We have history in the Official World Golf Rankings — but not for long.
For the first time since the rankings were brought to life in 1986 — all of the top five players are under the age of 30.
World No. 1 Jon Rahm is 27; No. 2 Collin Morikawa is 25; No. 3 Victor Hovland is 24; No. 4 Patrick Cantlay is 29 and the new No. 5, Scottie Scheffler, is only 25.
But that moment of history will end on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, when Cantlay turns the ripe old age of 30.
All five are part of this week’s field at The Players Championship. The Players has most of the world’s top 50 at TPC Sawgrass with the exception of Bryson DeChambeau, Phil Mickelson and Harris English.
PGA Tour Takes Lead In Effort To Help Ukraine:
Good news from Ponte Vedra Beach on Tuesday.
At his presser, Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan announced that the Tour is heading an industry-wide effort to aide Ukraine.
“Golfers for Ukraine,” will be directed to UNICEF’s work in the country. The tour says this will be a joint initiative involving many of the leading golf organizations in the world, and has made a sizable donation to begin the fundraising drive.
“Our hearts go out to the people of Ukraine and those caught in the crosshairs of the conflict. We hope for an end to the senseless violence and a peaceful resolution,” Monahan said. “The industry is collecting donations for UNICEF, a United Nations agency responsible for providing Tour and development aid to children impacted by this crisis. The PGA TOUR and many others have already made donations, and we are encouraging support from the broader golf ecosystem.”
Monahan also said ribbons in the colors of the Ukrainian flag have been made available to players, caddies and staff to be worn this week at The Players Championship.
“The game of golf has an incredible way of rallying around causes that really matter, and this is one,” Monahan said.
Golf Digest Writer Wonders If DeChambeau Registers On The Autism Spectrum:
Bryson DeChambeau is pretty quirky, that’s a fact. He’s drawn all sorts of attention to how he approaches the game of golf.
At times, it seems Bryson has difficulty in certain situations: ie: blurting: “Would you please stop walking, Patrick!” to Patrick Cantlay last season when the two were paired in an event.
Anyway, Chris Jones has taken a deep dive into DeChambeau and Jones wonders if Bryson might be on the outer edges of the Autism spectrum. Jones is a good one to ask, as he’s the father of an autistic child.
Click on this link for Jones’ article on Bryson:
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baxter cepeda
Now having read the article:
The article touches on some of his quarks, but what I appreciate is the writer highlighting the insane quarks of others. The Regular people can get even crazier thanks in part to mob mentality.
Social pressure not to wear the Ben Hogan cap shows how weird people can be. How immature they can be. I appreciate Bryson wearing the same cap as his teammates for a team event but it would be sad if people cause Bryson to always wear a baseball cap, which is actually less traditional for golf than the Hogan style cap.
We all have weird quirks. We’re all on the spectrum if you ask me. Bryson bringing change is a good thing but it’s fair some of it will cause some rule changes. Bryson was obvio spending way too much time reading that book. If he didn’t do that so long he may still have the book.
But bullies whom hate on everything new, well imo, those are the people whom are most on the spectrum if you ask me. It’s a little odd to be so uncomfortable with change.