Congrats to Austin Lemieux, the son of NHL Hall-of-Famer Mario Lemieux, for Monday qualifying for next week's Butterfield Bermuda Championship. The 30-year-old fired a 66, his dad's old jersey number, to finished tied for second behind PGA Tour winner Adam Long and earn one of four available spots from a field of 68 players. Lemieux, who played collegiately at Arizona State, still plays as an amateur despite being a multiple-time winner on the Minor League Tour in Florida, according to Monday Q Info's Ryan French. 

Pretty damn cool, indeed.

Rahm has committed to play in the Abu Dhabi Championship, Nov. 4-8, nearly three years after the two-time major winner bolted for the Saudi-backed circuit on which he earned several hundred million dollars in bonuses and prize money.

Rahm, 31, was banned from the DPWT for refusing to pay fines accrued for his participation in competing events in LIV. He called it “extortion” at one point., But as LIV’s future grew more uncertain, the Spaniard agreed in May to settle the fines and to a stipulation that he play in five events by the end of 2026. Rahm competed twice before his Oct. 7 court announcement about leaving LIV.

Abu Dhabi, featuring a field of the top 70 on the DPWT, marks a truly fresh start, and, barring unforeseen developments, Rahm will need to excel in Europe if he is to return to fulltime golf in America. That’s a long shot for 2027. The top 10 finishers in the Order of Merit earn their PGA Tour cards for the next season, and Rahm currently stands at No. 46. He needs to get into the top 50 after Abu Dhabi to reach the DP World Tour Championship, and it looks like he won’t reach the minimum of five events played as he is on paternity leave as he and wife Kelley await the birth of their fourth child. It’s not yet clear was dispensation he’ll receive for that.

like Michael Kim. We always appreciate the insights Kim shares from life on tour, and his latest info dump showed just how good it is for some of the world's best. The field at this week's Baycurrent Classic in Japan was treated to sushi made by a Michelin star chef:

Best player dining of the year is very high praise, as these guys are treated like royalty just about everywhere they go. But, by the looks of that sushi, I believe him. 

Nicolai Hojgaard may have missed the cut at the Spanish Open, but in making his first hole-in-one in competition during the second round he jumped in front of twin brother Rasmus in that category. And he was happy to let him know about it. With another ace at a pro-am earlier this year, Nicolai holds a 2-up lead on that front, which is both funny that they are taking this brotherly battle so seriously and another reminder that holes-in-one are mostly based on luck if two players of this caliber have made so few. Here's Nicolai talking about his hole-in-one bragging rights—although to be fair to Rasmus, he still has a 2-up lead in DP World Tour titles.  

which means opportunities are dwindling to make moves in the FedEx Cup Fall standings. Those finishing inside the top 100 will earn exempt status for next year. There was minimal movement following the Baycurrent Classic, but still, it’s significant for those who moved. Christiaan Bezuidenhout moved from 99 to 95 with a T-17 finish and lee Hodges moved from 103 to 100 with a T-33 finish, but he bogeyed each of the last two holes. Max Greyserman dropped from 98 to 99 and bogeyed two of the last three holes in Japan and shot 74 in the third round. Billy Horschel entered the week 94th after a T-13 last week in Utah and tied for 21st place at the Baycurrent to jump up to No. 90. Brooks Koepka dropped from 100 to 102 but he’s exempt through 2028 because of his 2023 PGA Championship victory. He played last week at the Dunhill Links in Scotland and it’s believed that’s his last start of the year.

Goggin played in 279 events on the PGA Tour without being able to get a win, and now the 52-year-old Aussie could notch his first victory in only his 14th appearance on PGA Tour Champions. And for those who say they just have no shot on the circuit without holding a card: Goggin earned his way into the Furyk & Friends field as one of three Tuesday qualifiers.

Goggin pushed himself into the solo lead on Saturday my making 10 birdies to shoot a tournament-record 62, and he set the 36-hole event record at 16 under.

Goggin’s last pro victory came in the Korn Ferry Tour’s 2015 Panama Championship—4,270 days ago. A win on Sunday would be critical to his playing future, giving him full access to events over the next year after his Veteran Member Status was set to expire after this season.