Weekly Fantasy Golf Recap: Scheffler Soars at Procore

To be honest, none of the U.S. Ryder Cup players really wanted to play in the Procore Championship. Of course, they wouldn't have if not for the matches against Europe coming up in two weeks. Captain Keegan Bradley requested their presence, so 10 of the 12 played.

And since they were there, and since there had to be a winner of the golf tournament, Scottie Scheffler wanted to win. Just like he wants to win at whatever he does. That could be playing checkers against a family member on the porch sipping a lemonade on Fourth or July weekend, or it could be playing ping-pong in the U.S. team room at Bethpage Black.

So, that's what happened at the Procore: Scheffler won.

He captured his sixth title of the season on Sunday at Silverado, escaping a playoff when Ryder Cup teammate Ben Griffin missed a six-footer for birdie on the 72nd hole.

At this point, we could inundate you with every Scheffler superlative and accomplishment. It's safe to say, he's ready for the Ryder Cup, which will likely be the last time we see him until Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge in early December.

(Okay, we'll give you just one Scheffler feat, one snippet: He had never won a tournament in his first appearance until winning the Procore.)

This past week -- both on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour -- was about the Ryder Cup. A total of 21 of the 24 total members of Team USA and Team Europe played either in Napa or at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. Only one of those 21 golfers, Rasmus Hojgaard, missed the cut. All in all, the two teams did collectively very well and rust should not be an issue -- as it was for the U.S. team two years ago in Rome.

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Only Xander Schauffele -- due to the birth of his first child -- and Bryson DeChambeau, who was ineligible to play, didn't participate in the Procore, though DeChambeau was on-site for team bonding. Only Austria's Sepp Straka, because of the premature birth of his second child, skipped the BMW PGA for the European side.

"It was nice to get all the guys together," Scheffler said. "We had some fun at the beginning of the week, played our practice rounds together. Once the tournament starts, it's pretty much business as usual for us, but overall it was a great week. We could all hang out and stay sharp."

MONDAY BACKSPIN

Ben Griffin
Griffin's great season continued up until the very last hole, a par-5 that he could not birdie. He led for a good portion of the tournament, and Scheffler didn't lead until the very end. Griffin didn't need to prove that Bradley was right for selecting him, but he had to make his captain feel good with the runner-up.

Lanto Griffin
There actually were other golfers in the tournament, not just Ryder Cuppers. And for Griffin -- no relation to Ben -- this was a huge week. After largely falling off the golf radar following 2022 back surgery, he finished solo third for his best result since winning the 2019 Houston Open. He has no status after this year, having gotten his card for 2025 via Q School, of all places. But this high finish moved him from 142nd in FedExCup points to 98th, which is right above the cutoff for 2026 Tour cards. Needless to say, we should be seeing a lot of Griffin during the fall season. At the Procore he finished first in putting, gaining almost nine strokes on the field.
  
Emiliano Grillo
Grillo tied for fourth to move to 59th in the FedExCup Fall Standings. His card for 2026 is safe, but if remains in the top 60 at the end of the fall season, he'd get into two early Signature Events at Pebble Beach and Riviera. So, Grillo should be active in the fall.

Jackson Koivun
The world's No. 1 amateur is heading back to Auburn, but he sure does look ready for the professional ranks. Koivun tied for fourth, which joined finishes of 11th at the John Deere, sixth at the ISCO and fifth at the Wyndham. We could occasionally see Koivun this fall via sponsor's invites. Actually, thanks to this latest top-10, he could play in the next official event -- the Sanderson Farms Championship -- the first week in October. If he wants to. It's in Mississippi, which is not all that far from Alabama.

J.J. Spaun
Spaun is another Ryder Cupper who had to please Bradley, finishing solo sixth. Spaun is a good play at almost any track where the fairways are narrow, and that could be the case at Bethpage Black.

Mackenzie Hughes
Hughes tied for seventh, moving from 65th to 58th in points. So if fall season ended today, he'd be in the so-called Aon Next 10 -- between 51st and 60th in points -- and get into the Signature Events at Pebble and Riviera.

Cameron Young
Young tied for ninth. He did not excel in any one area -- he was not top-15 in any strokes-gained metric, other than Total, of course. That means his game was well-balanced, which is another promising sign for Bradley.

Sam Burns
Burns finished his tournament birdie-birdie-eagle. How's that for momentum heading into the Ryder Cup? He finished second in the field in SG: Putting and continues to lead the Tour on the season. It will be interesting to see whether he is paired with good friend Scheffler at Bethpage.

Max Homa
The two-time winner in Napa has fallen on hard times. Homa missed the playoffs. He has his card for the next few years, though, from prior wins. But he showed some positive developments at Silverado, where he tied for 19th. The driver has been Homa's biggest issue all year. At the Procore he ranked 27th in driving accuracy, which is far better than he's shown most weeks.

U.S. Ryder Cup Team

Russell Henley tied for 19th, Patrick Cantlay tied for 30th, Collin Morikawa and Harris English tied for 43rd and Justin Thomas finished 69th. We're sure Bradley wanted to see more out of his Cup veterans in Cantlay, Morikawa and Thomas.

BMW PGA Championship

A member of the European team won the storied event at Wentworth -- sort of.

Alex Noren, one of Luke Donald's vice captains, emerged from an injury-filled year to win this prestigious event that was filled with Europe's best players. And many others from around the world, including top Americans from LIV.

It was Noren's second win in three weeks -- he also won the British Masters -- and now sits 18th in the Official World Golf Ranking. That's amazing considering he didn't even play in 2025 until May.

Noren beat France's Adrien Saddier in a playoff, with Patrick Reed sharing third with Aaron Rai. It was the second time the Swede won the DP World Tour's flagship event, having also done so in 2017.

As for the other European Ryder Cuppers, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton and Matt Fitzpatrick all tied for sixth. Jon Rahm tied for 13th. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg tied for 20th. Tommy Fleetwood and Shane Lowry tied for 46th. Justin Rose tied for 61st. Robert MacIntyre missed the secondary cut after 54 holes -- an extra cut was needed because so many guys made the 36-hole cut -- and tied for 74th.

After a wobbly first three days, McIlroy shot 65 on Sunday, closing birdie-eagle on his final two holes and declaring himself pleased and ready for the Ryder Cup.

"I think we definitely are getting into Ryder Cup mode," McIlroy said, via the DP World Tour website. "We had a really good team dinner on Tuesday night with the caddies, and the wives and the partners were there as well. We're getting ready to go on this practice trip tonight to New York."

McIlroy was coming off one of the most fulfilling wins of his career at the Irish Open, his home country's national championship.

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