So Scottie Scheffler won the gold in Paris at 19 under. No surprise. Scottie seems to be on cruise control ever since the defections to LIV. Tommy Fleetwood took the silver at 18 under, and Hideki Matsuyama grabbed the bronze at minus 17.

    Scottie's on board for the FedEx St. Jude this week in Memphis for the first round of the FedEx Cup playoffs, and so is Aaron Rai, who won the Wyndham Championship in a bizarre manner, as Max Greyserman imploded late on the back nine. Four strokes in front after a birdie on No. 13, Max took a quadruple bogey 8 on No. 14, recovered temporarily with a birdie on 15, then blew the chance for his first PGA Tour victory with a four-putt double bogey on 15. Rai collected $1,422,000 for his 18 under effort, with Max two strokes behind. 

    Gator Billy Horschel continued his stellar play with a tie for 7th at 12 under, and Seminole Daniel Berger tied for 45th at 5 under. But FSU junior Luke Clanton showed what he's made of once again with rounds of 68-67-62-69, 14 under and all alone in fifth. If Luke was a professional, he would no doubt be a millionaire already based on his superlative play in the last couple of months. 

    Rai and Greyserman are back to battle in Memphis in the field limited to the top 70 players on the FedEx list, along with Horschel (No. 23), Scottie (No. 1), Xander Schauffele (No. 2), Rory McIlroy (No. 3) and Collin Morikawa (No. 4). Last year's winner, Lucas Glover, won't be back. He went home with $3,600,000 last time.   

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