The New Englander and Jim Furyk, the recently named U.S. Ryder Cup captain for 2027, have accepted roles as the first two captain’s assistants named by Brandt Snedeker for this year’s Presidents Cup at Medinah. As a first-time captain, Snedeker would figure to lean heavily on these two because of Bradley’s most recent experience and Furyk’s work at the helm when the Americans routed the Internationals in the 2024 Presidents Cup in Montreal. With the U.S. on a 12-match unbeaten string, Keegan has the chance to enjoy a truly cathartic week of hugs and fist bumps.

DeChambeau recently led a group that acquired Sportsbox AI, a golf training app that uses mobile phone-driven 3D motion capture technology and interactive AI for coaches and players to analyze their swings. DeChambeau told the Katie Miller Podcast that Sportsbox AI is part of his training now: “I'll be at the U.S. Open with it, and then past that, I'm really excited to showcase this to the world.  We're going to be lowering the barriers to entry with golf. … It's part of this virtuous ecosystem that I'm helping build right now.” DeChambeau also told the host he believes space aliens are real and the footage of Alan Shepard hitting a golf shot on the moon is not. Because, well, "science."

and only five schools qualifying for the NCAA Championship, the Yellow Jackets’ 2025-26 season is likely to end after Wednesday’s final round. And so with it the coaching career of Bruce Heppler after 31 years in Atlanta. Upon Heppler announcing this would be his last season in December, I wrote about his myriad of accomplishments. His résumé at Tech includes 74 tournament wins, 14 ACC titles and four NCAA runner-up finishes … but no national title. Don’t get hung up on that last point. Since first covering college golf in the 1997, I can’t name a coach with more enthusiasm for his school, dedication to the well-being of his players past and present and passion for improving college golf. Unfortunately, he won’t get to take a final bow at nationals, but his legacy is unrivaled.

The laziest interpretation is a scratch golfer, who has a Handicap Index of 0.0, averages scores of even par. Not true, as our Alex Myers lays out, because it's really an average of your best golf. And even then it's a reflection of your score differential, as Alex explains here.

thanks to being inside the top 60 of the World Ranking. But the Spaniard, who turned 28 last week, says he won’t be playing again until at least then in order to focus on his health. On social media, Penge noted that he suffered from a sinus infection and vertigo symptoms ahead of the PGA Championship and that he's had recurring issues with his ear/neck/nervous system since a viral infection last November. Thankfully an MRI last week ahead of Aronimink offered results that he described as “a big relief.” But after missing the PGA cut, Penge—who we've documented previously as having one of the most powerful swings on tour—decided shutting it down to try to get fully healthy. "I'll come back as soon as I feel fit and healthy," he told the DP World Tour. "That could be in two weeks or two months, I don't know right now. But I'm hoping for the U.S. Open. Sooner the better!"