Weekend winners
Jon Rahm. We have to start here, right? Dude is the Masters champ. He’s 28 and the bona fide best player on planet Earth. He handled the entire LIV divide from Day 1 as well and as honestly (but diplomatically) as anyone. Rory may be golf’s cheerleader; Jordan may be golf’s everyman; Reed or Bryson or a few others may be the game’s chief villains, Rahm is simply the closest thing to Tiger we have seen since Tiger. He can press the accelerator and come get you but moreover, if he gets a couple of shots on you, close the book. Congrats. Well earned. (Even if the last hour was watching paint dry.)
Boston Bruins. Dude that is a bona fide machine, and yes, I know we normally talk as much hockey around these parts as the infield meetings at Talladega kick around 18th Century French impressionists, but the numbers are amazing. With Sunday’s win, the Bruins are 63-12-5. You read that correctly. Side question: If you reach a certain threshold of wins — say 65 of 82 for the NBA or NHL, 14 or 15 for NFL, 110 for MLB — or win 80% of your regular-season games should you earn a bye to the conference finals?
Nick Tiano. The former Baylor School star and UTC QB made his first professional start over the weekend in the XFL for St. Louis and delivered an OT win for the league leaders.
Patty H. Kudos Patty, you prevailed in an amazingly deep and an amazingly competitive Masterfully Mastering the Masters (Masters degree optional) Challenge. Patty’s entry of Rahm (1), Spieth (4), Henley (4) and Hovland (7) was good for 16 points, one slim point ahead of J-Mac who had Rahm, Koepka (2), Patrick Reed (4) and Scottie Scheffler (10). Since we had so many entries and the final was so close, both will get prizes. I need mailing addresses for both and Patty would you rather have the $25 gift card or the Masters golf bag towel? Thanks to everyone for playing.