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Tiger isn't at the PGA, but Eric Soderstrom says that doesn't mean there aren't storylines worth rooting for.

If it were up to Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk, golfers would be going for the gold. "Having golf an Olympic sport is exponentially more important to the game of golf than the majors," Mickelson said Tuesday from the site of the season's final major, the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills. "The reason for that is it would bring in 168 different countries and their Olympic foundation and all those revenues and that would be going towards the growth of the game.

With Tiger out, Lefty is favored to win the PGA Championship. Even if Tom LaMarre says he isn't playing like it.

After watching the first three majors of '08, Jeff Rude wonders which unhealthy specimen will prevail at Oakland Hills.

PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem saw Tiger Woods for the first time since his season-ending surgery, and reported Sunday that the No. 1-ranked golfer was his usual self, except for being about 10 pounds lighter and walking with a slight limp. "He lost 12 or 13 pounds after surgery, gained a few back," Finchem said. "He looks kind of thin." Woods and Finchem were at Congressional Country Club to speak with the members about the club hosting the AT&T National for six years after the 2012 U.S.

Parker McLachlin shot a 2-over 74 Sunday and still cruised to his first PGA Tour victory by seven strokes at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. McLachlin, in his second season on the PGA Tour, recovered from trouble time after time to card 14 pars, three bogeys and a birdie on the 18th to finish the tourney at 18-under 270. The 29-year-old tied the course record with a 10-under 62 on Friday and set a 54-hole record at 20-under at the 7,472-yard Montreux Golf & Country Club near Lake Tahoe.

Michelle Wie failed in her eighth attempt to make the cut on the PGA Tour, shooting a second-round 80 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open Friday. Wie was 1-over-par 73 Thursday as she attempted to become the first woman since Babe Zaharias to make the cut on the PGA Tour. But a quintuple-bogey 9 Friday helped push her to 9-over 153 at the par-72 Montreux Golf & Country Club.

Eduardo Romero has won the 29th U.S. Senior Open, carding a final round 3-over 73 to become the second Argentine golfer to win the trophy. Romero finished at 6-under 274 for the tournament, beating Fred Funk (75) by four strokes. Funk, who began the day two strokes back, saw his bid to become the fifth straight come-from-behind winner with a triple-bogey on the 13th hole. Mark McNulty (68) took third and Greg Norman (70) finished fourth.

Vijay Singh overcame a shaky putter on the back nine by making a 3 1/2-foot par putt on the 18th hole Sunday to close with a 2-under 68 for a one-shot victory in the Bridgestone Invitational. Singh won his first World Golf Championship and ended an 0-for-34 drought on the PGA Tour that dated to the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2007, his longest stretch without winning in six years. But he had to work harder than he wanted.