Tour Issue Podcast: Who Is The PGA Tour Player Of The Year + What's Next For Jon Rahm?

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In this week's episode of Golf Monthly Tour Issue, regular host Baz Plummer is joined by Elliott Heath and Matt Cradock from the news team to look back on the weekend's golf and preview what's coming up.

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We discuss Scottie Scheffler's commanding eight-stroke victory at the FedEx St. Jude Championship and other stories from Memphis including Rory McIlroy's disappointing performance and which notables missed out on the top 50.

We also pick our PGA Tour Player of the Year contenders, discuss Jon Rahm's LIV Golf future and make our picks for the Tipster Challenge.

For new listeners, the Tipster Challenge sees us each pick a favorite and outsider for a selected event each week, with points awarded for their finish. The aim is to end the season, after the DP World Tour Championship, with the fewest points.

As things stand, Baz has a commanding lead.

Tipster challenge standings:

Baz: 908
Elliott: 1105
Jonny: 1108
Matt: 1342

There's much more discussed and debated, including our talking point of whether course quality or field strength is more important - as seen in this clip below:

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For more on our picks, check out Bazza's Best Bets for the BMW Championship.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He covered the 2022 and 2025 Masters from Augusta National and was there by the 18th green to watch Rory McIlroy complete the career grand slam. He has also covered five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews.