1 – Not that it isn’t a funny commercial

Tom Brady pitching Pizza Hut – the same Tom Brady who advocated avocado ice cream and cacao powder in your diets – is pretty damn funny. Then again, Brady isn’t the first to endorse what he likely doesn’t consume. For instance, does anyone for one second think Tiger Woods sat inside of a Buick for even a minute?

2 – What’s in a name?

How does LIV Golf combat losing Brooks Koepka? With dynamic stuff like this: The Iron Heads have changed their name to the Korean Golf Club. Quite the rebuttal, eh? Well, when you’re funded by hundreds of billions of dollars, you’re able to do stuff like that.

3 – Better putting surface

First thing I heard was, “Why are you putting in the living room?” I explained that the conditions on the family room rug wasn’t conducive to practicing my AimPoint with a 2-degree lofted blade putter. “You know you’re really impossible,” she said.

GOLF COURSE SIGNS -- When it comes to identifying which hole you are playing, it doesn't come any simpler than this gem at Bandon Dunes.

4 – Just a hunch

I’m guessing the Philadelphia Eagles will not adopt the PGA Tour’s “Returning Member Program” to A.J. Brown.

5 – Dust off your math skills

How does one prepare for another season of the intensive and excessive ShotLink experience, which analyzes 256,000 pieces of data each week? You ease into it by brushing up on the Pythagorean Theorem, that’s how.

6 – Clear your mind, they say

It has been said on a number of occasions that you shouldn’t have too many swing thoughts. But my hope is, they’re talking “mechanical thoughts.” That’s because in my takeaway I start to think how apple cider beats apple juice 7 and 6, then on transition I catch myself wondering if I screwed up and bought vanilla and not vanilla bean, and finally on the downswing it occurs to me that I didn’t refill the bird feeder . . . and I’m banking on those sort of thoughts not interrupting my rhythm and tempo.

7 – Next, the scorecards will likely get bigger

When the PGA Tour uses preferred lies in 2026 you will no longer get to place within a club length after lifting and cleaning. Instead, the PGA Tour has adopted the method used by a host of other leagues. Players will place their golf ball within the length of a scorecard. Welcome to the unification of cheaters.

8 – Remember

Now that we’re officially done with Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, let’s get to the important greeting to friends and acquaintances. “Pick ‘em up, leave ‘em in,” is what we need to be saying to one and all. (We’re talking tees on tee boxes and rakes in the bunkers, of course.)

9 – Some friendly advice

If push comes to shove, you might want to consider a caddie to make the day more enjoyable.