First 2014 PGA Championship Roundup Until The Next Roundup

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A few of the first PGA related reads worth checking out, until I sleep, talk about this wacky day on Morning Drive at 8:10 a.m. ET, and have a chance to do a better wrap up WiFi permitting on the way home.

Enjoy...

Dave Kindred on the untidy finish, salvaged by Rory McIlroy.

Todd Lewis on Rory's post-PGA party plans (video), which include no major media appearances in New York, just a few days of fun. What could go wrong for Rory in New York City! Tim Rosaforte also weighs in on Phil Mickelson.

Sam Weinman with a GIF of Rory McIlroy saving the Wannamaker Trophy lid after it slipped off during the hand over from PGA President Ted Bishop.

Bob Harig on the strange situation on 18 that figures to get fleshed out more in the coming days. 

My item on Phil Mickelson lamenting his game, not the weird finish. He was taking the high road.

Jay Coffin on Rickie Fowler actually finding himself disappointed with Sunday's finish after leading at one point.

Rex Hoggard talks to players who were not pleased with the playing conditions Sunday at Valhalla.

SI/golf.com's photo gallery has some stellar shots by Fred Vuich, which also illustrate how dark it go Sunday night.

Dave Shedloski reports on the flak CBS's David Feherty has received for helping Australia's Jason Day find his ball Saturday while battling Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy.

From Shedloski's GolfDigest.com item:

“I got some crap on social media about it, that I shouldn’t have been helping him,” Feherty said, shaking his head. “And then I caught some flak from the Northern Ireland people asking me why I should help Jason against Rory. The reason is because I would help anybody. That’s how we do this in this game. That’s the spirit of it.”  

Jay Coffin reports that Rory McIlroy's iPhone password was stolen...courtesy of a CBS camera and translated by the Twittersphere. 

As CBS went to a commercial during break late in the delay it showed a clip of McIlroy inside the clubhouse. At the very end McIlroy picked up his iPhone and tapped in his passcode. Within mere seconds Twitter was abuzz with the fact you could tell his passcode was 4589, which happens to be his birthday – May 4, 1989. (Note: Europeans record dates differently than Americans and list it by day, month, year.)

McIlroy got word and sent out a tweet: “Passcode changed… Now time to play some golf!"

And Darren Rovell's report on the McIlroy ball from The Open going for a whopping $52,000 at Green Jacket Auctions.

The auction company's co-founder, Ryan Carey, said that the price paid for the ball is the second-highest ever paid for a golf ball, narrowly missing what a collector paid in April 2011 for a vintage Bobby Jones autographed ball ($55,865).

"There was a lot of interest in this ball," Carey said. "We had 22 different bidders from countries across the world, including Ireland, Australia and countries in Asia."

Carey said the buyer wanted to stay anonymous, but did disclose that it was won by an American.
The ball, which has the word "RORS" printed on it, was confirmed to be McIlroy's ball by his sponsor Nike.