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Aaron Rai was three shots back with eight holes to play. He one-putted seven straight greens, holed a 70-footer on 17, and became the first Englishman to win the PGA Championship in 107 years. This was the best final round nobody saw coming.
IN THIS ISSUE
Aaron Rai Won the PGA. Nobody Saw It Coming. Everybody Was Happy About It.
LIV Needs $250 Million. The Line of Investors Is Short.
Lottie Woad Won Her Second LPGA Title. She's 22.
Titleist GTS Drivers Are Here. Are They Worth $700?
Sub 70 Irons: Forged, Customized, Under $1000.
Duke's Smalley Nearly Won a Major. Hope Valley Goes Full Ross Restoration.
Wake Forest Women’s Rally To NCAA
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP . ARONIMINK
Aaron Rai Won the PGA. Nobody Saw It Coming. Everybody Was Happy About It.
Aaron Rai holed a 69-foot putt on 17, closed with a 5-under 65, and won by three. The first Englishman to lift the Wanamaker since Jim Barnes in 1919. He'd never finished better than T-19 at a major.
He one-putted seven straight greens during a stretch where he went from three back to uncatchable. Rahm, McIlroy, Schauffele, Justin Thomas: all lurking, all undone by Aronimink's savage greens. "You won't find one person on property who's not happy for him," McIlroy said. Rai's the guy who still uses iron covers because his father sacrificed to buy him nice clubs as a kid. Rahm called what he did Sunday "nothing short of special."
"To be here is outside my wildest imagination."
Two gloves. Iron covers. A major champion. Remember where he came from.
LIV GOLF . FINANCIAL FUTURE
LIV Needs $250 Million. The Line of Investors Is Short.
With PIF pulling out, LIV CEO Scott O'Neil is shopping the league to outside investors at $250 million, projecting profitability within 20 months. A secondary option at $150 million exists if team sales and a media deal fill the gap. PIF burned between $5 and $8 billion on a venture that never approached break-even.
Rahm, asked about LIV's future before the PGA, was characteristically direct: "Fixing a business is not one of" his talents. Agents for several LIV players have already reached out to the PGA Tour about return paths. Few expect the red carpet Koepka got.
"My job is to play golf, luckily. I'm decent at it. It's the people in charge of LIV, whose job I do not envy for a second, it's their job to fix it."
LPGA TOUR . QUEEN CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Lottie Woad Won Her Second LPGA Title. She's 22.
Lottie Woad held off a charging Haeran Ryu to win the Queen City Championship at 12-under, her second LPGA win. She was playing college golf at Florida State this time last year. Nelly Korda and Jeeno Thitikul, who'd combined to win three of the last four events, finished T-8 and 7th respectively. Woad's poise after a double bogey on the sixth, clawing back to stay in front, looked like someone who plans to be around for a while.
ALSO THIS WEEK
19 LIV Players Chasing U.S. Open Spots — Nineteen LIV players are entered in U.S. Open final qualifying across three venues, with 14 teeing it up at Dallas Athletic Club on Monday.
Higgo Fires Caddie After Tee-Time Penalty — Garrick Higgo parted ways with caddie Austin Gaugert after a first-round tardiness penalty cost him the cut at the PGA.
Cole Anderson Wins PGA Tour Americas Peru Open in Playoff — The Florida State alum fired a bogey-free 65 to force a playoff and won his first professional title in just his third career start.
LOOKING AHEAD
CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch
The Tour heads to McKinney, Texas, for the CJ Cup Byron Nelson at a freshly renovated TPC Craig Ranch. The course just got a $22 million overhaul with tighter fairways, repositioned bunkers, and a new biarritz green on No. 4. Names to watch: Scottie Scheffler (defending), Jordan Spieth (Texas kid, always dangerous here), and Rickie Fowler (riding three straight top-10s and back in the world top 40).
Titleist GTS Lineup: Three Heads, One Big Price Tag
Titleist dropped the GTS driver lineup this week: GTS2, GTS3, GTS4. The headline isn't another speed claim. It's the adjustability. All three models now have movable CG weights for the first time, and the GTS4 jumps to 460cc, matching forgiveness levels of the GTS3 while keeping its low-spin DNA. Over 50 PGA Tour players have already switched, including Justin Thomas and Jordan Spieth. At $699 (standard shaft) or $899 (premium), they're not cheap, but Titleist slashed GT driver prices by $200 earlier this year, so last-gen deals are out there. Demo before you buy: the GTS2 and GTS4 fit very different swings, and CG position matters more than head choice.
Sub 70 669 TC Irons: Under $1,000 and Nobody's Talking About It
Golf Monthly's review of the Sub 70 669 TC irons calls them a "sub-$1,000 masterclass," and I'm inclined to agree with the premise. Forged DT-4 stainless, triple-forging process, full customization, and the set comes in under a grand. For low-handicap players spending $1,500+ on name-brand forged irons out of habit, this direct-to-consumer option deserves a serious look. The catch: you can't try them at your local shop. But Sub 70's return policy is generous enough to make the gamble worth it.
ALSO THIS WEEK
Tour Edge Exotics Mini Driver: $399 — Tour Edge enters the mini driver category with a 280cc titanium-face option designed to be shallower than competitors for better playability off the deck.
Garmin Approach G82 Launch Monitor — Garmin's new G82 adds putting metrics and a 5-inch touchscreen to its handheld GPS launch monitor, with 43,000 preloaded courses.
Duke Alum Alex Smalley Finishes T2 at the PGA Championship
Alex Smalley, the former Blue Devil who once lived in Duke's Wannamaker Quad, led the PGA Championship through 54 holes before a double bogey on the sixth Sunday opened the door for Rai. He still finished T2 at six under, his best major result by a wide margin and easily the best showing by a Duke alum in a major in years. Smalley was the only player in the field to shoot under par in all three opening rounds. His parents, including his mom who still sends swing videos to his coach, were on-site all week. The Wanamaker jokes write themselves.
Hope Valley Country Club Gets New GM, Full Donald Ross Restoration Coming
Hope Valley Country Club in Durham just named Aaron James as general manager as the club enters its centennial year. The bigger news: architect Kris Spence is leading a full restoration of Hope Valley's Donald Ross course. The course closes in January and won't reopen until fall 2027. Greens, tee boxes, irrigation, drainage, and bunkers are all getting redone. Fairways convert to Zeon Zoysia, greens to TifEagle. If you've played Hope Valley recently, you know the bones are there. This should be worth the wait.
Wake Forest Women Rally to Win NCAA Regional
Wake Forest's women's golf team came from behind to win the Tallahassee Regional by four strokes, led by Winston-Salem native Morgan Ketchum's final-round 66 and Macy Pate's 68. They improved their score by 15 strokes in the final round. UNC finished second at the Chapel Hill Regional and advances to nationals at Carlsbad. Duke qualified out of the Michigan Regional. NC State, unfortunately, lost a three-team playoff for the final qualifying spot at Finley.
ALSO THIS WEEK
Indoor Sim Tech Is Getting Scary Good — Jon Sherman's overview of the indoor golf realism revolution highlights near-zero shot latency, 4K graphics, and mat tech that actually gives feedback on fat shots. With numerous options in the Triangle area to try out.
Charlotte Men's Golf Opened NCAA Regional Monday — The 19th-ranked 49ers are the No. 4 seed at the Corvallis Regional in Oregon, looking to reach their first NCAA Championship since 2022.
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