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📢 Fore, Please…

Hi yall — I’m lucky enough to be heading over for The Open but I accidently bought too many tickets. It was months ago and I was expecting a bigger group. Anyway … I have a few tickets available that I’m just trying to move at/close to face value. I can transfer them digitally.

Monday: $50
Tuesday: $50
Thursday: $150

If you or anyone you know is interested, just reply to this email.

See you then
Rick

🏆 Last Weeks Optimal Lineup

$10,700: Chris Gotterup (137.0)
$7,400: Max Homa (119.0)
$7,300: Ben Kohles (119.0)
$6,900: Lucas Glover (118.5)
$7,000: Lee Hodges (114.5)
$8,600: Doug Ghim (111.5)
$47,900: 719.5 Pts

🏇 Giddy Up, Indeed

Thanks to a final round 62 and a little help from Ben Kohles, Chris Gotterup is back in the winners circle.

This marks his fourth PGA TOUR win in the last 365 days joining Scottie Scheffler with the most during that period.

4: Scheffler & Gotterup
3: Fitzpatrick & Cam Young
2: Rose & Clark
1: 30 players

He will now defend his Scottish Open title this week at The Renaissance Club.

🥵 Big Boy Still Running Hot

I cannot get over this absolute heater that Wyndham Clark is on right now. Outside of Scottie Scheffler, I’m not sure we’ve seen a more impressive three month stretch in the last five years.

Not only has Wyndham been one of the best players in the world since April 1st, but it was such a complete 180 from his play to start 2026.

Clark has now gained +71.75 strokes to the field this year, which is the 5th most of anyone on TOUR. This is a running total, so it does matter that Si Woo Kim has played 70 rounds while Scottie Scheffler has only played 56 — but bear with me. The visual will still make sense.

Above is the running SGTOT for the top five players on TOUR this year. That pink line is Wyndham Clark. He basically spotted the others three full months of TOUR average play before he kicked it into gear.

As if I wasn’t enamored enough with this Wyndham situation, it gets better. Or should I say … he gets better. The last five starts have been his best five starts. He’s gaining a staggering +3.20 strokes per round during that run, which includes both wins and T11 as his worst finish.

His +3.20 strokes gained per round is split evenly, +1.60 from his tee-to-green play and +1.60 from his putter. Ahhh — symmetry.

🥃 The American Style Links

This will be the eighth straight year that The Renaissance Club has hosted the Scottish Open. That’s split between it being only a DP World Tour event and a co-sanctioned event. There are a handful of players with really strong course history here:

Rory McIlroy leads the way — he’s gained +2.18 strokes per round in five trips but his last three have been even better. Those three are a win, T4 and T2.

Tom Kim has never finished worse than T17 in four trips. He’s gained +1.14 strokes on approach in his career at The Renaissance Club which is the third most of anyone with at least four stars (Scheffler, Hatton).

Tommy Fleetwood has played here six times, tied for the second most number of starts of anyone in this field. He’s earned three top-6 finishes — one as a DPWT event and two as co-sanctioned events.

Wyndham Clark — there goes that man again. He’s earned four top-25s in four trips, best finish is T10. He’s gained 12.96 strokes putting in his last eight rounds.

Speaking of putting, no one putts better than Matt Fitzpatrick at The Renaissance Club. He’s gained 32.5 strokes on the greens in his 26 career rounds.

🌏 Worlds Colliding

Since this is a co-sanctioned event, the PGA TOUR cannot completely dictate who is in the field for this week. And since Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton have squared up their fines with the DP World Tour, they are going to be playing this week. Along with Patrick Reed, we are seeing worlds collide outside of a major championship for the first time in years.

Outside of his miserable round on Friday at the U.S. Open, Jon Rahm has been great in 2026. He has two wins on LIV and eight top-5 finishes — which includes the PGA Championship. His off-the-tee numbers are gaudy. He’s gained 34.88 strokes in the category across 42 measured rounds.

Hatton has lacked the consistency of Rahm but has gotten scorching hot recently. He won LIV Golf Andalucia by gaining at least 2 strokes in each of the four SG categories. He backed it up with a T7 at Shinnecock Hills, the last time we’ve seen him play a professional event.

Patrick Reed has only played 10 times in 2026. He was shot out of a cannon to begin the year, winning twice and earning six top-12 finishes in his first eight events. He’s cooled a bit recently — missed cut at the US Open and T45 at the Italian Open in his last two starts.

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