Scottie Scheffler will get sassy, the Theegalas have fun.
Sahith Theegala, PGA Tour, Getty Pictures
Howdy, buddies, 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 trying 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 staff occasions, the Presidents Cup groups had 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 staff. Fortunately, Instagram now permits you to share greater than 10 images in a single submit, or else we might have missed Scott’s unbelievable stroll down reminiscence lane.
His hair in 2009 and 2011 actually was one thing. Then again, this would be the first Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup with out Jordan Spieth or Justin Thomas since 2012, after they had been simply 19 years previous. I’ll miss watching them tee it up in Montreal, however I’ll actually miss Jordan Spieth singing the track 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 previous days!
OK, on to the final week in golf.
The Theegalas’ large week
Sahith Theegala obtained lots 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 after 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 displaying out in full help for his or her man. Issues had been no totally different final week, when Sahith’s fan membership confirmed up in customized T-shirts with a banner in hand to have fun his a centesimal begin on the PGA Tour.
Not that 100 begins is a “little factor,” nevertheless it’s so endearing to see the Theegalas have fun the entire milestones that include being a PGA Tour participant, not simply wins. They’re all so supportive. I really feel like Crew 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 price celebrating!
What made Theegala’s a centesimal begin even sweeter was the truth that his brother, Sahan, missed his first day of courses at Seton Corridor to observe his large brother tee it up.
I’m certain his professors understood.
The large household week continued into the weekend for the Theegalas when Murli turned 60. You realize you’re a giant deal once you get a birthday shoutout from the PGA Tour. In response to my observations, these are often restricted to main winners.
Sahith Theegala
There’s nothing higher than some enjoyable decorations and a cake, apart from perhaps a Louis Vuitton (I’m ashamed to confess that I needed to lookup the spelling of that) pockets. Fortunately, Murli obtained each.
Shout out to Theegala’s girlfriend, Juju Chan, for all the time offering a behind-the-scenes have a look at Tour life on TikTok!
Sassy Scottie Scheffler
Subsequent up, we have now Scottie Scheffler’s sass, however earlier than I get into that, I’ll take just a few moments to focus on 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 most likely wouldn’t have cried.
Fortunately he recovered shortly and was in a position to create the cutest picture in PGA Tour historical past shortly after.
Bennett Scheffler noticed (or at the very least was current when) his dad gained the Memorial, Vacationers, an Olympic gold medal and the Tour Championship. He’s already obtained three pages of images of himself on Getty Pictures, 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 have now made our technique 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.
Truthful sufficient, Scheffler! His reply jogged my memory of the 2016 NCAA match when Baylor senior Taurean Prince gave an equally literal reply to how Yale out-rebounded his staff.
Unbelievable stuff. The perfect conferences are those the place you get surprising solutions.
One final observe on Scheffler: I noticed this Tweet that stated he solely wore pants as a junior golfer as a result of he all the time wished to be a professional.
I’ve seen related tales about different skilled golfers, together with Patrick Reed. That is positively an excellent enjoyable reality if every little thing works out, however I urge the entire junior golfers on the market to only put on the shorts. The percentages of you getting warmth stroke in the course of the summer season in Florida since you wore khakis are better than the chances of you turning into knowledgeable golfer. Additionally, LIV permits shorts, so even in the event you do change into a professional, you would possibly have the ability to put on shorts anyway.
My favourite stats
Scoring common this! Stokes gained that! We hear quite a bit a few handful of stats on the PGA Tour broadcast each week, however CBS’ Rick Gehman put collectively a particularly detailed checklist of 79 professionals who led the PGA Tour in at the very least one stat class this season.
This simply goes to point out how deep the expertise runs on Tour. It’s like the alternative of the participation trophy youngsters get at little league.
The professionals attend the Curtis Cup
Justin Rose and Charley Hull made their technique to Sunningdale Golf Membership final week to meet up with the Curtis Cup groups, meet followers and watch some golf.
Charley Hull
I consider that is the place the youngsters would say one thing like, “Sport respects recreation.” It’s so enjoyable to observe skilled golfers attend different sporting occasions — whether or not it’s a wholly totally different sport or one other golf match. I’m hoping to see some acquainted faces outdoors 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 focus on one of the best factor I noticed (aside from lots of insanely good golf pictures): 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 be taught the basics of the golf swing whereas taking a break from watching the professionals. The lesson station was arrange manner down on the suitable of the vary — the identical vary that one of the best gamers on this planet had 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.
