A playoff under the lights, a walk-off hole-out, a “Tin Cup” DQ, and the coldest company golf outing on record

Welcome to another edition of The Grind where we have never been prouder to work at Golf Digest following Friday’s Seitz Cup, AKA the coldest company golf outing on record. On a day when the temperature didn’t get above 35 degrees (with 15-mph-plus winds), there were no WDs from the 36-person field. In fact, a 37th, Christian Iooss who is still recovering from a broken leg, showed up at Rock Ridge Country Club just to document the event. Talk about guts. In fact, I’m pretty sure there are more photos from this year’s Seitz Cup than the 2017 Presidents Cup. Here are a couple:
FacebookPinterestAnd here’s a photo of the SEVEN-layer getup I wore to survive the elements. Eight if you count hitting the bar early for something to warm my belly.
FacebookPinterestI sacrificed distance for avoiding hypothermia. Good trade. Forget the scoreboard, everyone was a winner for showing up. Kidding! Only members of the Old Team really won. Let’s have a look at that scoreboard:
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This drive Nelson Cruz smashed at Topgolf still hasn’t landed

More often than not, when professional athletes post videos of their trips to Topgolf, it goes rather poorly. The swings are usually tough to watch, and even when they are “not that bad” they are still pretty bad. Of course, there are exceptions, like the golf swing of Patrick Mahomes, who, not surprisingly, is good at everything he does.
The latest exception is the golf swing of Minnesota Twins slugger Nelson Cruz, who is known for hitting towering moonshots on the baseball diamond. Apparently, he also hits BOMBS like Phil Mickelson with a driver in his hands. Check out this dinger that Cruz posted to his Instagram story:
https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1194077462243794945
Sheesh, has that thing landed yet? You have to wonder if the balls at Topgolf are juiced. Just saying.
We kid, we kid. That was really impressive from Cruz, whose left heel lift in the backswing had have Brandel Chamblee grinning from ear to ear:
FacebookPinterestI'm no swing expert, but his positions before an..

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Taylor Lewan laid into Taylor Lewan over all the awful penalties Taylor Lewan commits

Apparently, Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan committed a bunch of stupid penalties against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, which is standard procedure for Taylor Lewan. The man has never met a post-play, unnecessary roughness penalty he didn't instantly want to marry. So it was no surprise to see his name trending on Twitter during Sunday's game for doing something dumb.
What was surprising was why Lewan's name was trending after the game, and this time it was for a really good reason. Somehow, the Titans hung on to win 35-32 in stunning fashion despite Lewan's antics and despite Patrick Mahomes throwing for 446 yards and three touchdowns. Afterward, Lewan addressed the media, and it was one of the all-time great self-aware moments you'll ever see:
https://twitter.com/AtoZSports/status/1193670819429392385
First off, no, that's not Kenny Powers. Second, that was great. At least he realizes how dumb he acts (sometimes) on the field. Though it..

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