We Were on the Ground at the Travelers When the New PGA Tour Was Announced. Here Is What We Learned.

We Were on the Ground at the Travelers When the New PGA Tour Was Announced. Here Is What We Learned.

We Were on the Ground at the Travelers When the New PGA Tour Was Announced. Here Is What We Learned. This episode is sponsored by Quince. Free shipping and 365-day returns at Quince.com/wingo Last Tuesday at TPC River Highlands, Brian Rolapp held the most significant press conference in PGA Tour history in years. Tiger Woods made a surprise cameo to introduce everything. And Trey Wingo was in the room. What followed over the next several days was something most media covering this story did not have — real access to real players on the ground at the Travelers Championship, asking them directly what they actually think about the new structure, what concerns them, what excites them, and what they believe will and will not actually hold up when the details get filled in over the next 18 months. This is that report. What Brian Rolapp Said — And What It Actually Means The broad strokes of the announcement are by now well known. Championship Tour. Challenger Tour. 120-man fields. Mandatory cuts. No sponsors exemptions. A regular season champion. Match play playoffs at Pine Valley, Cypress Point, and Seminole. A Last Chance Series in the fall. International events through the DP World Tour partnership. What Trey heard on the ground in the days after the announcement is something different from the press release version of this story. Players understand the broad vision. They believe in it. But the details — and specifically who the details will and will not apply to — is where the real conversation is happening. The Jimmy Johnson Rule Brian Rolapp ended his press conference with a line Trey keeps coming back to — rigid on the vision, flexible on the details. Trey's translation of what that actually means in practice is what he calls the Jimmy Johnson rule. When Jimmy Johnson was the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys he said it plainly — I will treat everybody fairly but I will not treat everybody the same. The more you can do for me the more leeway you get. Rory McIlroy is not meeting his 15-event minimum this year. The PGA Tour is doing nothing about it. Not a word. Because penalizing Rory McIlroy does not do the PGA Tour any favors. That is the Jimmy Johnson rule in action. If Tiger Woods wants to come back and play three events and has not qualified for any of them in the traditional sense — you think the PGA Tour is going to say no? How quickly will there be a new rule that says if you have won 13 majors and 75 PGA Tour events you are granted an exemption? That is just how this is going to work. Justin puts it plainly — not to be cynical, but that is how the world works. If you are more valuable to an entity you will be treated differently than your peers. That is the Jimmy Johnson rule. And it applies here. The Scotty Scheffler Problem The single most interesting specific tension that kept coming up in conversations at the Travelers — the new structure says if you are on the Championship Tour you cannot dip down and play Challenger Series events. Scotty Scheffler is the world number one. He has been genuinely loyal to events like the Byron Nelson and Colonial in Texas — his home market, tournaments that matter to him personally, events where his presence means something real to the community. Under the 2028 structure as currently written, if those events land on the Challenger tier, Scotty cannot play them. Trey does not believe for one second that is actually going to happen. The rules will bend. A workaround will be found. The PGA Tour is not going to tell the world number one player that he cannot play his home tournament. It just is not. Justin traces the parallel back to the pathways created for Brooks Koepka's return — oddly specific criteria that seemed arbitrary until you understood they were designed to facilitate a specific outcome. The rules in this new structure will be similarly malleable when the situation demands it. Lucas Glover — The Insider View Lucas Glover has been inside the process for six to eight months as a member of the Player Advisory Council. He was in the meetings when the framework looked nothing like what was announced on Tuesday. He watched Rolapp evolve the concept through player feedback and honest conversation. His overall read — genuine support for the vision, real concerns about the personal side of the lockout from lower-tier events, and confidence that the details will get worked out in the 18-month runway before 2028 goes live. His specific concern mirrors the Scotty problem. He lives in West Palm Beach. If Cognizant becomes a Challenger Series event it is 20 minutes from his house. He cannot play it under the current framework. He understands the commercial logic. He accepts it. But the tough part is the personal side — the relationships with tournament directors, the loyalty to events that gave players their first opportunities. Once it was explained to him what the sponsors are being asked to invest, it made sense commercially. It still stings personally. Chris Gotterup — The John Deere Question Chris Gotterup won twice in the first three events of the 2026 season. He is on the Championship Tour by any measure. The John Deere Classic is the tournament that kickstarted his career — the event that gave him a chance before he had any standing to ask for one. Under the new structure if the John Deere lands on the Challenger tier he cannot go back and play it. His answer when Trey asked him directly — you cannot think too deep into it. You are programmed to show up where you need to be and play the best golf you can. But the tough part is knowing Andy and Nathan from the John Deere on a personal level from years of coming through there. That is the relationship that makes the commercial logic feel complicated even when you understand why it exists. What Two Tiers Actually Means — Justin's Take Justin reframes the entire debate with a historical lens. The two-tier system is not new. It has always existed — it just was not called that. Twenty years ago the tier one tournaments were the ones Tiger played. The tier two tournaments were the ones he skipped. Arnold Palmer did not play every week. The stars have always dictated where the premium events were by choosing to show up or not. The new structure is simply a more honest and more clearly defined version of something that has always been true. And it opens the door to genuine rotation — maybe one year the Byron Nelson is a signature event and the Colonial is not. Maybe the next year it flips. That kind of flexibility could actually serve more communities and more tournaments over time than the current locked-in model does. The Bottom Line The vision is real and it is compelling. The details are going to bend in the direction of whoever matters most to the PGA Tour in any given situation. That is not a criticism of the new structure — it is just an honest read of how sports leagues operate when the stakes are this high and the personalities involved are this valuable. Rigid on the vision. Flexible on the details. And if you are Tiger Woods or Scotty Scheffler or Rory McIlroy, the details will always find a way to accommodate you. That is what Trey learned being on the ground at the Travelers when all of this was announced. And that is the story nobody else is telling 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.

Haeran Ryu Wins the KPMG — And the Women's Game Just Had Its Best Week of the Season

Haeran Ryu Wins the KPMG — And the Women's Game Just Had Its Best Week of the Season This episode is sponsored by Quince. Free shipping and 365-day returns at Quince.com/wingo Before the first shot was hit at Hazeltine National this week, the KPMG Women's PGA Championship made history. The purse was announced at $13 million — the largest in the history of women's golf. The last time this championship was held at Hazeltine in 2019, the purse was under $4 million. KPMG has more than tripled their investment in seven years. That is not a footnote. That is a statement about where women's golf is headed and who is leading the charge in getting it there. Haeran Ryu Wins Haeran Ryu is one of the best ball strikers in women's golf and has been for years. She held the 54-hole lead at the Chevron Championship in both 2024 and 2025 at Carlton Woods and did not close either time. The heartbreak was real and it was public. This week at Hazeltine she closed. Justin calls it inevitable — a player of her caliber, with that kind of ball striking and that track record of contending, was always going to break through eventually. This was the week. The grounds crew at Hazeltine deserve their own mention. On Justin's drive from the hotel to the golf course on Sunday morning he could not see out the windshield through the rain. He was convinced the round would be pushed to Monday. An hour later they were back on the golf course. An unbelievable performance by the crew that made the championship possible. What Happened to Nelly Nelly Korda came to Hazeltine trying to become the fifth woman in LPGA history to win three majors in the same season. She finished tied for eighth. Justin points out immediately — tied for eighth is her worst stroke play finish of 2026. And it is still better than the way Scotty Scheffler has played this year. That is where Nelly Korda is right now. The honest statistical assessment — over the course of the weekend Nelly had approximately 14 opportunities from 80 to 130 yards from the fairway and made two birdies. Her scoring clubs were not converting at the level that has defined her 2026 season. She got within two shots heading into the back nine on Sunday and could not make the birdie she needed on the next par five. Small tweaks. No overhaul needed. The three-peat is on hold — not off the table. Justin's take on where she is most likely to win a third major — the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes rather than the Evian Championship. Evian generates unpredictable outcomes by nature. It is a blast to watch but the best player does not always win. Ask Gino Titicaka last year when Grace Kim came from nowhere to win her first major. Lytham sets up better for a player of Nelly's caliber and course management. The bunkers at Lytham are everywhere and they punish poor decisions — exactly the kind of test that rewards Nelly's all-around game. The Surrounding Stories Brooke Henderson — ten-year anniversary of winning a major championship as an 18-year-old. Not yet 30. Performing at an elite level again. One of the best stories of the week. Davy Weber — about to become a first-time mother. Essentially doubled her entire career earnings with a $750,000 check this week. Now in position to potentially make the Solheim Cup team for Team Europe in her native Netherlands. A week ago that was completely off the radar. Charlie Hull, Hannah Green, and Minjee Lee all missed the cut — surprising given their form and track records at this venue and at this point in the season. Golf is a long season. Bad weeks happen to great players. Four probable Solheim Cup players finished in the top eight — Alice and Lee, Alison Corpus, Austin Kim, and Nelly. The depth of women's golf right now is real and this leaderboard proved it. What Comes Next Two majors remain on the LPGA schedule. The Evian Championship in France is just weeks away. Then the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes. Nelly Korda has two more chances to become the fifth woman in history to win three majors in the same season. The three-peat is on hold. It is not over. The stretch of women's golf from mid-July through the end of August — Evian, Women's Scottish Open, Women's Open — is as compelling a run of championships as any in professional golf right now. The purses are growing. The fields are deep. The finishes are dramatic. And the best player in the world still has unfinished business. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Critics Say the Travelers Championship Is Trash. The Leaderboard Says Otherwise.

Critics Say the Travelers Championship Is Trash. The Leaderboard Says Otherwise. This episode is sponsored by Quince. Free shipping and 365-day returns at Quince.com/wingo Every year the Travelers Championship delivers something nobody sees coming. And every year a certain corner of golf media decides it is not a real tournament. This week Trey and Justin push back on that take — hard. The History of Wild Finishes Let's start with what TPC River Highlands has actually produced over the last fifteen years. Kevin Streelman with seven consecutive birdies in 2014 to win out of nowhere. Jordan Spieth holing out from the bunker on 18 in 2017 — a month before winning the Open Championship. Dustin Johnson winning one of the first events back after COVID. Harris English and Kramer Hickok going eight playoff holes. Sahith Theegala almost getting his first PGA Tour win before Xander Schauffele clipped him. Keegan Bradley setting a scoring record. The Scotty Scheffler and Tom Kim playoff. Keegan Bradley again last year, breaking Tommy Fleetwood's heart on the last hole. And now Victor Hovland winning his eighth career PGA Tour title in a playoff over Scotty Scheffler — both players hitting unbelievable approach shots on the first playoff hole, Hovland making birdie, Scotty's putt slipping out. In a week that also featured Norwegian World Cup fans creating a miniature Ryder Cup atmosphere in the stands that nobody saw coming. Scotty Scheffler shot a 60 in one round this week and did not win. That is the Travelers Championship. That is what this tournament does. The Leaderboard Argument The criticism of the Travelers tends to center on the golf course itself — the layout, the scoring, the birdie-fest nature of TPC River Highlands. Trey's counterargument is simple and direct. Look at the leaderboard from Sunday. Victor Hovland. Scotty Scheffler. Colin Morikawa. Matt Fitzpatrick. Wyndham Clark. Akshay Bhatia. Corey Conners. Alex Fitzpatrick. JJ Spaun. Robert MacIntyre. Ben Griffin. Name a tournament on the PGA Tour where you would not immediately sign up for that leaderboard. The score to par does not change who is on it. The architectural concerns do not change what those names mean to a golf fan watching on Sunday afternoon. For comparison — the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am regularly produces similar scoring ranges. Nobody is calling Pebble Beach trash. The criticism of the Travelers is about the course layout specifically, and that is a legitimate architectural opinion. What it is not is a reason to call the tournament bad. What the Travelers Actually Is Trey talked to players on-site this week — Lucas Glover, Chris Gotterup, Colin Morikawa, Xander Schauffele among others. Every single one of them said the same thing. The Travelers understands what it is. And more importantly it understands what it is not. It is not the US Open. It is not the Players Championship. It is not Arnie's event or Jack's event. It is the week after the US Open — a deliberate breather on the schedule where players can reset, families can come out, and the golf can be genuinely fun without being punishing. The Celtics do not play the Knicks every week in the NBA. The Chiefs and Bills do not meet every single Sunday in the NFL. Sometimes you get a breather. The question is whether you embrace it or fight against it. The Travelers embraced it. That is why it works. Chris Gotterup put it best — we are spoiled every week, but the Travelers goes one step further. Courtesy cars for caddies. Food on the range. The dining room stays open late so players and their families can eat after a long day. Small things that compound into a week that feels genuinely welcoming. That is what the Travelers does. That is why players keep coming back. The Scotty Scheffler Question Scotty forced a playoff with a par putt on 18 that had every Golf Live viewer convinced the drought was finally over. 13 straight events without a win. Two under his belt for the season heading into the Open Championship. And then Hovland made his birdie on the first playoff hole and Scotty's almost identical putt just slipped out. Justin's read on where Scotty actually is — do not panic. His putting numbers at the Travelers were exceptional and continue to improve, now 12th on the PGA Tour in strokes gained putting. His iron play ranked sixth in the field last week in strokes gained approach and third in greens in regulation. He leads the PGA Tour in strokes gained total and scoring average. He is gaining strokes in every facet of the game. The putts are not falling in the moments that count. They are going to start. Justin would not be surprised to see Scotty win both the Scottish Open and the Open Championship heading into the playoffs. The gap between him and Rory at number two in the world rankings is roughly the same as the gap between Rory and Bud Cauley at number three. He is not going anywhere. The drought is a math problem that is about to solve itself. The Alex Fitzpatrick ATM Update Since winning the Zurich Classic with his brother Matt in April outside New Orleans, Alex Fitzpatrick has been on one of the most remarkable money-making runs in recent PGA Tour history. T9 at the Cadillac for $500,000. Fourth at the Travelers for $960,000. T6 at the Memorial for $730,000. Top 25 at the US Open for another significant check. $623,000 at the Travelers this week. He is now inside the top 60 in the world and top 17 in the FedEx Cup standings. Justin notes he is drifting toward automatic qualifying at the majors. Trey's take — if he keeps this up, there is no way he is not on the Ryder Cup team at Adare Manor in 2027. The conversation that seemed premature two months ago is now entirely appropriate. Justin gives the overall rookie of the year edge narrowly to Chris Ratan given his PGA Tour win, but calls it a genuinely interesting race heading into the back half of the season. The Bottom Line The Travelers Championship is not a perfect golf course. Nobody is arguing that. But perfect golf courses do not guarantee great tournaments. Great tournaments are built on great fields, great finishes, and a genuine identity that players and fans both buy into. The Travelers has all three. And this week delivered another chapter in a fifteen-year run of memorable Sundays at TPC River Highlands. Trash? The leaderboard says otherwise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chris Gotterup on What Winning a Major Would Mean — and Why His Eyes Are Set on The Open

Chris Gotterup Was Given His First Chance at the John Deere. The New PGA Tour May Take That Away. This episode is sponsored by Quince. Free shipping and 365-day returns at Quince.com/wingo Chris Gotterup won at the Sony Open. He won at the Waste Management Open. He has five PGA Tour wins on his resume, he is building toward a Presidents Cup roster spot, and he has his eyes firmly set on a major championship at Royal Birkdale next month. He is one of the most interesting young players on the PGA Tour right now. And he sat down with Trey Wingo at the Travelers Championship this week to talk about all of it — including the new PGA Tour structure and exactly what the hard part is going to be for guys like him. His First Two US Opens — Oakmont and Shinnecock Gotterup made the cut at both of his first two US Open appearances. Oakmont last year. Shinnecock this year. He played a strong Friday round at both to stay in the tournament over the weekend. Not the result he wanted at either, but he takes something real from both weeks — when it mattered on Friday, he showed up. On which course he found more difficult — his answer is specific and revealing. Shinnecock hurts him more than Oakmont because Shinnecock does not reward distance the way Oakmont does. Distance is his biggest weapon — his version of Thor's hammer, as Trey puts it. Shinnecock takes it out of his hands in a way that Oakmont does not. He believes he would have a better chance of winning at Oakmont if he played it more. That is a level of self-awareness about his own game that most players his age do not have. What the Travelers Does Better Than Almost Anyone Gotterup is effusive about what the Travelers Championship does for players and their teams. Courtesy cars for caddies. Food on the range. The dining room stays open late. Small things that compound into a week that feels genuinely welcoming rather than just professionally managed. But the thing he comes back to most is what the Travelers did for him early in his career — they gave him a sponsor exemption when he came out of school. That is a debt he takes seriously. He comes back every year in part because of what this tournament did for him before he had any standing to ask for anything. He cites Patrick Cantley as another example of the same loyalty loop — the Travelers invested in him early and he has kept coming back ever since. Nathan Groob and Andy Bassett have built something real there and Gotterup is one of the players who notices it. The New PGA Tour and the Hard Part This is where the interview gets most honest. Trey asks Gotterup directly — the new PGA Tour structure says if you are on the Championship Series you cannot dip down and play Challenger Series events. The John Deere Classic kickstarted his career. If it lands on the Challenger tier in 2028 he will not be able to go back and play it. How does he feel about that? His answer is measured and genuine. He knows Andy and Nathan from the John Deere on a personal level — the same way he knows the Travelers staff. Those relationships are real. That would be the tough part. Not the competitive logic of it. Not the commercial argument. The personal side. The loyalty he feels toward the people and events that gave him a chance before he was someone who could demand a spot in any field. He accepts the commercial rationale — if John Deere wants to become a signature event and pony up the investment, the question goes away. And he understands that the tour cannot always accommodate every player's personal preferences when the economics of the new structure demand field protection for sponsors investing $20 million or more. But he is honest — at the end of the day you kinda just have to be selfish and do what you are told in some sense. Don't Think. Just Play. Trey asks about the mental side of the game — are players too focused on clubhead speed, spin rate, and swing mechanics at the expense of feel? Gotterup's answer is direct and clear — if he is thinking about his swing, he is toast. He has worked with the same coach for 15 years. He trusts his preparation during the Monday through Wednesday work window. On the course, it is all feel. He is trying to feel the shot, believe in the shot, understand the shot. Trackman numbers are useful for dialing in distances when he moves from one dramatically different environment to another — Waste Management to San Diego, for example. Beyond that, he is not interested in technical analysis when it is time to play. He also makes a point worth sitting with — the best weeks are not always when you feel great. Sometimes you grind out a top ten when nothing is clicking and that builds more momentum than a week when everything feels easy. The weeks where you feel calm and unbeatable do not last as long as you want them to. You chase that feeling by staying in contention long enough for the competitive instincts to kick in. Presidents Cup, Ryder Cup, and Team Event Goals Gotterup was in the Ryder Cup conversation at the end of last season after his strong overseas run. He is honest — two great weeks overseas against two years of consistency from other players does not automatically earn a spot. He was not sure he would have picked himself either. But he used it as motivation heading into this season and he is more comfortable now with the Presidents Cup conversation happening in real time. His simple answer on what team events mean to him — every player he talks to says the same thing. The team events are the best thing they have ever been a part of. You win one of those with your friends, with the guys you have grown up competing against, and it is unlike anything else in professional sports. That is the goal for this year. What a Major Would Mean Five wins. Two US Open cuts made. A career built one step at a time from the first sponsor exemption at the Travelers to two wins in the first three events of the 2026 season. What is the next step? Gotterup is clear-eyed about it. A major. Not because it would define his career or diminish what he has already done, but because it is the obvious next progression for a player who has been systematically checking boxes. He feels like he can travel and compete at most courses. He has gotten himself in the mix at majors. Royal Birkdale at the Open Championship is in about 20 days. He is not going to predict it or promise it. He is going to keep doing what he has been doing and see what happens. At 26 years old with two wins this season and genuine major championship aspirations — something very good is coming for Chris Gotterup. This conversation suggests he is more ready for it than most people realize. 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Victor Hovland Wins. Nelly Misses Her Three-Peat. Players React to the New PGA Tour.

Victor Hovland Wins. Nelly Misses Her Three-Peat. Players React to the New PGA Tour. Another week in golf delivered everything — a wild finish at the Travelers Championship, Nelly Korda falling just short of making LPGA history at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship, and players on-site at TPC River Highlands giving their honest takes on what the new PGA Tour structure actually means for them. Trey Wingo is at the Travelers. Justin Ray just finished a two-week road trip covering the US Open and the KPMG. Here is everything that happened. Victor Hovland Wins at the Travelers — Again, It Delivered The Travelers Championship has built a remarkable track record of memorable finishes over the last fifteen years. Kevin Streelman with seven consecutive birdies in 2014. Jordan Spieth holing out from the bunker in 2017. Harris English and Kramer Hickok in an eight-hole playoff. The Scotty Scheffler and Tom Kim playoff. Keegan Bradley breaking Tommy Fleetwood's heart last year. And now Victor Hovland making birdie on the first playoff hole while Scotty Scheffler's almost identical putt slipped out. Hovland wins his eighth career PGA Tour title in a week that also featured one of the most electric atmospheres in recent tournament memory — Norwegian World Cup fans bringing Ryder Cup-level energy to TPC River Highlands, singing in the stands, waving flags, and creating an environment that reminded everyone why live golf is unlike anything else in sports. Scotty Scheffler goes 13 straight events without a win. His underlying numbers are still extraordinary — he leads the PGA Tour in strokes gained total, scoring average, and birdie average, and his putting has moved up to 12th on tour, which is genuinely alarming for his competitors. Justin's read is simple — the putts are not falling at the moments that count, but they are going to start. He would not be surprised to see Scotty win both the Scottish Open and the Open Championship. His iron play is returning to form, ranking sixth in the field last week in strokes gained approach. The drought is not a crisis. It is a math problem that is about to solve itself. Alex Fitzpatrick continues to be the most remarkable money-making story of the season. Since winning the Zurich Classic with his brother Matt in April, Fitzpatrick has made the cut in every event, piled up multiple top tens, and earned his way into the top 17 on the FedEx Cup list playing in a fraction of the events most players have entered. Justin and Trey agree — Ryder Cup conversation is now entirely appropriate and Fitzpatrick is drifting toward automatic qualifying at the majors. The ATM is open and it does not appear to be closing anytime soon. The Fried Egg Podcast Takes on the Travelers Trey addresses a recent Fried Egg Podcast episode that was critical of the Travelers Championship — specifically the course layout, the scoring, and the overall quality of TPC River Highlands as a venue. He has a lot of respect for Andy and Brendan and what the Fried Egg has built in the golf media space, and he disagrees with them strongly. His argument — look at the leaderboard from Sunday. Victor Hovland, Scotty Scheffler, Colin Morikawa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Wyndham Clark, Akshay Bhatia, Corey Conners, Alex Fitzpatrick, JJ Spaun, Robert MacIntyre, Ben Griffin. That is a top ten you sign up for at any tournament on the planet regardless of the course. And for every birdie fest concern, he points directly at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am — same scoring range, same depth of field issues, nobody criticizing Pebble Beach. Justin adds the experiential layer — being there as a fan in his early career, the sight lines on the back nine are exceptional, the fan experience is one of the best on tour, and the players love it because the Travelers understand exactly what they are and what they are not. Every player Trey spoke to on-site last week said the same thing — this is fun for us, they treat us well, and we enjoy coming here. What Players Actually Think About the New PGA Tour Trey had access to multiple players on-site at the Travelers including Lucas Glover, Chris Gotterup, Colin Morikawa, and Xander Schauffele. The conversations all pointed in the same direction — genuine support for the broad vision, honest concerns about specific details, and trust that the flexibility Rolapp has promised will show up in the execution. The specific concern that kept coming up — if you are on the Championship Tour, you cannot dip down and play Challenger Series events. That means players like Scotty Scheffler, who has been loyal to events like the Byron Nelson and Colonial in Texas, cannot play at those events if they land on the Challenger tier. Chris Gotterup, whose career was launched at the John Deere Classic, raises the same concern — it stinks personally, but once it was explained commercially, it makes sense. The sponsors investing $20 million or more deserve field protection. Trey's take — rigid on the vision, flexible on the details, and the Jimmy Johnson rule applies. The more you can do for the tour, the more leeway you get. Rory McIlroy is not meeting his 15-event minimum this year. The PGA Tour is doing nothing about it. That is not a double standard — that is smart business. Justin's take — it is absolutely a double standard. And he totally agrees with it. Nelly Korda at the KPMG — Tied for Eighth Nelly Korda came to Hazeltine trying to become the fifth woman in LPGA history to win three majors in the same season. She finished tied for eighth. Justin points out immediately — tied for eighth is her worst stroke play result of 2026. That is where she is right now. That is not a disaster. That is a temporary blip for the most dominant player in women's golf. The winner was Hyeon Ju Yu — one of the best ball strikers on the LPGA Tour for several years who had held 54-hole leads at Chevron in both 2024 and 2025 without closing. She closed this time. A great story and a deserved win. Brooke Henderson was near the top of the leaderboard for much of the week — ten-year anniversary of winning a major as an 18-year-old, not yet 30, doing it again. Davy Weber, about to become a mother for the first time, essentially doubled her career earnings with a $750,000 check courtesy of the record $13 million KPMG purse. Charlie Hull missed the cut, which surprised Justin given how well she played at Riviera. Hannah Green and Minjee Lee also missed. Golf is a long season and bad weeks happen even to great players. On Nelly's path to a third major — Justin leans toward the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham over the Evian Championship. Evian generates unpredictable outcomes by nature, not always revealing the best player in the field. Lytham should suit Nelly better given her ball striking and course management. She had opportunities with her wedge game at Hazeltine — 14 times between 80 and 130 yards from the fairway over the weekend, she made two birdies. Small tweaks. No overhaul needed. Your Questions Seven questions from the Golf Live community this week — covering the Norwegian fan energy at the Travelers, whether no sponsors exemptions is fair to tournament partners, when Patrick Reed returns to the PGA Tour full-time, what is wrong with Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson missing the Open Championship for the first time since 2009, Eugenio Chacarra winning the Italian Open, and whether the PGA Tour is right to grant Rory McIlroy an exemption from the 15-event minimum. The Rory question gets the most direct answer of the week. Trey — it is not a double standard, it is just different when you have done what Rory has done. Justin — it is absolutely a double standard. I totally agree with it. Period. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.