Defending medalists, Schedule moves & playoffs tinkering, and Journeyman of the week

Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 12:51 a.m.

b'This Wednesday episode begins with a preview of the women\\u2019s golf competition at the Olympics, and a quick rebuttal to any notion that it\\u2019s unfortunate the course might play \\u201charder\\u201d for the women one week later. There are three things to watch, including a theory about why we have all three medalists from 2016 playing this week when we had none last week. Then it\\u2019s on to the double dose of Tour golf, both at the WGC Swampass at TPC Initech and the opposite field boys trying their hand at stableford in Reno. This just leads immediately into reactions on the new PGA Tour schedule -- the courier cup incursion into Euro Tour events, the remaking of the Playoffs for August stops in Memphis and Atlanta, and the omission of some major American markets, among other things. Continuing with the instant schedule for the week, there\\u2019s a return to the incredulity about the Euro Tour event at the fake St. Andrews and some praise for the U.S. Women\\u2019s Amateur. They close with a new segment, the Journeyman of the Week, brought to you by our old spirits-making friends in Michigan. This week\\u2019s subject is \\u201cthe other Bassy,\\u201d who might be the greatest golfer ever at Arkansas.'