The Best Players In 2021's Majors By Score And World Ranking Points

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Thanks to Collin MacGillivray for reminding me of the Royal Selangor Trophy he conceived up and which is given to the player who performed best in the majors.

Jon Rahm held off Louis Oosthuizen, Jordan Spieth and Colin Morikawa with a winning score of -24 to Oosthuizen’s -19, Spieth’s -16 and Morikawa’s -15.

Other players who made all four cuts but did not threaten for the grand prize:

Xander Schauffele
Paul Casey
Scottie Scheffler
Harris English
Robert MacIntyre
Ian Poulter
Stewart Cink
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Joaquin Niemann
Bryson DeChambeau
Shane Lowry
Matt Fitzpatrick

There is also the world ranking points approach that loops in players who missed the cut:

2021 Open: The Quadrilateral's Third Round Wrap

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Trump Predicts Turnberry Will Host The Open Again And He’s Right!

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An extra-special bit of meandering lunacy from the the 45th President of the United States was issued after apparently watching The Open at Royal St George’s. Thanks to reader Chuck for sharing.

Donald Trump is definitely correct here. Turnberry will host again. Just as soon as he sells it.

From the “many-time Club Champion” who says “controversy only makes thing hotter”:

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2021 Open: The Quadrilateral's Round 2 Wrap

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Links From The Road: Royal St George's And Sandwich Overview

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Sam Cooper’s dispatches from the road have led to more wonderful “content” pieces about links golf. He has a special passion for Royal St George’s and the surrounding area. It comes out in this 10 minute piece. Some of the footage was licensed by NBC for the stunning visuals accented by Stephan Dillane’s voice.

Enjoy!

Quadrilateral Open Notes: R&A Admits To Keeping Royal St George's Softer In Bid To Keep Balls Out Of The Rough

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The 18th at Royal St George’s (The Open Instagram)

The 18th at Royal St George’s (The Open Instagram)

The Quadrilateral: 2021 Open Championship Tuesday Wrap And Notes

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Oakland Hills Then And Now: 7th Hole Edition

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From Trent Jones back to Ross courtesy of Hanse…

Brooks: Bryson Is "Fair Game"

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Brooks Koepka was probed and prodded by a more traditional press conference setting, resulting in plenty to fill up Steve Stricker’s notes for the “Task Force" files. Usually these things are put in the files AFTER the Ryder Cup, not before.

Enjoy!

Q. Is there a point considering that the Ryder Cup is coming up later this year that you have to start getting along with Bryson somehow if you're going to be in the same team in September?

BROOKS KOEPKA: You realise it's only a week, right?

Q. But you are on the same team.

BROOKS KOEPKA: It's only a week. I mean, look, I can put it aside for business. If we're going to be on the same team, I can deal with anybody in the world for a week.

I'm not playing with him. I'm pretty sure we're not going to be paired together; put it that way. I think it's kind of obvious.

Oh I don’t know, Hal Sutton might have put you two together. Go on…

It doesn't matter. I don't think they're -- we're not going to be high fiving and having late-night conversations. I do my thing, he does his thing. Yeah, we're on the same team, but it's not an issue at all. I don't view it as an issue. I don't think he does.

He did NOT rule out a fist bump.

Like I said, I can put anything aside for a team, business, whatever, just to get the job done. No problem with that.

And we always knew it was the Liberty situation but always nice to have it fleshed out.

Q. When you explained recently the start of this thing with Bryson, you said that he went back on his word, which is why you sort of -- did you explain what he did? How did he go back on his word? Apologies if you have said that and I missed it. What made you think he had gone back on his word?

BROOKS KOEPKA: Yeah, it was at -- I said it a couple weeks ago. It was at Liberty. He didn't like that I had mentioned his name in slow play, so we had a conversation in the locker room, and then I guess we said something else in the press conference but didn't mention his name in it, and he walked up to Ricky, said something. It was, You tell your man if he's got something to say, say it to myself. I thought that was ironic because he went straight to Ricky. Ricky told me when I came out, hit a few putts, and then just walked right over to him, we had a conversation. We both agreed we'd leave each other out of it and wouldn't mention each other, just kind of let it die off, wouldn't mention each other's names, just go about it.

So then he decided I guess he was going on that little, whatever, playing video games online or whatever and brought my name up and said a few things, so now it's fair game.

Fair game. Take that opposing Ryder Cup team!

Take That Tiger: McIlroy Invests In Drive Shack's "Puttery" Concept

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Tiger Woods is a “Popstroke” backer, a Topgolf-inspired putting course/miniature golf venture that’s begun opening other locations.

So it’s noteworthy to see Rory McIlroy, who has had an association with Drive Shack, apparently invest in their putting course/dining/drink concept called Puttery.

The Dallas Morning News’ Dom DiFurio reports:

World-renowned golfer Rory McIlroy and his team have committed to investing at least $10 million in Dallas-based Drive Shack Inc.’s new golf entertainment venue concept called Puttery.

The company describes Puttery as a competitive and social golf entertainment experience. The venue will leverage technology to keep score as guests enjoy a modern twist on putt-putt golf that includes cocktails and food.

The Quadrilateral: 2021 Open Monday Wrap

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