New week, same winners.
That’s the vibe in professional golf right now.
A week after Scottie Scheffler entered the Masters as the world No.
Two lowkey, unassuming Americans in their 20s reign over pro golf at present.
They’re both on historic runs at the exact same time.
Korda entered the week +550, not dissimilar from Scheffler’s odds to win the Masters.
On the women’s side, the next closest to Nelly were four players at +2500.
The Caitlin Clark effect.
To come into a week shouldering that throw in of burden and still deliverthat’s what greats do.
But it wasn’t without stress.
That’s when play slowed to a haltrounds took over 6 hoursand her ball striking went awry.
She had aimed a good 10 yards further left but hit a block at the worst time.
Instead, it pitched right next to the flag and she escaped with a stomachable bogey.
Next came an up-and-down from left of the 16th green which she converted with a nervy five-footer for par.
Its everything that Ive always wanted as a little girl, to lift that major trophy, Korda said.
1, American, with a picture-perfect swing, and easygoing nature and crossover appeal.
It’s not a fair expectation, Korda’s not a self-promoter by nature.
She’s said many times that she prefers to stay in her own little bubble.
She keeps her circle tight.
“It’s a stage,” she said Sunday.
“We need a stage.
Hopefully we havea bunch of people came out this week.
The crowds were amazing.
That’s just what we need.
We also need the support from not just the crowds but the television networks.”
Her and Scheffler are similar in that way.
They prefer to let their golf do the entertaining.
Which brings us to Scottie.
Why Scheffler’s latest win might be his scariest of all
Winning the Masters is a highly emotional experience.
For mere mortals, at least.
Scheffler went home right after finishing the post-win obligations.
He arrived home after midnight on Monday morning.
He played just nine holes on Wednesday and that was it as far as preparation goes.
And keep in mind this was an elevated event with the PGA Tour’s best players in it.
He got off to a meh start on Thursday with a two-under 69.
Plenty of guys take a full week to celebrate a major championship victory.
Winning golf tournaments just isn’t that difficult for him right now.
It’s not that taxing.
So why not play the week after winning The Masters, and why not win?
It’s such a special place to be mentally.
“It was part of our plan this week to come here and play,” Scheffler said Monday.
“I was able to go home for a couple days and celebrate.
I didn’t really put much thought into it.
I had committed to playing the tournament.
That’s really all it was.
There really wasn’t too much thought on that.
I committed to playing here, it was part of the plan, so we stuck to the plan.
I came here with a purpose.
It’s also very rare for golf fans to have a collective hypothetical actually answered.
It never actually happens.
it’s gone pretty damn well: WIN, WIN, T2, WIN, WIN.
2 Rory McIlroy is larger than McIlroy’s lead over No.
The gap is widening, not narrowing.
Who’s the second-best player in the world right now?
Is it Ludvig Aberg, who followed up his solo second at Augusta with a T10 at the Heritage.
Whoever it is, they’re not even close to Scottie Scheffler.
He won the Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass at 14, youngest ever.
He became the youngest male ever to win the AJGA Player of the Year award.
Yes, Russell’s opening-round 68 in Florida was the furthest thing from a fluke.
He followed it up with a five-under 66 that saw him make the cut easily.
He closed with 66 to finish T20 and earn a spot in next week’s Veritex Bank Championship.
As this video with Grant Horvat showed, the lefty is 15 going on 25.
“You’re always nervous,” he said.
But it was good.
Only he’s not one of those 15 year olds who looks like he’s 25.
He’s got three years to make that decision because, again, he’s 15 years old.
And just finished T20 on the Korn Ferry Tour.
That’s the real deal.
Western medicine told him there was nothing he could do.
It’s his best finish on Tour in seven years.
People will chug beers out of shoes.
It’s LIV’s version of the WM Phoenix Open.
This one surprised me: Gordon Sargent, the Vanderbilt junior and world No.
He still gets PGA Tour status whenever he turns pro.
It’s also team golf on the PGA Tour this week with the Zurich Classic.
Two-man teams play two rounds of best ball and two rounds of alternate shot.
Until next week,
Dan
