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Welcome to another edition of The Grind<\/a>, where we felt particularly proud watching Jack Whaley win the U.S. Amateur on Sunday. Not because I\u2019m a Florida State alum (although, my parents are) and not because I\u2019m English (although, I have some British roots). But because I\u2019m a fellow soda-at-the-turn guy. Well, I\u2019m a soda-at-anytime guy, but in particular, at the turn. And, thanks to the crack reporting of our Christopher Powers, we know that\u2019s what young Jack was on Sunday at Merion in between the morning and afternoon rounds of his championship match against Jay Leng Jr.:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m usually a Coke Zero guy, but I like to treat myself to the real deal on the course. Is it a coincidence that Jack won four of the first five holes in the afternoon on his way to a 4-and-3 victory? Probably. But I\u2019d like to think that it was that liquid gold fueling him to victory in the face of health experts all across the country. I got to talk to Jack about this and his big win on this week\u2019s episode of The Loop podcast<\/a>, and now I promise to talk about everything else going on in the world of golf.<\/p>\n

WE\u2019RE BUYING<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler: At long last! Scottie Scheffler is a PGA Tour winner once again! We kid, but it did kind of seem like an eternity since Scheffler won his first start of the season at the American Express way back in January. And it\u2019s kind of crazy he could play the level of golf he\u2019s played over 16 starts since without winning. But that losing streak was snapped in a big way with a dominant eight-shot victory<\/a> at the FedEx St. Jude Championship.<\/p>\n

The only thing hotter than the Memphis weather was Scheffler\u2019s putter, which gained nearly nine shots alone, a career-best. Scheffler should move in front in the PGA Tour Player-of-the-Year race after that performance, and with his latest $3.6 million check he also passed Rory McIlroy for the No. 2 spot on the PGA Tour\u2019s career earnings list despite the fact he was 13 when Rory won his first PGA Tour title. Pretty wild.<\/p>\n

Jack Whaley: As much of a surprise as it was seeing this young man reach for a can of Coke midway through the biggest match of his life, it was an even bigger surprise that he was even in that position at all. Whaley needed to survive a 16-for-11 playoff just to get into the match-play portion of the event (after holing an eight-foot slider on his final hole of stroke play) and he needed 22 holes to advance in his first match. But after that, he played lights out, in particular in that final 18\u2014or, rather, 15 as he dispatched of Leng on the 33rd hole to become just the third Englishman to win the Havemeyer Trophy<\/a> and the first FSU player.<\/p>\n

Making the win even more special was that he had his dad, Andy, on the bag. Plus, Jack\u2019s timing couldn\u2019t be better as he won the Tiger Woods medal in its first year and his invites to next year\u2019s U.S. Open and British Open (in addition to his Masters invite) will be at Pebble Beach and St. Andrews. Jack may not have won any money on Sunday, but in terms of golf prizes, he\u2019s already loaded. Although, if this win doesn\u2019t land him an NIL deal with Coca-Cola, what are we even doing here?<\/p>\n

Jeeno Thitikul: The World No. 2 in the women\u2019s game won her third LPGA title in 2026 after shooting a closing 64 for a victory at the Portland Standard Classic<\/a>. More impressively, the 23-year-old joined Nelly Korda as the only golfers with 10 LPGA victories over the past five seasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say every win means a lot as it\u2019s a lot of the sacrifice that we put in and the work we put in,\u201d Thitikul said after. \u201cI\u2019ve had times that I have doubts and it\u2019s like, \u2018what is going on in my game?\u2019 And then when you get it, you\u2019re like, \u2018wow, this is what you\u2019re waiting for.\u2019\u201d Of course, she\u2019s still waiting for a major championship, but in the meantime, it\u2019s been a very impressive run otherwise.<\/p>\n

\u201cChippy\u201d drivers: Speaking of impressive, this shot from Romain Langasque captured the hearts of Golf Twitter\u2014and for good reason. When the French pro really needs to hit a fairway, he takes something off his driver and is still able to produce 300-yard-plus tee shots. And it\u2019s mesmerizing:<\/p>\n

WE\u2019RE SELLING <\/p>\n

Jordan\u2019s Spieth season: For a third consecutive year, the three-time major champ failed to finish in the top 50 of the FedEx Cup points list, but this was the first time he made it through an entire season without recording a single top-10 finish.<\/p>\n

Hard to imagine for a former World No. 1 who, at 33, should be in the prime of his career. Yet, Spieth left Memphis feeling good. \u201cI’m very, very confident in what’s coming,\u201d he said on Sunday. And a lot of golf fans hope he\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

Cameron Young\u2019s \u201cuniform\u201d: As in, this is actually being sold. I think. Unless it’s AI … getting tougher to tell these days!<\/p>\n

Who in the world would buy that?!<\/p>\n

People knocking sun umbrellas: Hand up, this was me as well until I tweeted about Matt Fitzpatrick using an umbrella to combat the Memphis heat and I received plenty of heat back, including from Lee Westwood.<\/p>\n

Sorry, but I had never seen a PGA Tour pro do that. But now that I\u2019ve been educated on the matter, I get it. And I\u2019m even willing to put an umbrella in my bag the next time I play in the blazing sun.<\/p>\n

ON TAP<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour\u2019s FedEx Cup Playoffs continue with the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club, AKA that place where Tiger Woods sweated through a record number of shirts during the 2018 PGA Championship. So expect more sun umbrellas out in St. Louis. Things will be a bit cooler up in Edmonton for the CPKC Women\u2019s Open on the LPGA Tour. And there is also a LIV Indianapolis event, which will now serve as both the league\u2019s individual and team championship following the official cancellation of the scheduled season finale<\/a>, which was supposed to be played next week in Michigan. Keep in mind this could be the grand finale of the league as well with no more financial backing from Saudi Arabia. So, Lee Westwood may have even more time to tweet at me.<\/p>\n

Random tournament fact: Scottie Scheffler is the defending champ, but Camilo Villegas won the only other BMW Championship played at Bellerive in 2018. That guy is in such great shape he probably didn\u2019t even break a sweat.<\/p>\n

RANDOM PROP BETS OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n

\u2014Scottie Scheffler will win by eight shots again this week: 100-to-1-odds<\/p>\n

\u2014Scottie Scheffler will win this week: 3-to-1 odds<\/p>\n

\u2014Scottie Scheffler won\u2019t go winless over his next 16 starts: LOCK<\/p>\n

TWEET OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler is so freaking good.<\/p>\n

PHOTO(S) OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n

It seems Bryson DeChambeau has a new, um, friend. Who likes to post photos from his home, in particular, his closet.<\/p>\n

OK then. And thanks to Mikayla, we also know the two-time major champ has his own logo\/silhouette on his exercise equipment:<\/p>\n

Pretty boss move, although that could use an update since he wears baseball caps now!<\/p>\n

PHOTO(S) OF THE WEEK (SAD DIVISION)<\/p>\n

Minto Golf Club in Scotland said that nearly 100 years of trophies were stolen from its clubhouse during a Saturday break-in:<\/p>\n

What kind of sick person\/people would do that?! Hopefully, those trophies will be returned.<\/p>\n

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n

A PSA for golfers everywhere: Don\u2019t mess around with lightning!<\/p>\n

VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK (SAD DIVISION)<\/p>\n

This one, depressingly, hit home. Especially as I\u2019ve been working extra hard this year on getting better at golf. And, sigh, not having much to show for it.<\/p>\n

Sadly, he makes some good points. But that still doesn\u2019t mean us weekend hacks shouldn\u2019t take pride in trying to get better \u2026 right? And I still think playing with a low-handicapper is cool.<\/p>\n

THIS WEEK IN PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION<\/p>\n

It was great seeing Bennett Scheffler back on the 18th green following one of his dad\u2019s wins:<\/p>\n

He\u2019s grown up so much over these last \u2026 (checks notes) six months!<\/p>\n

THIS WEEK IN CELEBRITY GOLFERS<\/p>\n

LeBron James was at Bandon Dunes\u2014and hitting darts!<\/p>\n

OK, so nearly making an ace is a bit of a stretch, but King James is clearly improving. And he\u2019s got some more good content for his new YouTube Golf channel.<\/p>\n

QUOTE OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he shaves it tomorrow, I\u2019m going to be like, \u2018Hey, what are we doing?!\u2019\u201d \u2014Scottie Scheffler on caddie Ted Scott\u2019s playoff mustache. I’m not a big superstition guy, but I agree with Scottie, that stache has to stay.<\/p>\n

THIS AND THAT<\/p>\n

Congrats to Stewart Cink on another PGA Tour Champions win, this time in a playoff over Miguel Angel Jimenez.<\/p>\n

That’s five wins on the season \u2026 and he still hits it really far \u2026 hmm \u2026 Presidents Cup? \u2026 Congrats to 38-year-old Jeff Winther on winning his second career DP World Tour title and his first in his home country of Denmark. That had to feel good. \u2026 The PGA Tour has announced a partnership with Omaha productions and a new unscripted comedy<\/a>, \u201cAlter Ego,\u201d featuring Max Homa and Wyndham Clark going undercover:<\/p>\n

I’ll reserve judgement until it comes out. \u2026 And, finally, this is my yearly time to praise Santa\u2019s Village in Jefferson, N.H., and to share our annual family photo:<\/p>\n

But this time I got to do it while saying \u201cKnicks in five!\u201d<\/p>\n

RANDOM QUESTIONS TO PONDER<\/p>\n

How many times have I said \u201cKnicks in five\u201d in the past two months?<\/p>\n

How many Cokes have I had in my life?<\/p>\n

Is Coca-Cola interested in sponsoring The Grind?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we felt particularly proud watching Jack Whaley win the U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[87,17511,19821,20062,1777,355,759,5318,144,208,82,5268,5269],"class_list":["post-52329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scottie-scheffler","tag-bryson-dechambeau","tag-fedexcup2026","tag-jack-whaley","tag-jack-whaleys-surprising-swing-oil-scottie-schefflers-stunning-stats-and-an-interesting-batch-of-bryson-related-photos","tag-jeeno-thitikul","tag-jordan-spieth","tag-liv","tag-lpga","tag-pga-tour","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-story","tag-the-grind","tag-thegrindweekly2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}