Fred couple’s touching gestures and how to fight in golf

welcome! Where are you asking? I called this on weekend 9. Think of it as a place to heat you on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will have ideas. We will have tips. We will have tweets. But overall, although sometimes more, sometimes even less. As for who I am? The following paragraph tells some stories. I can get in touch nick.piastowski@golf.com.

I promise this won’t preach. or syrup.

After all, this is first a Tee Shot, blowing a 50-foot tree out for about 100 yards, then dropping it at about 4 o’clock angle, and then about 50 yards to our right before we finish 10 feet below the hole we just finished. The only chance that is higher than this is the degree of absurdity. Matt heard about it. It is his golf playing that is more like a billiard ball.

nice one. This is my annual golf tour, I went last week. (I wrote about it here and here if you are interested.) We went to Lake Green, Wisconsin (about 90 minutes from where I grew up), we played Lawsonia double, Mascoutin and Tuscumbia (on the streets of Airbnb are on the streets of Airbnb), we played Golf, Eat, Eat and Eat and Eat and Prowling and YouTube (sometimes all). Advance is Matt and Ethan; they are college friends. And there is another Matt; he is a high school friend. And Todd, I have known each other since elementary school. You have this group. You have this trip.

Isn’t this a “point?”

Remember Scottie Scheffler’s reflections on the Open Championship? For about a month, he wondered why he wanted to win, why he wanted to win after he wondered why things like family were more infinite, and I was still thinking about it all after he wondered what it means.

Then somewhere after the bogey and beer, I remembered the answer. Sometimes it will be lost in the email and will be invited in a meeting. But that’s why we respond to all of these messages. That’s why we’re busy. That’s why we keep getting busy.

The answer is the excitement of climbing, no matter what your climb may be. And the ability to celebrate this in all kinds of weird and wonderful ways.

Just like a golf ball from a tree.

Let’s see if we can find eight items in Weekend 9.

A week’s harvest

2. The story of this week is Juli Inkster. Shooting a 69-under 69 in the first round of the LPGA’s Standard Portland Classic, she advanced after scoring 74 in the second round – which would make her the biggest in LPGA history at 65.

The 31-time LPGA champion and World Golf Hall of Fame member have never been to the LPGA event since 2022, but has competed in Portland events, both competed next week’s U.S. Senior Women’s Open and competed with Inkster Award winner Carolina Chacarra. (The Inkster Award recognized the highest-ranked female college player in the final year of NCAA qualification.) Inkster then dialed in. On Thursday, she mastered four birds. On Friday, she fought for layoffs and formed the last five holes. In both rounds, she was 22 out of 28 fairways and 23 out of 36 greens.

Finally, she fell one step further.

“Yes, it just means I’m passionate about this game,” Inkster said Friday. “I love games. You know, I’m really glad I played this week. A little bit when signing, kind of like, what are you doing? I’m free. I’m there with Hannah Green and Stacey and I’m there with Hannah Green and Stacey [Lewis] And had a great time.

“Just like watching the little kids sway. I mean, it’s really impressive. I think the game is in a very good form and I’m glad to be here.”

3. The second best story of the week? Here is Jimmy Abdo’s drama in this week’s American Amateur Game, and here is a video of Golf’s James Colgan, watching it.

A harvest in the next week

4. Before this week’s BMW Championship, part of the conversation focused on next week’s tournament, with the latest changes to the PGA Tour at the end of the season. The latest format is easy to follow, though – everyone starts on the rankings, and the championship is the champion of the season trophy – but for the moment, we won’t weigh whether it’s the best format.

Because we want to provide this advice:

End the professional golf season with the August PGA championship.

Of course, it’s about all the money and what’s dedicated to the current PGA Tour playoffs, but smart people may be able to figure out this part.

A gain per month

5. Also at BMW, in every game this summer, there are questions about whether Keegan Bradley should be captain of the upcoming Ryder Cup. Here, I like the idea of this week’s Slack channel:

“For two weeks, I believe anyone who thinks he doesn’t challenge himself is stupid.”

This comment follows:

“He wants to join another team for ten years. He probably won’t have another chance. Will he be willing to not play? Be serious.”

I agree. The problem is that Bradley has to challenge himself in the next two weeks to challenge himself.

A harvest in the next few weeks

6. This week’s LIV golf game is the first of two seasons to end and it is expected to determine whether players will “relegate” to the league next season. If they were ranked 48th in the season-long points game, they would be out-going – into the game, familiar names like Henrik Stenson and Ian Poulter are the ones who want to avoid this fate.

LIV tour-style drama is sure to be engaging. But contract negotiations should be even more so. Deals for some of Liv’s biggest stars are reportedly coming to an end next year – Bryson DeChambeau talked about his negotiations at the U.S. Open in June – whether Liv will renew is Liv’s biggest story.

7. In more LIV golf news, Sebastian Munoz shot 59 in his first round on Friday – a double bogey on his fourth hole. After doubles, he hit the final 14 holes with a ridiculous 13 holes below 13.

Weekend instructions

8. I really liked this exchange between the reporter and Robert MacIntyre, whose question is italics:

Questions about golf and Cindy. You used the word “fight”. I heard you used this word quite often over the last three or four years. What does this mean for you, because we are talking about the battle in Shinty, when it could be a physical battle, and fighting on the golf course. What is your definition of being a good fighter when you participate in a very calm sports?

“Yes, I’m not very calm on the golf course,” McIntyre said. “But Shinty is a physical contact sport, fighting isn’t too much physical fight, but it’s like, don’t be half-hearted; don’t walk 50/50 in tackles; that’s when you get hurt. Tackles 100% and hope you win tackles. If not, you win tackles.

“Golf is accurate – that’s how I treat it. Yesterday I hit a bad tee into the water. When it’s a tough test, I’ll find it easier when you know people are slapping. But, it’s just there, get off, think about what you’re doing, and your conversion on the golf ball is more focused. In the towel, but that’s not what I’m going to do.

“For me, it’s just doing my best until it’s done and telling you to stop.”

I find the videos on Twitter interesting

9. The video below is crazy.

3pm to 6pm ET: American Amateur, Golf Channel

6-9 pm ET: Standard Portland Classic Round 3 Golf Channel

10pm Midnight ET: Rogers Charity Classic Round 2, Golf Channel

– Sunday

6:00-11:00 AM Eastern Time: Denmark Golf Championship Finals, Golf Channel

10 a.m. ET: LIV Golf Indianapolis Finals, FS1

3:00 ET: LIV Golf Indianapolis Finals, Fox

2:00 ET: BMW Championship Finals, Golf Channel

2pm to 6pm ET: BMW Championship Finals, NBC

4-7 PM ET: Standard Portland Classic Final, Golf Channel

7 pm-10 pm ET: US Amateur Championship, Golf Channel

ET 11 pm-1: Rogers Charity Classic Final, Golf Channel

A story worth paying attention to

12. Late last month, I went to Olympia, Washington, to tell a story that should be published in the next few weeks. This is deeper. I can’t reveal too much, but I’ll say I’ve asked many times if I’ve ever interviewed prison inmates.

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