🏌️ Scottie Scheffler won his sixth PGA Tour event of the year in a Ryder Cup warmup at the Procore Championship. How about a Sunday singles match between Scheffler and Rory McIlroy? All the captains have to do is put their best player out first on the final day. Right?
🏌️ Alex Noren, who is a Europe vice-captain, won the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW Championship. Obviously, he beat all the other Ryder Cup players in the field. If captain Luke Donald had made his picks last week, instead of three weeks ago, would Noren have had a chance?
🏌️ Which U.S. Ryder Cup rookie will surprise the most: J.J. Spaun or Ben Griffin?
🏌️ For the Ryder Cup coverage, NBC will allow its announcers — Paul McGinley and Nick Faldo for Europe; Brad Faxon and Notah Begay for the U.S. — to throw off the cloak of impartiality in favor of cheering in the booth for their respective teams. Good TV or partisan hackery?
🏌️ Lanto Griffin, who is fighting for his PGA Tour job, finished third at the Procore Championship, for the moment putting him in the top 100 to keep his card. But in an emotional interview, he said the quiet part out loud. “Kind of wish Scottie wasn’t here,” he said. Kidding? Only a little?
🏌️ Jackson Koivun, who plays for Auburn University, has three straight top-10 finishes on the PGA Tour, the first time that has happened for an amateur since 1956. He has an automatic place on the Tour but he’s opted to stay in college this year. Wonder who helped him make that decision?
🏌️ Charley Hull won the Kroger Queen City Championship for her third LPGA Tour title. And she was invited to the British royalty’s state dinner on Wednesday, where she met President Donald Trump. Is Hull the boost that women’s golf needs right now?
🏌️ Stacy Lewis announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour before teeing it up for the last time at the Walmart NW Arkansas Classic. She overcame scoliosis to win 13 times, including two majors. Was there any modern LPGA Tour player tougher than her?
🏌️ Seven of the eight quarterfinalists at the U.S. Mid-Amateur were former pros who regained their amateur status, including winner Brandon Holtz. Should the USGA just rename this event the "U.S. Reinstated Amateur"?
