8.31.26 | Jaime Diaz, Josh Carpenter & Angela Stanford | Scottie Scheffler Wins the Tour Championship, Ends the Player of the Year Debate | 5 Clubs

Gary Williams opens a two hour Monday edition of 5 Clubs with a full postscript on the PGA TOUR season, starting with Scottie Scheffler's three shot win over Viktor Hovland at the Tour Championship, a result that closes out a FedExCup playoff run in which Scheffler won two of three postseason events. Gary breaks down the round shot by shot and puts the win in the context of Scheffler's last five seasons, then plays comments from Scheffler and Hovland on the win. The weekly winners segment covers Joe Dean's victory at the British Masters, Ruoning Yin's win at the FM Championship on the LPGA Tour, and Steven Alker's back-to-back PGA Tour Champions wins.

Jaime Diaz joins Gary to discuss where Scheffler's FedExCup accomplishments rank against Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods, the PGA Tour's move to a 120 player, four event championship series starting in 2028, and the lasting impact of LIV Golf's disruption on the tour and its players. Diaz also reflects on Tim Finchem's commissionership following news of his Alzheimer's diagnosis and his family's charitable donation through the PGA Tour.

Josh Carpenter of the Sports Business Journal joins Gary to go deeper on the PGA Tour's 2028 restructuring, including sponsor interest in the new championship series, the future of the BMW Championship in Chicago, and Brian Rolapp's approach to the tour's media rights negotiations. Carpenter also discusses reporting on LIV Golf's staff reductions and a possible bankruptcy filing, along with the outlook for the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour's international series.

Angela Stanford, captain of the United States Solheim Cup team, closes out the show with a preview of next week's matches in the Netherlands, covering her pairing strategy for Nelly Korda, the makeup of her roster, and how the team is preparing for a true road environment against Europe.

5 Clubs airs Monday - Wednesday at 8 AM ET on Golf Channel & SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.

0:00 Recapping the Weekend Winners

4:15 Reviewing the TOUR Championship

6:45 Scottie's Greatness

17:05 Jaime Diaz

59:25 Josh Carpenter

1:14:15 Angela Stanford

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