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Brendan Sorsby Tried to Use the NFL as an Escape Hatch. Roger Goodell Said No.

Brendan Sorsby Tried to Use the NFL as an Escape Hatch. Roger Goodell Said No. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. This is the latest chapter in the Brendan Sorsby saga — and it may be the most important one yet. For those catching up — Brendan Sorsby is a college quarterback who started at Indiana, transferred to Cincinnati, and then had his entire world unravel when the full scope of his gambling problem became public. We are not talking about a few casual bets. We are talking about thousands of bets placed on his own team, on teammates, on other sports, using intermediaries to avoid detection, potentially violating state criminal law. A sustained, systematic pattern of behavior that broke every rule in place to protect the integrity of athletic competition. The NCAA banned him. A judge in Lubbock, Texas — home of Texas Tech — granted him an injunction to play anyway. The NCAA appealed. The injunction was overturned. Sorsby then tried a different escape route — the NFL supplemental draft. Enter the league, get drafted, collect a paycheck, and sidestep the consequences of everything that happened in college. Roger Goodell and the NFL just said no. The league announced it will not hold a supplemental draft this summer. A letter was sent to Sorsby and all 32 teams. Brendan Sorsby's only path to the NFL is now the 2027 Annual Draft — and even that is far from guaranteed given everything the league knows about what he did. Why the NFL Was Right The NFL's position on gambling is about as clear as anything in professional sports. The rules have been explicit since the league became formally intertwined with legal sports betting after the Supreme Court opened that door. Bet on any NFL game — minimum one year suspension. Bet on your own team — minimum two years. Share inside information — minimum one year. Use someone else to place a bet — minimum one year. Fix a game — lifetime ban. Now look at what Sorsby did. Thousands of bets. On his own team. Using intermediaries to place them. At three different universities. The NFL looked at that record and made a simple determination — this is not someone who gets to use our league as an escape hatch from the consequences of his actions. The line between the NFL's business relationships with sports books and casinos and its players actually gambling is not a gray area. It is one of the clearest lines in professional sports. And the NFL has been consistent about enforcing it. The league's association with legal sports gambling actually makes it smarter about detecting unusual betting patterns — that is one of the arguments for having it, as Trey explains. When a match gets fixed or something irregular happens, the betting data shows it. The NFL is not going to let someone with Sorsby's record walk through the front door and compromise that integrity infrastructure. Jeffrey Kessler Is Wrong on Both Counts Sorsby's attorney Jeffrey Kessler went to ESPN immediately after the announcement and declared that the NFL's decision is — quote — a violation of the CBA and the law. He is wrong on both counts. Let Trey explain why. First — Brendan Sorsby is not an NFL player. He is not a member of the NFL Players Association. The CBA governs the relationship between the NFL and its players. Sorsby has no standing under the CBA because he has no relationship with the league as a player. You cannot invoke a collective bargaining agreement that does not apply to you. Second — the CBA gives the NFL complete and total autonomy over whether to hold a supplemental draft in any given year. It is entirely the league's discretion. It is not mandatory. It is not guaranteed. The league has not held a supplemental draft since 2019. They were not planning to hold one this year before Sorsby filed his petition three business days before the deadline, without supporting documentation, and only after abandoning his litigation against the NCAA. The NFL's letter makes all of this explicit. So Jeffrey Kessler's argument is that the NFL violated a CBA that does not apply to his client by exercising a discretion that the CBA explicitly grants them. That is not a legal argument. That is a press release. And then comes the part that makes this argument even more confusing — if your goal is to get your client drafted by the NFL, threatening to sue the NFL is a spectacularly counterproductive opening move. Even if Kessler somehow found legal footing — which he will not — all the NFL has to do is not draft him. Proving that amounts to collusion would be nearly impossible. The NFL does not need to give anyone a reason for not selecting them in a draft. The Deflate Gate Precedent Trey makes the legal argument with the clearest possible parallel — Deflate Gate. Whether or not Tom Brady and the Patriots actually deflated those footballs — and Trey believes they did, given that the equipment manager's nickname was literally The Deflator — does not matter for the legal question. The Patriots and Brady mounted a legitimate scientific argument about PSI changes due to weather conditions. It was a real argument. And it did not matter. The reason Brady served his four-game suspension had nothing to do with whether balls were actually deflated. It had everything to do with a single clause in the CBA — the one that grants Roger Goodell the authority to adjudicate matters of competitive integrity. Brady and the NFLPA had agreed to that clause. The court upheld it. The suspension stood. The Sorsby situation is legally identical. The CBA grants the NFL complete discretion over the supplemental draft. There is no appeal. There is no workaround. There is no legal theory that overrides it. Commissioner Bigfoot put his foot down and the law is on his side. What Comes Next Sorsby now needs to find somewhere to play football to keep his skills sharp and his professional prospects alive. The CFL is a possibility. There may be other options. But the NFL in 2026 is not one of them. The 2027 NFL Draft is theoretically available to him — but the league will be watching everything between now and then. His gambling history, his pattern of attempting to avoid consequences through litigation rather than accountability, and his attorney's opening move of threatening to sue the league he wants to play in — none of that is going to make the conversation any easier when 2027 arrives. Trey makes something clear that is worth repeating. He is not rooting against Brendan Sorsby as a person. He genuinely hopes Sorsby gets the help he needs and addresses the gambling problem that has derailed his career. If he does the work, demonstrates real accountability, and earns his way into the NFL through the proper process — fine. But the idea that he can circumvent consequences by jumping from one venue to the next, finding the most favorable judge available, and threatening to sue anyone who tries to enforce a rule — that approach was always going to hit a wall eventually. Roger Goodell is that wall. Commissioner Bigfoot has spoken. And those are straight facts, homie. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The New PGA Tour Is Coming. Wyndham Clark Won the US Open. And Nelly Korda Is Going for Three Straight Majors.

Everything That Just Happened in Golf — Live From the Travelers Championship Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. This is Golf Live coming to you live from TPC River Highlands at the Travelers Championship — one of the best weeks on the PGA Tour calendar, and this year it happened to fall in the middle of the biggest week in professional golf in years. Trey Wingo is on-site at the Travelers. Justin Ray, the Tiger Woods of golf researchers, is at Hazeltine National for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship. Between the two of them, every major story in golf this week is covered. Here is everything that happened. The PGA Tour Revealed Its Future Brian Rolapp, the PGA Tour CEO and soon-to-be commissioner as Jay Monahan officially retires, held his much-anticipated press conference at the Travelers Championship this morning. The broad outlines of what the PGA Tour will look like beginning in 2028 are now public, and the reaction from Trey and Justin is genuinely positive. Here is the structure. There will be a Championship Tour — the best players in the world competing in 120-man fields with mandatory cuts, no sponsors exemptions, and minimum purses of $20 million per event. And there will be a Challenger Tour — a legitimate developmental circuit with minimum purses of $4 million per event and a clear pathway to the Championship Tour with two wins. The season runs February through August, with a regular season champion crowned at the end of that stretch — mirroring the MVP model in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Then a separate playoff format, played in match play at some of the most hallowed courses in the country. The two things that generated the most excitement in the press conference room and on this show — no sponsors exemptions, period. And the possibility of championship events at Pine Valley, Cypress Point, and Seminole. When Rolapp mentioned those names, Trey says, every person in that room leaned forward at the same time. Trey had a chance to speak with Rolapp briefly after the press conference and asked directly about the pushback on sponsors exemptions. Rolapp's response — do sponsors decide who plays in the NFL playoffs or the NBA Finals? No. The PGA Tour will decide who the best players are. Nobody else. Trey describes it as one of the clearest and most compelling answers he has heard from tour leadership in years. There is also a Last Chance Series coming in the fall — a handful of events between September and January where players fight to keep their spot on the Championship Tour. Built-in drama. Built-in stakes. Built-in television. And in the fall, a series of international events working in partnership with the DP World Tour — national opens, marquee global venues, the strongest fields those events have ever seen. Trey notes that this announcement was clearly pointed at LIV Golf, which has been pitching international opens to investors as its primary selling point. The PGA Tour just said — we are going there too. Brian's closing line from the press conference may be the best summary of how he has approached this entire process: we want to be rigid on the vision and flexible on the details. And 2027 is essentially a runway year to get ready for 2028 when everything really changes. Jim Furyk, the US Ryder Cup captain, also stopped by the Golf Live set at the Travelers — a reminder of why being on-site matters. Some moments you cannot plan. Wyndham Clark Wins the US Open — The Data Breakdown Wyndham Clark is a two-time US Open champion. Wire to wire at Shinnecock Hills, holding a lead for essentially 72 hours, holding off Scottie Scheffler on his 30th birthday with the entire gallery rooting against him. Justin Ray puts the performance in full statistical context. Since Wyndham Clark won at LACC in 2023, only Scotty Scheffler and Rory McIlroy have more PGA Tour wins than Wyndham Clark. He is the only player in PGA Tour history to win twice with a final round score of 60 or better. He beat the field average on Thursday by more than nine strokes — something you see maybe once a season in major championship golf. And he did all of this while hitting only 20 of 36 greens in regulation over the weekend, leaning almost entirely on his short game and his putter, making nine par putts between four and fourteen feet when they absolutely had to fall. Justin's honest assessment of Wyndham going forward — high ceiling, lower floor than a Scotty Scheffler or a Rory McIlroy. He does not consistently contend. He either wins or disappears. But the ceiling is real, he is not yet 30 years old, and Justin would not be surprised to see him on more Ryder Cup teams and more major leaderboards before his career is over. The Andy North comparison does not hold up. Wyndham Clark's ceiling is significantly higher than a two-time US Open champion who wins and then fades. On the crowd behavior — both Trey and Justin address it directly. It was ugly. It was over the line. And the fact that Wyndham Clark responded the way he did — joking with his caddy about it, saying things like "hey, someone likes us" every time a single person clapped — made both of them bigger fans of him as a person and as a competitor. You add 72 hours of leading plus a hostile gallery plus Scotty Scheffler in your group chasing history, and Wyndham Clark handled all of it. That tells you something real about who this guy is. On Sam Burns — two straight years of being right there at the US Open and coming up just short. Justin believes he gets in the winner's circle before the end of this season. He is built for major championships and the scar tissue of these near-misses is going to make him better. Nelly Korda Goes for Three in a Row at the KPMG Justin Ray is on the ground at Hazeltine National for the KPMG Women's PGA Championship — and the story starts and ends with Nelly Korda going for her third consecutive major championship of the season. If she wins, she would become just the fifth woman in history to win three majors in the same season. She has already been beaten by a combined ten players across eight stroke play events this year. She is gaining nearly four strokes per round on the field, which Justin describes as peak Tiger territory in terms of dominance over your peers. The purse this week is $13 million — the largest in the history of women's golf, up from just under $4 million the last time the KPMG was held at Hazeltine in 2019. Credit to KPMG for that investment. Players to watch beyond Nelly — Gino Titicaka, who Justin compares to Xander Schauffele on the men's side, is one of the most intriguing athletes in professional sports right now. She has achieved almost everything without breaking through in a major. Charlie Hull feels inevitable. Hannah Green has already won at Hazeltine and has four worldwide wins this season. And Minjee Lee is the defending champion. The Travelers Championship Preview TPC River Highlands is a different animal from Shinnecock Hills. This is a birdie fest. A party. A week where the load lightens after the brutality of the US Open and players remember what it feels like to make a putt that actually goes in. Jim Furyk shot a 58 here — one of only two sub-60 rounds in PGA Tour history. Patrick Cantlay has averaged more than five birdies per round here over the last five years, the most of any player. Putting tends to be the separator here in recent years. Trey also notes something he genuinely appreciates about the Travelers — this event has leaned into its identity as the week after the US Open rather than fighting it. It's a party. The crowds are great. Something wild always seems to happen on Sunday at TPC River Highlands. And the Travelers has also become the place where big-name amateurs tend to make their professional debuts, which gives the week its own kind of energy and relevance. Your Questions Seven questions from the Golf Live community — covering what Trey and Justin are most excited about from the Rolapp announcement, which courses they would love to see the tour visit beyond Pine Valley and Cypress Point, the return of match play in the playoffs, what questions still do not have answers from today's press conference, Gino Titicaka's game heading into the KPMG, how Wyndham Clark was treated at Shinnecock and how he handled it, and the USGA's course setup debate at Shinnecock — did they get it right or did they mismanage it? Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The World Cup Is Bringing Out the Best in America

The World Cup Is Bringing Out the Best in America Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. For two weeks, the World Cup has done something nothing else in America has managed to do lately. It has brought the entire world to our doorstep, and the entire world is falling in love with what they found. Trey is joined by Mark Donaldson — a native Scotsman, longtime ESPN broadcaster, and now an American citizen who has been living this World Cup from every angle imaginable. Native Scot. American by choice. And right now, the best person on earth to explain what is actually happening in cities across this country. The Tartan Army Takeover Scotland beat Haiti 1-0 in their opening match — their first World Cup win since 1990, only the fifth in their entire history. And the Scottish fans who made the trip did not just show up. They took over. Ten thousand of them descended on Boston and Providence, bagpipes and all. They packed Fenway Park for a Red Sox game mid-tournament and sang for nine straight innings without stopping. They drained bars dry across the city. They quadrupled the entire region's average St. Patrick's Day beer consumption — in the most Irish city in America, on a random Tuesday in June. And in the middle of all that chaos — zero arrests. Compare that to Scotland's trip to Germany for the Euros two years ago, where 200,000 fans traveled across three cities and also produced zero arrests. This isn't luck. It's who they are. Mark even points to something most people would never notice — city workers in Boston commenting on how thoroughly the Scots cleaned up after themselves. Tidy as they came. A Fresh Look at America Here's the part that hits hardest. Mark has lived in America since 2010. He remembers a time when this country was universally seen, by outsiders, as the best place in the world to be. That perception has shifted in recent years. But for two weeks this summer, something has changed. Fans from forty-eight different nations have arrived, and they are falling in love with this country in real time — the food, the energy, the openness, the sheer scale of everything. Quesadillas the size of your head. Biscuits and gravy. Chipotle treated like a religious experience. Mark's message is simple and it's the whole point of this conversation — don't let this be a two-week moment we look back on fondly. Let it be a wake-up call to keep building on what we clearly still have. The US Team Is Real Mark watched the United States' opening match at a neighbor's watch party, fully expecting to be polite about it. Instead, he says it might be the best first half of soccer he has ever seen — better than what he saw out of Germany. The U.S. is favorably positioned heading into the knockout rounds, and Mark believes a quarterfinal run is realistic if the team can replicate that level of play. The World Cup at Large Trey and Mark also get into the bigger tournament picture — Messi, still magic even though he no longer moves like he used to. Mbappé as the most dangerous player in the field right now, followed by Harry Kane and Erling Haaland. France as the favorite to win it all, given their strength and depth heading into the brutal heat and humidity that will define the knockout stage. A breakout teenager on Morocco's midfield. And one incredible story out of Cape Verde, where a player with Irish roots was scouted and recruited entirely through LinkedIn messages — and is now keeping clean sheets against Spain on the world's biggest stage. Why This Matters Strip away the trophy, the brackets, and the predictions, and what's left is the simplest part of the whole story. People from forty-eight countries showed up in America this summer with flags, instruments, and an unstoppable amount of joy — and for a little while, that joy was contagious. Sports does that. It always has. The World Cup is just proving it all over again, right here, right now. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Wyndham Clark Is a Two-Time US Open Champion. It Is Time to Change How We Look at Him.

Wyndham Clark Won the US Open With the Entire Gallery Rooting Against Him. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. The 126th US Open at Shinnecock Hills is over. And Wyndham Clark is a two-time US Open champion. He came in with a six-stroke lead. The entire crowd was rooting against him. The number one player in the world was in his final group trying to complete the career grand slam on his 30th birthday. And Wyndham Clark won anyway. Here is the full story. How It Played Out Clark started Sunday the way nobody wanted — going out in a three-over 38 on the front nine, suddenly making this interesting in a way the six-stroke lead suggested it would not be. But then the back nine happened. He birdied 16 with a remarkable putt from 30 feet after driving it left and finding a way to put his approach on the back of the green. That birdie pushed his lead back to two. He gave one back with a bogey on 17 that let Sam Burns pull within one — the most drama of the entire final round. Then on 18, from 52 feet, Wyndham Clark two-putted to close it out. Not unlike 2023 at LACC, where he was about 60 feet away and two-putted to win then too. Big moments, big putts, big composure. The Historical Context Since the first Masters in 1934, 14 players have led a major by six or more strokes heading into the final round. Thirteen of the previous 13 won. The only exception was Greg Norman's epic collapse at the 1996 Masters, when Nick Faldo — the world number one at the time — ran him down. Scotty Scheffler is the world number one right now. The parallel was not lost on anyone. Clark also had a multi-stroke lead after all three of the first rounds — a club that includes Willie Anderson in 1903, Jim Barnes in 1921, Tony Jacklin in 1970, Rory McIlroy in 2011, and Martin Kaymer in 2014. All of them won. Now so does Wyndham Clark. And one more stat courtesy of Justin Ray — the greatest golf researcher in the sport — Wyndham Clark is now one of only three men to win US Opens on both the East Coast and the West Coast. Billy Casper. Tiger Woods. Wyndham Clark. How Do We Look at Wyndham Clark Now This is the real question Trey is asking throughout the video. Clark is not a player who consistently contends at majors. He either wins or he is a non-factor. There is almost no middle ground. And yet he has now won two of the toughest tests in golf — both US Opens — in the last four years, at two of the most demanding venues on the US Open rotation. He has as many majors as Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, and Xander Schauffele. And he won Sunday with a hostile gallery, a charging world number one, and a golf course that was fighting back after the USGA tightened the screws over the weekend. That putter has been historically hot since the CJ Byron Nelson, where he shot an 11-under 60 on Sunday to beat Scotty Scheffler and Si Woo Kim. If that putter stays this white hot — and there is no reason yet to think it will not — Wyndham Clark is going to be very difficult to beat for a long time. And the question of whether we have seen the best of him is genuinely open. The Locker Room Question A year ago at Oakmont, Wyndham Clark destroyed a locker after a bad round. He was photographed. He was banned from Oakmont. He went on an apology tour. He addressed it at the Byron Nelson and again multiple times this week. Some people forgave him. Some did not. But it is hard to argue that a two-time US Open champion who wins on a course where the entire crowd is against him, in the toughest test in golf, under maximum pressure — it is hard to argue that the locker room moment should define him. It should not. He earned the right to be referred to as a two-time US Open champion. That is what he is. The Father's Day Moment One of the most emotional storylines of the entire week had nothing to do with birdies or bogeys. Wyndham Clark's mother passed away from breast cancer when he was in college. His father showed up at Shinnecock on Sunday and did not tell Wyndham he was there. Wyndham had no idea. When he sank the winning putt on 18 and turned around and saw his dad — on Father's Day — the reaction was everything. Scottie Scheffler Today was Scottie Scheffler's 30th birthday. The gallery serenaded him walking up 18. He was in the final group. He was trying to become the seventh man to complete the career grand slam on his first attempt — something three of the six previous grand slam completers did. He made some birdies. He could not make the putts that mattered most. It is not a disaster. His game is marginally off from where it was a year ago when he won two majors. Statistically almost identical. Just a fraction short in the moments that count. He is still the world number one. He will still retain that ranking after finishing inside the top five today. He has the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale next month, where he will defend his title and have another shot at a win. But he has now gone 12 straight tournaments without a win — by far the longest drought of his career since he became a major champion. And the grand slam will have to wait. The Other Stories Sam Burns came within one with a birdie on 16 before missing looks at birdie on 17 and 18. For the second straight year, Sam Burns has put himself in position to win a US Open and come up just short. He is built for this. He will be back. Xander Schauffele finished tied for 11th — his 10th consecutive top-15 finish at a US Open. The only longer streak in US Open history is Jack Nicklaus. He has won a PGA Championship and an Open Championship. The US Open feels inevitable for him. Miles Russell, the 17-year-old who qualified with Charlie Woods on his bag, walked up 18 on Father's Day with his own dad carrying his bag — a surprise he arranged mid-round after asking the USGA if it was allowed. They said yes. His dad had no idea. That is the kind of moment that makes the US Open what it is. Keith Mitchell shot 70-70-70-70 — the first player in US Open history to shoot four straight rounds of level par. One of those 70s included a 41 on the front and a 29 on the back. Also a US Open first. Perfectly consistent on the scorecard. Absolutely chaotic in reality. And the fans — some of them crossed a line. People were shouting at Wyndham Clark, openly rooting for him to miss, and a few got kicked out. The point Trey makes is simple — root for whoever you want, but do not be that person. The players are under enough pressure without someone screaming at them to choke. It is not a good look. Do not be that guy. The Bottom Line Wyndham Clark is a two-time US Open champion. He won at one of the most demanding venues in the sport, with the crowd against him, the world number one in his group, and a golf course that was fighting back. The putter was white hot when it needed to be. The composure held when it mattered most. How we look at Wyndham Clark going forward has to change. Because if that putter stays this hot, we may not have seen the best of him yet. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Scottie Scheffler Played His Way Into Contention on Saturday. Can He Chase Down Wyndham Clark on Sunday?

Wyndham Clark Leads the US Open by Six. Only One Person Is Hunting Him Down. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/WINGO #squarepod #sponsored Head to cozyearth.com and use code WINGO for an exclusive 20% off. Going into Sunday’s final round at the US Open at Shinnecock Hills, one thing is clear. Wyndham Clark is in control. Six strokes. One round left. And the most dominant stretch of putting anyone has seen on the PGA Tour in years still very much intact. But Scottie Scheffler gave us exactly what we needed on Saturday. And Sunday just got a lot more interesting. The Wyndham Clark Situation Let’s start with the numbers because they are staggering. Wyndham Clark is seven under par — the best 36-hole score ever recorded at a US Open at Shinnecock. He maintained that lead through a Saturday where the USGA tightened the screws significantly, averaging about a shot and a half higher scoring than Friday. Clark birdied 16 with a ridiculous second shot from 273 yards to make eagle, then bogeyed 18 to finish even par on the day. He heads into Sunday with a six-stroke lead. Here is the historical context. Since the first Masters in 1934, there have been 13 previous instances of players leading a major by six or more strokes heading into the final round. Twelve of them won. The only one who didn’t was Greg Norman, who held a six-stroke lead at the 1996 Masters and lost to Nick Faldo. And the symbolism runs even deeper — Norman lost to the world number one player at the time. The world number one heading into Sunday’s final round at Shinnecock is Scottie Scheffler. Every other historical marker points to a Wyndham Clark victory lap. Players to lead the US Open by multiple strokes after rounds one, two, and three: Willie Anderson in 1903 — won. Jim Barnes in 1921 — won. Tony Jacklin in 1970 — won. Rory McIlroy in 2011 — won. Martin Kaymer in 2014 — won. Wyndham Clark in 2026 is in that company. The largest final-round comeback in US Open history is seven strokes — Arnold Palmer chasing down Ben Hogan at Cherry Hills in 1960. That is the only data point that keeps Sunday from being a formality. The Bi-Coastal Club One more thing worth noting about what Wyndham Clark is trying to accomplish, courtesy of Justin Ray — who Trey calls the greatest golf researcher in the history of the sport for good reason. If Clark wins Sunday, he joins Billy Casper and Tiger Woods as the only men to win US Opens on both the East Coast and the West Coast. Casper won at Olympic Club and Winged Foot. Tiger won at Pebble Beach and Bethpage Black and Torrey Pines. Clark won at LACC in 2023. Shinnecock is the East Coast. The bi-coastal US Open champion club has exactly two members right now. Here Comes Scottie Now for the reason Sunday is worth watching. Scottie Scheffler has been quietly grinding all week without the iron play that has defined his best golf. But on Saturday, something clicked. His strokes gained approach by round this week tells the story — 103rd in round one, 29th in round two, first in round three. He was the best approach player in the entire field on Saturday. He birdied three straight holes on the back nine — the longest birdie run he has ever had at a US Open. He chipped in from off the green on 14, and the reaction — from him, from the crowd, from everyone watching — was electric. It was the most emotion we have seen from Scottie Scheffler in weeks. Only two players shot under par on Saturday. Emiliano Grillo with a 67 and Scottie Scheffler with a 69. Wyndham Clark shot even par 70. Scottie played himself into the final group on Sunday, which matters more than it might seem — 23 of the last 30 major winners on the men’s side have come out of the final group. This is also Scottie’s first attempt to complete the career grand slam. Of the six men who have done it — Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, and Rory McIlroy — three did it on their first try. Two took three attempts. Rory, the famous outlier, needed 11. The history says if you are going to do this, you tend to do it sooner rather than later. The Rest of the Field Matt Fitzpatrick faded down the stretch on Saturday. Xander Schauffele, whose US Open record is historically remarkable, could not get under par. Colin Morikawa made a brief charge before stumbling. And then there is Sam Stevens — who has made over ten and a half million dollars on the PGA Tour, which Trey acknowledges he was not aware of before this week — hanging around in the mix. But the honest truth is this is Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler, and the golf course on Sunday. What We Need Trey makes the point directly — if Wyndham Clark goes wire to wire without being challenged, this is a Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst moment. A comfortable drive down the Autobahn. The US Open deserves more than that. Shinnecock deserves more than that. What we need is a charge. What we need is a chip-in, a putt that drops, a moment where the six-stroke lead suddenly feels fragile. Arnold Palmer did it to Ben Hogan in 1960. Johnny Miller did it at Oakmont in 1973. The US Open has a history of producing those moments when the course is right and the right player catches fire. The course is right. And Scottie Scheffler just reminded everyone on Saturday that he might be that player. Sunday at Shinnecock. Father’s Day. Six strokes. One round. One grand slam on the line. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.