🏌🏻9 Biggest Talking Points

Good Morning! Delta Air Lines have apologized to the East Tennessee State University Golf team and are ready to offer compensation for damages after a video went viral where Delta workers were seen carelessly heaving the team’s club bags from a ramp onto the San Diego airport tarmac.

There were no issues with the clubs themselves, although several bags were damaged and personal items inside were broken.

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Today’s Trivia: Who holds the tournament record score (aggregate) at the Charles Schwab Challenge? Answer at the end of the email.

⛳ This day in history: On this date in 1948, Ben Hogan, who was then supplementing his income with a club pro job in Hershey, Pennsylvania, won the 30th PGA Championship in a 7-and-6 defeat of Mike Turnesa at the Norwood Hills Country Club in St. Louis.

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Scheffler Mounts Emphatic Comeback, Homa Misses Cut

Thunderstorms swept through North Texas on Friday, forcing a delay in the late afternoon. The weather could continue to play a factor throughout the weekend, but it certainly didn’t slow Davis Riley, who finished the day 10 under and in the lead.

🔝 Riley Solo Leader: After opening the season by missing the cut in six of his first nine starts, Davis Riley has finally started to put together an impressive of stretch of golf.

He carded a bogey-free 64 to finish Round 2 at 10 under and lead by two strokes. Riley has had success at Colonial before - in his rookie season of 2021-22, he finished tied for fourth.

🚀 Scheffler's Comeback: After a pair of over-par rounds on Thursday, a 72 from Scottie Scheffler (T-15) and a 71 from Jordan Spieth (T-25), the local favorites rebounded with solid efforts on Friday to get within striking distance after 36 holes.

Scheffler posted a bogey-free 65 and now sits at 3 under for the tournament, while Spieth started hot with birdies on five of his first six holes, to finish with a 67.

🚩 Stars Miss Cut: Max Homa, Chris Kirk and Taylor Moore are some of the big names who missed the cut after 36 holes.

Kirk was notably one of the captains for a game between eight PGA Tour players who had rent on the line, he dropped out of the picture by finishing with a 74 on Friday.

🌦️ Weather Watch: A few storms rolled through on Friday, causing play to halt for a bit in the late afternoon, and while the forecast is better for the weekend, it’s still possible a thunderstorm could pop up, especially with the excessive heat.

And the temperatures on Sunday are expected to climb into the high 90s with significant humidity.

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These Are The 9 Takeaways After Two Majors

We're halfway through the men's Major season - here are some of the biggest talking points.

🏌‍♀Scheffler Supremacy: Scottie Scheffler's ball striking is better (and better than anyone on the planet) and he finally has the putter behaving. He's favorite to win the US Open next month, and many fans will expect him to be a three-time Major champion by the time the year's up.

Would he be disappointed with just one Major win this year? Of course not, but he will surely feel like he can pick off another one at Pinehurst or Royal Troon.

🏌‍♀Schauffele 2nd Best: Xander Schauffele has elevated his game in such an impressive way this year to remain 2nd in Data Golf's ranking with a strokes gained of +2.55 vs the average PGA Tour player (every single round). And he is officially No 2 in the OWGR.

He's got to be fancying his chances to pick off another Major over the next two months - and maybe even add another gold medal to his collection as well.

🏌‍♀Hovland Best Male Golfer Without A Major? Now that Schauffele has ridden himself of the 'best male golfer yet to win a Major' tag, is the new man Viktor Hovland?

He has six PGA Tour wins, two DP World Tour wins and four top-seven finishes in his last seven Majors. If it's not him, the other contenders for best male player yet to win a Major have to be Patrick Cantlay, Max Homa or Ludvig Aberg.

🏌‍♀Rahm's Horrendous Start: In LIV Golf, Rahm hasn't finished outside of the top-10, but in the Majors this year he has a best finish of T45, which came in his title defense at The Masters.

He then missed the cut on the number at Valhalla following a torrid start to his opening round where he was four-over after six holes. It was his first missed cut in a Major since the 2019 PGA Championship.

🏌‍♀Bryson DeChambeau: Bryson is well and truly back, and he is now a firm crowd favorite thanks to his entertaining style of play and his new-found love for content creation. He's fun to watch, has got enormous talent and looks more than ready to win his second Major title.

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