Should Scottie Scheffler Win Player of the Year?

Part two of this episode recapping Smylie's week broadcasting the U.S. Amateur at Merion drops tomorrow!

Smylie and Charlie Hulme break down Scottie Scheffler's runaway 8-shot win at the FedEx St. Jude, digging into a stat line that includes leads in strokes gained total, tee-to-green, and — most strikingly — a putting surge that has him third on TOUR in strokes gained putting for the season. With two wins, five runner-ups, and twelve top-fives in eighteen starts, they make the case for why he might already be a Player of the Year lock (even without a major title), and revisit the Chamblee-McGinley POY debate from the Open Championship along the way.

Plus: Looking at the top 50 cutoff and implications it has not only for this year's playoffs and next year's signature events, but positioning as we head to a completely reformatted TOUR structure in 2028. SK and CH also dig into reports that Jon Rahm is leaving LIV Golf, what his path back to the PGA Tour could look like — fines and all — and why a DP World Tour policy decision could end up being the final straw for LIV.

Also: a tease for this week's episode with Robert MacIntyre + a pitch to bring the Ryder Cup to the South!

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Chapters

0:00 Intro & Scottie Scheffler's FedEx St. Jude stat line
2:24 Charlie's playoff sweep prediction & the case for Scottie as POY
5:14 Comparing POY résumés: Fitzpatrick, Cam Young, Gotterup & the Open Championship debate
8:25 Scottie's slow start & the optics of "close call" narratives
9:42 FedEx Cup points reduction shakes up the playoff bubble
11:14 2028 Championship series positioning battle
15:00 Jon Rahm reportedly leaving LIV Golf
17:53 Rahm's path back to the PGA Tour, explained
20:49 LIV's collapsing leverage & DP World Tour cuts off releases for LIV players
24:22 DP World Tour's national-opens strategy under Brian Rolapp
26:52 Could the Challenger Series and DP World Tour cards be combined?
29:30 Bob MacIntyre tease + Ryder Cup to the South
32:40 Sign-off & what's coming this week