Monday, August 25th, 2025 Balls & Bogeys Golf News Edition
Tommy Fleetwood can finally call himself a PGA Tour winner, claiming 2025 Tour Championship
– by Adam Schupak / Golfweek
Per Adam: “After holing his final putt, Tommy Fleetwood tilted his head back and let out a primal scream on the 18th green that was a cocktail of pride, relief, and joy…”
B&B POV: Well, Tommy saved his best golf for the last tournament of the PGA Tour season. Yesterday, he lifted the $10 million Tour Championship winner’s check and trophy in sweaty Atlanta. In his 164th tour start, he won. He finally won. Arguably the most liked player on tour is now the most liked player on tour with a win. And the floodgates may now open wide and far. Tommy is a global golf superstar. Look out, gents, we’re betting our house he’s about to go on a world-class heater.
PGA Tour’s return to Trump Doral completes fascinating pro-golf shift
– by James Colgan / GOLF
Per James: “It is best not to attribute to politics what can better be attributed to money.
And money is the real reason behind the PGA Tour’s decision to bring a tournament back to Trump Doral, the golf resort the president has owned since 2012…”
B&B POV: He’s back, baby. President Trump has once again ingratiated himself with PGA Tour officials, and his famous Doral property in Florida will host a newly minted Signature event in ’26. During his run-up to the election, he declared that within minutes of taking office, he’d resolve the LIV/PGA split. He hasn’t been able to do that. But he has managed to make sure his businesses will thrive when a tour event comes to town next year. Congrats, #47.
What’s in the Bag (WITB) Presented by Worldwide Golf: Tommy Fleetwood, 2025 Tour Championship
– by Thomas Hamden / Balls & Bogeys
Per Thomas: The Atlanta crowd cheered, “Tommy! Tommy! Tommy!,” after Fleetwood sank his winning putt yesterday with his TaylorMade Spider putter.
“Money, money, munnnnnnnn-e,” – TaylorMade executives were surely singing while drinking, as Tommy was closing the deal.
Winners, Losers & Payouts from the 2025 Tour Championship
– by Thomas Hamden / Balls & Bogeys
Per Thomas: How does this sound?: Tommy Freakin’ Fleetwood – from “Best Never to Win” to $10 Million Richer and a PGA Tour winner at the Tour Championship.
It finally happened. Tommy Fleetwood, the PGA Tour’s poster child for “always the bridesmaid, never the bride,” finally cashed in.
Brooke Henderson breaks LPGA drought, wins CPKC Women’s Open on home soil in Canada
– by Beth Ann Nichols / Golfweek
Per Beth Ann: “For the first time in two years and seven months, Brooke Henderson has lifted a trophy on the LPGA. That the victory drought came to an end on Canadian soil made it one of the most significant triumphs of her decorated career…”
B&B POV: Brooke Henderson played herself out of a slump last week, winning her national open in Mississauga, Ontario – the Mississippi of Canada. The 27-year-old hadn’t won on tour in 2.5 years, but now has 14 wins and is back on her Hall of Fame membership-earning track.
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