The pairings for the 88th PGA Championship have been released. Traditionally, the winners of the first three majors are paired together, and that’s the case this year as well. Fortunately for golf fans, that means Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Geoff Ogilvy will be playing together for at least two days of the 2006 PGA at Medinah Country Club.
All the other pairings are listed below. Those with high star power are in bold face text (including a few pairings with three PGA Championship winners) while those with U.S. Ryder Cup hopefuls have been italicized.
The beauty of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is beckoning this week, as the PGA Tour makes a quick stop in Castle Rock, Colorado for the International before heading to Chicago for the 
For most players in this week’s field, the Buick Open at Warwick Hills Country Club will stand as last tune-up before the final major of the season, the PGA Championship. Winning the tournament, however, won’t come easy this week, as Tiger Woods returns for his first tournament since his 
Well it will certainly be a change of pace to see a green golf course, huh? After last week’s theatrics, the U.S. Bank Championship has a lot to live up to, but the course has provided excitement in the past and will very likely continue to do so.
Well it happens to be that time again: Open Championship time, that is. Golf’s oldest major championship is back at a course that hasn’t hosted a major since Roberto de Vicenzo won in 1967. I’m very excited for this tournament for a couple reasons: the course is running ridiculously fast and hard, interesting shots we rarely see played will be commonplace, and Tiger will surely be on the prowl. 
What a birthday present. This week, Sean O’Hair will turn 24, but it may be his 23rd birthday he will be thinking about this week. The young man earned the respect of the field and gallery last year by putting together what he called the best round of his life on Sunday to win the 2005 John Deere Classic.
Few PGA tournaments have as storied a past as the “Cialis” Western Open. This tournament, in one form or another, has been played since 1899 when Willie Smith beat Laurie Auchterlonie (of St. Andrews descent) in extra holes. The Western Open has been played in many places since its debut, including sites as far from Chicago (the hometown of the tournament) as Texas, Pennsylvania, and California.