Viktor Hovland birdied the first playoff hole, then watched Scottie Scheffler miss a putt from less than three feet to keep the Travelers Championship going. Hovland earned $3.6M for the win, which was his eighth on the PGA Tour. At age 28, Hovland still has time to find the top of the golf mountain, a place where it seemed he was headed after he won the Tour Championship in 2023. The Norwegian moved up to #12 in the OWGR and now sets his sights on the Open Championship in two weeks.

We had a three-way tie atop the Mayhem League! Amazingly, nobody started Hovland, but most of the league added him over the weekend. Inge Selden of Longandcrooked, Keith Nussbaum of Back9bandit, and Bill Mason of Bushwood Country Club all started Scottie and Sam Burns (T12) before subbing in the champ. Because of the tie, no Skin is awarded, but the rest of the league is impressed by their efforts! That's worth something, right? Congrats to all three of you!

Jeff Bates of Marietta Tee Club is still ahead of the pack, but Blair Rogers of Tristan's Jays has clawed back to within $3.9M of the lead. Everyone else is still $11M or more back, so this could end up being a replay of the 2016 Open Championship, when Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson ran away from the rest of the field. If you haven't seen the highlights from that tournament, watch them. It was amazing. Rick Lee of Brickyard Dogs is leading Segment 4 at the halfway point.

Segment 4 continues with the John Deere Classic from my home state of Illinois. Set those lineups early... and good luck! Joe