August 27, 2025 

Welcome to the fifteenth edition of The Tee Sheet - your Wednesday read on what matters in the world of golf right now. Tommy Fleetwood finally gets the job done during the season finale and the Ryder Cup looms!

Another season is in the books, and this one was special. Rory at the Masters, Scottie’s dominance, Spaun’s finish at the US Open, and now Fleetwood’s perseverance. And next? The Ryder Cup at Bethpage right around the corner.

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Official World Golf Ranking Tracker & Movers

• Tommy Fleetwood moves to number 6 in the world after his win at the Tour Championship

• Alex Noren rises to 31st after winning the British Masters

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

Tourney Recap

2025 Tour Championship Recap:

Fleetwood at Last!

Victory After 164 Starts.

It finally happened. After 164 PGA Tour starts, 44 top-10 finishes, six runner-ups, and more “close calls” than anyone deserves to go through, Tommy Fleetwood is a winner on the PGA Tour. And he didn’t just win anywhere - he won at East Lake, in the season finale, taking home both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup (and the $10M prize). With a final-round 68, he finished 18-under (262) - three strokes ahead of Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley - securing the title.

Sunday Showdown: Steady When It Counted

Fleetwood’s Sunday effort at East Lake was impressive: early resistance, then birdies on 6 and 7 to set himself apart on the front. Birdies at 12 and 13 helped bring it together on the back, and then he was able to hold strong and make a few pars to seal the deal. Cantlay and Henley applied flashes of pressure, but Fleetwood’s composure held - finishing alone in the spotlight.

A Redemption Arc Years in the Making

Fleetwood’s been the “best without a win” for years now. Coming into this week, he had 44 career top-10s on Tour - the stat everyone knew. Now? He’s shed the label, and in the process grabbed one of the the biggest titles of the year. He’d had close calls - the Travelers Championship collapse, the near-miss at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, playoff heartbreaks. But this wasn’t just a win - the raw, emotional release at East Lake was a long time coming. Athletes across the sports world lined up online to applaud: Tiger Woods, Lebron James, Michael Phelps - everyone acknowledged Fleetwood’s long-simmering career finally boiling over.

Intro to the New Format

The win also came under the new Tour Championship format - no starting strokes, just straight-up 72-hole scoring. Under the old system, Fleetwood would have started several shots back of Scheffler and likely been chasing shadows. This time, it was pure golf, and he earned every bit of it.

Other Names in the Mix:

• Patrick Cantlay and Russell Henley (T2), Corey Conners (Sunday 62), Cam Young (again), Scottie Scheffler (T4 despite not having his best)

• Sam Burns (T7), Keegan Bradley (T7), Justin Thomas (T7), Chris Gotterup (T10), Ben Griffin (T10) - the Ryder Cup drama for Team USA gets really good…

The Tour Championship Quick Stats:

• Strokes Gained: Tee-to-Green Leaders

  1. Patrick Cantlay (+1.29) - T2

  2. Scottie Scheffler (+1.20) - T4

  3. Cameron Young (+0.98) - T4

• Strokes Gained: Putting Leaders

  1. Tommy Fleetwood (+2.04) - 1

  2. Sam Burns (+0.97) - T7

  3. Ben Griffin (+0.90) - T10

• Strokes Gained: Approach

  1. Patrick Cantlay (+1.52) - T2

  2. Brian Harman (+1.32) - T13

  3. Cameron Young (+0.91) - T4

PGA Tour Money List Tracker

• Scottie finishes the season on top of the money list with ease, Fleetwood’s $10M prize moves him into 2nd on the year

Ryder Cup Rankings Tracker

Team USA: 

The final 6 Team USA Captain’s Picks will be announced at 11AM THIS MORNING - for how to watch / listen, click the link below:

• This is the final Team USA odds sheet - Keegan Bradley will be announcing the 6 Captain’s picks on THIS MORNING (8/27) - with all the attention on whether or not he selects himself

• With the Top 6 on the chart above locked in, the general public seems to think the last 6 spots will go to some combination of Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin, Cam Young, Keegan Bradley (if he chooses himself), and Sam Burns

• The odds in the table above line up with this consensus, and most talking heads of the industry assume that the road is likely over for Maverick McNealy, Jordan Spieth, Chris Gotterup, and others on the list… but you just never know… 

Team Europe:

• Rasmus Hojgaard locks up the final Team Europe auto-qualifier spot after his T13 finish at the British Masters

• The remaining six Team Europe Captain’s picks will be announced in “early September”, but carry more certainty than Team USA’s

  • Most believe it will likely be Shane Lowry, Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Aberg, Sepp Straka, Matt Fitzpatrick, and Jon Rahm - other flyer names that are being discussed include Harry Hall, Nicolai Hojgaard, and Aaron Rai, but not many others - expect this one to be more straightforward than the decision Keegan has on his hands

The Weekly Rundown

Stories to Know This Week

🌍 New Pathway Into the Masters (and The Open)

• Beginning in 2026, winners of six national opens - Scottish, Spanish, Japan, Hong Kong, Australian, and South African Opens - will now receive automatic invitations to both the Masters Tournament and The Open

• The move, announced jointly by Augusta National and the R&A, formalizes international pathways and recognizes the global strength of professional golf

⏳ Alex Noren ends seven-year title drought at British Masters

• The veteran finished with a clutch Sunday, firing a final-round 67 to seize his 11th DP World Tour win - just one shot clear of Nicolai Hojgaard and Kazuma Kobori. It’s Noren’s first win since 2018 and his second British Masters crown

🤝 Legion XIII caps LIV season with team title in playoff thriller

• Jon Rahm’s (and Tyrrell Hatton’s) crew outlasted Crushers GC (Bryson DeChambeau’s squad) in a sudden-death playoff at The Cardinal in Michigan, winning the LIV Team Championship. The victory crowns a dominant season that included Rahm securing his second consecutive Individual Championship (despite no individual tournament wins)

🏌 Stewart Cink breaks through on PGA Tour Champions

• The former major champ repeats on the Champions Tour, winning the Ally Challenge for the second year in a row, beating Ernie Els in a playoff

🌟 Brooke Henderson back in winner’s circle at CPKC Women’s Open

• Henderson finished at -15, defeating Minjee Lee by one. It’s her 14th LPGA title and first since early 2023

Author’s Note

That’s a wrap on another PGA Tour season. From Rory’s green jacket to Scheffler’s dominance, from JJ Spaun’s US Open to Tommy Fleetwood finally lifting a trophy, 2025 gave us the full spectrum: dominance, heartbreak, redemption, and history.

But The Tee Sheet isn’t shutting down just because the playoffs are over. Week in, week out, there’s always something to talk about - Ryder Cup, tour implications with new PGA leadership, Euro Tour storylines, national opens, equipment and apparel drops, and the next wave of young players putting their names on leaderboards.

Next week we’ll come back with a breakdown of the Ryder Cup rosters, and a more fulsome recap of the 2025 season.

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