Scottie Scheffler did the thing again. His win at the Memorial marks five wins over his last eight starts, which only adds to the idea that he truly is Mr. Inevitable, but his latest victory also proves that he may not ever be stopped. We’re talking about a guy who became a father for the first time and got arrested in front of the entire world over the last month and still wins golf tournaments.

June 9, 2024; Dublin, Ohio, USA; Meredith Scudder, Bennett Scheffler, Scotty Scheffler, Jack Nicklaus and Barbara Nicklaus (L to R) pose with the Memorial Tournament trophy at Muirfield Village Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Adam Cairns-USA TODAY Sports
Talking about Scheffler winning a golf tournament has become boring, so it’s time we talk about the bigger picture and how we need to negotiate like Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods did to add some life to the historic process we are currently witnessing.
Speaking of history, Sebastian Soderberg's crash on Sunday at the DP World Tour was truly incomprehensible. It was a truly serious crash and you simply can't ignore the situation.
Last, and certainly not least, the PGA Tour provided an update on its ongoing negotiations with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) that should have the entire sports world collectively rolling their eyes.
Another week, another Schaeffler victory, another edition of Par Talk.
Scottie Scheffler needs Phil Mickelson
Scottie Scheffler won the Memorial Tournament by one shot over Collin Morikawa. There's really not much to say about the win other than to note that he didn't play well on Sunday (2 over in the final round). The closest we've seen to peak Tiger Woods is Scheffler, and we've been saying that for over a month.
In his last eight tournaments, Scheffler has been beaten by a total of nine players and added five trophies to his collection. That's incredible.
this only,I mean onlythe “criticism” of Scheffler is that even during his record-setting period, some fans did not view him as an exciting player to watch. Long-time golf fans, especially those who are above-average players themselves, are in awe of Scheffler. They see him display consistency in every aspect of his game, blended with a unique swing, and they shake their heads in disbelief, unable to comprehend how this man does it.
It’s fair to say that the average fan might need a little more excitement to be fully enthralled by Scheffler.
Every golf fan over the age of 25 has been mesmerized by the performances of Tiger Woods. Those memories include not only countless great golf shots, but also intense fist pumps, screams and a palpable killer instinct.
There will only be one Tiger Woods, of course, but Scheffler does things very differently than the big guy, which is why he needs his own version of Phil Mickelson, one step further than Woods.
Mickelson is the greatest player of all time, but he was the second player of that era, second only to Woods. But the important thing is that he always challenged Woods.
Scheffler needs a consistent challenger to emerge to create a competitive atmosphere and increase the entertainment value of the sport.
Whether we see the Scheffler version of Mickelson emerge remains to be seen. Right now, the sample size is too small to label Morikawa as Mickelson, despite his strong performances at the Masters and this week. In addition, we need to see a player beat Scheffler once or twice to create a sense of competition.
Sebastian Soderberg reminds us that golf is hard
While Sunday was another great moment for Schaeffler, the same could not be said for Sebastian Soderberg, who was competing in the DP World Tour Volvo Cars Scandinavian Mixed Series in his native Sweden.
Soderberg started the final round with an eight-shot lead and, despite playing one-over par on the first nine holes on Sunday, had all but locked up the title. Until he failed.
Two bogeys on the 13th and 14th made Soderberg's game interesting down the stretch, but he still needed only par on the final hole to secure victory. The hole started out just as planned, with the 33-year-old finding the fairway off the tee, but then his approach shot landed in a bunker on the edge of the green. What happened next was excruciating.
Soderberg had only one 25-foot putt left for par, but he missed, leaving only a 1-foot, 3-inch putt to save bogey and force a playoff with fellow Swede Lynn Grant. He hit every inch of the hole except the bottom with his bogey putt.
Grant deserves a lot of credit for his 7-under score on Sunday, but Soderberg undoubtedly lost the match in the final moments. Misfortunes happen all the time in this silly game, but missed putts a foot from the goal are rare.
PGA Tour – Saudi PIF Not updated
June 6, 2024 has come and gone, which means it has been a year since PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi Pacific Islands Forum Governor Yasser Al-Rumayyan announced in a cable news room that the two sides had reached a framework agreement.

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has provided little update on the PGA Tour's negotiations with Saudi Arabia's PIF. (Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
A year has passed, and we've gotten virtually no updates on the ongoing negotiations between the two sides. The PGA Tour did send out a press release on Saturday providing an update on the situation, but “update” is too strong a word as it doesn't provide any details.
The “latest update” explains that a face-to-face meeting took place on June 7, which took place in New York City, and that “negotiations between the two parties are continuing to accelerate.”
period.
Unfortunately, it may be a while before we get used to these updates. 2026 has become a serious topic of discussion when it comes to this new-look world of golf, with Rory McIlroy even saying that it would be an aggressive timeline to get everything on track.
It has been a year since this happened, but no one knows anything about it.