David Lipsky kept it together at the Sony Open

How many PGA players come out of Northwestern University?

ZERO!

We’re willing to guess there has never been a PGA professional from Evanston, IL. It’s TOO COLD! You can’t practice year round. It’s hard to concentrate when you are shivering. Yet, here we are. David Lipsky almost wins the Sony Open.

Well done, David, but you’ve still got a ways to go before you can seize the mantle of the best golfer to come out of Illinois because that belongs to Bill Mehlhorn, a person few people remember, but one of the better golfers you’ve never heard of. He still holds the distinction of having won the 3rd most tournaments without a major - right up there with Steve Stricker and Lee Westwood. Also wore a cowboy hat!

Si Woo Kim was a 14-1 shot going into Sunday so hat tip to him for winning. Of course he would have won by 12 shots had he worn one of our hats, but he seems to be satisfied with sqeeking out wins by the slimmest of margins. Odd but perfectly within his rights to do so.

Cameron Smith is a Bad, Bad Man...

Cam Smith and his mullett do not feel pressure like the rest of us. He just put on an impressive display on the back 9 at St. Andrews to win the British Open and set a bunch of records in the process.

• 1st person to post two (2) rounds of 64 in a major

• Lowest final 9 in a closing round (30)

• Lowest final round to win a (64) major

• Lowest score relative to par after two rounds

12 putts the final 9 holes and 6 one putts. Just a totally unbelievable performance by Cam Smith. We’re going to ship you a bunch of our hats. You won’t need them, of course, but the pressure clearly got to lots of players. You might pass one on to Viktor Hovland and Rory McIlroy,

Denny McCarthy

We could use this space to celebrate Justin Thomas, the winner of the PGA Championship, or Matthew Fitzpatrick, the winner of the US Open, but instead we want to call attention to Denny McCarthy. Yes, that’s right: Denny McCarthy.

Denny McCarthy is 29 years old and has been around for a few years and while he hasn’t won yet, he’s knocking VERY LOUDLY on the door, with three recent top 10 finishes at the Memorial, The US Open, and the Deere Classic.

He was born and grew up in Tacoma Park, MD. While there’s a chance he was born into privilege, it’s unlikely. Tacoma Park is bordered by Flower Ave and Piney Branch Road. The entire area is encapsulated by check-cashing outfits, car washes, and discount furniture stores.

The nearest golf course is a short, cheap 9 hole course - Sligo Creek. Five (5) mins down 16th Street is Rock Creek Park Golf. There’s also Northwest Park, Needwood, and Falls Road, all muni courses he no doubt he cut his teeth on.

We don’t know McCarthy, nor do we know anyone who does. We have no idea what his character is like. He could be a homicidal maniac, for all we know. But we do know he played a lot of muni golf growing up so that’s good enough for us.

Denny - if you are looking for a golf hat that will put you over the top, you can find a nice selection here.