1 – Will his team benefit?

If Bryson DeChambeau doesn’t ride this PGA Championship into a resounding run for his Crushers of LIV Golf fame, then why are we here?

2 – Seriously, you need the laughs that bad?

Bad enough that so many folks went to town on social media and had fun with Scottie Scheffler’s misfortune with law enforcement officials at the PGA. But taking it to the extreme and equating it Jesus, who was also taken into custody on a Friday . . . well, sometimes the quest for laughter makes you lose your way a little.

3 – Keep things as they are

Nelly Korda’s fantastic season continues, but why are people trying to spoil it by suggesting that now is the time to thrust her into the chaos of a PGA Tour sponsor’s exemption? It most certainly is not.

4 – Too much red down deep

Not sure what a major championship venue should look like, but I know what its leaderboard shouldn’t look like – a player (Keegan Bradley) shooting four rounds in the 60s and finishing T-18th.

5 – Give it a long rest, please

Firm no when it comes to Valhalla as a major site.

6 – Remember where we are

Firm and fast is a wonderful concept. In July, when the Open Championship arrives. Otherwise, stifle it.

7 – Be honest

Then there is this truism to factor in: People did love watching the PGA Championship – but that was owed to the leaderboard, not the venue. So you figure out how to guarantee the networks that sort of leaderboard every time.

8 – First things first . . .

When asked what bothers me, there’s this: “A hard left-to-right wind.” Otherwise, consider me pretty agreeable.

9 – Don’t need to know basis

“You have 265 to the flag, 238 to the front, 220 to cover that cross bunker.” Blank stare, of course, but then I responded, “Since we’re discussing numbers that don’t mean anything to me, could you tell me what a five-pound bag of Tofu is selling for on the open market in Bangkok?”