Caught up with former FGL manager Tim at O’Bannon Golf Club. Also played Bent Tree this week with The Legend. And then Thursday at Rising Star Casino. In each outing, it was about 1,000 degrees!
First trip EVER to Studio 35 Tuesday night with Ashley. What a neat classic place. I can really see Doug there sitting at the bar and then catching a movie. A fun time.
Adam Schenk has been released from Team Jaustin this lovely Wednesday afternoon. According to Julian, “I never met the kid. I can’t believe we’re even related.” And so Adam is gone. Quickly flying into Connecticut in time for the Traveler’s for Team Jaustin is Christian Bezuidenhout. And I have no idea what I”m going to do with that name yet.
Picnic with the Pops. Lead singer from Chicago and also Rascal Flats with the drummer from Tom Petty. Lots of Chicago songs on a glorious night. Followed by ice cream Sunday!
Happy Father’s Day Austin. Your team certainly celebrated you. 1st place from DeChambeau and 2nd from Rory and then a bunch of other top 10’s from Finau and Matsuyama. 50 points. That’s crazy. And now, the FGL lead.
Kevin had a great weekend too picking up far too many points. 2nd place for you.
Monica and Paul - Scottie did (somehow) make the cut. But a grand total of only 2 points for the tournament. That kind of hurts. Al and I had a similar fate.
Doug - great news. All six of your guys made the cut! But none finished in the top 20. 12 points.
Dave - Rahm withdrew before the tournament leaving you only 3 guys. Bottom line - negative 2 points for you. Amazing!
Mark Calcavecchia - Pinehurst is such a cool area with great courses. #2 ain’t one of them. Most overrated course in the world. OUCH Mark! Though I must admit I would not enjoy playing that course either.
Max Homa - The moment I wake up on a Saturday morning after missing the cut I root for the course to become impossible so I can laugh at all the stupid players who whooped my ass.
Tyrell Hatton - With this course being harder, a lot of the guys are sort of losing their head. They can experience what it’s like in my head every week!
The Travelers. And for those guys that made the cut at the Memorial and US Open and are now pretty much forced to play again, a few might be okay missing the cut and taking a break!
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, Justin Thomas, Corey Conners, Akshay Bhatia,
Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama, Bezuidenhout
Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Byeong Hun An
Doug Wyndham Hotel Clark, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Brillo Pad, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley
Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon
The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie Fowler, Harris English
Mrs. Commissioner and I set out for the Schottenstein Center Thursday night. First time I saw Earth, Wind and Fire. They were good! Loved the brass section. And I knew more songs than I would have expected. That was all a warm-up for Lionel Richie. As Lionel told us, most of his body is now new which he hopes will allow him to make it around this planet a few times. He was such a classic performer.
We followed that with an outstanding evening with Manager Doug and Maxine at Shadowbox for their David Bowie / Prince show. What a pair of weird, unique and talented people. And I don’t just mean Doug and Maxine!
Great Scott! Poor Adam used every trick he could to get into the US Open. Sadly, his manager fears he’s out of gas. Great Scott is gone. Stepping in for Manager Jim will be that jovial Scotsman (or Irishman - whatever) - Shane Lowry.
I thought this week would shake up the standings. As usual, I was totally wrong. Nothing changed. The team of Paul & Monica won the Memorial tournament with 24 points. But team Jaustin stayed right behind with 22 points. Kevin picked up 18 points as those three franchises are clearly far ahead of the rest of the FGL.
B.T.O. - zero points at a Major. Crazy strategy you have!
Interesting that the points for the week closely mirror everyone’s place on the FGL leaderboard.
US Open coming up next. At Pinehurst where 25 years ago Payne Stewart won. Easy to forget about Payne; the original Fancy Pants. Dave had him that year.
Also 25 years ago this month, Big J and won the coveted Brewseum Cup over that pestering relentless team of Doug and Al.
Coverage for the US Open will mostly be on NBC with USA doing some early coverage. And just to add a twist, Peacock does a little Thursday and Friday coverage.
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge
Kevin Xander Schauffele, Milton Bradley, Tyrrell Hatton, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Conners, Akshay Bhatia
Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama, Bryson DeChambeau
Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Brooks Koepka, Byeong Hun An
Doug Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Grillo, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley, Great Scott!, Shane Lowry
Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon
The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
B.T.O. Jon Rahm, Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie Fowler, Harris English
A beautiful Sunday afternoon with Tim and his son Cody as well as the legend Big J.
I was out at the tournament today (Wednesday) for a practice round and Pro/Am. Saw some kid run out to get Tom Kim’s autograph. And he probably had no idea who Tom was!
Biggest crowds weren’t around the pros but the amateurs. Peyton Manning had a huge following. But also did Amanda Balionis of Golf Channel and Michelle Wie.
Took a moment to check in with Wynhdam Hotel practicing his putting. Sorry Doug - but he did not look comforatable.
Caught up with Justin Thomas. I thanked him for coming to the Memorial tournament and started to ask him a few questions. He told me he was not taking any FGL questions and quickly left the tournament grounds.
And special thanks to Woody for the 18th green Pavailion pass. They made a damn good hot dog!
Jaustin and Kevin continue to battle for that second place spot. And both are only a few points behind PAK-Mon. That could all easily change with just a few days in Dublin.
Your Commissioner will be at the Memorial on Wednesday. If there are any players you would like harassed, please just let me know.
In the early years of the FGL, we tried a rule that allowed a PGA player to be on two FGL teams at the same time. It did not go over well. Sometimes you swing and strike out. The Protected Player Provision was two years in discussion before it was rolled out this past February. Initial reaction has not been favorable. Jordan Spieth, Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy were the only players protected. This rule may only last one year before it’s tossed in the trash.
Great field heading to Dublin to visit with Jack and the FGL
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Will Zalatoris, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Kevin Breakfast Souflle, Milton Bradley, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Conners, Akshay Bhatia
Jaustin Rory, Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk, Hideki Matsuyama
Commish Ludvig Aberg, Cameron Young, Sungjae Im, Cam Davis, Byeong Hun An
Doug Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala, Emiliano Brillo Pad, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jim Patrick Cantlay, Brian Harman, Fleetwood Mac, Don Henley
Big J Matt Fitzpatrick, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Jason Day, Matthieu Pavon
The Doctor Max Homa, George Burns, Sepp Straka, Kurt Kitayama, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English
If you’ve heard of the infamous Put-in-Bay trip that we’ve waited decades for Al to organize, this was kind of like that. The main difference was that we were on the Canadian side of the Lake. And we spent the weekend with Team Brelley! A great weekend. But all these trips, I think I need a vacation from my vacations.
Thanks to Delta Dental for inviting me to a golf outing in Louisville this week. Beautiful day!
Your Commissioner had a great birthday weekend with a dinner at Texas Roadhouse, lots of tennis (tho I forgot it required running) Graeter’s ice cream and a surprise dinner with Manager Doug/Maxine and Monica at Yogi’s (along with a cake from the ladies there)
I had a great road trip to Gaylord Michigan thanks to Big J pulling it all together. Six golf courses, so many bad shots and amazing scenery. Joining Big J and myself were my brother Tom, Woody from Delta and his friend Darren.
We almost lost Big J on our second day. This is the scene and it was the wet railroad tie that nearly did him in. The big man went down and went down hard, blooding his face, breaking his glasses and basically just making a mess of himself. Thankfully he was able to pull it all together after a few holes.
We played 108 holes in just 72 hours. On the 107th hole, your Commissioner scored an Eagle on a par 5. My only moment of glory!
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon No one
Commish Cameron Young
Doug Tom Kim, Sahith Theegala
Jaustin Rory
Jim Tommy Fleetwood Mac, Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman
Big J No one
The Doctor George Burns
Kevin Jimmy Conners, Akshay Bhatia
B.T.O. Sam Ryder Truck, Kevin Streelman
Breakfast Souffle finally did it. He shot a 65 to keep ahead of DeChambeau and win by one stroke. (Sorry Jaustin) Kevin moves into 3rd place on your FGL leaderboard and wins the Major Sidebet pool.
Team Jaustin also had a good week and sneaks closer to that coveted first place spot.
Doug ….. -2 for the week? That’s terrible. But then again, I scored 0 points. Not a good tournament for a few of us.
Jim and Doctor are now tied for 7th place - for whatever that’s worth.
Manager Golfers expected to play
PAK-Mon Scottie, Captain Kirk, Tom Hoge, Andrew Putnam
Commish Sungjae Im , Cam Davis
Doug Tom Kim, Emiliano Grillo Pad, J.T. Poston, Denny’s McCarthy
Jaustin Tony Finau, Si Woo Kim, Adam Schenk
Jim Adam Scott, Dustin Hoffman
Big J Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa
The Doctor Max Homa, Sepp Straka, Lucas Glover, Pete Rose
Kevin Milton Bradley
B.T.O. Viktor Hovland, lil Rickie, Harris English, Sam Ryder, Kevin Streelman
Scottie gets his stretches done in a Louisville jail; arrives to the course about an hour before tee time and then shoots one of the best rounds of the day with a 66. How is that possible? A possible omen on how the rest of this season is going to go for Team PAK-Mon? On the other extreme, if the barometric pressure is slightly off, The Doctor may not make his round of golf. Crazy stuff.
