Paddy’s upbringing, Bryson’s dagger, Ryder Cup prize money

Welcome back to Monday’s End, where after watching Q-School I’m relieved that I kept my card for the 2025 season (in this case, my job at GOLF). Four feet is not required. news!

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Paddy on parenting.

It’s a time of year for reflection; it’s also PNC Championship week. So I think back to a video that went viral on the eve of the PNC conference this time last year: Padraig Harrington On how to introduce golf to your kids.

Harington’s monologue inspired by son Xia Lanhis playing partner this week – and what he did right and wrong when Ciaran first started playing the game. His insights are divided into four parts:

1. If you have fun, they will have fun too.

“In hindsight, if you want your kid to compete in golf, the best way to do that is to get him to a stress-free place. That’s very important,” Harrington said. “The kids will notice that. Let them do what they like out there, if they want to hit one, two, ten, play in the sand pit, look in the water, or whatever they want to do Stuff, just letting them do it will usually get them home before they get tired.

2. Quit while you’re still ahead.

“So the best thing you can do with your kids in the early days of golf is to say, ‘Hey, we have to go home,’ and don’t wait until they’re tired and bored. Wait until they’re actually having fun. When you are happy, just go home.

3. But first, drink a soda.

“When you’re done, spend 10 minutes with your son or daughter this week, go get a Coca-Cola, a Pepsi, go to a bar and get a Pepsi, wherever it is, and then sit there and eat ice cream and spend 10, 15 minutes . Because if they have 15 minutes alone, just you and them, for the rest of their lives, they will remember those 15 minutes with their dad or mom every time they play golf, and that will continue to bring them the benefit of the doubt. Continue playing golf the next day.

4. Put love first.

“If your child is good at the sport, that doesn’t necessarily make them like the sport,” Harrington said. “If your kids love the game, they will most likely be good at it. Love should come first, and more importantly love the game because we all know that when you play golf, you hit a plateau Expect.

“There are a lot of plateaus that are really frustrating. If you don’t love it, those plateaus will stop you from playing and you’ll give up. But if you love it, you’ll go through it all. So try to get the kids there first. Fall in love with this game.

Paddy’s parenting – that’s what I love about golf.

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Who wins this week?

Lanto Griffin Winning the Q-School ensures he will receive full PGA Tour status for the 2025 PGA Tour season. Griffin, who shot a 7-under 63 after Sunday’s round, had this to say: I want to experience this with my family, and now with my kids — —You just don’t want it to end. It’s like being at a really good concert and you just want to hear a few more songs, that’s how I feel this week.

Jack Knapp and Patty Tawatanakit Victory at the Grant Thornton Invitational rounded out their season. Fun fact: This is the second time this year they’ve won on the same day. The first was in February, when Knapp won the Mexico Open and the Tawatanakit Championship at the Honda LPGA in Thailand.

Sean Norris The DP World Tour continued its African tour by winning the Alfred Dunhill Championship on home soil with a final-round 67 to erase a six-shot deficit against its rivals at Leopard Creek Country Club in South Africa. The victory was Norris’s second in as many starts, following his win at the Japan Tour Japan Series JT Cup two weeks ago.

“It changed things for me. I have a lot to look forward to in the next few years,” Norris said of his improved form. “But now it’s time for a vacation.”

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non-winner

Some golfers who don’t win but still kind of win.

Five other pros endured a grueling week of Q-School that started out wild and windy and ended with good old-fashioned pressure. There’s a sentence for every sentence with our help Jack Hersh:

Hayden Buckley: A PGA Tour member for the past two seasons, he surprisingly fell outside the top 125 after finishing in the top 10 only twice in 2024.

Kanaya Takumi: The seven-time Japan Tour winner has played in 11 major championships. Once the world’s number one amateur player, he ranked as high as 49th in the 2022 World Golf Official Ranking.

Alejandro Tosti: The 2024 PGA Tour rookie, he’s made headlines for some huge (and audacious) drives as well as some of his more controversial antics.

Will Chandler: A 30 on the final nine holes on Sunday opened up his career chances. He will only play 10 games on the Korn Ferry Tour this season and 9 games on the PGA Canadian Tour in 2023, advancing from the second stage of qualifying school.

Matthew Riddell: The former Vanderbilt University standout graduated this spring and qualified for the Korn Ferry Tour through PGA Tour U.

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There are six teams to watch in the PNC Championship.

When I saw the ads for tomorrow’s showdown odds, it occurred to me that the PNC Championship might be the most depraved golf event when it comes to families and kids and all. With that as inspiration, let’s take a look at the top bets (yes, real odds):

6. Team Singh (+650) — Vijay and Kass. The 2022 championship team is the only team in tournament history to win 59-59.

5. Lange (+650) ——Bernhard and Jason. Last year’s champions; they also won in 2019 and 2014. Bernhard also won the final PGA Tour Champions event of the season, so he’s in good shape. Dangerous team.

4. Woods (+500) ——Tiger and Charlie. These guys are becoming seasoned veterans in this event; with any luck, this will be their healthiest year yet.

3. Team Kuchar (+450) —Matt and Carson. He shot 57 in the first round last year but fell to a tie for fifth the next day.

2. Team Cink (+450) ——Stewart and Connor. They won in 2013; can they turn back the clock?

1. Team Daly (+300) —John and John II. They win in 2021; they will definitely have the brightest pants. John II averaged 71.78 at Arkansas last year, but I’m guessing they didn’t have any two-man father-son competition.

In one thought

From Daniel Berger and Nellie Korda.

During Grant Thornton Week, it was interesting to hear what LPGA and PGA Tour pros thought about their partner tournaments, and one of the interesting insights came from Daniel Berger and Nellie Kordahe realized during one shot that they were both pulling the 7-iron.

“I was playing a few times yesterday and I looked in her bag and she was hitting the same clubs that I was hitting,” Berger said. Korda was quick to add that her hook gained yardage while Berger’s hook lost some. But they all made a lasting impression on each other.

“It’s so easy, she’s hitting the ball in the fairway, she’s hitting the ball on the green, she’s making the putts. I mean, it’s obvious why she’s No. 1 in the world, and I need to pick myself up,” Berger said.

“He’s a very skilled player,” Korda said. “I always appreciate it when a player shows his artistic side.”

a big problem

What happened to Ryder Cup salaries?

On Monday morning, the PGA of America confirmed reports that American Ryder Cup players will receive compensation for participating in this year’s event at Bethpage Black. Specifically, they will receive $300,000 to donate to a charity of their choice, plus an additional $200,000 as a stipend.

So how do you feel about this? Normally I just use this space to ask the question, not answer it, but here I’ll offer a suggestion: You don’t need to feel anything about this at all! You don’t need to have an opinion on this! Do these people need money? No, they don’t. Are they worth it? Yes, they probably do; they’re the ones everyone comes to see. But success or failure in the Ryder Cup is not determined by millions of dollars in appearance fees and charitable donations. Professional golfers get paid to play anywhere else they play. it seems [shrugs] wonderful.

Having said that, Team Europe should definitely credit their purer dedication to the game. Their team bond has historically been stronger than Team USA’s — simple bulletin board material if they needed more.

Something worth paying attention to

Bryson chirped to Rory.

The Crypto Network Showdown is coming on Tuesday and I’m really excited though Scotty/Rory and. Brooks/Bryson I’m a little worried that nothing about this game will break out into the general sports world (in other words, through the NFL bubble). But that changed on Monday, when a devastating, and actually quite organic, dagger was thrown. Bryson DeChambeau towards Rory McIlroy.

Monday clinic communication:

McIlroy: “I want to fight Bryson and try to make him make up for what he did to me at the U.S. Open.”

DeChambeau: “To be fair, you did it to yourself.”