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The Starter: Let the armchair quarterbacking begin

Being second-guessed goes with being a Ryder Cup captain; Tommy Fleetwood wins FedEx Cup, but what does Scottie Scheffler get?; Mike McCoy makes USGA history.

🏌️ So, U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley decided against picking himself for the team, ending months of speculation. Right decision or worth second-guessing? Or was it damned if you do, damned if you don’t?

🏌️ Did Bradley get the six picks right? Didn’t it turn out the choices were pretty obvious?

🏌️ Think Maverick McNealy really believed he deserved a captain’s pick? Bradley told McNealy to get mad about it to motivate him to make the 2027 team. Is that any consolation?

The Tour Championship 2025
Not only did Tommy Fleetwood win the season-ending Tour Championship for his first career victory, but he also won the FedEx Cup.

🏌️ Tommy Fleetwood finally won his first PGA Tour event by taking the Tour Championship and winning the whole FedEx Cup in the bargain. Justice or travesty?

🏌️ Scottie Scheffler was clearly the best PGA Tour player all year, leading the FedEx Cup points — double the amount of No. 2 Rory McIlroy — finished T4 in the Tour Championship and still lost the FedEx Cup. Does this seem right to you?

🏌️ The Masters will no longer invite winners of the PGA Tour’s FedEx Fall Series, opting instead to invite winners of the Scottish, Spanish, Japan, Hong Kong, Australian and South African Opens. Does this seem right to you?

🏌️ Mike McCoy pulled off the rare USGA double by winning the U.S. Senior Amateur this week. He won the U.S. Mid-Amateur in 2013, becoming the first player to win both. Dream come true?

🏌️ Mike Sposa, who played in 174 PGA Tour events and earned $1.9 million in his career, reached the semifinals of the U.S. Senior Amateur. Sposa’s amateur status was reinstated just in time for him to compete in the tournament. Would someone please explain how he can possibly be an amateur again?

🏌️ It’s almost Labor Day. Where did the summer go? Or is this the best time of the year to play golf?


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