Scottie Scheffler, U.S. Ryder Cup teammates to play in Napa at first fall PGA Tour event

By Doug Ferguson
The Associated Press

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — So much for all the PGA Tour fall events having weak fields.

The Procore Championship in Napa is shaping up to be training camp for the Ryder Cup for the American team to avoid getting rusty ahead of the Sept. 26-28 matches.

“I know I’ll be there,” Scottie Scheffler said.

Ditto for Xander Schauffele, who suggested the world’s No. 1 player was a strong voice in urging whoever is on the U.S. team to be at Silverado Resort on Sept. 11-14.

That was a big concern at the last Ryder Cup, held outside Rome in 2023. The PGA Tour season that year ended Aug. 27 with the Tour Championship at East Lake, and the majority of the team had a full month away from tournament golf before going to Marco Simone for the start of the Ryder Cup on Sept. 29.

Justin Thomas and former Cal standout Max Homa were the only players in Napa, along with U.S. captain Zach Johnson. Europe had its players at the BMW PGA Championship in England. Team Europe got out to a fast start at Marco Simone and sailed to an easy victory to win back the cup.

The Procore Championship is the only PGA Tour event on the schedule between the Tour Championship and the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. It also is the same week as the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth.

Odds are against having all 12 of the Americans there — one of them is Bryson DeChambeau, who is banned from the PGA Tour because he’s with LIV Golf.