Welcome to another edition of The Grind, where we are sadder than anyone to see the end of summer. For others, fall golf is a real thrill—OH, LOOK! FOLIAGE!—but the temps are way too cold for my delicate taste. Heck, on Sunday it wasn’t even 60 degrees when I teed off at 7:27 a.m. I had to wear a vest AND a jacket! On Sept. 1! The horror! Anyway, bundle up, everyone. And in the meantime, let’s talk about everything else happening in the world of golf.
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Korn Ferry Tour Championship: I’m not one of these golf purists who is going to tell you the KFT season finale was better than the Tour Championship, but it contained incredible drama in its own way, as usual. Watching guys go back and forth from having a job on the PGA Tour next season to being on the outs was riveting, and Doug Ghim provided the event’s lasting moment when he sunk this tester for par on 18 to graduate to the big leagues:
https://twitter.com/KornFerryTour/status/1168638936178155521
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A solid week at British Open, a last-minute decision and Tom Lewis of England now has a PGA Tour card

Golf Capsules

Hannah Green rallies past Noh to win Portland Classic

Wes Short Jr. made a short birdie putt on the final hole to win the Shaw Charity Classic

Soderberg wins 5-man playoff for European Masters title

Monday qualifier Yealimi Noh shot an 8-under 64 to sit atop the leaderboard at 19 under heading into the final round of the Portland Classic

Steve Flesch shot a 2-under 68 to take a one-shot lead after two rounds of the Shaw Charity Classic

Hurricane Dorian is headed to golf-rich South Florida, which means facilities and its officials have a tough task at hand

McIlroy tires in European Masters 3rd round led by Romero