Here's some Mediah news to get you geared up for the PGA Championship. 

Mike Scully and Brad Conklin, Medinah's head and assistant pro respectively, had a surprise visitor yesterday. Tiger, on his way to the Buick Open, was in town and got his first look at the renovated No. 3 course at Medinah CC- host to the 88th PGA Championship. Traveling like a diplomat, very few people knew of Tiger's schedule and security was extremely tight throughout the course.

Conklin had the pleasure of taking the loop and got very close to some extreme ball striking. Conklin was amazed at how Woods handled the 605-yard, par-5 14th. ''He hit a drive into the wind and was left with 287 to the pin,'' Conklin said. ''He hit a 4-wood to four feet and made eagle. It was pretty cool, and [Tom]Pernice (also practicing at the course) told him that was the most awesome ball-striking he'd ever seen.''

Woods missed only two fairways, and according to Scully and Conklin, he repeatedly praised the course that was changed drastically by architect Rees Jones since Woods won the 1999 PGA at Medinah.

Scully walked 13 holes with Woods, including the entire back nine. A few weeks back, Scully played a practice round with Masters champion Phil Mickelson.

“Tiger shapes his ball differently than Phil; he hits it a lot higher,” Scully said. “He was very relaxed today, busting my chops.”

Woods shot a 5-under-par 67 in the casual round.

The PGA Championship starts the week of August 14th and will be the first golf tournament in the U.S. to be simulcast online for free, according to Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting. The PGA of America, which stages the PGA Championship, will make 11 hours of the tournament available on its Web site, PGA.com, beginning Aug. 17. The online coverage will include live commentary from broadcasters for Turner Network Television and CBS Corp. The two networks share the tournament's broadcast rights. In addition to the network simulcast, called ``Greenside Live,'' online viewers will also be able to choose from a ``Player Cam,'' which will follow a designated group throughout the day, an ``Inside the Ropes'' feed, which will feature press conferences, course flyovers and player profiles, or a ``PGA Learning Center'' feed, which will feature online instruction from PGA professionals.