Scottie Scheffler will get sassy, the Theegalas rejoice.
Sahith Theegala, PGA Tour, Getty Photos
Whats up, pals, and welcome to this week’s version of the Rogers Report! Whereas I’m bummed that the PGA Tour playoffs have come to an finish, I’m wanting ahead to attending my first Solheim Cup subsequent week at Robert Trent Jones Golf Membership in Virginia. I’ll be heading there with my co-worker and pal, Zephyr Melton, so be on the look out for some enjoyable content material from that.
Talking of group occasions, the Presidents Cup groups have been named on Tuesday, and I’m feeling actually good about each groups.
Some issues to notice: That is Adam Scott’s eleventh look on the Worldwide group. Fortunately, Instagram now lets you share greater than 10 pictures in a single publish, or else we’d have missed Scott’s unimaginable stroll down reminiscence lane.
His hair in 2009 and 2011 actually was one thing. However, this would be the first Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup with out Jordan Spieth or Justin Thomas since 2012, once they have been simply 19 years outdated. I’ll miss watching them tee it up in Montreal, however I’ll actually miss Jordan Spieth singing the tune he made up about Si Woo Kim throughout press conferences.
Take a look at that crew. JT and Spieth, together with Patrick Reed, Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson. The nice outdated days!
OK, on to the final week in golf.
The Theegalas’ large week
Sahith Theegala bought a variety of consideration on the Tour Championship for calling a penalty on himself, however that wasn’t my favourite factor I noticed from the 26-year-old at East Lake.
My love for the Theegala household, particularly Sahith’s father, Murli, started once I watched the primary season of “Full Swing” on Netflix. It’s solely grown since then, particularly as a result of the Theegala crew all the time appears to be exhibiting out in full help for his or her man. Issues have been no completely different final week, when Sahith’s fan membership confirmed up in customized T-shirts with a banner in hand to rejoice his one centesimal begin on the PGA Tour.
Not that 100 begins is a “little factor,” but it surely’s so endearing to see the Theegalas rejoice all the milestones that include being a PGA Tour participant, not simply wins. They’re all so supportive. I really feel like Staff Theegala would present up and cheer for me if I instructed them I used to be going to try to parallel-park in Boston. All issues are value celebrating!
What made Theegala’s one centesimal begin even sweeter was the truth that his brother, Sahan, missed his first day of lessons at Seton Corridor to observe his large brother tee it up.
I’m certain his professors understood.
The massive household week continued into the weekend for the Theegalas when Murli turned 60. You realize you’re a giant deal while you get a birthday shoutout from the PGA Tour. In keeping with my observations, these are normally restricted to main winners.
Sahith Theegala
There’s nothing higher than some enjoyable decorations and a cake, aside from perhaps a Louis Vuitton (I’m ashamed to confess that I needed to lookup the spelling of that) pockets. Fortunately, Murli bought each.
Shout out to Theegala’s girlfriend, Juju Chan, for all the time offering a behind-the-scenes take a look at Tour life on TikTok!
Sassy Scottie Scheffler
Subsequent up, we now have Scottie Scheffler’s sass, however earlier than I get into that, I’ll take just a few moments to spotlight simply how healthful the World No. 1’s household is. Sadly, Bennett could not have gotten the memo that his dad earned $25 million simply moments earlier than their embrace at East Lake; in any other case he in all probability wouldn’t have cried.
Fortunately he recovered rapidly and was capable of create the cutest picture in PGA Tour historical past shortly after.
Bennett Scheffler noticed (or at the least was current when) his dad received the Memorial, Vacationers, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship. He’s already bought three pages of pictures of himself on Getty Photos, so I simply know the 2024 Scheffler household Christmas card goes to place all the opposite Dallas residents to disgrace come December.
And at last, we now have made our approach to Scheffler’s press convention, the place he gave a hilarious reply to a query concerning the shank he hit from the bunker on Sunday at East Lake. He answered very actually, which was each artistic and hilarious.
Honest sufficient, Scheffler! His reply jogged my memory of the 2016 NCAA event when Baylor senior Taurean Prince gave an equally literal reply to how Yale out-rebounded his group.
Unimaginable stuff. The perfect conferences are those the place you get sudden solutions.
One final notice on Scheffler: I noticed this Tweet that mentioned he completely wore pants as a junior golfer as a result of he all the time wished to be a professional.
I’ve seen comparable tales about different skilled golfers, together with Patrick Reed. That is undoubtedly an excellent enjoyable reality if every little thing works out, however I urge all the junior golfers on the market to simply put on the shorts. The chances of you getting warmth stroke throughout the summer time in Florida since you wore khakis are better than the percentages of you changing into an expert golfer. Additionally, LIV permits shorts, so even for those who do turn into a professional, you may have the ability to put on shorts anyway.
My favourite stats
Scoring common this! Stokes gained that! We hear loads a few handful of stats on the PGA Tour broadcast each week, however CBS’ Rick Gehman put collectively an especially detailed record of 79 execs who led the PGA Tour in at the least one stat class this season.
This simply goes to indicate how deep the expertise runs on Tour. It’s like the other of the participation trophy youngsters get at little league.
The professionals attend the Curtis Cup
Justin Rose and Charley Hull made their approach to Sunningdale Golf Membership final week to meet up with the Curtis Cup groups, meet followers and watch some golf.
Charley Hull
I imagine that is the place the children would say one thing like, “Recreation respects recreation.” It’s so enjoyable to observe skilled golfers attend different sporting occasions — whether or not it’s a wholly completely different sport or one other golf event. I’m hoping to see some acquainted faces exterior the ropes on the Solheim Cup subsequent week.
FM World Championship
I spent a day on the FM World Championship final week and wished to spotlight the most effective factor I noticed (apart from a variety of insanely good golf photographs): A free lesson zone for anybody and everybody in attendance. I watched a handful of younger youngsters, youngsters and adults head over to the tip of the vary at TPC Boston and study the basics of the golf swing whereas taking a break from watching the professionals. The lesson station was arrange manner down on the fitting of the vary — the identical vary that the most effective gamers on the earth have been utilizing to heat up. How neat is that?
I attended a handful {of professional} golf tournaments as a child, however I by no means skilled something like this. I hope this development continues at future occasions as properly.
