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Vintage ... Tiger Woods hits form before the season's last Major. Source: SAM GREENWOOD / AFP
TIGER Woods was back to his dominating best on the weekend as he blitzed the field by 7 shots en-route to winning his 8th WGC Bridgestone Invitational.
It was Tigers 5th win of the season and now takes his PGA tour tally to 79 victories just three short of the record which is held by the late great Sam Snead.
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The world number one will headline the field this week as they head to Rochester in New York for the final Major of the year, the PGA Championship, which is commonly referred to as "glory's last shot".
Just like last week at the WGC Event, Tiger will be the short priced favorite and you'd have to like his chances again although he has had a dry spell of not winning a major which dates back to the US Open in 2008 when he defeated Rocco Mediate in extra time.
He has consistently put himself in contention in the majors of late but just hasn't closed one out. I feel that he just looks like he lacks the total belief in his swing when he is under pressure.
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The Oak Hill Country Club will play host to the tournament this week and what a history this place has. Some of the winners include Lee Trevino who won a US Open in 1968 as did Curtis Strange in 1989 while Jack Nicklaus won a PGA around here in 1980. And if you cast your minds back to the 2003 PGA Championship it was Shaun Micheel who claimed his one and only major when he hit a magnificent 7 iron to 2 inches at the 72nd hole to defeat Chad Campbell.
The New York area has been inundated with rain the past couple of months so that means the rough will be thick and gnarly. So if you find yourself missing fairways you will be punished.
So with that in mind and fairways hit being a premium I like two players. The first is Hunter Mahan. This guy when he is on hits more fairways than anyone. He has been in great form of late and I reckon with the birth of his first child just on 9 days ago he will be feeling on top of the world.
The second is Henrik Stenson who has found something special in his game of late. He was runner up at the Open behind Phil Mickelson and then again came second on the weekend, this time to Tiger at the Bridgestone. He might just go one better this week.
A dark horse for mine is Zach Johnson. He has finished in the top 6 in his last three events and just like Mahan finds fairway after fairway.
Over the years we've had four Aussie winners of the PGA with Jim Ferrier winning in 1947, David Graham (1979), Wayne Grady (1990) and the last of our boys to win the PGA was Steve Elkington in 1995 at Riviera. There are 8 in the field this week and I thought I would give you a quick look at their form heading in:
First up is Jason Day who will be making his 4th appearance at a PGA Championship...it's been an outstanding year in the Majors for the 25 year old who posted top 3 results at both the US Open and Masters...the Queenslander has gone off the boil of late... in his last 18 rounds he's only broken 70 twice...
Marcus Fraser makes his second trip to a PGA Championship with the Aussie finishing in a share of 66th last year at Kiawah Island...The Victorian is coming into the event having missed three of his last four cuts including the latest in Reno on the weekend.
Matt Jones has been in great form of late with the Sydney-sider posting top ten's in his last two events....he has played one previous PGA Championship that resulted in a missed cut in 2010.
After a super start to the season which included a tie for 4th at the Masters Marc Leishman has cooled off considerably...the boy from Warrnambool has hit an iceberg of late missing three of his last four cuts.
Geoff Ogilvy gets a start in his 10th PGA after finishing inside the top 12 last year...it's been hard to pick his form this season with so many indifferent performances....his last start was a missed cut at the Canadian Open.
Brett Rumford received a sponsors invite on the back of winning two European Tour events earlier in the season...since then though it's been slim pickings for the world number 85 and last week at the Bridgestone finished near last at 12 over par.
After his disappointing loss at the Open Championship Adam Scott bounced back with a solid tie for 14th at the WGC Bridgestone last week ... he is always a chance if he is mentally right ... so let's hope that's the case this week.
And finally, this will be John Senden's 8th showing at the PGA Championship with a tie for 4th in 2007 at Southern Hills his best result. The burly Queenslander needs to find something heading in after missing his last three cuts.
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