LEIGH'S European Tour professional Richard McEvoy talks to Echo sport’s James Colasanti about this week’s final golf major of the year, the US PGA Championship at Oak Hill, and explains how he thinks it will play out.

TIGER Woods is in superb form after winning his fifth tournament of the year in Ohio last week and his confidence will be sky high as he looks to add to his 14 majors here.

After a disappointing Open he has bounced back well with that performance at Bridgestone, and I think that was his eighth win there.

He a player who is an example of horses for courses because he tends to win a lot of tournaments at the same places every year.

So he’ll be in fantastic form. But the pressure will be back on him to win his first major in five years and restart his bid to break Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18 major wins.

I think he will break that record and once he gets another one under his belt I think he’ll pick up a couple more in quick succession over the next few years.

But as good form as Woods as in, it’s unlikely he’ll get an easy ride here off the other big boys like Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott, and I think they’ll be a big battle at the top of the leader board.

Mickelson will be looking to win his second major on the spin and his sixth overall, so he has the game to win it and certainly can’t be discounted.

Of the English boys I think Luke Donald might be the one to watch because he played well last week at Bridgestone.

I have not seen the card yet so I don’t know if they’ve set the course up long or short, but I’m sure Luke will be there or thereabouts.

Justin Rose has gone a bit off the boil since winning the US Open, but he has the quality to bounce back at any time.

And if I had to tip a bit of a dark horse I’d say Jason Day, although I don’t think that would be too much of a surprise.

He’s had some very good results in recent years and acquitted himself well at the Masters and the US Open, so I think he’ll be close to the action and might be a good price for a cheeky bet!

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