By Doug FergusonThe Related Press
PORTRUSH, Northern Eire — A lot for all of the PGA Tour fall occasions having weak fields.
The Procore Championship in Napa is shaping as much as be coaching camp for the Ryder Cup for the American workforce to keep away from getting rusty forward of the Sept. 26-28 matches.
“I know I’ll be there,” Scottie Scheffler mentioned.
Ditto for Xander Schauffele, who advised the world’s No. 1 participant was a powerful voice in urging whoever is on the U.S. workforce to be at Silverado Resort on Sept. 11-14.
That was an enormous concern on the final Ryder Cup, held outdoors Rome in 2023. The PGA Tour season that 12 months ended Aug. 27 with the Tour Championship at East Lake, and the vast majority of the workforce had a full month away from event golf earlier than going to Marco Simone for the beginning of the Ryder Cup on Sept. 29.
Justin Thomas and former Cal standout Max Homa have been the one gamers in Napa, together with U.S. captain Zach Johnson. Europe had its gamers on the BMW PGA Championship in England. Workforce Europe bought out to a quick begin at Marco Simone and sailed to a simple victory to win again the cup.
The Procore Championship is the one PGA Tour occasion on the schedule between the Tour Championship and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. It additionally is similar week because the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Odds are in opposition to having all 12 of the Individuals there — one in all them is Bryson DeChambeau, who’s banned from the PGA Tour as a result of he’s with LIV Golf.
U.S. captain Keegan Bradley informed Sports activities Illustrated he would use one in all his six picks on DeChambeau, who completed within the prime 10 at three of the 4 majors this 12 months.
“Bryson is going to be a very important piece to us winning the Ryder Cup,” Bradley mentioned in a textual content message to SI. “He brings so much. He brings energy, passion but most importantly, he’s one of the best players on the planet.”
The LIV Golf League season ends Aug. 24 with its workforce championship in Michigan. The one different competitors for DeChambeau could be a YouTube match or European tour stops in Switzerland, Eire, England or France.
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