The Week Golf Reminded Everyone How Hard This Game Is Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. Golf had one of those weeks where the only real takeaway was simple: this game is hard. Scottie Scheffler missed the cut at the Scottish Open. Nelly Korda missed the cut at the Evian Championship. And according to Justin Ray, it was the first time the reigning men’s world No. 1 and women’s world No. 1 both missed the cut in the same week. Trey’s reaction was pretty simple. If you had told him that was going to happen, he would have said there was no chance. But that is golf. Scottie and Nelly Both Miss Nelly’s missed cut at Evian added another strange chapter to a tournament Justin had already called unpredictable. Even without Nelly, Evian still delivered. Brooke Henderson made six eagles for the week, including three on Sunday to get into a playoff. Hyo Joo Kim shot 60 on Saturday. The week had plenty going on. For Scottie, Justin is not worried. He did not embarrass himself at the Scottish Open. He just did not make enough birdies, hit only ten greens in regulation on Friday, and never saw enough putts fall. The bigger point is that even the best players in the world can have one week where they just do not get to the weekend. The Tiger Cut Streak Reminder Scottie’s missed cut also ended his streak at 78 straight cuts made. That led Trey and Justin right back to Tiger Woods. Trey makes the point that Scottie’s streak was impressive, but it still was not the same as Tiger’s 142 consecutive cuts made. To even get close, Scottie would have needed 64 more. And Justin adds another reminder: Scottie’s top-25 streak lasted almost two years. Tiger had one that lasted six. That is why Trey keeps saying people need to be careful with the Scottie-Tiger comparisons. This is not about taking anything away from Scottie. It is about remembering how absurd Tiger’s prime really was. If you did not see it live, Trey says, you missed something you will probably never see again. Tom Kim Gets Back The other big story of the week was Tom Kim winning the Scottish Open. Trey and Justin talk about how quickly Tom burst onto the scene. He became the youngest two-time PGA Tour winner since Tiger Woods, then the youngest three-time winner since Tiger. He became a Presidents Cup star, brought real energy to the International Team, and then went through a stretch where things just got harder. That is what made this win matter. Justin points to the Dallas U.S. Open qualifier as a possible turning point. Tom lit it up against a strong field, then contended at Shinnecock, then won in Scotland. His short game looked great, his confidence looked back, and his game may be trending at the right time. Trey sees it as a good sign for golf. Tom Kim has too much talent and too much personality not to matter. And after a difficult stretch, he looks like a player who could start showing up again a lot more often. The Lesson Rory McIlroy hit one bad shot at the Scottish Open and told himself he was terrible at golf. Trey’s response: you do not get to say that. But that is the point. Scottie can miss a cut. Nelly can miss a cut. Rory can feel lost after one swing. Tom Kim can go from rising star to struggling and back again. This game makes everybody doubt themselves eventually. Even the best in the world. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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