⛳ Last Week's Golf Round-up: 13 Oct 25
- Spike Golf
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
🚑 1. Tiger Woods has his 7th back surgery.
Tiger’s back in the med bay again. He underwent a lumbar disc replacement surgery after suffering a collapsed disc, disc fragments, and a narrowed spinal canal.
This is now his seventh major back/related surgery (not that we’re counting). At 49, with a laundry list of injuries already behind him, the big question is: Can he come back? Or is this the beginning of the end for the competitive Tiger?
🏴☠️ 2. Robert MacIntyre rides the Ryder Cup high into a Dunhill Links win
Fresh off a rollicking Ryder Cup week, Robert MacIntyre just f***ing owned the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He beat the field by four shots (in what was shortened to 54 holes thanks to the weather) to become the first Scot to win since 2005.
What’s extra juicy: he stuck with a gear setup that’s largely unchanged, even pulling out a 10-year-old TaylorMade 3-wood. That’s swagger. That’s loyalty. That’s Spike energy.
💰 3. Luton Hoo begins a £170M makeover — aiming to be “Augusta of Europe”
Big money alert. Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa (in Bedfordshire) has shut down to start a £170 million redevelopment, all in service of becoming a Ryder Cup venue, possibly for 2035.
They’ve drafted in Justin Rose, Gary Player, and European Golf Design. Ambitious doesn’t even cover it — this could be the course that changes the map of European golf.
😤 4. Rory McIlroy’s rage, abuse & a possible PGA Tour pivot
After enduring heckling, verbal abuse, and even a beer thrown at his wife Erica at Bethpage during the Ryder Cup, Rory’s reportedly “angry and hurt” — and rethinking his PGA Tour schedule.
He’s also moved closer to home, fixing up a London mansion and eyeing a more European schedule.
🏆 5. Scheffler’s Open win keeps echoing — Tiger comparisons fly again
Scottie Scheffler’s Open victory is still sparking debate — and people are already comparing him to Tiger (yes, really).
Meanwhile, the PGA Tour’s leadership drama continues, with merger talks, power plays, and players wondering who’s really calling the shots.
It’s golf’s version of Succession.
🌪️ 6. Storm Amy wrecks Dunhill Links — Weather gods 1, golfers 0
Just when things were heating up, the weather decided to ruin everyone’s weekend. 60 mph winds forced officials to chop the Alfred Dunhill Links to 54 holes.
Links golf, man. It’s beauty and brutality rolled into one. Sometimes Mother Nature just decides she’s taking your round — and your scorecard — with her.
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