Watch: The Shortest Offseason in Sports is Over, and Sergio Ruffles Feathers

Just like that the PGA Tour is back less than three weeks after Rory McIlroy wins the FedExCup

Colin McDonald | Sep 16, 2022

The PGA Tour gets its season started one last time in September, with the schedule set to undergo sweeping changes in 2023 that include the end of the wraparound season. For now, the Fortinet Championship is underway with a relatively weak field highlighted by Hideki Matsuyama and defending champion, Max Homa.

Across the pond, Sergio Garcia ruffled feathers with an early departure from the BMW PGA Championship that may end up costing him. Ironically, the shortened format was not to his liking, and after a rough opening round he opted to tailgate in Austin rather than return for round two at Wentworth.

And a Happy Birthday to one PGA Tour player who caught fire over the summer and can't seem to shake the dance sensation of 2008.

All that and a little more in this week's edition of Up and Down.

Published Sep 16, 2022

COLIN MCDONALD

McDonald joined Buffalo Groupe in January 2019. He began his career in golf with the American Junior Golf Association in 2015 and managed communications for the PGA Tour’s Safeway Open and American Express as well as the Korn Ferry Tour’s regular-season finale, the WinCo Foods Portland Open. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, McDonald oftentimes can be found on the golf course, where he enjoys competing in amateur events. He resides in Portland, Ore.