The Week Golf Reminded Everyone How Hard This Game Is

The Week Golf Reminded Everyone How Hard This Game Is

July 16, 2026 · 13 min · Episode 220

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This episode discusses the challenges faced by top golfers during a particularly difficult week in the sport.

The Week Golf Reminded Everyone How Hard This Game Is Go to https://kachava.com and use code WINGO for 15% off your first order. Golf had one of those weeks where the only real takeaway was simple: this game is hard. Scottie Scheffler missed the cut at the Scottish Open. Nelly Korda missed the cut at the Evian Championship. And according to Justin Ray, it was the first time the reigning men’s world No. 1 and women’s world No. 1 both missed the cut in the same week. Trey’s reaction was pretty simple. If you had told him that was going to happen, he would have said there was no chance. But that is golf. Scottie and Nelly Both Miss Nelly’s missed cut at Evian added another strange chapter to a tournament Justin had already called unpredictable. Even without Nelly, Evian still delivered. Brooke Henderson made six eagles for the week, including three on Sunday to get into a playoff. Hyo Joo Kim shot 60 on Saturday. The week had plenty going on. For Scottie, Justin is not worried. He did not embarrass himself at the Scottish Open. He just did not make enough birdies, hit only ten greens in regulation on Friday, and never saw enough putts fall. The bigger point is that even the best…

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