🏌️ Jacob Bridgeman, who had a seven-stroke lead at one point in the final round, had to make a 4-footer for par to win the Genesis Invitational by one over Rory McIlroy and Kurt Kitayama. It was his first PGA Tour victory. Is this a one-off or will there be others?
🏌️ Bridgeman and other top players withdrew from the Cognizant Classic, fleeing like it was on fire, with only mid-tier players remaining. Could it be any clearer that we have two PGA Tours — one for the elite and the other for everyone else?
🏌️ Is Jordan Spieth really on his way back this time?
🏌️ Justin Thomas will return to the PGA Tour at the Arnold Palmer Invitational next week after recovering from back surgery. How long will it take for him to find any kind of form?
🏌️ Billy Horschel complained mightily that PGA National, site of the Cognizant, plays easier because course officials oversewed with rye, instead of leaving the Bermuda grass as is. Really? Doesn’t it play the same for everyone?
🏌️ Brooks Koepka’s return to the PGA Tour has been largely underwhelming, even causing him to switch putters from the one with which he won five majors. Could it be that he has other problems than just the putter?
🏌️ Eight LIV Golf members agreed to settle fines and suspensions with the DP World Tour so they could be eligible for the European Ryder Cup team — except Jon Rahm, who refused to pay the fines. Will Rahm eventually come around? Or is he willing to miss the Ryder Cup on principle?
🏌️ Eugenio Chacarra, formerly of LIV Golf’s Fireballs of, has been ripping the league every chance he’s had since leaving in 2024. Chacarra just received a sponsor’s exemption to the PGA Tour Puerto Rico Open. Has anyone bothered to talk to Fireballs captain Sergio Garcia or any of Chacarra’s other teammates about why he wasn’t invited back?
🏌️ Andrea Pavan, scheduled to play in the DP World Tour’s Investec South African Open, fell three floors at his hotel when the elevator doors opened and the car wasn’t there, injuring his back and shoulder. Bet the next time you take an elevator, you’ll look when the doors open, won’t you?
