1 – Diplomat required

And had it been determined to pair Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka at this week's U.S. Open, who was going to round out the group? Henry Kissinger?

2 – Ask them to set the pins while you’re at it

Hopefully, P.J. Boatwright knows that was a bad rumor about the USGA asking players if they'd be OK with pairings. It is a bad rumor, right?

3 – Bring ‘em back?

Curious how Sansabelt was a hit back in an era when golfers were on average – shall we say – a tad portlier.

4 – Getting too much credit?

Donald Ross called from the great beyond. Simply said: “I didn’t do that one. Or that one, either.”

5 – Like, really?

There’s nothing more pretentious than writers who pen these “open letters” to athletes and celebrities.

6 – There’d be short game magic

Yeah, yeah, you’d want Tiger vs. Jack. But, if possible, a head-to-head in-prime Tiger vs. in-prime Seve game – on links, of course – would get my blood flowing.

7 – Bucket List entry

I’m embarrassed to say I’ve never played golf in Michigan. It only looks like the most unheralded great golf state in the land.

8 – 3 beats 5 at 18

If the routing doesn’t allow for a strong par-4 18th hole, give me a wonderful par-3 ahead of a par-5 (Pebble Beach being the exception, of course).

9 – Enough already

Someone needs to file a cease and desist order against any player filing social media videos of practice-round balls getting swallowed up in rough at a U.S. Open. Old, very old. Move on.