenty about how a top-five player would have closed out entering Sunday with a two-shot advantage, after the 23-year-old carded a final-round 77 and finished T-11. If he has anything to lean on, it’s the fact that his playing partner in the final pairing, Seung-Yul Noh, also blew up with a final-round 79 and plummeted to a T-30 finish.
Ironically, both Stefani and Rose battled back from opening-round 74s to find themselves tied atop the leaderboard through 72 holes.
Rose drained clutch putts on his final two holes of regulation to post the 4-under 280. On No. 17, he made a testing par putt, before making a stellar up-and-down for bogey on No. 18 after his second shot from the left trees found the water hazard. Another round-saving shot from Rose came on the par-4 No. 14. An iron off the tee for safety didn’t work to his advantage, finding the left rough and leaving more than 220 yards in to the green. But a well-played, running shot found the green and led to par.
Stefani, who matched Rose by navigating Congressional with a Sunday 70, posted four birdies on the day to three bogies. He made a side-door putt for birdie on the par-5 No. 16, but bogeyed No. 17 to return to 4-under. He had a look at birdie on No. 18, but the putt slid past the edge.
The solo second is Stefani’s best finish on Tour, and also earns him a spot in the British Open. Charley Hoffman (T-3), Ben Martin (T-3), and Brendan Steele (T-5) also each earned spots in the season’s next major based upon their finishes this week.
Andres Romero posted the day’s best round, a 3-under 68, and also finished T-5, but Steele’s World Ranking earned him the British Open spot as the top-4 finishers in this week’s event not yet qualified for the major punched their ticket across the pond. Next week’s Greenbrier Classic will also have the same opportunity for qualifiers.
Brendon Todd, still riding his hot streak since his first career PGA Tour win, birdied the 72nd hole to also finish T-5 at 2-under.
Billy Hurley III recorded his second top-10 finish at the Quicken Loans National with a T-8 at 1-under. The Naval Academy grad finished fourth at the event in 2012.
All six of Rose’s Tour victories have come since 2010, with only Woods (8) having won more. Rose has now won a Tour event in five consecutive seasons, the third-longest streak behind Phil Mickelson (11) and Dustin Johnson (7).
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Darrin
Jun 30, 2014 at 5:18 am
Brendon Todd finished with a double bogey?? More like a birdie!
Ltm
Jun 30, 2014 at 3:05 am
Boy oh boy Patrick Reed really stunk it up huh? He just gave it away!
dapadre
Jun 30, 2014 at 4:29 am
Yeah, after telling the world what a great player he was. Dude let your golf speak for you not your mouth.
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