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For the third consecutive week, it wasn’t the Miami Dolphins day.

The Cleveland Browns trounced the Dolphins 31-6 to bring Miami to 1-6 on the year. Head coach Mike McDaniel said the loss wasn’t a result of his guys now wanting it enough.

“The guys are tired of… they wanted to f–king win, OK?” McDaniel told reporters after the game.

McDaniel also answered questions about his job security:

Very little went right for the Dolphins in what was arguably their worst performance of the year. It started with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who threw for just 100 yards while giving up three interceptions for the second week in a row. Miami benched Tagovailoa halfway through the fourth quarter.

Tagovailoa’s turnovers made things easier for a Browns offense that had three touchdowns despite recording just 206 yards of offense.

“The effort was there,” McDaniel told reporters. “The execution and discipline… these things lead to losing football games.”

The Dolphins are now 1-6, and things aren’t getting easier anytime soon. They’ll face a tough stretch ahead against the Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and Washington Commanders.

At this point, Miami’s playoff hopes are already looking slim, and the Dolphins are just looking to salvage their season.

Things start with McDaniel and the coaching staff, but Tagovailoa has to be better to give the Dolphins a chance. He’s thrown for 1,313 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, which is bad for any quarterback, let alone one who is making $53 million a year.

McDaniel said after the game that he was open to making personnel changes, though he didn’t mention Tagovailoa specifically. McDaniel also added that he has to be better moving forward.

“If you are negatively affecting the football team routinely, I don’t have a choice but to assess a different player,” he said. “I have to coach a lot better as well. We’re going to find who and what we’re made of.”

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WASHINGTON — Tyler Myers and Kiefer Sherwood scored 41 seconds apart in the first period, and the Vancouver Canucks snapped Washington’s four-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory over the Capitals on Sunday.

Washington had allowed only eight goals in its first five games before the Canucks put three past Charlie Lindgren in the first period. The Capitals contested the second tally in which Myers flipped the puck into the net with Lindgren on his stomach following a lengthy goalmouth scramble. But a Washington challenge was unsuccessful, giving Vancouver a power play, and Sherwood converted a rebound to make it 3-0.

Elias Petterson and Teddy Blueger also scored for the Canucks. Down 4-0, the Caps got goals from Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson to pull within one.

Vancouver forward Brock Boeser missed the game for personal reasons.

Washington’s Tom Wilson delivered a big hit on Vancouver’s Filip Chytil in the first period. Chytil went slowly to the tunnel, but it was ruled a legal hit after a review.

In addition to Chytil, forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki also left the game early for the Canucks.

Myers’ goal was the 100th of his career.

Alex Ovechkin remained two goals shy of 900.

Lindgren shut out the New York Rangers in his only other start this season, but Petterson scored 59 seconds into the game Sunday to end any bid for a repeat. After starting the second with a three-goal lead, Vancouver made it 4-0 when a puck bounced off Canucks forward Evander Kane’s skate to Blueger, who was alone in front.

Leonard put a rebound past Thatcher Demko on the power play in the second to get Washington on the board. Chychrun scored during an extended push by the Capitals in the third, and Carlson’s goal with 2:14 left made it 4-3. Chychrun had one last chance in close but couldn’t convert.

Canucks: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Capitals: Host Seattle on Tuesday night.

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India’s losing streak at the 2025 ICC Women’s ODI World Cup extended to three matches as they went down to England at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Sunday.

Half centuries from Smriti Mandhana, skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, and Deepti Sharma went in vain as the hosts snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Having been asked to bowl first, India restricted England to 288/8 in their quota of 50 overs.

It was a brilliant comeback from the Indian bowling unit after the experienced Heather Knight blasted her way to a 91-ball 109.

The former England captain was well supported by opener and wicketkeeper Amy Jones, who scored a 68-ball 56 before falling to the off-spin of Sharma.

Sharma was the standout performer with the ball for India, finishing with figures of 4/51 in her ten overs. The young Sree Charani was expensive but picked up the other two wickets.

Asked to chase down what would have been a record Indian chase in Women’s World Cup history, India fell short by the barest of margins.

This was after Mandhana (88) and Harmanpreet (70) stitched a 125-run stand for the fourth wicket.

#News | India fall to third straight loss at 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup🇮🇳💔

Half centuries from Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Deepti Sharma in vain as the hosts fall short by 4 runs

ENG: 288/8 (50)
IND: 284/6 (50)#Cricket #CWC25 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/1yRTWIOWPZ

— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) October 19, 2025

After Harmanpreet fell to Nat Sciver-Brunt, Mandhana found an able ally in Sharma (50).

But once Mandhana was snapped up by Linsey Smith in the 42nd over, the Indian chase derailed spectacularly.

India needed just 55 runs to win at the fall of Mandhana, but eventually fell short by four runs.

The win assured an unbeaten England of a semi-final spot, joining Australia and South Africa.

The loss for India, on the other hand, leaves them at a precarious spot with their next match against New Zealand on Thursday essentially turning into a quarter-final.

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Florida State would have to write Mike Norvell a massive check in order to fire him, even after he restructured his contract in the offseason.

Norvell’s future with the Seminoles will become a bigger point of discussion after FSU fell 20-13 to Stanford, extending its losing streak to four games.

Alas, the coach might be untouchable for now if only because of what the Tallahassee Democrat‘s Dan Rorabaugh reported is a buyout of around $59.2 million.

As long has Florida State fires him without cause, Norvell is entitled to receive 85 percent of the outstanding balance on his contract. Since his deal runs through 2031, dismissing him at any point over the next few years will be expensive.

Here’s his annual salary moving forward, per Rorabaugh:

Norvell is another example of the risks schools are increasingly taking with the extensions they’re handing out.

Ahead of the 2023 season, Florida State re-signed him through 2029 and bumped his annual salary up to $8.05 million. The Seminoles’ unbeaten record during the regular season that year resulted in another pay raise.

FSU proceeded to fall off a cliff in 2024 and finished at 2-10. Even assuming that was a nadir under the current regime, missing a bowl game for the second successive year would be a disaster.

Florida State is also trending toward a fourth losing record in his six seasons at the helm. It’s starting to feel like 13-1 was more of an exception than 2-10.

Of course, the dilemma for FSU is twofold.

Norvell would be cashing in on the second-biggest buyout in college football history, eclipsing the $49 million Penn State just paid to James Franklin but falling well short of the $76 million Texas A&M paid for Jimbo Fisher to go away.

All total, the Seminoles would need to find $100 million, maybe even $150 million to compensate Norvell and his staff and then hire a new head coach.

There’s also the fact that the coaching market is in a rough place right now.

Look no further than Penn State. Jettisoning Franklin was an understandable call, but the list of candidates to potentially replace him isn’t exactly inspiring. Curt Cignetti, one of the best theoretical options, took himself out of the running by signing a new deal with Indiana.

It would be the same thing with Florida State. As bad as things are with Norvell, there’s always the risk that things continue to spiral with a new head coach, which would mean another big buyout and more angst.

Giving it another year and trying to salvage things with Norvell might be the most likely outcome for the Seminoles.

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MONTREAL — It wasnâ€t the outcome the Montreal Canadiens were looking for, but it might be the one that keeps them rolling through the start of their season.

Because despite playing a great first period, their last two periods against the New York Rangers Saturday didnâ€t merit a reward. They deserved to lose 4-3 in the end and staging another late comeback — after two last-second ones over the Seattle Kraken and Nashville Predators this week extended their win streak to three and improved their record to 4-1-0 — wouldâ€ve only masked issues that need to be immediately corrected.

Had Matthew Robertsonâ€s harmless-looking shot hit the post instead of beating Samuel Montembeault clean from 60 feet away in the 45th minute of play, it might have kept the Canadiens goaltender from working on a part of his game that needs work. According to NHL Edge data, he was well below NHL average on shots from long range last season, and his save percentage on those shots has dipped through the early part of this season.

Montembeault has also been off his angle on a few of the 13 goals that have gotten by him so far this season and Artemi Panarinâ€s game-winning goal, which took advantage of that weakness just 1:30 after Robertson played on the other one, will force the goalie to sharpen this part of his game as well.

At least he doesnâ€t need to practise taking accountability.

“I need to make those saves to give us a chance,†said Montembeault.

It was a good thing his teammates took accountability for putting him in a position where he needed to make some big saves in the third period.

Sure, they were missing Kirby Dach, Patrik Laine and Kaiden Guhle, which forced them to adjust their lines, defence pairings and special-teams units.

But coach Martin St. Louis said that had little to do with the Canadiens mismanaging the game and swinging momentum their opponentâ€s way.

They didnâ€t do nearly enough to gain it back, and that had as much to do with the result as Montembeaultâ€s faulty play did.

It was unforeseeable the Canadiens would falter as they did after pushing the Rangers so far back on their heels that a fall to their rear ends appeared inevitable. They came flying out of the gate, and their two goals through the first four minutes of play were just rewards for how they were playing.

The Canadiens were sharp, precise, connected, supporting each other up and down the ice and executing meticulously to seize full control and demoralize a fragile Rangers team that had scored one goal total over the course of a three-game losing streak.

But after the Canadiens carried momentum — and a 2-1 lead — through the end of the first, hubris kicked in.

“I think we got overconfident with our win streak and our lead,†said Nick Suzuki, “and they were able to get the lead.â€

He talked about forcing plays coming up the ice in the second period, about not managing the long change well, about how he and his teammates could sense in real time to what extent their game was slipping, and about how they didnâ€t adjust quickly enough and got caught in yet another situation where theyâ€d have to pull a rabbit out of the hat just to earn a point in the standings, let alone two.

The Canadiens wouldâ€ve taken them and ran.

But that might have had them running from their problems instead of focusing on them after the game so they could address them before the next one.

Thatâ€s what they need to do, because pulling off magic tricks is anything but a sustainable win strategy in a league that features as much parity as the NHL does.

Managing the puck efficiently, and supporting it is a sustainable win strategy. And doing it consistently on the way up the ice is a particular necessity, especially against teams that play as conservatively as the Kraken, Predators and Rangers did at Bell Centre this week.

The Canadiens paid for some of those errors against those first two teams, but they fought back to earn overtime wins.

The Canadiens made far too many of those errors against the Rangers and it cost them what it should and forced them to focus on fixing it.

“I donâ€t think we were too connected coming out of our zone and through the neutral zone, especially in the second period,†said Mike Matheson. “We were bringing pucks back a lot and not really being available for each other and not working to get open as well as we could, and so that created a lot of long shifts, a lot of turnovers and d-zone time.â€

As Suzuki said, itâ€s the type of bad stuff the Canadiens did religiously a few years ago. The type of bad stuff they worked hard on removing from their game over the last couple of seasons.

Now that itâ€s crept back in a bit, a momentum-sapping loss creates urgency to address it.

“Weâ€ve got to clean that up on Monday (against the Buffalo Sabres),†Suzuki concluded.

Another dramatic win wouldâ€ve had him talking about other things.

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The Colorado Avalanche will aim to extend their winning streak when they face Charlie Coyle and the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday at Nationwide Arena, a matchup that will also feature a significant individual milestone the moment the puck drops.

The Avalanche’s matchup with the Blue Jackets will mark Cale Makar’s 400th career NHL game—an extraordinary milestone that cements his standing among the sport’s elite. Over his first 400 appearances, Makar has already carved out a place in history: only Paul Coffey (475) and Bobby Orr (508) have tallied more points in that span, while just four defensemen—Ray Bourque (124), Denis Potvin (128), Coffey (148), and Orr (150)—have scored more goals. Anything short of a victory would feel like a letdown, but Colorado (3-0-1) enters with strong momentum and a prime opportunity to extend its winning streak to two games against Columbus (1-2).

Top Line Is Soaring

Through four games, the duo of Nathan MacKinnon and Martin Nečas has amassed a combined 16 points. In Monday’s 3-1 win over the then-winless Buffalo Sabers, MacKinnon scored twice and nearly missed out on recording a hat-trick, while Nečas recorded a pair of assists. The pair came close to adding more to their total, but an offside review nullified a beautiful third period goal from Nečas.

There’s a lot of concern from Avs fans and rightfully so about Nečas’ contract status. He’ll become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and given how things worked out with Mikko Rantanen last spring, it only seems natural to be on edge about re-signing star players. But if there’s anything that should give Colorado fans hope, it’s what Nečas told The Gazette’s Evan Rawal over a week ago about MacKinnon.

While with the Carolina Hurricanes, Nečas closely analyzed players across the league, searching for elements he could incorporate into his own game. One player stood out from the rest: MacKinnon

“I was watching his game a lot, playing a little bit similar when I was in Carolina,” Nečas told Rawal.

When you look at it from that perspective, does this sound like a guy who really wants to leave Colorado as was falsely claimed during the offseason? All signs are pointing towards a contract extension. Sometimes the best deals are made in private. And with MacKinnon and Nečas combining for four points per game through four games, there’s no reason to break them apart.

Following their win over Buffalo, MacKinnon praised Nečas but also said their early success wouldn’t happen without Artturi Lehkonen.

“Obviously Lehky makes it all possible with his routes, his net presence,” he told reporters. “We can’t have three guys buzzing around the outside, we need someone in the paint, and that’s what Lehky’s doing.”

Inconsistent Power Play

Colorado’s power play has experienced its share of highs and lows through the first four games, but Columbus may offer a prime opportunity for the unit to build some momentum. The Blue Jackets’ penalty kill has struggled early in the season, most notably in Monday’s 3–2 loss to the New Jersey Devils, when it surrendered two power-play goals that ultimately decided the game. Perhaps the most damning statistic: both goals were allowed within five seconds of the respective power plays ending.

In boxing, when a fighter suffers a setback, they often take what’s known as a “soft touch”—a comparatively easy opponent intended to rebuild confidence before returning to top-tier competition. In a similar vein, if Colorado’s power play has yet to meet expectations, facing a team with a struggling penalty kill could serve as the perfect remedy to restore rhythm and efficiency.

Will Miner Get The Start?

Scott Wedgewood has arguably never looked sharper. Following his trade from the Nashville Predators, he posted a 13–4–1 record over 19 appearances last season for the Avalanche, accompanied by career-best numbers: a 1.99 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. Through the first four games of the current campaign, Wedgewood appears on track to surpass those marks, compiling a 3–0–1 record with a 1.72 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage.

However, it is still early in the season, and at some point, Wedgewood will inevitably require a night off. That could open the door for 24-year-old Trent Miner to make the start. Miner is coming off one of the finest seasons of his career with the Colorado Eagles, posting a 22–10–9 record over 38 games, along with a 2.12 goals-against average and a .918 save percentage. Many expected him to draw the start against Buffalo, particularly after Wedgewood’s uneven performance against Dallas, though Wedgewood ultimately met expectations in the 2–1 victory over the Sabers.

Defensive lapses have been a recurring issue early in the campaign, yet Wedgewood has largely compensated, most notably in the October 9 win over the Utah Mammoth—a game that could easily have swung the other way. The pressing question for Avalanche fans is whether Miner would be capable of the same level of intervention if similar defensive breakdowns occur. Time will tell.

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DETROIT— Cam Talbot made 21 saves, Mason Appleton scored twice and the Detroit Red Wings beat Florida 4-1 on Wednesday night.

The injury-hit Panthers opened a four-game trip. They began the season with home victories over Chicago, Philadelphia and Ottawa.

Detroit has won three in a row. The Red Wings opened with a home loss to Montreal, then swept a home-and-home series with Toronto.

Appleton opened the scoring at 2:09 of the second on a snap shot. Patrick Kane added a power-play goal at 9:36, firing a shot from the right side to the near top corner. Appleton put it away into an empty net with 1:58 left, and Michael Rasmussen also had an empty-netter.

Brad Marchand scored on a wraparound for Florida with 5:55 left in the second. Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 shots.

Before the game, Panthers coach Paul Maurice said defenceman Dmitry Kulikov had surgery and is expected to be sidelined about five months because of an upper-body injury.

Florida is also missing star forwards Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk. Barkov will be out at least seven months because of a knee injury. Tkachuk could return in December from a torn adductor muscle.

Kulikov was hurt Oct. 9 in a 2-1 home victory over Philadelphia. Uvis Balinskis took Kulikovâ€s spot in the lineup against Detroit. The Panthers recalled defenseman Tobias Bjornfot from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

Panthers: At New Jersey on Thursday night.

Red Wings: Host Tampa Bay on Friday night.

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Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi, left, and teammates congratulate each others after winning the first test cricket match against South Africa, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) Pakistan secured a decisive 93-run victory against world test cricket champion South Africa in the first Test on Wednesday, ending South Africa’s impressive 10-match winning streak.With the win Pakistan also overtook India in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table and jumped to number two in the standings behind Australia. “I think you always have to start well. It’s a great opportunity playing the team that won the previous Test Championship,” said Pakistan captain Shan Masood. “We are very excited to be back home, to be playing Test cricket, and to start off with a win. I think that’s a great start. We’ve closed it off here today, and we’re onto the next one.”

WTC Points Table

TeamMatchesWonLostTiedDrawnDeductionPTPCTAustralia33000036100.00Pakistan11000012100.00Sri Lanka2100101666.67India7420105261.90England5220122643.33Bangladesh201010416.67West Indies50500000.00New Zealand00000000.00South Africa10100000.00Earlier, left-arm spinner Noman Ali’s outstanding performance with match figures of 10-191, combined with Shaheen Shah Afridi’s crucial 4-33, proved instrumental in dismantling South Africa’s batting lineup for 183 on Day 4.Noman Ali’s remarkable form on home wickets continued, having claimed 46 wickets in his last five home tests, including 20 against England and 16 against the West Indies. His latest performance included figures of 6-112 in the first innings and 4-79 in a continuous 28-over spell.South Africa began the day at 51-2, facing a challenging target of 277 runs on a difficult spinning wicket. The team had already conceded a 109-run first-innings lead.The morning session saw early setbacks for South Africa when Tony de Zorzi, who had scored a century in the first innings, was dismissed for 16 by Afridi. Tristan Stubbs soon followed, managing only 2 runs before being caught by Salman Ali Agha.Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickelton provided some resistance with a 73-run partnership. Brevis, playing in his third test, showed aggressive intent by hitting Noman for a six and two boundaries in a single over, reaching his half-century off 51 balls.However, Brevis’s promising innings ended when he was bowled after scoring his fifty. Rickelton’s patient knock of 45 runs from 145 deliveries was terminated by off-spinner Sajid Khan, with Agha taking another catch in the slips.

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What was the key factor in Pakistan’s victory over South Africa in the first Test?

South Africa’s struggles continued after lunch as Senuran Muthusamy fell to Khan’s full-pitched delivery while attempting a sweep shot. Afridi then cleaned up the remaining batsmen to secure Pakistan’s victory.The second and final test of the series is scheduled to begin on Monday in Rawalpindi. South Africa’s bowling options will be strengthened with the return of experienced spinner Keshav Maharaj, who missed the first test due to injury.The match highlighted Pakistan’s dominance in home conditions, particularly their spinners’ effectiveness on turning wickets. South Africa’s inability to handle the spin and reverse swing ultimately led to their first defeat in 11 matches.

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Check in every week for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors as they break down the hottest topics in the sport, and join the conversation by tweeting us at @golf_com. This week, we discuss Xander Schauffele’s return to the winner’s circle, Jeeno Thitikul breaking an LPGA streak, fromer pros playing in the U.S. Mid-Am, Tiger Woods’ latest surgery and more.

Xander Schauffele won the first two majors of his career last season but was winless in an injury-plagued 2025 — until this weekend, when he won the Baycurrent Classic in Japan by beating Max Greyserman, who has now finished runner-up on Tour five times and is still without a victory. Who needed Sunday’s trophy more — Schauffele or Greyserman?

Xander Schauffele wins Baycurrent Classic to snap 15-month victory drought

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Josh Sens

Sean Zak, senior writer (@sean_zak):The correct answer is probably Greyserman, as we’ve seen when it comes to guys needing to get over that first-victory hump. But Schauffele had genuinely battled some confidence issues throughout this year. Remember, it was Xander who we counted on to mount any serious defense to Scottie Scheffler’s war on pro golfers. Schauffele considered himself a couple pegs below Scheffler at the beginning of 2025 and that had to grow and grow as the season wore on, without any wins or even real moments in contention. This was massive for him just to remind himself — you’re one of the five best golfers in the world.

Nick Piastowski, senior editor (@nickpia):I think the answer comes down to what you like more — a breakthrough or a re-breakthrough. Greyserman has put together a solid couple of years on the PGA Tour and is one of pro golf’s hardest workers, and you get the feeling one win would lead to three more quickly — so you could argue that he needed it more, as you’d like to see him keep rolling. But if you’re a fan of stars and players who play at the highest levels, then the answer is Schauffele. This season, the two-time major winner has been battling back from injury, and for him to start next year with a win at the top of his mind is no doubt beneficial.

Josh Sens, senior writer (@joshsens): That’s a good way of framing it, Nick. Greyserman is still looking for that first W, so he needed it more. But the game as whole is more compelling when a guy like Schauffele is in synch.

Jeeno Thitikul won the LPGA Shanghai in a playoff to become the LPGA Tour’s first two-time winner this season, ending a surprising streak in which the 26 previous events this season were won by 26 different players. This comes just one year after Nelly Korda won seven times last year. Which is better — the parity or a player or two dominating?

Jeeno Thitikul’s history-stopping comeback win meant something more

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Josh Schrock

Zak:It is not the parity. I promise you it is not the parity. TV ratings, overall interest, etc. will back it up. The LPGA needs at least one, if not two or three front-runners that are locking horns against each other and setting some standard for players 5-30 to fight for.

Piastowski:The depth of talent on the LPGA is stunning — but greatness sells. You tune in for Tom Brady. For Michael Jordan. For Nelly Korda. The hope, I would think, is that the players around her will push her to even greater heights.

Sens: A fiery rivalry is best. That obviously requires a rare kind of talent, but also certain personality types. I’ve heard some grousers complain of Scottie Scheffler’s “Pete Sampras” effect–dominance without flash or a full embrace of the spotlight can have a dulling effect. As Sean says, the LPGA needs a player like Korda at her best–ideally with a few foils around her.

2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur champ Brandon Holtz joined GOLF’s Subpar podcast to break down his mid-am title and playing Augusta, and he also discussed the controversial topic regarding former pros regaining amateur status. At the U.S. Mid-Am, 14 of the final 16 players were former pros. Do you have any issue with this? Should it be harder for pros to regain amateur status?

Should pros regain amateur status? Here’s what the mid-am champ says

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Josh Berhow

Zak:The problem with the phrasing of this question is it makes all 14 cases seem the same. They’re not! I do think the USGA could do a much better job of publicizing its criteria for former pros regaining am status. What does a cup of coffee on the PGA Tour mean on that journey? To answer the question, I’m mostly conflicted without good, hard information and context. Dear USGA, help us out and maybe we’ll stop talking about it!

Piastowski:I just wonder if this can’t be solved by another category — let those who’ve always played as amateurs play in one category, and have those one-time pros play in another. Just a thought.

Sens: I’m not sure exactly what the answer is, but the issue needs to be addressed as events like the Mid-Am are losing touch with their original identity. A similar issue reared its head at this year’s Walker Cup, which featured a guy who’d been playing pro golf only a year before. Remember the Pub-Links, which got away from its roots and became so overrun by college standouts that it became unrecognizable and was cast into the dustbin? No one wants to see a repeat. A smart friend of mine suggests that as with so many things in golf, Augusta National holds the cards in this: if the green jackets put a foot down and said something like, we don’t want to see former pros getting into the Masters on the strength of an amateur win; it’s not in the amateur spirit of Bobby Jones. So, do something about this or we’re going to stop extending April invites to some of your amateur event winners.

Two TV-centric announcements came last week: the full schedule of season 2 of TGL and the news of Netflix’s Full Swing coming back for season 4. Now with sample sizes at our disposal, have these two supplementary productions succeeded in expanding the sport’s reach? Anything you’d like to see different from either?

Netflix’s ‘Full Swing’ golf series coming back for 4th season

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Jessica Marksbury

Zak:As much variability as possible in results of shots from TGL. Whatever you think is a lot, I want more. And as for Full Swing, my attention span for that show is pretty minimal now. I’m not the audience they’re chasing, though! So if I were asking for something, it would be hyper-narrow focus on all the ways the PGA Tour is DIFFERENT from F1 or the ATP Tour. Because the same company has produced a lot of the same docu-follows on pro sports, these world tours all seem like slightly different cousins when in reality they’re very, very different.

Piastowski: To the first question, the answer is yes. Golf on a Monday night in the dead of winter, as TGL provides, is something additive. Golf stories on demand, as “Full Swing” offers, are something additive. Here are some requests. To TGL, fewer house ads; we don’t need constant reminders why we’re tuned in. (And I like Sean’s idea — gimme the funky.) As for “Full Swing,” you’ve established your ‘stars,’ so now let’s go deeper. I don’t mind the season yearbook approach, but, as my editors say, tell me something I don’t know.

Sens: I’m not sure whether to think of these shows as engines of change or mirrors that capture how the game is evolving. Probably a bit of both. Personally, I have a hard time getting very excited about either. But I’m not the target market, and based on my anecdotal experience (getting paired with strangers on the course; listening to friends’ kids talk about golf), I’m not the best barometer of success. In fact, if I find it boring, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve got a runaway success.

Tiger Woods announced he had a seventh back surgery Friday, this one replacing a disk in his lower back that caused pain and mobility issues. Do you think we’ll see Tiger in 2026?

Tiger Woods makes ‘good decision’ to have another back surgery, return is unclear

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Josh Schrock

Zak:Not as a player. Hopefully as a very comfortable, walking-18 golf dad/coach! And very likely as a TGL non-playing captain. For all the Tiger obsessives desperate to see Woods as the next American Ryder Cup captain, I think we’re forgetting that his main priority in 2027 will be watching/traveling alongside Charlie Woods’ burgeoning college career.

Piastowski:I don’t see it, and it’ll also be a bit disappointing not to see him and son Charlie at this year’s PNC Championship. But then again, that’s his call and he knows his body best. Champs tour golf also allows for carts, you know.

Sens: Not in competition. But he’s got other roles to play in the game and in life. Seems long past the time for us all to let go of expecting anything more.

The Korn Ferry Tour season ended Sunday at French Lick in Indiana with 20 players earning PGA Tour membership for 2026. Who is one player casual fans should have on their radars?

These 20 Korn Ferry Tour players just earned their 2026 PGA Tour cards

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Josh Schrock

Zak:Casuals love to obsess about the longestgolfers in the pro game — I’m excited for them to be in awe of Davis Chatfield, who doesn’t hit it far but just knows how to get the damn ball in the hole. He was 140th in driving distance but 1st in accuracy. On the KFT — the ultimate mash-it-and-chase-it tour — that’s not necessarily a recipe for success, but he found plenty of it with three top-3 finishes. That’ll get you to the big leagues. No,w what can you do with it?

Piastowski: Neal Shipley. He’s a personality. He’s a player. He’s a Waffle House enjoyer. The PGA Tour needs all of that.

Sens: Christo Lamprecht. Crazy tall. Crazy long. Far from another robopro in appearance and playing style. We’ve seen flashes of him, like when he briefly held the lead at the Open a couple years ago. It will be fun to see more.

The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, ranked No. 1 in the Canadian Hockey League this week, won their seventh Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League game in eight starts with a 5-2 decision against the host Newfoundland Regiment on Friday.

Mael Lavigne scored twice, Xavier Villeneuve had four assists and Arseni Radkov made 31 saves for the Armada, who led 2-1 after the first period and 3-1 heading into the third at the Mary Brown’s Centre.

Vincent Collard, Justin Carbonneau and Mateo Nobert also scored for the Armada (7-0-1-0), whose only setback so far is a 2-1 overtime loss to the Gatineau Olympiques on Oct. 5.

Louis-Francois Belanger and Marek Danicek each had a power-play goal and assist for the Regiment (4-4-0-0). Both teams had 33 shots on goal.

The Armada went 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Regiment were 2-for-4 with the man advantage.

Elsewhere in the QMJHL on Friday:

ISLANDERS 4, SEA DOGS 3 (OT)

CHARLOTTETOWN — Nathan Leek scored 1:40 into overtime to lift the Charlottetown Islanders to a 4-3 win over the visiting Saint John Sea Dogs.

Ross Campbell, Matthew Butler and Jabez Seymour also scored for the Islanders (7-1-0-1), who are listed 10th in this week’s Canadian Hockey League overall rankings. The hosts outshot the visitors 39-28, including 2-0 in overtime.

Alexander Donovan, William Yared and Zachary Morin scored for the Sea Dogs (4-2-1-0), who led 1-0 after the first period but trailed 2-1 heading into the third.

Justin Robinson stopped 35 of 39 shots in the Sea Dogs’ net, while Donald Hickey stopped 25 of 28 shots for the Islanders.

The Sea Dogs went 2-for-4 on the power play, while the Islanders were 0-for-1.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Nathan Langlois scored twice, including a short-handed goal in the third period, and the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies rolled over the Cape Breton Eagles 3-1.

Eliot Ogonowski and William Vezina also scored for the Huskies (5-1-2-0), who were tied 1-1 after the first period and led 2-1 heading into the third. Thomas Verdon chipped in with two assists.

Maxime Sauthier scored for the Eagles (1-3-1-2), who were outshot 30-24.

Both teams were 0-for-3 on the power play.

MONCTON — Simon Binkley scored twice and Alex Mercier had two assists as the Moncton Wildcats edged the visiting Rimouski Oceanic 2-1.

Netminder Rudy Guimond stopped 25 of 26 shots for the Wildcats (3-2-2-0), who were tied 1-1 after the first period and led 2-1 heading into the third.

Nathys Dube scored for the Oceanic (3-4-0-1), who were outshot 42-26. Mathis Langevin made 40 saves for the visitors.

The Wildcats went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Oceanic were 0-for-2.

VAL-D’OR, Que. — Samuel Fiala, Nathan Brisson and Alix Durocher each had a goal and assist and Emile Beaunoyer made 34 saves as the Val-d’Or Foreurs zapped the visiting Drummoundville Voltigeurs 4-0.

Maxime Coursol also scored for the Foreurs (2-4-0-1), who led 2-0 heading into the third period after a scoreless first.

Dayton Kitchener stopped 35 of 39 shots for the Voltigeurs (3-3-1-1).

The Foreurs went 1-for-3 on the power play, while the Voltigeurs were 0-for-2.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Emmanuel Vermette had an empty-net goal and assist, Raphael Precourt had 23 saves, and the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens defeated the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 3-0.

Maxim Masse and Philippe Cote also scored for the Sagueneens (5-2-0-1), who led 1-0 after the first period. The second period was scoreless.

Lucas Beckman stopped 30 of 32 shots for the winless Drakkar (0-7-0-1), who were 0-for-3 on the power play. The Sagueneens went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

CATARACTES 7, OLYMPIQUES 3

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Raoul Boilard and Felix Lacerte each had two goals and an assist as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the visiting Gatineau Olympiques 7-3.

Noah McKinnon, Chad Lygitsakos and Elias Schneider also scored for the Cataractes (3-2-1-1). Jiri Klima, Julien Lanthier and Schneider each chipped in with two assists.

Giovanni Collin, Simon-Xavier Cyr and Charles Desmet scored for the Olympiques (5-4-0-0), who were outshot 27-23.

The Cataractes went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Olympiques were 0-for-2.

PHOENIX 4, REMPARTS 3 (OT)

QUEBEC CITY — Louis-Alex Tremblay scored at 3:50 of overtime to lift the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix to a 4-3 win over the Quebec Remparts.

Robin Benoit, Thomas Rousseau and Florent Houle also scored for the Phoenix (4-2-0-0), who were outshot 37-32.

Ryan Howard, Alexandre Taillefer and Nathan Quinn scored for the Remparts (4-3-1-0), who were 0-for-3 on the power play, while the Phoenix went 2-for-3.

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