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Tour Mash: Berger gets 1st PGA Tour win, Henderson’s major breakthrough
Berger gets 1st Tour win at FedEx St. Jude
You know it’s true; there’s an uncanny facial resemblance between Sergio Garcia and Daniel Berger. On Sunday, Berger joined Garcia as a PGA Tour winner with a veteran-like performance at TPC Southwind. On the course where more balls find the water than any other, Berger watched as Dustin Johnson posted a score of 9-under par early, then watched some more as rain drops kept falling on his head … for three hours. Finally, back out on the fairways, Berger signed for 67, including birdies on Nos. 12, 14 and 15, to outdistance by three a trio of trailing tour winners like Brooks Koepka, Steve Stricker, Phil Mickelson…you get the idea.
Related: See the clubs Berger used to win
It was quite a win and a shot of confidence for Berger, as the world’s best head to Pittsburgh next week for the U.S. Open.
KPMG Women’s PGA goes to Brooke Henderson
So this PR gal tells Mike Whan, LPGA Tour Commish, “Listen, we’re going to play your marquee event at a really narrow, uber-treed Pacific Northwest course. Your three-time defending champion (who is going into your Hall of Fame that week, bee-tee-dubs) will be injured and not at her best. But your three most exciting players will battle it out down the stretch, with two having a shot at their first major titles, while the other is in search of her third consecutive one.” WHOOOO, now exhale!
And that’s exactly how it shook out at Sahalee Country Club in Washington state. Brooke Henderson and Lydia Ko tied for first place at 6-under after Henderson birdied the penultimate hole to forge that standoff. Ko had won the last two majors, while Henderson was in search of her first. And a shot behind them, just a shimmee away from a three-way playoff? Ariya Jutanugarn, three-time winner on the LPGA Tour IN MAY! Combined age of the three golfers? 57 years. We’ll save you the math (19 year average) and the details (Henderson made birdie from 3 feet on the first playoff hole) and say, welcome to the majors, Brooke, and welcome to a new Golden Age, LPGA!
Langer wins third-consecutive Senior Players
Brooke Henderson wasn’t the only walk-off putt on Sunday. The Champions Tour’s energizer bunny, aka Bernhard Langer, let everyone else back in the race with a Sunday 73 (ouch!), but said talk to the hand with a 12-foot putt for par on the final hole at Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wiassahickon (say that three times fast) course. Dismissed were the world’s most interesting golfer, Miguel Angel Jimenez, and Joe Durant, one 12-foot putt shy of a tie and a playoff.
Langer made precisely zero birdies on Sunday, after making 10 the previous three days. Meanwhile, Jimenez and Durant made eight birdies between them to put serious pressure on the man who now has three wins and two majors in 2016. Langer was up to the challenge, though. As is his forte, he ground out par after par, gave himself a chance to win on No. 18, and closed the door on his 28th Champions Tour win (and 7th senior major).
Web.com Tour: Homa wins at Ivanhoe Club
Max Homa’s score kept dropping all week, from 71 to 69, to 68 then 67. That 5-under tally on Day 4 was Sunday’s low round, and got him thinking that he might have a shot, might make a playoff, might even win.
Homa trailed Josh Teater by seven after three rounds, but the leader stumbled hard on Sunday and gave the 2013 NCAA individual champ and Walker Cup team member a chance at his second Web.com Tour victory. When Teater’s attempt at par on the 72nd hole slid by, Homa had his win by one over Teater and John Mallinger. Mallinger had gone birdie-eagle on Nos. 14 and 15 to insert himself into the conversation. A wayward drive found a hazard on the last, but Mallinger was able to scramble for par to secure the runner-up spot.
News from the European Desk
Irish and British and Welsh and Scottish eyes were shining as eight young ladies took back the Curtis Cup from the U.S. on home Irish soil. Up 8-4 heading into Sunday’s singles match, the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup side turned back a charge from Team USA to win by 11.5 to 8.5 at Dun Laoghaire (Celtic for Wissahickon) golf club in Dublin. Leona Maguire, the No. 2-ranked amateur golfer who was somehow left off the GBI side in 2014 after playing in 2010 and 2012, won 4 of 5 matches on the week to wrest the cup from the U.S.
On the European Tour, Ashun Wu began his final nine at Austria’s Lyoness Open double-bogey, bogey, but was still able to win by a stroke over Spain’s Adrian Otaegui (say it with me, oh-tah-AY-gey). Wu also won the Volvo China Open 14 months ago for his first European Tour win.
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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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News
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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Tour Photo Galleries
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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Ronald Montesano
Jun 13, 2016 at 6:53 pm
She’s 18. Most 18s fall for things like that.
TCJ
Jun 13, 2016 at 11:04 am
Congratulations Brooke! GO CANADA!
Ronald Montesano
Jun 13, 2016 at 6:54 pm
I did not think she would have it in her to win a major this early, especially vs. Lydia Ko. Kudos to her for overcoming any doubts. If Ariya can nab one this year, the question might be Which Tour Has The Real Big 3?
Ne
Jun 14, 2016 at 2:31 am
I couldn’t believe Lydia blew that shortish birdie putt on 17