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Hogan’s Alley is in the spotlight this week as the PGA Tour heads to Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, for the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

Colonial Country Club honors the history of the game with its Wall of Champions located by the first tee. The wall features the names, scores and dates of past champions. One of the names you will find on the wall is Ben Hogan. In fact, you’ll see Hogan’s name more than once. He won here five times including the inaugural year in 1946. Colonial has since become known as “Hogan’s Alley.”

Many of today’s players would like to see their names listed as many times as Hogan’s, but no one has come close to his record.

Defending champion Zach Johnson is a member of an elite group of past champions who have won this event twice. A third win would place him in a category by himself. Nobody but Hogan has won this title more than twice.

Most of the top European players will be in England at the BMW PGA Championship this week. That means no Rory, but Kuchar, Dufner and Johnson are among the top-30 players who will be competing for $1.152 million and 500 FedExCup points.

Kuchar and Johnson are not the only players to keep a close eye on this week. Henrick Stenson leads the Tour in fairways hit and greens in regulation and tied for fifth at The Players this year. Kevin Streelman is looking for his second title in 2013 after winning the Tampa Bay Championship. He is also listed in the top 25 in fairways hit and greens in regulation.

Known for its history, Colonial is also known for its tight fairways and sharp dolegs. Players really need to focus on finding fairways and greens consistently to find themselves in contention. Established in 1936, the 7,204-yard course was designed by Perry Maxwell and John Bredemus.

The Colonial is one of only five invitational tournaments on the Tour. It also has a tradition known as the Champion’s Choice Invitation. This tradition entails past champions selecting two young players who would otherwise be ineligible to compete in the tournament.

On Sunday, another page of Colonial’s history will be written and another winner will be added to the Wall of Champions.

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Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship

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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.

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Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship

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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.

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Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson

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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.

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