Patrick McDonald and Mark Immelman Revisit the 2024 Year in Golf

12/30/24 • 55 min

Patrick McDonald is the Golf Writer for CBSSports.com, a member of the CBS Sports First Cut Podcast crew, a writer and a blogger.

One of the leading golf journalists in the game, Patrick joins Mark Immelman to revisit the 2024 PGA TOUR season, the year in global golf and highlight some of the most memorable people, moments and events.

Patrick highlights Scottie Scheffler's banner, Player of the Year season and compares his achievements to the record books and to Tiger Woods.

He and Mark also list and discuss their Most Memorable Shots, Events, Highlights, Disappointments and they give Performance grades to: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka, Ludvig Aberg, Jon Rahm, Cam Smith and Bryson DeChambeau.

In their back and forth chat they also talk about: Grayson Murray, Bob McIntyre, Max Homa, Nick Dunlap, Matthieu Pavon, and Hideki Matsuyama. They dive into events at the PGA Championship at Valhalla , The Olympics in Paris and The PLAYERS Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.

They also address TOUR/LIV Merger, the 4 Major Championships - The Masters, The US Open, The PGA and The Open Championship, the Genesis Scottish Open, The Genesis LA Open, The President's Cup in Montreal Canada, and The upcoming Ryder Cup in New York

This podcast is also available on YouTube as a vodcast - download and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

Patrick McDonald is the Golf Writer for CBSSports.com, a member of the CBS Sports First Cut Podcast crew, a writer and a blogger.

Patrick highlights Scottie Scheffler's banner, Player of the Year season and compares his achievements to the record books and to Tiger Woods.

This podcast is also available on YouTube as a vodcast - download and subscribe to Mark Immelman.

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