And the coveted Tommy O Award goes to...................

But before that: a big week for Manager Jim as he picks up 15 points with Horchak, Adam Scott and Don Henley all Top 10!

Paul - congrats! With your draft picks after all of us selected back in February, you locked in a solid win…in the basement.

Monica - I still find it odd that within weeks of finding out he was on your team, Will Zalatoris chose to have season-ending back surgery. Interesting.

Kevin - your boys Morikawa and Finau were on my short list at the Draft. But I couldn’t get them. I certainly did not expect them to struggle this much this past season.

Al came in 3rd place - and that’s with losing -10 points for the season from Kevin Kisner.

B.T.O. won two Major sidebets this season. (Master’s and British) And yet, even with the 1st pick each round in the 2023 Draft, Dave ended up in 5th place. Middle of the pack. Respectable and yet…..

At the US Open, Team Big J lost -2 points as most of his guys missed the cut. Since then, my guys lil Rickie, Tom Kim and JT Poston got hot. The Tommy O Award came down to the final weekend. Actually the final round of the final tournament. As we moved into the weekend, the Scotish Statesmen gathered his team together and proceeded to deliver a most amazing “Win One for the Gipper” speech. I’m told that at the end, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Now that may have been due to allergies; Canadian Wild Fires; we just don’t know. But his three guys (Justin Thomas, Taylor Moore and Tommy Detry) battled against my JT Poston with your Commissioner only having a 3 point lead. The win flipped many times Sunday as all these guys bounced around from top 10 to top 20. Justin Thomas eagled 15 but then bogeyed #16 to finish 12th, one stroke away from a Top 10. Similar endings for Moore and Detry keeping them just out of Top 20. And Poston made a 5 foot putt on #18 to lock down a top 10 - all crucial for your Commissioner. Back to back wins and 3 out of 4 years. And consider, I picked from the 9th draft spot. Shame on you!

2024 PGA season is expected to come out next week. More events that have no cut but more limited fields. Yep - always something. But for now, FGL Headquarters will be shutting down until we get ready to ramp up festivities for the 2024 season - our 26th!

Got to make it out to Chapel Hill Friday. Here is #16 par 3 with Tasmanian J.