Scottie Scheffler will get sassy, the Theegalas have a good time.
Sahith Theegala, PGA Tour, Getty Photographs
Hiya, 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 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 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 means that you can share greater than 10 pictures in a single put up, or else we might have missed Scott’s unimaginable stroll down reminiscence lane.
His hair in 2009 and 2011 actually was one thing. Alternatively, this would be the first Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup with out Jordan Spieth or Justin Thomas since 2012, once they had been simply 19 years outdated. 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 The great outdated days!
OK, on to the final week in golf.
The Theegalas’ large week
Sahith Theegala acquired a whole lot 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 at all times appears to be exhibiting out in full assist 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 a good time his one hundredth begin on the PGA Tour.
Not that 100 begins is a “little factor,” but it surely’s so endearing to see the Theegalas have a good time the entire 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 advised them I used to be going to try to parallel-park in Boston. All issues are value celebrating!
What made Theegala’s one hundredth 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 positive his professors understood.
The massive household week continued into the weekend for the Theegalas when Murli turned 60. You understand you’re an enormous deal if you get a birthday shoutout from the PGA Tour. In accordance with my observations, these are normally restricted to main winners.
Sahith Theegala
There’s nothing higher than some enjoyable decorations and a cake, apart from possibly a Louis Vuitton (I’m ashamed to confess that I needed to lookup the spelling of that) pockets. Fortunately, Murli acquired each.
Shout out to Theegala’s girlfriend, Juju Chan, for at all times offering a behind-the-scenes have a look at Tour life on TikTok!
Sassy Scottie Scheffler
Subsequent up, we’ve got Scottie Scheffler’s sass, however earlier than I get into that, I’ll take a couple of moments to spotlight simply how healthful the World No. 1’s household is. Sadly, Bennett might 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 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 acquired three pages of pictures of himself on Getty Photographs, so I simply know the 2024 Scheffler household Christmas card goes to place all the opposite Dallas residents to disgrace come December.
And eventually, we’ve got made our solution 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 inventive and hilarious.
Honest 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. One of the best conferences are those the place you get sudden solutions.
One final notice on Scheffler: I noticed this Tweet that stated he completely wore pants as a junior golfer as a result of he at all times needed 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 all the things works out, however I urge the entire 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 higher than the percentages of you turning into an expert golfer. Additionally, LIV permits shorts, so even if you happen to do turn into a professional, you may be capable to put on shorts anyway.
My favourite stats
Scoring common this! Stokes gained that! We hear rather a lot a few handful of stats on the PGA Tour broadcast each week, however CBS’ Rick Gehman put collectively an especially detailed record 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 children get at little league.
The professionals attend the Curtis Cup
Justin Rose and Charley Hull made their solution 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 sport.” It’s so enjoyable to observe skilled golfers attend different sporting occasions — whether or not it’s a completely 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 International Championship
I spent a day on the FM International Championship final week and needed to spotlight the most effective factor I noticed (aside from a whole lot of insanely good golf photographs): A free lesson zone for anybody and everybody in attendance. I watched a handful of younger children, youngsters and adults head over to the top 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 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 pattern continues at future occasions as effectively.