May 21, 2025 

The Tour gave us a major, Quail Hollow gave us a fair test, and Scottie Scheffler? He gave us a reminder.

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Tee Sheet: your Wednesday read on what matters in golf right now - Who won? Who’s rising? What’s to come? Let’s dive in…

Official World Golf Ranking Tracker & Movers

• Big Movers Up: Davis Riley (+47) and Jhonny Vegas (+21) made some leaps after strong showings at the PGA Championship, while S.H. Kim (+45) made a jump after his Korn Ferry win

• Bryson back in the Top 10: Dechambeau jumps 5 spots to World No. 10 - can he make it happen at Oakmont in June?

Note: Rising / Falling includes biggest movers in the OWGR Top 150

Tourney Recap

2025 PGA Championship Recap:

Scheffler Puts the Hammer Down at Quail Hollow…

Scottie Scheffler did what Scottie does - win big while making it look clinical. The World No. 1 captured his first PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this weekend. With an 11-under finish and five-shot win, Scottie locked up his 15th PGA Tour victory and 3rd major championship win by the age of 29, placing him behind only Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus for the fastest to reach this milestone since 1950.

Scheffler's final round was a tale of two nines. After his five-shot lead evaporated by the 10th hole, he responded with clutch birdies on 10, 14, and 15, pulling away from the field and navigating Quail Hollow’s toughest tests with composure. His play on the "Green Mile" solidified his victory.

Bryson DeChambeau, Harris English, and Davis Riley shared second place at 6-under. Jon Rahm mounted a significant challenge and was in excellent position following birdies on 8, 10, and 11, but collapsed late with a bogey, double, double finish to close out 16, 17, and 18.

PGA Championship Quick Stats:

• Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green Leaders

  1. Scottie Scheffler (+3.56)

  2. Harris English (+2.77)

  3. Marco Penge (+2.72)

• Strokes Gained: Putting Leaders

  1. Sam Burns (+1.79)

  2. Si Woo Kim (+1.70)

  3. Joe Highsmith (+1.67)

• Toughest Holes on Sunday - Green Mile lives up to its name…

  • 17th (+0.55)

  • 18th (+0.45)

  • 16th (+0.34)

Tourney Preview

2025 Charles Schwab Challenge Preview:

Back in the Saddle…

After a memorable weekend at Quail Hollow, we are headed over to Colonial Country Club (aka Hogan’s Alley) in Fort Worth, Texas. As a reminder, this is the longest-running PGA Tour event held at the same venue, a testament to its enduring challenge and charm.

The field is headlined by none other than Texas-native Scottie Scheffler, fresh off his victories at the Byron Nelson and the PGA.

Joining him out there will be additional top OWGR-ranked names like Hideki (#7), Mav McNealy (#11), Tommy Fleetwood (#14), Harris English (#17), and Bobby Macintyre (#23) to name a few. Defending champ Davis Riley will also be returning, fresh off of his T2 finish at the PGA. Will Zalatoris will not be playing, a Monday withdraw.  

Oh, and the winner won’t just take home $1.7M… he will also get the keys to a fully restored 1992 Schwab Defender, a beast of a ride that is part trophy, part time machine, and 100% the most badass courtesy car on Tour - who will it be?

Charles Schwab Challenge Quick Stats:

• Course: Colonial Country Club

• Par: 70

• Distance: 7,289 yards

• What to Watch:

  • “Horrible Horseshoe” (Holes 3-5) - a beastly 3-hole stretch that turns red numbers into survival mode. Even-par here is a win. Miss your line? Pack a lunch and a double bogey…

  • Plotter’s Paradise, not a Bomber’s Playground - positioning is key, need elite iron control into tough pins (see past winners like Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Kevin Na)

• Purse: $9,500,000

• Defending Champ: Davis Riley (-14)

• Fun Fact: Once upon a time dominated by Ben Hogan, who has 5 wins at Colonial, the track is nicknamed Hogan’s Alley (with a statue of the legend on the grounds to prove it)

If you know a member, this one’s a bucket-list classic to play. Otherwise, find a simulator with Colonial on it and channel your inner Hogan…

Picks & Players to Watch

• Top 40: Christian Bezuidenhout (-105)

• Top 30: Ben Griffin (+130) 

• Top 20: Aaron Rai (+140) - more on Rai below

• Top 10: Daniel Berger (+240)

• Longshot: David Lipsky Top 20 (+800)

Disclaimer: The picks and predictions in The Tee Sheet are for informational and entertainment purposes only.

In the Bag - Equipment Spotlight

What’s the Deal with the Driver Checks?

During PGA Championship week, a few big-name players - including Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy - had to swap out their drivers after failing “conforming equipment” tests. Here’s the scoop in plain English:

The Test? The PGA Tour and USGA conduct random “CT” tests (Characteristic Time) to make sure drivers still conform to the rules. It measures how long the ball stays on the clubface—longer = more trampoline effect = more distance. The limit? 239 microseconds. Anything over that is illegal.

Why Now? These clubs didn’t start out illegal. But after months of pounding balls at Tour speed, faces can wear down and become too “hot.” Think of it like a driver going rogue—same club, but now it’s juiced.

Why Does it Matter? Most amateur golfers will never swing fast enough to wear down a face like these guys do. But it shows how razor-thin the margins are at the top—and how tightly the rules are enforced at majors.

Even the best clubs have a shelf life on Tour. If you’ve hit your driver so much it’s too fast for the rules… well, congrats. 

Player Spotlight

Aaron Rai

Quick Bio

• Age: 30

• Hometown: Wolverhampton, England

• Notable Wins: 1 PGA Tour Win (2024 Wyndham Championship), 2 DP World Tour Wins (2020 Scottish Open, 2018 Hong Kong Open)

• OWGR Rank: 28th

Signature Style 

Aaron Rai is instantly recognizable - he wears two gloves. Always has. Rain or shine. No, it’s not superstition - it started for warmth & grip as a junior and stuck ever since. Bonus points: our guy uses iron headcovers too, making him a walking message board debate.

Why You Should Know Him

Rai’s not in every commercial or hype reel, but he’s one of the most consistent ball-strikers on Tour and has the feel of a guy who’s one hot week away from a breakout - keep him bookmarked at the Schwab.

Rai is one of the quiet killers of the sport: meticulous, calm, and criminally underrated. If he’s in the mix late on Sunday, don’t be surprised - just nod knowingly and text your group chat: “Told you Rai was due…”

Course of the Week

Philadelphia Cricket Club

Alright, we’ll admit it—we are a few weeks late to the tee box when it comes to the Truist Championship a couple weeks back. The Tee Sheet was still in warm-up swings at that point. But we’re making up for lost time by giving a full-on standing ovation to one of the East Coast’s most underrated beasts: Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course. Classic lines, small greens, brutal par 3s, and a whole lot of red-brick prestige. Let’s dive in.

Don’t let the name fool you - yes, they still do cricket, but golf is the real show here. The Wissahickon Course, designed by the legendary A.W. Tillinghast in 1922, is pure Northeast golf: firm, fast, and relentlessly honest. It’s the kind of place where par actually means something.

Set just outside the city, it’s got that rare combo of quiet countryside feel with "we’ve hosted serious championships" gravitas. If you like classic architecture, tough greens, and history layered into every tee box, this place delivers on all fronts.

Fact Sheet

• Par: 70

• Distance: 7,119

• Design: The Wissahickon Course was designed by A.W. Tillinghast, one of golf’s most revered architects, who also designed Winged Foot, Baltusrol, and Bethpage Black

• Restoration: The course went virtually unchanged for decades before Keith Foster’s restoration in 2014 brough Tillinghast’s vision back to life

Feel free to reply to this email if you want your course featured in a future issue - all reviews & pictures of your favorite spots are welcome!

Author’s Note

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