Whats up mates, and welcome to the Thanksgiving week version of the Rogers Report! I’m going to be doing issues a little bit in a different way right here right this moment. As an alternative of taking you all by means of the most effective golf and golf-ish moments from the final week, I’m looking again on the most effective moments of the golf YEAR.
And talking of golf moments, my coworkers (and extra importantly, friends) and I’ll be speaking ALL about these on GOLF’s revamped “Drop Zone” podcast. Make sure that to test that out wherever you take heed to your podcasts.
Okay, so right here’s how this write-up goes to work. I took a handful of superlatives and awarded one or two golf moments to every from 2024. All of those — the candy, the hilarious and the completely ridiculous— earned a superlative due to their leisure worth. Get pleasure from.
The healthful
There’s one thing particular about golfers and their dads. In all probability as a result of fathers are often those who introduce the sport to their children, and positively as a result of mother and father are the largest cheerleaders. So excuse me for getting teary when Bob MacIntyre earned his first PGA Tour win the identical week he welcomed his father as his caddie. Speak about a dream come true.
So joyful for Bob MacIntyre.
All yr he’d been struggling and desperately lacking house, so he introduced house to him.
Introduced his mother to the PGA for some house cooking. Contended there.
Then had his dad caddie on the Canadian Open — and went forward and received the entire rattling factor.
— Dylan Dethier (@dylan_dethier) June 2, 2024
Again house in Scotland ❤️ Due to my household & mates who’ve supported me from the start and sacrificed a lot. My crew for placing up with me, followers house and overseas and my sponsors for believing in me. To win my first @pgatour occasion alongside my Dad shall be arduous to beat pic.twitter.com/sF4qiNWUpm
— Robert MacIntyre (@robert1lefty) June 5, 2024
Tales like this one make me imagine there really is magic on this sport, and remind me how fortunate I’m to cowl golf for a residing. If I needed to choose a favourite story from this yr (although I strive my very hardest to not choose favorites right here on the Rogers Report), it could be this one.
The ridiculous
Bryson DeChambeau (A.Okay.A. the content material king) may have a complete column devoted to him, however I’ve determined to award him only one superlative this yr. These are the foundations! It wasn’t simple to decide on only one second from DeChambeau. I assumed concerning the golf lesson he gave Johnson Wagner on air after successful the U.S. Open, his new sequence the place he hits wedges over his home in an effort to make an ace and, in fact, when he tried out three completely different driver heads on the vary seconds earlier than teeing off within the remaining group on the U.S. Open. However in the long run, one second completely captures Bryson above all others.
After hitting into the bushes, Bryson DeChambeau pulled a Masters course signal out of the bottom and moved it, so his second wouldn’t hit it alongside the thirteenth fairway. Guidelines officers stated no and it was changed. DeChambeau made birdie on thirteenth to go -8 pic.twitter.com/qOkaq49bMz
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) April 12, 2024
The content material king making a innocent ruckus at Augusta Nationwide is as on-brand because it will get for the 2024 U.S. Open champion. He’s in his Crushers gear, he’s displaying off his health club good points by lifting up that large signal, and he appears to be like like completely nothing out of the odd is going on. It’s lovely, and it’s the right DeChambeau second.
“And Bryson stood earlier than the inexperienced jackets: and the inexperienced jackets requested him, saying, Artwork thou the King of Crushers GC?” – Matthew 27:11 pic.twitter.com/1KpKmUd3S0
— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) April 12, 2024
Honorable point out
I’d be remiss to not point out Matt Kuchar’s stunt on the 18th fairway on the Wyndham Championship below this superlative. DeChambeau took the cake right here for apparent causes, together with the truth that his signal carry was innocent. The Kuchar factor was each completely ridiculous and confusingly bizarre, nevertheless it did make for social media gold.
I imply, it’s not day by day you have got a compelled Monday end for somebody in twelfth place.
The funniest
Tyrrell Hatton won’t understand it, however he’s the funniest skilled golfer alive. I say this although I’ve had only a few interactions with the man. His mood on the golf course turns heads within the improper means at occasions, however a few of his moments are straight-up hilarious. Exhibit A: when he was enjoying so poorly on the Open Championship in July that he determined to hold his personal bag.
Why did Tyrrell Hatton carry his personal bag down the twelfth fairway at The Open?
“After that tee shot on 11, that is what I deserve,” he advised on-course reporter Curt Byrum. pic.twitter.com/CR6feBMric
— Josh Berhow (@Josh_Berhow) July 19, 2024
That is one thing you would possibly anticipate to see at your native membership championship. However a serious? Unprecedented! Hatton merely doesn’t care, and that’s what makes him so humorous.
The runner-up award right here additionally goes to Hatton, who left himself a relatable reminder on his golf glove just a few weeks in the past.
The sweetest
There’s in the future per yr on the golf calendar that’s utterly excellent in each means: Wednesday on the Masters. The observe rounds are winding down and the preparation is completed. It’s the eve of main season and you may really feel the joy within the early spring air.
And, most significantly, it’s the Masters Par-3 Contest.
As unimaginable as Masters event days are, Wednesday will all the time be my favourite day at Augusta Nationwide. There’s nothing like gamers stress-free with their households for some Par-3 Contest enjoyable, and it’s by far the sweetest day of the yr.
I’m not likely positive how all skilled golfers have such well-behaved children, as a result of my siblings and I’d most likely have been bickering on dwell tv if we have been within the highlight. There can be at the very least one meltdown per gap, and somebody most likely would have stormed off in anger. However not the youngsters {of professional} golfers. They carry their A-game to this contest yearly.
I can’t in good religion award the sweetest second to 1 golf household right here, so I’m declaring that the entire day wins. Maya Fowler, Sammy Spieth, Iris Lowry, Frankie Fleetwood and Dakota Watson: Congratulations! You melted the chilly hearts of overworked adults in all places for a short second in April.
JT and Jordan this! Cantlay and Schauffele that!
Let’s discuss the actual finest friendship in golf: Iris Lowry and Frankie Fleetwood pic.twitter.com/xlkFpBSxRJ
— claire rogers (@kclairerogers) April 10, 2024
I’m already trying ahead to the sweetest golf day of 2025.
The random off-course second
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry had the most effective random off-course second of 2024 after they (I’m utilizing the time period “they” loosely right here, as a result of McIlroy did 95 p.c of the efficiency) joined forces and sang “Don’t Cease Believin’” after their win on the Zurich Basic.
This was, arms down, essentially the most random and sudden golf second of the yr for me. Nothing prepares you to open Twitter anticipating to see a buttoned-up post-round press convention, and as a substitute discover skilled golfers doing … effectively, this.
This jogs my memory that I really want to get the backstory right here. How on earth was McIlroy satisfied to do that? Why was there a karaoke celebration occurring on the Zurich Basic? Can this please occur at extra occasions? Ought to different sports activities start to include a karaoke session into their award ceremony?
The private
I needed to mirror on a few of my favourite golf moments from 2024, and two instantly got here to thoughts. First was the Solheim Cup. The entire week was not like some other golf expertise I’ve had. It was intense. It was so enjoyable. And most significantly, it was stuffed with golf followers of all ages. My favourite second of the week was watching Nelly Korda and Charley Hull arrive on the primary tee to kick off Sunday Singles matches. The vitality was insane as two of the most well-liked golfers on the planet made their option to the tee. I keep in mind being so excited for that match. I’d relive today in a heartbeat!
My different favourite reminiscence from the 2024 golf season was the day I spent on the Masters with my dad and my sister Ellen. We had such a blast, and golf has performed such an enormous function in our relationship that it felt like a full-circle second on the most particular course on the earth.
The yr isn’t over but, and I’m absolutely anticipating a handful of memorable moments on the Grant Thornton Invitational and the PNC Championship. As all the time, I’ll be sure to allow you to all learn about them right here.
