Scottie Scheffler, his wife Meredith and their son Bennett coming off No. 18 at Muirfield Village. CBS Welcome back to the Monday Finish, where we’re double-mowing our front yard.
It’s U.S. Open week! Let’s get to the news.
But first: Can you do something that’ll help both me and you? We’ve done a cool thing where this column is now a newsletter ( subscribe for free right here! ) that’ll arrive fresh from the oven into your inbox every Monday. Can you press the link below and make that happen? SUBSCRIBE TO THE MONDAY FINISH NEWSLETTER And now, over to 14. Are we getting major championship tests.
..every week? As Xander Schauffele addressed the media last Tuesday ahead of the Memorial Tournament, he admitted he was bracing himself for exhaustion.
In part he was still worn out from winning (and celebrating) his first major championship. But this is also a part of the schedule where the Tour (and its superintendents) are bringing the heat. And growing the rough.
Think back to Quail Hollow, where Schauffele got outdueled by Rory McIlroy on a challenging setup that featured juicy rough, firm greens and swirling winds. Brutally hard. By week’s end there were just three scores better than six under par.
Then came PGA week, typically one of the toughest on the schedule. But soft conditions and relatively mild rough meant Valhalla actually yielded one of the easier scoring tests of the year. A couple “regular” Tour events followed but those were tough, too, including .
