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A capsule look at 20 top players for the 94th PGA Championship, to be played Aug. 9-12 on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C. (listed in predicted order of finish):
One week after he won for the third time this season, Tiger Woods gets a rare weekend off.
Spencer Levin realizes that a one-shot lead going into the final round means next to nothing. If he didn't learn this by blowing a six-shot lead at the Phoenix Open earlier this year, he was reminded of it on the back nine Saturday at the Memorial.
Davis Love III is prepared for the lobbying and politics that come with being America's Ryder Cup captain. He's also ready to learn more about those U.S. players he may pick for the team in September.
Davis Love III is prepared for the lobbying and politics that come with being America's Ryder Cup captain. He's also ready to learn more about those U.S. players he may pick for the team in September.
This doesn't bode well for Padraig Harrington.
Something is missing from the Masters this year, a tradition that ranks right up there with Amen Corner, endless roars on Sunday afternoon and the winner's green jacket.
Something is missing from the Masters this year, a tradition at this tournament that ranks right up there with Amen Corner, endless roars on a Sunday afternoon and a green jacket for the winner.
One shot clipped an ash tree and kept Phil Mickelson out of worse trouble than he was in. Another landed behind a Bottle Brush, blocking his path to the 10th green at Riviera. On yet another hole, Mickelson had to thread a 9-iron through the limbs of five eucalyptus trees.
This is the kind of golf Phil Mickelson envisioned playing at the start of the year.
Steve Stricker kicked off the new PGA Tour season Monday with a victory in the Tournament of Champions, though he didn't make it easy on himself.
Steve Stricker never looked comfortable at Kapalua until he walked off the Plantation Course with the same five-shot margin that he started with Sunday in the Tournament of Champions.
One par was worth two trophies. One tournament paid Bill Haas just over $11.4 million.
Steve Stricker is back on Maui, a familiar place for a guy who has won on the PGA Tour in each of the last three years to qualify for the season-opening Tournament of Champions.
Lucas Glover spent the week at a former Clemson football player's house, had Tigers fans dressed in specially designed T-shirts cheering him each day, and ended up in a playoff with a former Clemson teammate, Jonathan Byrd.
"They always say beware of the sick golfer or the injured golfer," Byrd said. "Obviously I would rather be feeling healthier."
"It's what everyone thinks about," he said.
