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Any more "knocking on the door" from Bryson DeChambeau at PGA Tour events and the newly chiseled 26-year-old Californian was going to put a hole in one. On either side of the tour's recent shutdown, DeChambeau's play has been stellar, and with a victory Sunday at the Rocket Mortgage Classic he'll play next in the Memorial at Muirfield Village – where he's already won, in 2018 – with validation that his focus on power can result in a championship.
By all accounts, the COVID-19 pandemic officially will claim its next postponement today with the expected announcement that the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits will be moved to 2021. As Ron Green Jr. describes, the hard choice will be to correct one. And in Europe, Lewine Mair reports, it is becoming clear that while some in the game understand the shift, a series of reverberations will be received less than enthusiastically by many.
DeChambeau is making it clear that he views his latest theories as an attempt to show the golf world "there is another way to do it." In the process, he is taking swipes at Donald Ross and taking umbrage with television camera operators. There's rarely a dull moment with DeChambeau in the mix.
The PGA of America announced last week it is removing the name of inaugural Masters winner Horton Smith from its award that honors high achievement in professional development, and John Steinbreder says that in this moment the move is worth welcoming.
On the amateur side of the game, Georgia Tech golfer Tyler Strafaci's victory at the North & South Amateur was all about family, and Sean Fairholm profiles Colin Prater from Colorado, an education-minded mid-am on a run of strong results.
Finally, in this week's edition of The Divot, John Hopkins shares his glee at the restoration of a grooming ritual that's recently been denied to him and others by the pandemic, in terms that every golfer can appreciate.
Sam Dolson
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